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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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CraigsList Pick of the Week: Big-Ass Texas Suburban

We’re headed deep into the heart of Texas this week for a massive Chevy Suburban mud bogger. Long story short, it’s a 1987 Suburban 4×4 sitting on 2.5-ton Rockwell axles front and...

Edge Products Launches Edge Racing Brand

No doubt, if you are into diesel performance you know the name Edge Products. They make a bunch of different products for the diesel aftermarket. They are best known for their plug in tuners and...

The Age of the Flying Car is Now!

We were kind of shocked to find out there there’s a company back in the flying car business, and even more shocked to find out it’s located about 30 miles from our eastern offices here in...

Cool Old Press Photos: 1957 Mercury Montclair Phaeton

This week’s historical gem from my newfound collection of original press photos and releases from the 1957 model year comes from Ford’s Mercury brand and trumpets the bold new styling...

Speedway Motors’ New Stromberg 97 Replicas

Finding genuine old Stromberg 97 carbs is becoming more difficult by the day, and working with castings and innards that are pushing 70 years old on a good day is a also a problem. That’s why...

Gearhead Destination: Mopar Spring Fling 2009

This week we’re looking ahead about a month to one mother of a Mopar show. It’s the Spring Fling, held at Woodley Park in Van Nuys, California, on April 25th and 26th. This is a massive...

Auto Trader Classics Magazines: Not Dead

Man, it’s getting weird for the dudes and dudettes in the print media. Hell, even the books that exist just to sell other people’s junk are trying to off each other. What makes us say...

Crane Cams: What Our Inside Sources Say

There have been rumors swirling about the future of Crane Cams ever since the company shut down its plant a few weeks ago. Some say it’s done for good and others say that the place will be...

Video: Detroit Speed and Engineering Camaro Test Car in Action

A couple days ago I told you about Boondoggle Media, my video production company, and the vid we did for MSD. I forgot that we also have a movie live now at the Detroit Speed and Engineering site....

It Came from the Fab Shop: Homemade Wheel Spacers

(By Loren Krussow) – I do not work in a state-of-the-art, high-tech shop. I wouldn’t knock it, though, for the purpose of making just one or two of something there are actually only a...

Lohnes’ Pic of the Week: The Demo Derby Car That Wasn’t

The Caprice wagon you see in this rather poor photo from about ten years ago was my first attempt at a demo derby car. The good news for the Caprice is that it never saw a demo derby. The whole thing...

John Fitch: An American Hero Under Attack

John Fitch, automobile safety advocate, 1950s auto racing star, World War II aviator, and POW camp survivor is being hounded to bankruptcy by the state of Connecticut’s Department of...

Site of the Week: US Lawn Mower Racing Association

Admit it, you’ve been mowing your grass, buzzing along in fourth gear on your lawn tractor and clipping apexes around your house. If you’re like us, you don’t have a drink holder on...

Despite Financial Woes, Mopar Sticks with NHRA Contingency

A Mopar press release hit our desks today and despite the fact that the company is suffering economic losses it is sticking with its contingency drag racing sponsorship. We applaud Mopar for keeping...