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Rough Start: This 1968 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 Is Perfect! Don’t Change A Thing!

When I’m hunting through Craigslist, especially when I’m on a cheap-car hunt, I tend to do something: as I study a potential victim project car, I look to see what I would change. Is the...

Project Raven Imperial: We Have A Powertrain! Now, If It Will Just Quit Fighting Us…

Finally, after years of issues, our project 1983 Imperial has some good news: there is an engine and transmission waiting to be put into the engine bay! Given the luck the Imperial has had with...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: They Did It For How Long?

  If you are reading this…why? There is so much going on out there right now! Just this weekend Power Tour and the Holley Hot Rod Reunion wrapped up, Ratty Muscle Cars held another...

eBay Action: This Barn Found 1967 Camaro RS Was A Looker In Its Day – What Would You Do With It Now?

If you squint hard enough you can see just how awesome this 1967 Camaro was back in the days when the paint was fresh, those Cragars shined and those slapper bars were hammering the springs and...

Question Of The Day: Are You For Or Against This Rat Rod Camaro? Would You Want To See More Of This?

“Ratty Muscle Cars” on Facebook is normally a safe haven for gearheads. With all of the pretty showcars and high-dollar builds we are normally inundated with, it’s a nice change....

And Now For Something Completely Different: A Shorty Caprice!

I’d love to get the entire story on why this 1977 Chevrolet Caprice ended up with a good third of the car missing out of the center section. I’m sure it’s a good story. Any car...

One For The Purists: This Chevrolet/Dodge Combination Should Infuriate Both Camps

When I get tagged in a post from fellow BangShifters in Zuckerberg’s World, I know that it’s one of two things: either something I’m interested or, more often than not, something...

Wiring For Beginners: This Simple Layout Will Help You Understand And Wire Your Own Car, Truck, Or Racecar

Wiring a car can be so overwhelming for a lot of people, which is why there are so many wiring companies offering kits that help you do your own installation. With that said, many people still...

Unhinged: My Most Insane SuperBeater Mirada Burnout Had Nothing To Do With Tire Smoke

If you think that I’m above some rule-bending when I’m behind the wheel, well…sorry to disappoint, but my “Resident Delinquent” title isn’t something I made up on...

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Money No Object: 1966 Dodge Coronet 500 Hemi – The Art Of Subtlety

In the 54 years since the Street Hemi was unleashed onto an unsuspecting public, just associating the name with a car conjures up images: a row of neon rainbow-colored wings over the trunklids of...

Built Ford Tough: This 1974 Ford Galaxie Has Seen Tornados and A Lot Of Downtime!

If there is one weather phenomenon that scares me more than anything else, it’s a tornado. You have time to run from a hurricane. You can prepare for a blizzard or flood conditions. What the...

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The Unloved: Will This Long-Parked Dodge Aspen Wake Up After Seventeen Years?

Getting to see Dylan McCool’s 1969 Dodge Charger on Power Tour this year left me feeling proud…for no real reason, really, except that I was happy to see the progress that he has made,...

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Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour 2019 at Kentucky Speedway: The Rolling Roadshow Comes To Town!

Twenty-five years ago, eight Hot Rod Magazine staff vehicles and eight cars driven by readers left Los Angeles, California on a 2,200 mile trek across the country to Norwalk, Ohio en route to one of...

NEWB: We Sent Tony Sestito To His First NHRA National Event With No Direction And A Camera – Here’s His Report

As you’ve probably seen by now, the NHRA brought their rolling tour of mega horsepower to New England Dragway in Epping, NH for the New England Nationals last weekend. It was an action-packed...