New Carburetor from QFT
Quick Fuel Technology has just announced that in a few months it will offer another new carb, this one clearly a variant of the Holley 4500 Dominator platform but created in aluminum with all-new...
Monday Time Killer: L.A. Library Photo Database
It seems as though many car guys are also into history, both of the gearhead hobby and beyond. If that describes you, then you’ll end up wasting lots of hours here at the Los Angeles Public...
New Gallery: 60 Photos of Chevelles and El Caminos
Everywhere I go I snap photos of cars. Even in just the last year or so that’s added up to a whole lot of pics, so I’ve been gathering them by category and presenting them here every once...
Update 1: The Hack-Job General Lee Rebuild Photos
Back on December 15th we reported on a General Lee Charger that had been purchased for nearly $100,000, but that turned out to be a completely butchered car cloaked in shiny paint and nice Web...
CraigsList Pick of the Week: V8 Pinto
I’ve spent a lot of time recently with some old issues of Hot Rod, and the early-’70s issues got me thinking about what happened to all the Pintos and Vegas. They used to be everywhere,...
Fryblogger: The Content You Can Expect
I’ve been pretty lame when it comes to writing my weekly editorial column here at the Junkyard. It’s supposed to happen every week at this time, but trust me, I have a long list of...
Gearhead Destination: Floyd Garrett’s Muscle Car Museum
The debate is curerently raging in our forum about the actual definition of the term “musclecar.” Frankly, it’s going to go forever because the term means something different to...
Best Action Photos of 2008
Ever since we saw the insane Top Fuel Hydroplane wreck photos shot by Mark Rebilas we’ve been keeping tabs on his blog to see all the neat stuff he’s been shooting. Mark has posted a...
Merry Christmas from FJY.com! A Visit From St. Garlits
If this looks vaguely familiar, you probably received it as an e-mail forward from your drag racing buddies. There’s another Hemi-centric version that’s kind of a hack-up of this. The...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
