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Our Final NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

Heres our final gallery of photos from Richard Pasley’s coverage of the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping New Hampshire. If you missed any of the previous photos, use the link below to check...

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Lost Buckeye Skips Day THREE Drag and Drive Photos! Our Second Gallery of Day Three On Track Action and Checkpoints!

Here’s our second gallery of lost photos from Day 3 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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The Dash COMES OUT! Vintage Air Installation – Installing Air Conditioning on this 1985 Mustang GT Build!

Vintage Air has been cooling hot rods, customs, and race cars for decades now and is continually reimagining and developing new systems. But that doesn’t mean they have forgotten their tried...

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The CHEAPEST Hemi Swap EVER Hits the Road! Will This Body Swapped Dodge Actually Survive The Drive?

He’s back at it, and because I’ve done a similar type of chassis swap myself, I can’t fault him for the idea or the execution. Would I do some stuff different, sure. But I guarantee...

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More NHRA New England Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Sportsman, and Pit Photos From This Sold Out NHRA National Event!

(Photos by Richard Pasley) – When the NHRA brought National Event Drag Racing back to the northeast a few years ago, the crowds at the New England Nationals in Epping were off the hook. More...

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Rebeldryver’s Ford 428 FE Project Part 2: Let The Bottom End Assembly Begin!

It’s back for Part 2, where the 428 FE is going to get ready for its crankshaft, but first, some measuring has to happen. No matter how good the machine shop is, it is always a good idea to do...

Tools, Shop Supplies, And More That You Can’t Live Without: Fireball Tool’s Founder Jason Gives Us His List

Anyone who has ever spent any time visiting other workshops knows that you are always seeing some tool or fix or supply that you didn’t know about or think about for your own workshop. Those...

Morris Cruise Night Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks, And More At The Last Cruise Night Of Fall.

Once again, Jim Hrody is out and about collecting photos of awesome rides on his adventures. This latest show is from the final Morris Illinois Cruise Night of the year and has all kinds of cool and...

Morris Cruise Night Photos: Morris Was Having All The Shows They Could Before The Cold Comes!

Once again, Jim Hrody is out and about collecting photos of awesome rides on his adventures. This latest show is from the final Morris Illinois Cruise Night of the year and has all kinds of cool and...

American Powertrain Swag Is On Sale For Black Friday, And The BACONSHIFT SALE Is Coming Soon!

We love this time of year! It means that stuff we love is going on sale, and that there are bonuses coming for buying them as well! This week the gang at American Powertrain has put all their gear on...

Vans Are Back! Custom Vans Are Making A Big Resurgence, And We Totally Approve.

Stacey David has a new van project he’s been working on and we couldn’t approve more. After all, if we were going to build our own custom van it most certainly would be something like...

How Much Does Heat Change Clearances In An Engine? The Answer Is, More Than You Might Think.

In several forms of racing, they preheat the engine oil and coolant so as to preheat the engine and it’s components as well. For many of these applications it is said to be critical to go...

ABANDONED 1979 Chevy LUV Gets A BUDGET FRIENDLY Makeover From Puddin’s Fab Shop!

I would drive this little LUV truck every day! There, I said it. A cool little mini truck, whether it’s a LUV, an S10, a Courier, or whatever is a handy little parts truck that can be great to...

Big Tire Garage Builds A Custom Winch Mount For The Colorado Rock Crawler

Ian is making the final push to get the Ultimate Adventure Colorado set and ready to go for the trip and that means buttoning up all kinds of “little” projects. One of them is the front...

Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals Photos: Photos From This Awesome Indoor Show Continue Right Here!

Here’s our second gallery of photos from Bob Chiluk! (Photos by Bob Chiluk) The Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals are the World’s Largest indoor car show showcasing muscle cars, Corvettes,...

BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Entering Our OId Rig Into A Car Show? That’s Right!

(Cover Photo Credit: Wayne Deslauriers) Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it...

The Alfarrari Project: Making It Steer After Swapping In A Ferrari Engine And Trans.

Now that the engine and trans have been fitted, and permanent mounts for them made, it’s time to figure out the steering. That sounds like it might be easy, but even the most straightforward...

Derek From Vice Grip Garage Surprised His 12 Year Old With A 1969 Camaro Project!

When I was 13, the 1969 Camaro Convertible which had been my dad and uncle’s drag car since I was 6, became my own. The two had split from racing together and my uncle had planned a full...

The Iron Trap Crew STOLE And Revived A 1947 Ford Custom For The Ultimate Surprise

I love stories like this! Friend has car, car breaks, friend can’t fix car, friend loses interest in car, car sits for years, friends of friend come get car and bring it back to life. This is...