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Perfect Shop Truck? Newberns Got A New C30 Flatbed Shop Truck and He’s Fixing The 1963 Biscayne Project!

A good shop truck is invaluable, but it depends on the kind of work you do at your shop as to what would make the best shop truck. In the case of someone building hot rods and stuff, having a good...

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How Race Car Drivers See Their Blind Spots | Behind the Scenes with Spotters at The Rolex 24

I’ve done a lot of racing over the years. Not as much as I’d like to, but a lot more than a lot of folks. And while a ton of it has been drag racing and autocross, I’ve done a fair...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: World Series of Pro Mod Testing Continues, LIVE From Bradenton Motorsports Park

The World Series of Pro Mod is this weekend, in Bradenton Florida, and we can’t wait. But before all the racing coverage starts in a few days, there is some testing going on for the teams that need...

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Merrill Ice Drags Video: This Shouldn’t Be Possible.. 1000HP Cars Drag Race on ICE! Frozen Lake Drag Racing

The 1320Video crew was back at it for the Merrill Ice Drags and the action did not disappoint. It was plenty cold, but thanks to clear skies and sunny conditions there was definitely some shine to...

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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Truck Show Photos: Huge Show, Great Weather, And Nothing But Custom Trucks Of All Shapes And Sizes!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Chassis Fabrication: Body Notch, Fender Trim, Spring Hangers And More

If you missed this FJ40 project that Shannon Campbell is working on, we’ve got a link below, but if you are back for the next installment in this build series you are in luck as well. In this...

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Event Coverage: 2009 March Meet Pits, Swap Meet, and Car Show

First we brought you a photo gallery of action from Friday at the 2009 March Meet, and today we’re going to have two more sections of event coverage. This one here is all photos from the swap...

Event Coverage: The 2009 March Meet, 100 Friday Photos

Today, Friday, March 6, was the kickoff day of the 2009 March Meet at historic Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California. It’s actually in McFarland, but no one really cares....

Chadmouth: I Want to be the Guy with the Mullet

While walking through the Long Beach Swap Meet last weekend, I saw some guy in a tube-chassis Duster cruising the parking lot on his way to the car corral and it got me pondering the fact that you...

SEMA Scholarship Deadline Coming Soon

We got this press release from SEMA today alerting us to the fact that the deadline to enter their scholarship application process is drawing nigh. If you are a student in an automotive discipline...

Cars and Skateboards Go Together

It’s my opinion that cars and skateboards go together. I may get raised eyebrows for saying that but I believe it’s true, at least in Southern California. Surfing and cars work,...

Thread-Jack: Every Known Photo of the F-Bomb Camaro

The old boss (David Freiburger) certainly has a collection of neat junk, but in our book, none is neater than the infamous F-Bomb. Apparently we’re not the only ones who feel this way because...

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: GM Considering Bankruptcy

With body blows coming on a nearly daily basis, GM has begun the process of letting us, the motoring public, know that it is mulling filing for bankruptcy. There are serious doubts from internal...

Craigslist Pick of the Week: Killer 1936 Ford Truck

Normally we don’t go all ga-ga over straight resto’d pre-war cars and trucks but this one is just too neat to pass up. It is a wonderfully done truck powered by a factory...

Cool Old Press Photos: The 1957 Buicks

Buicks were certainly a hot GM ticket in the late ‘50s. With an economy that was rebounding from a bit of a slump, many people were aspiring to own one of the General’s intermediate...

Champion Speed Shop Top Fuel Dragster Streamlined for the March Meet

With the March Meet coming this weekend we got a neat press release from our pal Mike Bumbeck regarding the Champion Speed Shop team and their Nostalgia Top Fueler. This car is powered by a...

Gearhead Destination: The Studebaker National Museum

OK kids, if you are going on the 2009 Hot Rod Power Tour you have absolutely no excuse to not check this place out as the tour is running through South Bend, Indiana, the ancestral home of Studebaker...

Video of the Week: Dinah Shore and Elizabeth Montgomery sell Chevrolets

As car junkies we often find ourselves reminiscing about the old days. This week’s videos are commercials from Chevrolet’s past and show the American spirit of the automakers of old....

NHRA versus ADRL on Nitro Pro Mods

Proudly, we were one of the first news sources to bring you the inside story on the ADRL allowing injected, nitro-powered Pro Mods at their races. When the story broke and news came that cars were...

Former NASCAR Racer Busted for Making Moonshine

Nope, this is not a repeat of some headline from the ’40s or ’50s. This is a headline from 3/4/2009. The racer Carl Dean Combs, who made 24 Winston Cup starts from 1981-1984, got busted...