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Result for: $1,000 Build

Go Sand Drag Racing For $10,000 With This Big Block Chevy Powered Jeep

As I write this I am on my way to the first official life experience I will have with drag racing on dirt. I am pretty excited and I have been trying to read up on as much stuff as I possibly can...

Building Blocks: There’s an eBay Listing Featuring 300 Bare Big Block Chevy Blocks For $500,000

So heres’s the latest massive cache of parts that has come up for sale on eBay and it’s biggie. Like the rest of them it carries the same question. Is it worth it? Is this an investment...

BangShift Test Drive: 2016 Ram 1500 Tradesman Hemi – The Best Option For A Late-Model Build Or A Stripped Penalty Box?

I know what you are thinking and I’ll spare you asking it yourself: why in the hell would I bother testing a two-year-old stripper work truck? Well, it comes down to a couple of facts that are...

How To Build A Happy Hot Rod: This List Of Mods Might Surprise You

(Words and Photos by Bret Voelkel and Ridetech) It is quite common for customers to approach us  requesting “the best suspension system money can buy!” We are always flattered to field these...

Grand Plan: For $1000 Or Less This Real Cosworth Vega Could Be Yours!

Yeah, it’s Cosworth Vega car number 1043 according to the plaque on the dash. It looks straight to us from the pictures, and since the engine is already gone we wouldn’t feel bad about...

The Blonde Bitch Belly Tanker Defines What Bonneville Is All About. Build Photos, Video, And More.

There is no place like Bonneville. Racing, or watching, Speed Week is one of the most amazing automotive events and magical to all that attend. And no matter how hard we try, we can’t write or...

Dually Of The Day: This Square Body Chevrolet Dually Could Be The Best One Out There For Less Than $10k

As if the clean outside, inside, and stance weren’t enough, add a super low mileage crate 454, a 4L80e, and tons of other brand new parts and this clean 1983 Crew Cab Dually sounds like a hell...

How To Make Money Building A Race Car: The 12.99 Dart Is A Lesson In Frugality You Need

There has been a push for the last twenty or so years to make your car be and do just about everything. It’s the essence of Pro Touring: classic looks, modern performance, comfy cruiser, brutal...

Can A Clapped-Out Malibu Run Nines For Under $2,000? This Guy Is Trying!

We love a good budget build around here. Mainly because we all are working underneath a budget. What can we say…we aren’t farmers, we can’t grow cash trees. But you can have fun for...

A Once In A Lifetime Offer: Buy An Entire Salvage Yard Full Of Projects, Plus Property And Buildings, For A Million Dollars!

We have to thank BangShifter Channing Ivey for sending us a link to the fastest way we’d spend a winning lottery ticket ever. There is a place in Tappen, British Columbia, Canada where if you...

$250,000 For An Unfinished Ferrari Powered Fiberglass 1932 Ford? I Don’t Think So. Check This Out.

(We got a tip from BH, who wishes to remain nameless on this one, about this particular ride and wow…) Bring $250,000 and an IQ below 60 and these folks will sell you one of the most overpriced...

This 340 Duster Is As Clean As A Pin And Hot Rod Bad Assery For Only $11,000!

Admittedly I’m not a big Mopar fanatic, but I do like the occasional Duster, Demon, Charger, etc. After all, I’m a muscle car guy at heart and we all know that Mopar had some pretty bad...

Take A Tour Of The New 22,000 sq/ft, $10-Million Don Schumacher Racing Machine Shop

We’re a long, long way from the days of TV Tommy Ivo assembling his top fuel dragster in the garage attached to his house, aren’t we? This video will show what it takes to run at the...

This Back-Half 1967 El Camino Project Is A Steal At Just $5000!

Sometimes it pays to be in the right place at the right time and this could be one of those instances. Someone needs to call on this thing and get it as the number of great parts under this newly...