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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Influence and Impact E3 C-10 Truck History, 73-87 Squarebody, Resto-Mod Trucks For Days!

This new series from the guys at Auto Revolution is pretty darn cool! If you ever wondered how the C10 trucks you know and love came to be so influential in the custom truck and hot rod scene, and...

WILL THIS 5.0L FORD MAKE 535 HP? HOW TO: 535-HP 347 FORD STROKER POWER BUILD! SOLID ROLLER CAM SWAP AND MORE!

Stroker small-blocks are good, we all know that, but making 535 horsepower from just 347 cubic inches seems like a bit of a stretch to a lot of folks, especially when you are talking about a...

30 Minute Door Delete: QUICK And EASY 2 Door Conversion – Transforming An Ugly 4 Door Into A Sweet 2 Door!

If you haven’t seen a Tri-Five Chevy 2-Door conversion before, you are going to want to watch this to see just how easy it really can be. And if you have, then you are going to want to watch...

Lateral Head Pads For Your Roll Cage Keep You Safe, Comfortable, And Contained Which Is The Point!

While we are all familiar with head and neck restraints in racing of all kinds, and the dozens of brands of systems to protect us in front end impacts, one thing that people don’t often talk...

Syracuse Nationals Bonus Photos: Here’s Part 2 Of Jim Hrody’s Top 100 From The Show! Muscle Cars, Street Machines, Trucks, Hot Rods, And More!

(Photos by Jim Hrody) Last week we shared our last gallery of photos from the Syracuse Nationals, but then Jim Hrody sent us his Top 100! Mike Brooks shot all kinds of photos that we shared, and if...

NEW RUSTOLEUM 5 IN 1 SPRAY PAINT TEST. APPLYING A $41 PAINT JOB THEN HEADING TO THE CAR SHOW!

Spray can paint jobs have been the rage the past several years, and so have Rustoleum enamel paint jobs where people buy a $12 can of Rustoleum, thin it, and then spray it like it is regular...

Garage Tech: 5 WAYS TO RUST PROOF Without Paint!!! CHEAP, FAST & LONG LASTING METHODS YOU CAN DO AT HOME

Considering all the other advancements in hot rodding and racing, it is kind of funny that fasteners haven’t changed much in the last 50 years with regard to rust proofing. The same could be...

Building Aluminum Body Panels For A 1979 Firebird From Scratch! English Wheeling Aluminum Panels – 1979 Firebird Part 3

This is awesome! This project is a 1979 Firebird and it is being built by a guy who decided he didn’t want restoration parts, but rather to build as much of the car out of aluminum as possible. In...

FIRST DRIVE IN 60 YEARS! Driving the 1931 Duesenberg Model J for 1st time since the 1960’s!

This is the million-dollar barn find and it is finally on the road after 60 years! You heard that right, 60 years and this thing is finally seeing the road again. We love that this car has been saved...

5.3L LS VS 5.3L LT VS 5.3L LS/LT HYBRID-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE POWER? 500+ HP 5.3L SHOOTOUT-WHO WINS?

We talked about putting LT heads on an LS to make a hybrid of the two, but how does that stack up to an LS or an LT? Which 5.3 is the best one to build? I mean there are more and more L83 LT engines...

How It’s Done: Dipping And Chemical Stripping A 1966 GTO Body Of Paint AND Rust Is A Neat Process.

Dipping cars to remove paint and filler isn’t new, but the process has changed over the years for sure. In fact it isn’t just to get rid of paint anymore, but also to get rid of rust....

Syracuse Nationals Bonus Photos: Here’s Jim Hrody’s Top 100 From The Show! Muscle Cars, Street Machines, Trucks, Hot Rods, And More!

(Photos by Jim Hrody) Last week we shared our last gallery of photos from the Syracuse Nationals, but then Jim Hrody sent us his Top 100! Mike Brooks shot all kinds of photos that we shared, and if...

Watch This Bitchin Front Engine Dragster Start Up On Methanol And Then Switch Over To Nitro! With Real Weedburner Headers!

When we used to cover the National Hot Rod Reunion, and the larger California Hot Rod Reunion, the Cacklefest was as popular as the racing was. With dozens of bitchin Nostalgia Dragsters and Altereds...

The 1320Video Crew Were Surrounded by Weird FWD European Cars At Santa Pod, And They Are Surprisingly QUICK!

We’re so ate up with racing in the United States, and so many of the other car cultures in the world love American car culture, that we often think that everyone is racing the same stuff we are...