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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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NHRA’s Angelle Sampey Retires From Drag Racing as the Most Winning Female Racer Ever

NHRA Pro Stock Bike racer Angelle Sampey, the winningest female professional racer in the history of motorsports, has retired. She left the sport after a failed attempt to team up with Shirley...

New Product: Zex 2010 Camaro Nitrous Kit

Out of the box, the LS3 powered 2010 Camaro is a pretty tough customer. That being said, any gearhead worth his weight in gear oil can only be happy for so long with factory performance. ZEX has...

Roadside Find: A 1948 Hudson Double Front-Ender

Our buddy Paul was really on his stuff the other day. He tipped us off on the V8 Miata web site that we ran earlier in the day and he also sent this photo of what appears to be a 1948 Hudson double...

Photo Gallery: A Tour of Ross Meyer’s 3 Dog Garage

Our roving photographic rogue agent Joe Grippo is back with another bitchin’ photo gallery. Joe recently went on a tour of Ross Meyer’s incredible 3 Dog Garage in Hershey, Pennsylvania,...

LS Powered Miatas: We Want

For a long time, the small world of V8 Miata engine swaps was dominated by use of the small-block Ford powerplant. More than one company was bolting little 302s into the front of the small Mazda...

Carnage Video: Watch the Rear Axle Get Ripped Clean Out of a Pulling Truck!

Carnage is something that happens with regularity in all motorsports. Truck and tractor pulling is no exception. With motors and drivetrain parts being worked to within an inch of their lives under...

Barnstormin’: The Problem with Town Forest Committees

I recently had occasion to attend a board of selectmen’s meeting at a local town hall. I was not a resident of the town I was in, but had to attend the meeting for a business matter. While...

Party-Time: The First Ever YellowBullet.com Nationals Will be Held at Cecil County on Labor Day Weekend

YellowBullet.com, the 900-pound gorilla of drag racing message boards, and pal of BangShift.com, has announced that it will be running a drag race on Labor Day Weekend at Maryland’s Cecil...

Neat Video: Buddies Horsing Around With Their Jag-Powered Slingshot, Dry Hops Included

This video struck us as very cool in a subtle way. It’s basically a few guys tuning on a vintage slingshot dragster powered by a DOHC Jag engine. The thing sounds cool as hell, and the fact...

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Columnist Wonders Why Pony Cars Don’t Get Raced, Seems Unaware That They Do

Wall Street Journal columnist Ben Austen recently penned a column lamenting the fact that none of the Big Three’s pony cars get raced like they did in the old days. He has apparently missed the...

Cool Video: A Huge Custom Unimog Struts Its Stuff

Unimogs are bad ass 4x4s, and modified Unimogs are even better than that. This video shows a totally tricked out Unimog built by Couch Off Road Engineering for the firearms company Magpul Industries....

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New Products: TCI Master Overhaul Kit for Ford 1980-1993 AOD Transmissions

More and more Ford guys are running the venerable AOD transmission behind their blue oval motors in high performance applications. The folks at TCI have introduced a neat master overhaul kit that...

eBay Find: A Wooden 1950’s Sports Car

We were stopped dead in our tracks when we laid eyes on their weirdly amazing car. It is a completely wooden sports car, powered by an odd-ball motorcycle engine, and sitting on a Citroen suspension...

Party at Big Daddy’s House and Everyone is Invited

We got wind of a cool car show coming up at the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, Florida and figured we’d pass the word along to anyone that can attend. It’s free to check out...