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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: THIS RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 350 HAS HAD A HOD ROD LIFE! COME SAVE IT!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Pontiac. How about a real deal 1987 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that has had a few good go...

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Wild Ride at the May 2026 El Mirage California SCTA Meet – The Spirit of AutoPower III Comp Coupe Hits A Bump at 228 MPH!

The Spirit of Autopower Comp Coupe is a pretty radical machine, and a staple in the land speed racing community. This thing is based off a little tiny first generation Honda Civic, but the rest is...

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Legal Manuvering Continues in Mayfield Case

There have been some small developments in the saga of NASCAR versus driver Jeremy Mayfield for his alleged use of methamphetamine. Now we’re seeing some interesting stuff starting to happen...

2010 Camaro Body in White

It was announced in February that GM Performance Parts is offering 2010 Camaros as a body in white (just the sheetmetal, nothing else, including the main body, doors, fenders, hood, and trunk lid)...

Craigslist Pick of the Week: Bone Stock 1955 Willys CJ-3B Jeep

Flat-fender Jeeps are coveted by collectors and off-roaders alike. They are iconic American vehicles, and in the case of this 1955 CJ-3B for sale in the Chicago area, direct descendants of the Jeeps...

Icons of Speed Auction to Showcase Historical Drag Machinery

The epic “Icons of Speed and Style” auction to be held at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles this Saturday by RM Auctions will feature a lot of stuff, we’re drooling over the...

Power Tool Drag Racing is Huge in England

We see power tools and think home improvements. A bunch of wacky gearheads in England see power tools and think drag racing. We love stuff like this and these guys and girls have taken it to the next...

Amazing Canadian Car Collection

The Internet has done a lot of stuff for the car hobby, but most importantly it has shown the gearhead world that there are amazing cars in all corners of the globe. Thanks to a tip from BangShifter...

ARP Main Studs for LT1 Small-Blocks

The newst stuff from the fastener guys at ARP includes parts for Audis and Lancias and junk like that. The company does everything. But the new parts we care about most are the new main studs for...

Bitchin’ Video: Full Tilt Fly Bys From the Silver State Challenge

The Silver State Classic Challenge is a bad ass automotive competition that you’ve had to have been living under a rock not to have heard of. It takes place on a 90 mile stretch of desolate...

Craigslist Find: Sweet Van

CraigsList has shown down upon us once again, this time in the form of a fully customized 1976 Ford van. How fully customized? There’s multiple windows of various shapes and sizes, a roof wing,...

Blown Camaro Z/28 Confirmed for Production

Oh Hell yes! There will be a Camaro Z28 after all and it will be packing the blown, 6.2L, 550hp motor that is currently found in the Cadillac CTS-V. We thought that the Z28 was a totally dead player....

Video: Killer ‘Vette Autocrosser

C4 Corvettes have been slowly growing on us around here. They are a capable platform to build a hot rod off of and can be made to do lots of stuff well. Braking and handling were good from the...

Route 66: Star of the Screen

Driving on Rt 66 is something that should be on every gearhead’s bucket list. Sure it isn’t exactly the same as it was back in time, but it is still plenty cool and has some really great...

Ford Parts Inspired by the Cobra Jet Mustangs

It’s almost like the 1960s again with Ford Racing stepping up to sell you the same stuff that was used to build last year’s Cobra Jet Mustangs. Those are the same cars that won Stock...

Bruton Smith’s Speedway Motors Inc. Sues City of Concord, North Carolina

The love/hate relationship between the city of Concord, North Carolina and O. Bruton Smith’s Speedway Motorsports company has hit a new level with Speedway Motorsports filing a lawsuit against...