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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: The Every Man Challenge Is Today, Plus The Kids 170 Tonight! Here Is All Of Our King of the Hammers Livestream Action From Johnson Valley!

Off-road racing across Johnson Valley California at King of the Hammers 2026 continues right here! We’ve got the livestream rocking right here from start to finish, so make sure you tune in and...

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Electrical Tech: WIRE CRIMPING 101 – How to Crimp Open Barrel Terminals Like a PRO! (Wire Selection Included)

There is a lot of wiring going on in your average newer built hot rod, what with EFI and electric everything and all that. But even if you have an older, or more traditional, ride there are still...

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Grand National Roadster Show 2026 Photo Coverage Continues: Even More Hot Rods, Customs, Lowriders, Muscle Cars, Street Rods, Trucks, and More!

We’ve got another gallery of photos from the show, and if you missed our previous photos we’ve got a link to those too! (Photos by Chad Reynolds) Our newest gallery of photos from the...

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This Is The Biggest Deal In Air Hammers: Which One Of These Beasts Actually Performs Under Real Testing Conditions?

In a world of tools that just keeps getting better and better for the money, and where nearly everything is offered in a battery operated version that outperforms everything else, air hammers seem to...

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Ride On Board With Christopher Polvoorde During His King of the Hammers Trophy Truck Qualifying Run!

Seeing Trophy Trucks run well over 100 miles per hour across the desert is something truly special. With suspension travel that is measured in feet, not inches, and 1,000 horsepower on tap for the...

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This Is What Hanging Out With Jay Leno For A Day Is Like: Driving Cool Stuff + Shop Tour + New Projects!

8 years ago I got the chance to come to Jay Leno’s and talk to his car care guys, get a truck washed and waxed, and check out the collection. We weren’t supposed to really talk to Jay...

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The Top 11 Things We Never Thought We’d Hear Ourselves Say

Times have changed. We have changed. Our families have grown. Standing back and looking at the state of the hobby and of our near homelessness and of our shift to the Web, we had to sum it all up in...

Moran: Quickest and Fastest in the World With Turbos!

For years we’ve been wondering and waiting for someone, anyone, to figure out how to properly harness the power of a turbocharged Pro Mod and throw some numbers up. Andy Jensen has been doing...

The New Weld Wheels

This is kind of old news after the buzz got around at the SEMA show, but we were just copied on the official press release so we thought we’d share with you that Weld Racing has been purchased...

eBay Pick of the Week: The F-Troop Gasser

As radical and cool and historic as this is, I don’t think I’d throw down $425,000 for this even if I had Leno kinda money. It’s the F-Troop Willys Gasser, and its story is well...

Monday Time Killer: Horsepower Guesser

Monday morning universally sucks unless you are at the US Nationals and are still racing. Other than that, it blows. Luckily, we here at FreiburgersJunkyard.com will provide you with something to...

Barnstormin’: In Praise of Open Trailers

Gale Banks Display at the Wally Parks

The photo shows just a few of the 34 engines that were headed out of Banks Engineering last week, on the way to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California, for this week’s...

New Resto Decals for Garlits Tachs

This is so cool! Anyone remember the Don Garlits signature tachs by Sun? They were in full Captain America trim in red, white, and blue. They’ve been going for big bucks on eBay for the past...

62 Photos from Today’s Long Beach Swap Meet

After clearing 10,000 square feet of junk out of our old 7,000-square-foot shop, we had lots of stuff to get rid of. Combine that with our need for food money and it was obvious that we had to go...

Lunati Pistons for Cheap

Interestingly, Lunati is now owned by (among others) Ron Coleman of Comp Cams. The two companies share an owner and one PR employee, and are being run as competitors. However, before all of that ever...

Roadside Find: ’42 Brew Wagon

While on an afternoon trip to the local home improvement mega-store we nearly drove off the road when we spotted this awesome ’42 Chevy truck parked outside a little local watering hole. We can...

CraigsList Deal of the Week: Elcomino

Here’s another one of the recurring features you’ll find at FreiburgersJunkyard.com: the CraigsList Deal of the Week. It was supposed to go live first thing this morning with similar...

Friday Excuse to go Home Early and Drink: The Seemingly Imminent Death of Pontiac

This weekly feature will give you plenty of reason to click the shut-down button on your work computer and drain a few frosties stat. It’s going to be bad news people–deal. Automotive...

This Weekend: Daytona’s Turkey Run

Thanksgiving weekend us upon us and for most of the country that means your junk is sitting idle in the garage, under a tarp, or like us, in the elements. Note that we said most of the country. If...