The Violation Game: We May Have a Winner
Dec 24, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Violation Game: We May Have a Winner
You know the Violation Game, right? You add up all the automotive faux pas on a given car, have your buddy do the same, and see who gets the most. Yes, it judges. We’re ok with that, because...
Video of the Week: Our Christmas Wish
Dec 24, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Video of the Week: Our Christmas Wish
This week we take you to the Green Mountain state via YouTube. We’re going to a place that we’ve actually been to and shot a load of video at for “the site of which we do not...
Web Site of the Week: The Best Christmas Gifts Ever
Dec 24, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Web Site of the Week: The Best Christmas Gifts Ever
It’s been our job for years to fiddle with cars. You make think we use nothing but free parts, but we’ve bought plenty of stuff from the best and the worst of ’em. It’s a...
Mopar Freakshow: ’62 Dart Stretch Limo
Dec 23, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Mopar Freakshow: ’62 Dart Stretch Limo
Dave Wallace pointed us toward this thing in an e-mail correspondence last week and now is the perfect time to spring it on you. Its eBay auction has ended, but you can still view the goodness that...
Vintage Race Car of the Week: Smokey’s Pod Car
Dec 23, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Race Car of the Week: Smokey’s Pod Car
It was only matter of time before one of Smokey Yunick’s creations found its way to this section of our blog. It wasn’t any easy choice on which way to go for the first one, either. An...
Book Review: Quarter-Mile Chaos
Dec 23, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Book Review: Quarter-Mile Chaos
We’re certainly down to the wire for Christmas gifts, both the stuff you’re shopping for and the stuff you’re asking for. With that said, there’s still time for cool stuff and...
For Sale: 5-Second Pro Mod Camaro! Makes a Great Christmas Gift!
Dec 23, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on For Sale: 5-Second Pro Mod Camaro! Makes a Great Christmas Gift!
Jim Halsey has the deal of the century for you! Jim is selling his ’68 Camaro Pro Mod, the first nitrous doorslammer to run the quarter mile in less than 6 seconds, for the low, low price of...
Freiburger’s Pic of the Week: The Biz
Dec 23, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Freiburger’s Pic of the Week: The Biz
This is a painful story. Here you see my ’62 Chevy Biscayne near the end of its tenure with my name on the pink. I’d bought the car a few years prior with the full intention of running it...
The Top 11 Greatest Influencers of Hot Rodding
Dec 22, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Top 11 Greatest Influencers of Hot Rodding
This week’s entry is a bit more philosophical than our past Top 11 lists. We thought about the things that really made the car hobby what it is today, and put quite a bit of effort into ranking...
eBay Pick of the Week: Motor Wheel Spyders
Dec 22, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on eBay Pick of the Week: Motor Wheel Spyders
One of the items in my eBay saved searches is Motor Wheel Spyder mags. These wheels, built from roughly ’68 to ’74, are becoming increasingly hard to come by, especially for decent...
Monday Time Killer: Ghost Tracks
Dec 22, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Monday Time Killer: Ghost Tracks
One of our users blew our cover. We were going to direct you to 60sFunnyCars.com and 70sFunny Cars.com as this week’s Time Killer, but PatricksDad jumped us by linking those on a message-board...
Gallery: Vintage Photos of Freiburger’s Super Bee
Dec 22, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Gallery: Vintage Photos of Freiburger’s Super Bee
As many of you know, a few months ago Chad and I had to close down the old website that used to employ us and also clear out the shop where we’d been working. Aside from the drama of going out...
Motorized Freak of the Week: NASA’s Crawler-Transporter
Dec 19, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Motorized Freak of the Week: NASA’s Crawler-Transporter
Make no mistake about it: this is the slowest vehicle that will ever be featured here. It’s probably the least fuel efficient as well, but we don’t really give a crap about that. This...
Nitro Pro Mods: The Inside Scoop (part 2)
Dec 19, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Nitro Pro Mods: The Inside Scoop (part 2)
Ok, now for the payoff pitch on the Nitro Prom Mods dirt that we first spilled yesterday. We spoke with Joe Monden, the man who is doing the final assembly on the first of the injected Pro Mods at...