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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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This Abandoned Ford Galaxie Sat For 30 YEARS – Let’s See If It Can Be Saved! This One Might Take Some Extra Work

I’ve revived plenty of old cars, but there have been a few over the years that fought me. Some from start to finish, and others after making you think everything was fine and going to be good....

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FORMULA OFFROAD ICELAND, from BLÖNDUÓS 2026! HOW DO THESE RIGS DEFY GRAVITY ON TRACK 3 and 4?

It’s time for track specific coverage from the 4th Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are...

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Chop Top How To: Chopping The Top on a 1953 Chevy Truck. Part 2: Fixing a Butchered Top Chop

If you missed Part 1 of this 1953 Chevrolet truck chop, we’ve got a link below to make sure you see it too. In this one the metal work begins in earnest as the rear section of the roof...

HOW TO TIG WELD SILICON BRONZE: Karl At Make It Kustom Is Making A Custom Urn For A Fellow Hot Rodder

If you have ever had a loved one pass away and done the search for an urn, you know that there aren’t many cool options. When my wife passed away, we had the guys at Mooneye’s make a...

Watch A Greenwood Corvette Lose An Engine In Flaming Fashion On The Banks Of Daytona!

The most positive among us talk about how there’s “no such thing as a bad day at the race track” and while there are times that we agree with such Pollyanna vision, videos like the...

Fun Propaganda: 1974 Film Touting The Supremacy Of Chevy Trucks Over Fords Uses Some Wacky Tests

Automakers have been creating promotional sales videos since the advent of the moving picture, right? To us, they are great because even in the darkest of times, they were all talking about how...

This 900CC Ninja Engine Powered Toro Snow Blower Is Setting The Bar For BangShifty Snow Domination

Swedes. We love these guys because they come up with awesome methods to both play in and move snow. There seems to be no end to their creativity and this video is further proof. The builder of this...

Dirthead Dave Is Getting His Mini Truck On With Hand Made Airbag Mounts on the rear of his Nissan Minitruck

Dave Chappelle, the one that can weld and build killer trucks of all kinds, not the funny one on TV, is our kind of dude. One day he’s working on his horribly ugly, but cool, bagged Mustang II,...

Beards, Burnouts, and Beer Podcast: Racing Into 2024! The Bullhorn Edition With Eric Yost From Customs By Bigun.

We had a fun Beards, Burnouts, and Beer show this past week with Eric Yost from Customs by Bigun and were talking 2024 events, what we’ve got going on, and Bullhorns. Not the kind on a four...

Sally’s Speed Shop And Dylan McCool Try To Save A FORGOTTEN General Lee! Will It RUN and DRIVE After All These Years?

If you are a car enthusiast over the age of 40, the General Lee is an American TV icon, as we all grew up watching the Dukes of Hazzard where this car was as big a character as any of those folks...

Local DRAG CAR Survivor and Other Cool Stuff at the Paradise Dragstrip Toy Drive With The Hot Rod Hoarder

Tommy Lee Byrd is back at it, and was recently out for a show and race at Paradise Dragstrip in December for their annual toy drive show which had been cancelled due to rain two weekends in a row!...

Can You Tell The Difference Between A 1969 or 1970 Shelby? What are the Differences? Find Out With Expert Jim Wicks & a 1970 GT500 Convertible!

If you grow up as a car enthusiast, with parents who taught you the differences between their favorite hot rod and muscle car models, you  know the differences between the years of your favorites....

The Alfarrari Project: Custom Electric Windows Front And Rear On A Car That Never Had Them To Begin With

It’s windows time for the Alfarrari project, and while the glass has been there all along, there hasn’t been any way to raise and lower them electrically until now. But this isn’t a...

Iron Trap’s Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod: Is The Engine Seized In Our 1938 Ford Convertible – First Wash!!

In a previous video we shared the 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod that the guys at Iron Trap Garage found stashed away in an old garage, but in this video it is getting the first bath it has had in...

Influence And Impact Episode 12: Mini Truck History Part 1 ’70s Van Crase and ’80s Euro, Tilt Beds and Airbags

I’m an unapologetic mini trucker. There was a time, not so long ago actually, where lots of folks in the hot rod and custom world didn’t think much of mini truckers and so many people who...

In-Car Video: Wheel-Sawing Action In The Cockpit Of A Small Block Powered 289 Cobra!

There are few cars that have the mythology, history, and downright awesome past than the Shelby Cobra. The little English car that became an American icon with the addition of a 260, then a 289, and...