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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: THIS RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 350 HAS HAD A HOD ROD LIFE! COME SAVE IT!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Pontiac. How about a real deal 1987 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that has had a few good go...

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Wild Ride at the May 2026 El Mirage California SCTA Meet – The Spirit of AutoPower III Comp Coupe Hits A Bump at 228 MPH!

The Spirit of Autopower Comp Coupe is a pretty radical machine, and a staple in the land speed racing community. This thing is based off a little tiny first generation Honda Civic, but the rest is...

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Listen To A Hot Rodded 2.5L Mercury Marine V6 Scream To 10,500 RPM!

I don’t know lots about boat racing, but when there is a “Formula One” class, I’m going to assume it is pretty serious business. From what I can gather about the engine that...

Sales Job: This 1975 Promotional Video For the Lincoln Town Car and Town Coupe Is Awesome

Your salesmen will show you such options as “four wheel power brakes,” and the “extended range fuel tank.” There’s a lot of great stuff in this video but the...

More Street Machine Nationals Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks And So Much More From St. Paul’s Baddest Show!

Here’s another gallery of photos from the Street Machine Nationals, and if you missed any of our previous photos there is a link below that will take you to all of them as well. (Words and Photos...

The Hot Rod Hoarder Shares The HIDDEN HISTORY of 411 Dragway – Racing And More From 1969-2014

Tommy Lee Byrd is our dude of dudes when it comes to drag racing history and is an absolute bloodhound when it comes to finding old drag cars and hot rods as well. So check out the video below for a...

Buffing a BARN FIND! – Can You Restore Faded Paint on Classic Cars? Here’s How To Bring Barn Find Paint Back To Life!

I’m a huge fan of a good patina on a car, after all it takes decades for the sun and weather to create it. But sometimes you find a car that is still all one color, if a car has been hidden in...

Dylan McCool Grabs A JUNKYARD 1966 V8 Mustang – Will It Run And Drive After Decades?

After recently pulling a car out of the woods, unsticking its seized engine, and making it run and drive, I can tell you that most people think this is absolutely crazy, especially if you plan on...

This Pink All-Wheel Drive Ford Escort Is Powered by A 550 Horsepower K Series, And GAPs GTR’s with EASE!

Here in the states, Ford Escorts were just an economy car that folks bought because they were cheap and good on gas. Even the GT models were mostly an appearance package as the really good powerful...

Flashlight Shootout: New Milwaukee & Harbor Freight Flashlights vs Streamlight, Nitecore, Coast. Which One Is Worth The Money?

With the unbelievable growth in LED technology over the past several years, flashlights have gotten more and more powerful. Hell, there are ads for them only where folks are using them to start...

Our Street Machine Nationals Photos Continue: Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks And So Much More From St. Paul’s Baddest Show!

Here’s another gallery of photos from the Street Machine Nationals, and if you missed any of our previous photos there is a link below that will take you to all of them as well. (Words and...

Cool Tech-Demo Video: Why ARP Ultra-Torque Is THE Fastener Assembly To Use On Your Project

When a technically obsessed company spends two years of time, resources, and capital to make a product that increases the efficacy of their already industry leading parts, it’s not time wasted....

Watch This 1969 L71 427 Crank Out 500hp With The Factory Air Cleaner And Exhaust Manifolds On

It is one of those questions that gearheads love to pose to each other. How good were those old engines, anyway? How much did the factory over or under rate them? Did they actually make the...

COLOR Video From Alton Dragway Circa 1961 is Amazing – The Cars, The Starting System, More

Now this is a jaw dropper.  Of course Alton Dragway was the scene of what’ll forever be among drag racing’s most controversial runs, the claimed 204mph shot by Chris Karamesines in 1960....

The Flyin’ Bolens Is A Turbine Powered Lawn Tractor Puller From Hell

People may want to laugh at it, but the world of garden tractor pulling is deadly serious. There are engine builders who make their living on single and twin cylinder engines for these tractors that...

Historic Video: Silent Screamer – The Inside Story Of The 1967 STP Turbine Powered Indy Car!

Last year around this time I was at the American Sped Festival in Detroit, surrounded by historic race cars of all different shapes and sizes. Two of them were 1968 turbine cars as fielded by STP....