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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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NO TURBO LAG! HOW TO GET THAT SNAPPY BOOST RESPONSE! BTR STAGE 2 TURBO VS SIMPLE TORQUE CAM. FULL DYNO RESULTS

Richard Holdener has always said that every cam is a turbo cam, but does that mean that getting a turbo cam is a waste of your money? Or is it that boost works with any cam profile so don’t let...

Mortske Tries To Revive A Squarebody Tow Truck!! Abandoned for 12 Years! Will the 6.2 Liter Chevrolet Diesel Run Again?!?

This one is interesting to me not just because it’s a square body tow truck, but also because it’s a 6.2L diesel which is what is under the hood of my recently acquired square body...

Derek From Vice Grip Garage Makes His Monster Truck Driving Debut, Against Guys Who Do This For A Living! How Does He Stack Up To The Pros?

Derek gets to do some pretty fun stuff sometimes, and he’s always super thankful for it, but this time might be one of the coolest yet. We’re talking about driving a real life monster...

Finnegan Drove The World’s Worst Dodge Daytona Wing Car To A Car Show To See What People Would Say, And Who Would Freak Out.

Let’s face it, Finnegan isn’t exactly your average Mopar owner. And yet he owns two of the more iconic Mopars ever built. Weird don’t you think? So he’s got his ’68...

Rule Benders: This Video Looks At 9 Of The Wildest Racing Homologation Specials Ever!

If there is one thing that’s been true about racing since its earliest days, people will always seek to bend the rules for their own benefit. In road racing and rally racing, there are often...

Horse Race: Ride In A Classic Mustang GT350 As It Battles A Boss 302 Around Sebring

Historic race is so awesome because you get to see some “dream” battles that never would have happened in the period the cars come from. For instance, a Boss 302 Mustang and a GT350 would...

Watch The Closest Top Fuel “Near Crash” Ever – Smax Smith Nearly Wipes Out Todd Paton At IHRA Rockingham In 2009

Even at huge speeds, drag racing is a game of inches. Normally we are talking about inches of differential between the cars crossing the finish line but in this case we are talking about inches...

Race Week Rocky Mountain Edition Final Day! Averages Are Set And It Is All About The Shootouts!

Rocky Mountain Race Week is unlike any other Drag and Drive event because the last race day has nothing to do with your week long average. Once racers arrive at the final track, Pueblo Motorsports...

Rocky Mountain Race Week With 1320Video: INTENSE crash + RaceWeek goes HEADS UP! UNREAL Final Matchups! ( RMRW 2.0 Day 7)

It’s the fall drag and drive season and that means it is time for Race Week! Also known as Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0, or Race Week 2.0, this is the second event of the year for the Rocky...

Rough Ride: Watch This Radial Airplane Engine Powered Tractor Pull, Fly, Bounce, and Break in Maryland

Pal of BangShift Brian Lively sent this great video over to us the other day. This was taken at the Lucas Pro Pulling League event in Bel Air, Maryland. The video gets off to a legitimately accurate...

Video: Watch 4 Piston Racing Build A 1,000hp Honda K24 Street Engine – This Rules

The famed “Honda K-motor” has been around since 2001 and it versatility as a platform for hot rodding has been constantly evolved. Like LS engines, the K series Honda engine has had the...

Great Video: This Look Back At The Revolutionary Ford Taurus And SHO Is Informative And Fun

This is not some lame history of the Ford Taurus or the SHO, instead this is the kind of really great look back at a revolutionary car that we love. It’s truthful to say that the Taurus saved...

The Tightest Race In F1 History: The Story of The 1971 Italian Grand Prix Is Fantastic

Is there anything cooler than racing history? I’m not sure that there is. Clearly I have been a freak for it over the course of my life and so many others are as well. This time we are talking...

Watch a 4,000hp Locomotive Get Built by Hand in 1928 – Absolutely Amazing Video

No hype, no BS, no exaggeration, this video is friggin’ awesome. This is footage from 1928 news reels showing the construction of a massive 3,600hp locomotive in Canada. It made us want to...