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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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These Guys Are Playing Our Favorite Game! Hang A 6V53 Detroit Diesel From A Chain And Rev The Crap Out Of It!

There are certain games that we just cannot get enough of. Checkers, tag, pin the tail on the donkey, rev the crap out of the 6V53 Detroit Diesel as it hangs from a chain, you know the classics!...

This 630hp Pontiac 428 Is A Rip Roaring Example Of Tin Indian Horsepower!

In the 1960s car companies had “big car engines”. Chrysler was jamming 413s in stuff, Chevy had their mid-horspower 396 engines moving most of their stuff along, and Pontiac had the 428....

One Owner 1967 Chevrolet C10 Farm Truck! Abandoned for 16 Years! Will It Run?!?

Mortske is back at it with another one family owned truck that he has somehow picked up and is ready to see if the darn thing will run. It’s been sitting since 2007, so who knows. This truck is...

Harbor Freight Quietly Releases Cheapest High Torque Ever: Bauer v M18 v Hercules

It blows me away that in 2023 there are still products we don’t hear about on social media or new product announcements, but it still happens, and here is proof. Now, if you are a Milwaukee...

Survivor Drag Car: Look At This Bitchin 1957 Chevrolet Jr. Stock Car! It’s A Time Capsule

Tommy Lee never ceases to amaze us with the bad ass rides he finds and shares with us on his Hot Rod Hoarder YouTube channel. This 1957 Chevrolet Jr. Stocker that he found in Bowling Green is no...

March Meet 2023 Photos: We’ve Got Even More! Look At All These Cool Door Cars!

Our eighth gallery from the March Meet is our second of nothing but Door Cars. We’re talking gassers, hot rods, AFX cars, and more. If it has doors, we’re highlighting it in this gallery!...

Milwaukee World Of Wheels Car Show Coverage: More Rad Rides From The Land Of Cheese

Here’s our fourth and final gallery of photos from this great show, and there are some cool cars on hand. If you missed any of Jim’s photos so far, there is a link below to check them all...

Goodguys Spring Lone Star Nationals Photos: Home Built Muscle Cars, Customs, Trucks, And More From Texas Motor Speedway

The Goodguys Rod and Custom Association is back for another great weekend of hot rods, customs, muscle cars, trucks and more at Texas Motor Speedway just north of Fort Worth Texas. The Texas Goodguys...

ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: Astro Turf And A Free 12 Bolt For The Nomad?

Astro turf? I’m not sure I can get on board with this one. But the 12 bolt makes me happy, cause that’s what all high performance Chevys are supposed to have right? Well, the forgotten...

Babs: The Incredible Story Of A Land Speed Record Holding Car That Was Buried For 42 Years!

Burying stuff is a very human thing, right? The word can be used in a multitude of different contexts, the act itself is kind of symbolic of a lot of stuff, and usually whatever gets buried is put...

Crazy Video: A Morgan Gets Rear Ended Hardcore By A Peugeot Driver While Leaving A Car Show

Well this is bad but it could have been exponentially worse! In this video you see the moment when a Morgan gets rear ended by a Peugeot while trying to pull out of a car show. We’re not sure...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Stick Shift – The Duals (1961)

The instrumental is a pretty foreign thing to radio waves these days. Back in the late 1950s and into the 1960s there were plenty of surf and hot rod themed instrumentals coming over the airwaves....

NHRA Gator Nationals Qualifying Results And Highlight Video! B. FORCE, CAPPS, COUGHLIN AND HERRERA QUALIFY NO. 1

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 11, 2023) – Top Fuel’s Josh Hart picked up the victory in the Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout on Saturday at this weekend’s 54th Amalie Motor Oil NHRA...

Goodguys Spring Lone Star Nationals Photos! Muscle Cars, Customs, Trucks, And More From Texas Motor Speedway

The Goodguys Rod and Custom Association is back for another great weekend of hot rods, customs, muscle cars, trucks and more at Texas Motor Speedway just north of Fort Worth Texas. The Texas Goodguys...