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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: THIS RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 350 HAS HAD A HOD ROD LIFE! COME SAVE IT!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Pontiac. How about a real deal 1987 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that has had a few good go...

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Wild Ride at the May 2026 El Mirage California SCTA Meet – The Spirit of AutoPower III Comp Coupe Hits A Bump at 228 MPH!

The Spirit of Autopower Comp Coupe is a pretty radical machine, and a staple in the land speed racing community. This thing is based off a little tiny first generation Honda Civic, but the rest is...

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Ford Ramp Truck Ebay Find: Ford Fans Start Bidding!

“I am in LUST….!!!!” wrote Joe Grippo when he sent this one in to us. I can’t argue with that sentiment. This cool 1971 Ford F350 Ramptruck is cool in our book. The fact that...

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Australian Burnout Video Like None Other…with FIRE!

It seems like every time Brian takes a day off I end up running an Australian burnout video. I’m such a fan, that readers have sent me DVDs of this stuff with notes saying I need to run the...

PSCA News: Maggio Motorsports’ Pro Street Plans for 2012

It seems like we were just in Vegas broadcasting from the Pacific Street Car Association’s Street Car Supernationals, and already teams are testing and getting ready for the upcoming 2012 PSCA...

DIY AutoTune Releases Generation II Plug and Play EMS

The guys over at DIY AutoTune, otherwise known as the mad geniuses who unleashed the “MegaSquirt” do it yourself EFI craze on the world are back with a new piece to feed the need of the...

Mark Lyle Named to the Position of NHRA Chief Starter

(Photo: NHRA)- One of the last lingering questions going into the 2012 NHRA season centered around the position of Chief Starter. Rick “The Iceman” Stewart had been the man between the...

This Goodguys Scottsdale Show Video is the Most Bitchin’ Thing You’ll See Today

We were tipped off to this artistic and frankly bitchin’ video of the 2011 Goodguys Scottsdale show. The video is set to some cool and non-intrusive music, has no voice over, and captures the...

Camaro ZL1 Production Begins in Canada – Rick Hendrick Drives First Car Off the Line

The much anticipated Camaro ZL1 is officially a real deal production car now with the first examples rolling off the assembly line in Canada at GM’s Oshawa yesterday. The 180mph capable Camaro...

New MTX Dual Function Digital Gauges from Innovate Motorsports

We are suckers for cool gauges around here. And with more and more choices coming out from multiple manufacturers, it is sometimes overwhelming. And while we are gauge watchers, over the years we...

Car Show Rules Video…Supercar Sunday Edition

Hmmmmm…Let me warn you that this video is…well…interesting. Aside from the apparent lack of white balance, you will be treated to a gentleman who could absolutely be the guy on the...

Caption This Photo: Excited Chad is Excited

Our live broadcast of the PRO Winter Warm Up at Palm Beach International Raceway in Florida was a smashing success. We had a great audience that got a neat behind the scenes look at how NHRA nitro...

Bitchin’ High Definition Drag Racing Video From ReplayXD – Nitro Funnies to Gear Jamming Street Cars!

Most drag racing videos center around a single class or genre of cars. Maybe it is all Funny Cars or gear jamming Super Stocks, perhaps a pile of dragsters. This video, put together by our pals at...

We Found a Two Seat, Street Legal Indy Car Built in 1961 on eBay!

If this isn’t the wildest thing we have ever featured from the seemingly endless listings on eBay we’re not sure what is. According to the seller, this is a street legal Indy car that was...

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Coal Truck Driver Forgets to Lower Dump Body – Laws of Physics Take Over

Pennsylvania is one of the most coal rich places on Earth. They’ve been mining the stuff there since the 1700s. Since coal does not move itself once dug out of the ground, it is loaded on...

Barnstormin’: The Glory of Slow

(My grandfather, Warren Lohnes passed away on Sunday. I am rerunning this column from 2009 in his memory.) I’ll never know 100 percent why, but I have a special place in my heart for slow...