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The LIWA 2025 Hillclimb Was Epic As Always! Look At These Big Power, Rooster Tail Throwing, Machines Haul Up The Dune!

Well, it’s that time of year where the LIWA Hillclimbs are happening. This is some really fun stuff, where folks come from all over to race up an epic dune in Dubai. Located not far from the Liwa...

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Mr 4 Speed Herb McCandless and Steve Magnante talk Hemi Race Cars Sox & Martin and 70’s Pro Stock!

What a pair to have talking about Hemi Race Cars and the early days of Pro Stock! I’ve been a Pro Stock fan my entire life, so when I took the plunge and got my Pro Stock license 25 years ago...

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New Products: From Prototypes To Castings – These HammerHead® IRS 12 Bolt And 8.8 IRS Differential Housings Are A Game Changer For GM, Mopar, And More!

Jeff and Skip Lee were a couple of die hard racers, family men, and hot rodders who just happened to have a sickness that made them want to take on the hugely complicated task of making a better,...

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Newbern Bought A Few Motortrend Projects: One Got Lost! Check Out What He Got And The Adventure Getting Them Home!

Like all the Motortrend TV hosts, Newbern and the gang were given the opportunity to buy some of the projects from the shows when Motortrend decided to shut down the production company and stop...

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The Best Wrench Ever Tested! 20 Adjustable Wrenches Tested – Can Harbor Freight Make The Snap-On Version Look Like A Kid’s Toy?

We love tools around here, and tool testing in particular really does it for us. When Project Farm and the Torque Test Channel test tools we rarely miss the opportunity to share them with you guys....

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Tony Built a $1000 Turbo Kit for His 6 Cylinder Shop Rig and it RULES! Making This 1983 GMC Squarebody Cooler Yet!

Tony Angelo does some fun stuff, there is no doubt. One thing I love about him is that he not only builds the hot rod and racing style stuff, but also goes for the oddballs, like the 6 cylinder...

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No Small Task: Machining Tiny Connecting Rods For A Miniature LS Engine Is Quite The Process

The world of miniature engine building, like the world of full-size engine building has been forever morphed and changed by the introduction and proliferation of advanced machine tools. What was once...

Watch A Young Mickey Thompson Tell His Own Story And Talk About Going 400mph In This 1962 Television Interview

Decades after his untimely death, the hot rodding world still idolizes Mickey Thompson. Why? Oh likely because he is one of the greatest hot rodders who ever lived. A man of boundless ideas and...

Living That K-Car Life In A Ford Taurus World – This 1986 Review Of The Chrysler LeBaron Is A Neat Look Back

Like the bad tasting medicine a patient has to take to get better and overcome a medical malady, such was the position of the famed Chrysler K-Car in the 1980s. The company was staggering away from a...

Even More PDRA Drag Wars 2024 Photo Coverage From GALOT: With Just One More Event To Go In The Season, Everyone Was Getting After It At GALOT!

Our third gallery of photos from the PDRA Drag Wars at GALOT is right here thanks to our friend David Whealon. David has been shooting events all summer long and we’ve got a few more from Drag...

More Car Show Video From The Gathering at the Roc 2024 – This John Jackson Video Captures All The Hot Rods As They Roll Into The Show!

The Gathering at the Roc is a truly special car show, and for good reason. This show is held at Woolaroc, a wildlife preserve located in Oklahoma that features 3,700 acres of ranch lands that have...

Amazing Film: The Story Of B-24 Bomber Production At Ford’s Willow Run Factory

Of the million and one stories that emerged from WWII, it was America’s industrial capacity that likely loomed the largest. There was nervousness among the allies at the start of the war and a...

Ride In A 700+ Horsepower BMW M1 As It Blows The Doors Off The Competition At Hockenheim

The BMW M1 was an awesome supercar when it was sold from the late 1970s into the early 1980s and they are very valuable finds today. People that own them love them and they love the fact that their...

Half Ton History: This 1965 Dodge Film Is A Slightly Slanted Comparison With Ford and Chevy

Ahhhh, more vintage manufacturer promotional video. This 1965 Dodge film is a slightly slanted comparison with Ford and Chevy trucks of the same year. Obviously because it was produced by Dodge it...

WHAM! Watch A Racer Suffer A Titanic Shot During A Figure Eight Race

Figure eight racing has been drawing spectators to local circle tracks for decades. Part stock car race and part thrill show act, the races are high drama from start to finish. The perfect driver in...

Can You Create Your Own 2-Stage Paint: Can You (Gloss 2K Clear) Over (FLAT BLACK) Rust-oleum TURBO Spray Paint? Find Out Here!

I love DIY paint projects and this one here is interesting because I’ve head a lot of people ask about this over the years. What people often wonder, myself included, is whether or not you can...

Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Needs Some Love, And It’s Going To Get A Lot More Than That!

If you missed it, Dane Thompson’s Maliboom smacked the wall in Oklahoma during Rocky Mountain Race Week a few months ago and he’s been thrashing on it since. Despite lots of conjecture,...

Bad To The Bone Tire Smoking Project! The Voodoo Turbo 1966 Mustang Build Starts Right Here! Wow, Just Wow.

I’m always stoked to see new projects, mostly because they inspire me to get out into the shop and work on my own stuff. And since I’m working on finishing up my new show right now,...

PDRA Drag Wars 2024 Photo Coverage From GALOT: With Just One More Event To Go In The Season, Everyone Was Getting After It At GALOT!

Our second gallery of photos from the PDRA Drag Wars at GALOT is right here thanks to our friend David Whealon. David has been shooting events all summer long and we’ve got a few more from Drag...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: Break Downs And Trouble Shooting Problems Before The Deck Goes Together

It’s moving along, and it’s time for more miles and more testing and more tuning. This ramp truck project is something special, but like all things custom there are sometimes parts, pieces, and...