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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 351, 4-SPEED, 3.50:1 TRACTION LOCK 1971 TORINO GT Is Cool!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Ford. How about a real deal 1971 Torino GT with a 351, 4-speed, and a 9 inch with...

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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It

We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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Dirthead Shed Tire Testing: Putting Avix Trailtek R/T Tires To The Test As Butter Jeep Takes On Tough Moab Trails

Dirthead Dave is back at it, with the newly LS Swapped and running Butter Jeep out on the trails in Moab for a bit of tire testing. Dave has been wheeling Jeeps and everything else under the sun for...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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CLASSIC VIDEO – 1983 NHRA NORTHSTAR NATIONALS

Competition Plus has this great video from the 1983 Northstar Nationals and man is it fun to watch. We’re talking about all the great NHRA Drag Racing you want to see, and all the greats behind...

Mullet Just Set the Christmas Tree 1/4 Mile WORLD RECORD At The Christmas Drags! Deep Into the 6’s!

Deep 6’s at over 210 mph with a Christmas Tree strapped to it! Hell yes, Mullet hauls ass and we know that already, but when it has a Christmas Tree all decorated and lit hanging up above the...

TESTING THE OLD MAN’S GARAGE MALIBU, PLUS THE OMG CHRISTMAS PARTY

The Old Man’s Garage Malibu really turns my crank. I got to see the car up close and personal at the recent PRI Show in Indy and it was awesome. This car has the right plain jane looks with...

Whoopsie Doodle: Watch This Guy Crash A Huge Piece Of Machinery During A Trade Show Demo!

I have always wanted to attend a heavy equipment show. In fact, I was just talking about it with some friends yesterday that as amazing as SEMA is, the big mining show that they have in Las Vegas...

Pro Touring Triumph GT6 Build: The Rust Needs Taken Care Of, And Then This Thing Is Going To Start Getting Good.

In the latest episodes of this build, the plans get explained, the parts are introduced, and the engine starts going in. So this project here has been going on for several years, and we kind of dig...

We’ve Got Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals Photos From Jim Hrody Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) Located in Rosemont’s cavernous Stephens Convention Center, the Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals has become a Fall tradition for the car hobby. Yes,...

It’s A Sport Baby! The Amazing Story Of Drag Racing At ATCO, And The Way It Shaped Northeast Drag Racing In The 1960’s.

(Words by Joe Grippo) Are ready for the best 25 minutes of your week? I present to you, “It’s a Sport, Baby”, a local Philadelphia CBS TV produced short film/documentary from the mid 1960’s,...

Tour The World’s Largest Trophy Truck Factory – Brenthel Industries Shop Tour 2022

Shop tours are super cool, and they are especially rad when they are at places like Brenthel that make some awesome machines! In this video tour of their 55,000-square-foot warehouse building, you...

Watch This Blown S10 Take The Long Way Down Brazil’s Curitiba Autodrome Drag Strip – Wild

Aaaannnddd we’re back! Yes, another day another awesome video from the Brazilian drag strip known as Curitiba Autodrome. This time we’re not focusing on the big jump in the right hand...

Single Seat Race Car Is Done And Goes Racing: 10 Days in the Dust – Red Dust Revival 2022

The Midnight Special is going for its maiden voyage and is off and running! Here is the first outing and man this thing is cool as hell! Bennett’s Customs is an Australian traditional hot rod...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Final Rust Repair, Insulating The Cab, And Installing The Underseat Heat

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is working on the final floor rust fix, the insulation inside the cab, and putting a custom heater under the seat. If you have missed any of...

Ian Johnson Is Tearing His New Bomber Fab Trail Chassis Apart, But Why?

Why the hell is Ian tearing apart the buggy that he just finished putting together for a trail ride? He says he loves it, but it’s got a couple of things he wants to make some adjustments to,...

BANGshift Question Of The Day: Would You Take A Ride In A Flying Car Like This?

The idea of flying cars is nothing new, but they have been changing from looking like a car and a plane had a baby, to looking like a giant multi-rotor drone with a car hanging from it. So since...

Chronicles of BeerMoney: Episode 1 – 6 Things You Gotta Have To Be Successful In No Prep Drag Racing

No-Prep drag racing is ultra simple, in principle. I mean all you need to know is that the track doesn’t have any glue or prep done to it before the race starts so as to mimic the streets as...