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The LIWA 2025 Hillclimb Was Epic As Always! Look At These Big Power, Rooster Tail Throwing, Machines Haul Up The Dune!

Well, it’s that time of year where the LIWA Hillclimbs are happening. This is some really fun stuff, where folks come from all over to race up an epic dune in Dubai. Located not far from the Liwa...

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Mr 4 Speed Herb McCandless and Steve Magnante talk Hemi Race Cars Sox & Martin and 70’s Pro Stock!

What a pair to have talking about Hemi Race Cars and the early days of Pro Stock! I’ve been a Pro Stock fan my entire life, so when I took the plunge and got my Pro Stock license 25 years ago...

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New Products: From Prototypes To Castings – These HammerHead® IRS 12 Bolt And 8.8 IRS Differential Housings Are A Game Changer For GM, Mopar, And More!

Jeff and Skip Lee were a couple of die hard racers, family men, and hot rodders who just happened to have a sickness that made them want to take on the hugely complicated task of making a better,...

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Newbern Bought A Few Motortrend Projects: One Got Lost! Check Out What He Got And The Adventure Getting Them Home!

Like all the Motortrend TV hosts, Newbern and the gang were given the opportunity to buy some of the projects from the shows when Motortrend decided to shut down the production company and stop...

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The Best Wrench Ever Tested! 20 Adjustable Wrenches Tested – Can Harbor Freight Make The Snap-On Version Look Like A Kid’s Toy?

We love tools around here, and tool testing in particular really does it for us. When Project Farm and the Torque Test Channel test tools we rarely miss the opportunity to share them with you guys....

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Tony Built a $1000 Turbo Kit for His 6 Cylinder Shop Rig and it RULES! Making This 1983 GMC Squarebody Cooler Yet!

Tony Angelo does some fun stuff, there is no doubt. One thing I love about him is that he not only builds the hot rod and racing style stuff, but also goes for the oddballs, like the 6 cylinder...

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Video: 101-Year-Old Buys a 2010 Camaro SS

Here’s a great one for you. The GM public relations machine was hoping for young buyers for the new 2010 Camaros, but one guy just single-handedly brought up the average. He’s 101 years...

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Event Gallery: The 2009 Shakedown at E-Town

The Shakedown at E-Town in Englishtown, New Jersey, is the baddest ass specialty door slammer drag race in the world. It is not a series, it is an annual occurrence that seems to reset the...

Cool Trucks, Cool Ads: An ’80s-tastic Jeep Ad

The final entry in our “Cool Trucks, Cool Ads” feature today is a great Jeep commercial from the 1980s. One thing you could always count on in an ’80s ad is a song. It may be...

Cool Trucks, Cool Ads: International Scout

How about a cool, late-’60s, early-’70s ad for an International Scout? It seems that this one comes from across the pond as there’s a speaker who has a distinctly English accent and...

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Cool Trucks, Cool Ads: The 1969 Dodge D-100

This second installment of our “Cool Trucks, Cool Ads” feature today takes us back to 1969 and a great ad from “The Dodge Boys” featuring a guy in a gorilla suit and a D-100...

Cool Trucks, Cool Ads: 1986 Ford F250

Yesterday we brought you the stink with our slew of “Awful Cars, Awful Ads” blog entires. Today we’re turning the tables to show you cool ads featuring the most American vehicle...

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Event Gallery: Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest 2009

Bruce Larson, the 1989 NHRA Funny Car champion and long time legend, opens up his barn and property to the public every Fall for Dragfest. It’s part car show, part gathering of legends, and all...

Indy Motor Speedway CEO Looks to Make Sweeping Changes

By all accounts, Jeff Belskus, the guy who took over for Tony George as the CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and its various holdings, walked into a mess. Belskus is now setting to work trying...

Great Rant: Transcript of Peter DeLorenzo’s Speech to the Milwaukee Region SCCA Banquet

Peter DeLorenzo is the man behind Autoextremist.com and has penned many a good rant about one automotive topic or another, but this one may be his finest yet. The rant is actually a transcript of a...

Bizarre eBay Find: 1967 Oldsmobile Limo

BangShift.com member 1988MonteCarloSS found this insane 1967 Olds Toronado limo for sale on eBay. We had to share it because it is quite possibly the weirdest thing we have ever seen. At first glance...

Video: The Old CarJunkieTV Blown Big-Block Chevy

I’m sick as a dog today and am just sitting around surfing YouTube. I found this old video we did back the days of CarJunkieTV.com and realized that it shows us dyno testing the same blown...

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Awful Cars, Awful Ads: The Yugo

Next on the docket of junk that is comprising our Awful Ads, Awful Cars fun today is the venerable Yugo. There are a bunch of people who will defend the little car that was sold for less and $4,000...

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Awful Cars, Awful Ads: The 1983 Renault Alliance

The next member of our Awful Cars, Awful Ads hall of shame is the Renault Alliance. This putrid heap of shoddy French engineering was sold through AMC dealers after Renault took at 46 percdent stake...

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Awful Cars, Awful Ads: The 1985 Plymouth Reliant/ Dodge Aries

Continuing with our Awful Cars, Awful Ads theme today, we have the 1985 Plymouth Reliant/Dodge Aries one-two punch. More like gut punch. Yes, these cars effectively saved Chrysler from sliding under...

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