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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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There’s Only One Race Day Left On Rocky Mountain Race Week! Watch Everything You’ve Missed So Far, Right Here!

We go live TOMORROW,  June 24th, for the final race day of Rocky Mountain Race Week 2022. Today we’re going to be driving all the way from Pueblo Colorado to Great Bend Kansas and expect most...

KABOOM! Watch This Demolition Derby Driver Bail Quick When His Has A Flaming Transmission Explosion

In many parts of the country demolition derby competition goes far beyond just something that happens at a county fair. There are huge money derbies out there and as such there is an industry that...

Video Bonanza: 1970s Dodge Truck Commercials Featuring 1970s Celebrities!

Ahhhh yes, the 1970s. As we have said before, while Detroit royally screwed up their car lineups in the 70s they did not mess up trucks too badly. Sure they were down on power, but the pickups of the...

Rough Video: Watch This Oliver Tractor Break In Half During A Pull!

Well this was a bad day at the pulling office! Check out what happens to this Oliver Tractor when the driver hooks to the sled and bounces his way down the course. The thing literally breaks in half....

International Redneck Action: Watch Two Mack Trucks Pull A Car In Half…In Ireland

There are certain things that transcend geography and culture and apparently one of those things is watching two huge trucks rip a car in half. Long a staple of monster truck exhibitions and other...

Watch This B-17 Skim The Surface Of The Earth Multiple Times – Decades Before CGI, This Is Flying Skill

What you are going to watch is a few clipped together pieces of footage from the early 1960s movie “The War Lover”. Steve McQueen was in it along with several other big names of the day...

14 Minutes Of Hell – The Worst Wreck In Vintage Racing History From Every Agonizing Angle

You have likely seen still photos of a massive wreck at a vintage road racing event and marveled at the destruction and sheer volume of the thing. Well, now you get to see video and not only video...

Hustling Little Hottie: The 1994 Toyota MR2 Turbo Was Like A Baby Supra With A Price Tag To Match

We always think of Toyota as kind of a staid manufacturer who doesn’t pay a lot of attention to performance, flash, and dash. That’s effectively wrong because over the years, they have...

Wings N Wheels Car Show Photos Continue Right Here. Check Them All Out!

So we’re back with the 2nd half of the coverage from the Harrison County Airport’s cruise-in/fly-in event. In our previous installment I stated that pretty much any vehicle is welcome and...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Was The 1970s Best/Worst Factory Special Paint Job

While the performance of cars and trucks literally tanked during the 1970s, the creative minds in Detroit and elsewhere did not give up on truing to entice buyers to showrooms with the illusion of...

On Top Of The World: Here’s The Full 1957 Chevy Promotional Film Featuring Trucks On The Alcan Highway

This is a fantastic film from the late 1950s that we think you’ll dig, especially if you enjoy the history of American trucks. Today, manufacturers put their rigs through a load of sometimes...

Think You Are A Road Course Boss? Watch This Guy On A Shifter Kart Racing In The Rain Show You That You’re Not

I am no great shakes as a driver but I can tell you that I have driven a “racing” go kart in the rain and it is like trying to ride a greased pig. The machine I was driving had four...

More Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League Photos From GALOT

Here is the second gallery of photos from David Whealon’s recent visit to GALOT for the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League. Check them out below, along with event results. If you missed our first gallery...

Our Stock and Super Stock Photo Galleries From Maple Grove Are Awesome! Check The Latest Here!

Here’s our fifth gallery of photos from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Maple Grove. Nothing but Stock and Super Stock NHRA cars on and off the track! If you missed our previous gallery,...