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This Self Described “500hp Death Trap” VW Cabriolet Is An All-Wheel Drive Freak Show

We love a good, honest ad online and this one certainly fits the bill. You are looking at a self-described “500hp Death Trap” version of a VW Cabriolet that is actually the one VW...

Super Freak: This Flip-Up Bodied Volkswagen Is Amazing! Watch This 327-Powered Surprise Work The Autocross!

The theme for the Volkswagen that Urban Hillbilly Video caught at the Mid-America Street Rod Nationals has to be “Expect the unexpected”. Why do we say that? Well, it’s a clean...

This 1980 Dodge Mirada Is Somewhere Between Street-Fighter And Strip-Ready, And Is Proof That eBay Is Evil.

Ok, this is getting out of hand. First, a one-year-only Road Runner. Next, a straight-axle Dart that was so funky and unexpected that I sat there, staring at it, both horrified and intrigued....

The Real Angry Grandpa? This 1974 Dodge Dart Is A Straight-Axle Freak Show!

I swear, I did not go looking for this car. There’s no way I could have predicted finding something like this. Here’s how this all went down: earlier today, I found a 1975 Road Runner for...

Own It, Drive It, Love It: This 1990s Built Pro Street 1965 Chevelle Is On The Comeback Trail To Coolness!

For starters, this is a nice car. Let’s get that out of the way right now. You may hate the colors, you may hate the look, but when you look at how this thing was built you cannot say that it...

This Absolutely Mental Ford Capri Is Australia’s Fastest Street Car: 6.95@199 MPH!

Ford guys, turn away…yes, that’s a lime-green Ford Capri, yes, it’s Australian (the gigantic blower didn’t give it away?) and yes, it’s absolutely, brutally fast. Like...

Daily Driver Pro Street? This 1988 Ford Thunderbird Would Look Great In A Sea Of Gray Potato-Mobiles!

Why is it that the Fox and MN-12 Ford Thunderbirds and Mercury Cougars aren’t as popular as their Ford Mustang cousin? They’re effectively the same car, just with a bit of useable...

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RideTech Street Grip: We Install It, Thrash It, And Tell You Why It’s Legit

(Thanks to Dave Beard/Beard’s Auto and Truck Repair) – In the world of hot rodding, it is pretty easy to lose the plot one way or another. For instance, if you have your cool classic...

Roadkill! The Guys Buy The Internet Infamous Rear-Engined Mazda Rotary Pickup And Take It To Optima Ultimate Street Car!

About six months ago, Bring A Trailer featured a freak that I couldn’t share with you readers fast enough: a 1974 Mazda REPU (aka Rotary Pickup) that had the magic Dortio engine canned in favor...

Who Would Own The Streets? Which Would Make A Better Street Race Sleeper?

As a wagon freak I tend to love it when I see one that either is, or would make, a great sleeper. But then I also look at other sedate looking sedans and think hmmmm that would haul ass with a turbo...

Own It! This 1976 Greenwood Corvette Sport Wagon Is For Sale – Four Seater Freak!

If there is one thing that the Corvettes bearing John Greenwood’s name never lacked for it was panache. Sure they may have been saddled with the same crummy engines that all of the other...

This Pro Street 1962 M37 Dodge Power Wagon Has A Blown Hemi And A Look All Its Own

I have to say that I actually admire guys who have the vision and the means to actually dream up a freaky build and then pull it off. For instance, the guy who funded the construction of this wild...

This Pro Street 1957 Chevy Black Widow Has The Right Motor But Not The One You Expect!

The 1957 Chevy Black Widow was a sly move by Chevrolet to subvert the manufacturer ban on racing. They produced a limited run of cars that were designed to be raced in NASCAR by drivers of their...

A True Freak: A Turbocharged Honda CR-V. Go Home, Everybody, The “Dare To Be Different” Trophy Has Been Won This Week.

Do I have anything nice to say about the Honda CR-V? No, not really. If you want to announce to the world that you don’t care one ounce about the vehicle you are driving, so long as it will...