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ROAD TRIP GOLD! Freiburger Highlights Abandoned Places and Americana From His 1968 Ford Galaxie Road Trip!

Freiburger loves a road trip. I’ve been fortunate enough to be on several with him over the years, and he’s the king of a side trip and of just following wherever the trip takes you. He...

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Check Out The NEW GMT800/NBS GM Truck 5&6 Speed Manual TransmissioConversions From American Powertrain!

That’s right folks, American Powertrain just dropped their New Body Style GMT800 stick shift swap kits! Available with a 5-speed Tremec TKX or a 6-speed Tremec Magnum, these kits make your...

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Funny Car Chaos Set To Kick Off 2026 Season With Back-to-Back 32 Car Showcases! It’s A Funny Car Extravaganza!

We’ve got big news coming out of the Funny Car Chaos camp as they are kicking off the 2026 season with TWO big Funny Car shows you won’t want to miss. With 32 cars battling it out at BOTH...

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Here’s Our Final Gallery From The Drag Racing Showcase at the I-24 Lebanon Dragfest 2026

We’ve shared three of Joe’s great photo galleries so far, but we’ve got the final one left right here! If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them all out...

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Buyer Beware! 1/3 Of The $500 Worth Of Spark Plugs Tested Were Counterfeit! Order Your Plugs From Someone Legit!

I’ve heard about counterfeit tools a lot in the last few years. Stuff that looks like DeWalt or Milwaukee, but that is just a cheap fake. And some that even say the brand name on them! Hell,...

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NOSTALGIA TOP FUEL DRAGSTER ELIMINATIONS FROM THE 2026 MARCH MEET! FRONT ENGINE DRAGSTER GREATNESS!

While we still wish we were livestreaming the March Meet at Famoso, we are super grateful that the Monday Morning Racer was on hand to shoot all the action so we can still check it out and share it....

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Video: Sprayed Or Not? Either Way This Hot Rod Garden Pulling Tractor Is Gnarly!

There are motorsports in this world that many people laugh at but in actually are brutally awesome. Modified garden tractor pulling is one of them. These guys make ridiculous power out of factory...

Killer Old Drag Video: Check Out This Cornucopia Of Drag Awesomeness From Deer Park Raceway In The 1970s –

Deer Park Drag Strip was a staple of the straight line scene in the Spokane, Washington area from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. It began life as an airfield as we understand it today the place...

Facebook 5.3 LS Build: Part 5 – Bearing Installation and Checking Clearances Before Putting This Thing Together

Here’s Part 5 of the Facebook 5.3 LS build that Powell is doing. If you missed the first four videos in this build, use the link below to check them out too. In this one he’s installing the...

This Flip-Top KELLISON Drag Car is a WILD 1960’s Creation – Zorro’s Charger Is Something Special

We featured this car almost 10 years ago after seeing it at the National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, but it has been several years since I saw it last. We’ve got a link below to see that...

Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #11 – The Venerable D100

Here’s the eleventh video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s all about the D100 Dodge trucks. Watch and if you missed the previous videos use the link below. Our friend Steve Magnante...

1320Experiences: INSANE Aussie Skids, Drag Racing, and MORE At The Red Centre Nats

The 1320Video crew was back in Australia for some good old Aussie fun, where they hit the Red Centre Nats and got the full Aussie experience. We’re talking skids, aka burnouts, along with grass...

Grand National Roadster Show 2024 Photos Continue: Hot Rods, Roadsters, Customs, Trucks, And More!

We’ve got even more galleries of photos from the show, so check them out below along with a link to any of the photos you might have missed already. (Photos by Charles Wickam) Wickam went out...

Iron Trap Garage Goes On A Winter Trip To California For The Grand National Roadster Show In Pomona.

The Iron Trap boys decided to take a trip from cold Pennsylvania to warm and sunny California for the recent Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona and shared their adventures with us. One thing that...

Did You Know That Ford Sent Two Guys To Drive Around The World In 1957? Here’s the Video Of Their Trip

The world was a vastly different place in 1957 and when you watch this video of an event that took place 60 years ago, you’ll agree with us. 1957 was the year that Danny Ames and Phil Remington...

Fantastic Video: A Look At The 1993 Fastest Street Car Shootout – We’ve Come A Long Way!

It has been 29 years since this video was filmed and throughout that time there have been some pretty amazing advancements made to high performance cars, drag racing, and the technological mashup of...

Hot Hot Heat: Watch These Centrifugal Clutches Pushed To The Failure Point In Slow Motion!

This is a cool video and not just destruction for the point of destruction. There’s an education element here. Of course the humble little centrifugal clutch has been the method of getting...

The Other 1980s 5.0: This Look Back At The 316hp 1987 Porsche 928S4 Is Pretty Cool

While the Ford Mustang 5.0 was by far the volume selling king of of the small block coupes in the 1980s, let’s not forget the fastest one. Yes, from the factory the late 1980s Porsche 928 was a...

HOW TO: JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER ON A 5.3L Z71 SILVERADO-WHAT WENT WRONG? WHY DOESN’T IT MAKE POWER?

Richard has been making real power with these M90 superchargers, but now it is time to install one on his own daily driver Silverado. This thing is a 2002, with a stock 5.3, and based on the dyno...

Truck Feature: Eric Pierce’s ’78 Chevy Suburban – Texas Turbine on Four Wheels.

(Words by Tim King, Photos by Jordan Cole) Building for Fun Eric Pierce, owner of Pro Touring Texas wanted to build a car that could haul ass, and haul all his buddies as well. What he decided on was...