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One has a Flathead, One a Blown Olds, But Somehow These Traditional Hot Rods Share the Same Soul

There is just something about a traditional styled hot rod that just makes people smile. Even folks that wouldn’t describe themselves as traditional hot rod fans somehow find themselves drawn...

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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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Jay Leno Takes a ride in ONE of the TWO 1914 Knox Model 46s still in Existence: This is a 496 CI Overhead-Valve Monster From the Nethercutt Collection!

Sometimes we forget just how bad ass humans were 100-140 years ago. I say this because the amount of invention and ingenuity that was happening in the world was just insane. I mean people came up...

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Spied: Jason Carter’s Bad Ass, Twin Turbo, ’78 Malibu at DMC Racing

Small tire drag cars tend not to live the longest or easiest of lives. Shoving all that power down to the ground on a little 10.5 or 10.5W tire can be really tricky for both tuning and driving. Many...

Vintage Drag Video: A Cool 1970s TV Ad for England’s Santa Pod Raceway

This cool video caught both our eyes and our ears when we first saw it. Our eyes because it shows some awesome old school drag iron running down the strip, and our ears because of the voice over...

eBay Find: A 1998 Firebird with SEMA and Lingenfelter History

We decided to go hunting for cars with some SEMA show history on eBay, due to the fact that the big show in Las Vegas goes down this week. We managed to find a bunch of awful, lifted, blinged out...

Event Coverage: 2010 Good Guys Southeastern Nationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway

2010 marks the 17th running of the Good Guys Southeastern Nationals, and since we were going to be there announcing the Good Guys Street Challenge Autocross, we decided to bring you a gallery of...

Event Coverage: 80 Photos of Detroit Speed’s 2010 Open House, BBQ, and Shop Tour

Detroit Speed’s Open House and BBQ is a must attend event each year during the Good Guys South Eastern Nationals. Since we were at Charlotte Motor Speedway to announce the Good Guys Street...

The Parting Shift: How to Scare Your Wife With a Four Speed

With Halloween just a couple days away we have the ultimate stick shift fright video. The driver of this blown Mustang decided that he was going to scare his wife and tape it. To say that she...

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Video: The History of the Hemi Under Glass

The famed Hurst Hemi Under Glass Barracuda, driven by Bob Riggle, has been an icon in the sport of drag racing for decades. We found video of Riggle as his illustrious career behind the wheel was...

2010 SEMA Show Car Preview

The Sema Show is not only the premier spot for the latest and greatest parts from the automotive aftermarket, it’s also THE place to see the years baddest show cars. And amazing number of...

Aeromotive’s new Twin Turbo Mustang runs 6.89 at 204 on first pass

The Aeromotive, RoushYates, 2010 Mustang Pro Mod car is on track for it’s first weekend of competition on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. And while the much anticipated RoushYates 500...

Video: Hanging with Paul Romine and the Man o War Funny Car Crew at the California Hot Rod Reunion

Along with sponsoring our live broadcast of the 2010 California Hot Rod Reunion, Aeromotive Fuel Systems also helped three time IHRA Top Fuel Champion Paul Romine and the Man O War Nostalgia Funny...

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Video Burnoutapalooza! ! ! ! ! ! ! Have the Aussies perfected the Burnout?

Burnouts rule. Let’s face it, if you are into cars, you like tire smoke. Granted, some of us enjoy blazing the tires more than others, but nothing stirs a crowd of car lovers up more than the...

SEMA Sneak Peek: Ford brings Mustangs…and More

Ford Motor Company is planning on making a big splash at the 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas November 2-5th by piling up a diverse line-up of Mustangs. Fords pony car is no stranger to the SEMA Show...

Cool Promo Video: Jon Lundberg Introduces Project 1320

Project 1320 is a bold effort to record the entire history of the sport of drag racing in serial documentary form, like Ken Burn’s Jazz or Baseball works. The work is being backed and supported...

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Action Sequence of a Dragster Crashing and a Camera Getting Creamed

Every time we go to a big race at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield we remember to check the blog page of Mark Rebilas a few days later. The guy is an amazing photographer and always comes home with...