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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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Cool Old Promo Video: Curtis Turner and Ford’s Total Performance Campaign

Few men in NASCAR history drove harder or lived faster than Curtis Turner. He was one of the sport’s first bonafide legends and because of that he was used as a pitch man. In this video...

It Was a Good Run: GM Out of Fortune 500 Top Ten for First Time in 101 Years

General Motors has dropped to number 15 on the Fortune 500 list, out of the top ten for the first time in 101 years. Ford dropped one spot, from number seven to number eight. Weirdly, without a...

Classic Carnage Friday Edition: Train Wreck, Flipped Divco, Cheap Labor, Box Truck Wheelie

To close out another week of classic carnage scans, we’re bringing you some premium wreckage. It doesn’t get any more epic than a steam locomotive laying on its side. We had to laugh at...

Craigslist Find: A Cool 1968 Cadillac DeVille Convertible

We’re not going to lie to you. When we were trolling Kentucky Craigslist ads, we were looking to find the most bizarre, hill-jack, awful creation we could find. Instead though, we found the...

Vintage Carnage and Gearhead History: Smashed Tomatoes, Goliath’s Older Brother, Train Hits a Gas Tanker

We took a day off as to not melt our scanner from all the hot carnage and history action we’ve been showing you as of late. We’re back to hitting on all cylinders with this edition which...

Killer Drag Video: A 1960 Impala Twisting Itself Up Like a Pretzel

The educated hard core racers who see this video will immediately say that the racer is leaving ET on the table by having his massive 1960 Impala launch like Shamu. To those smarty pants readers, we...

Chrysler Sells Old AMC Headquarters

The last remaining piece of American Motors that was actively part of the US automotive manufacturing landscape has been sold by Chrysler, its current owner. Once the site of a Kelvinator fridge...

Engine Video: A WWII Cadillac M5 1-G Tank Engine On the Stand

When we learned yesterday that Packard built the 1,200hp engines that powered WWII PT boats, it got us to thinking about tank engines from the same era. We remembered that Cadillac motors powered...

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Great Thread: Saving A Rare 427 Impala Custom Coupe From Certain Doom

We were tipped off to an awesome thread on Yenko.net involving the resurrection of a rare, 427, 4-speed, 1968 Impala Custom Coupe. There are tons of photos showing the car as it was discovered and...

New Goodyear Top Fuel/Funny Car Tire Coming for NHRA Las Vegas Race

This weekend’s NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals will see the debut of a new-compound of drag slick for Top Fuel and Funny Car racers. Traditionally, this results in hours of television coverage...

King of the Trar-maros

You may have a personal, deep seated hatred of trars. We do not. In fact, trars like the fourth-gen Camaro featured in this video have our ultimate respect. This thing is a full on, bad-ass mud...

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Great Read: An Interview with Barry Meguiar

You’ve undoubtedly seen Barry Meguiar either on Car Crazy TV or at one of the zillion car shows he attends each season. It’s good to know that Barry is just as passionate about hot rods...

Gallery: Inside The General Motors Heritage Center

When Chad was in town for the Detroit Autorama he managed to sweet talk BangShift.com member and GM guy Mike Copeland into taking him into the GM Heritage Center. This is total nirvana for any fan of...

Totally Insane: Rocket Plane Racing Series to Debut Next Weekend, With Video

The Rocket Racing League, an organization that is set to put on races featuring rocket-powered experimental racing airplanes, is ready to show themselves to the world at the QuickTrip Air and Rocket...

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