.

the car junkie daily magazine.

.
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...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

 

Bello’s Kustoms Makes A Road Trip To Santa Maria With A Bunch Of Cool Hot Rods

Some of the best automotive events and adventures start so early in the morning that if you had stayed up the night before it would have been considered late at night, not early in the morning. But...

Abandoned Race Track Project: The Racetrack’s Fate Has Been Decided…

This race track has a future! A real future, that is more than anyone expected and more than was every thought possible. Want to hear all about it? Check out the latest video. There’s not only...

Ride On The Belly Of A Massive C5 Galaxy As It Comes In For A Landing – Wild View!

I’m certainly not a pilot but I am verging on the professional passenger status so I’ll tell you first hand that any landing you walk away from is a good landing. right? We have all been...

Going On Hot Rod Power Tour? Want To Win A 5 Or 6-speed kit?

Come by the Tremec and American Powertrain booth at the show.  Then enter to win and pick up a free pair of Blues Brothers sunglasses. Hit the image to learn more.  Our Memorial Day sale is still...

DOES A SMALLER LS CAM MAKE MORE TORQUE THAN A BIGGER LS CAM? AFR LS3 CAM TEST-STAGE 1 vs 2 vs 3!

Small cams are torque cams, bit cams are horsepower cams. Everyone knows that, so why is it that Richard Holdener is doing a Stage 1 vs 2 vs 3 AFR Cam test? Because testing is knowledge and makes it...

Historic Photos: Check Out These Great Images From The 1970s Super Stock Nationals At York, PA

(Photos by Thomas Sayers) – We have to sincerely thank BangShifter Thomas Sayers for scanning and sending us this awesome load of historic photos taken during the 1970s at the Super Stock...

This 1970 Harley-Davidson Video From Bonneville Features, Bikes, Cars, Bikinis, and The Endless Salt

Yes, that’s Burt Munroe in the lead photo and he’s just the tip of the iceberg of cool in this video made by Harley-Davidson at Bonneville Speed Week 1970. We’re already thinking...

Miniature V4 Engine Has A Scream And Wail All Its Own – Hand Built And Tiny!

Miniature engines are always a trip to see and hear run. We’ve shown you lots of video of tiny V8s making cool noise, but how about a wee, little V4? This is a first for us and we dig the angry...

MORE: ENGINES, Videos

Watch Robbie Knievel Have A Tough Night At Atco Dragway Circa 1991 – VERY Rough Landing

Motorcycle jumping is a tough business. On a good night you are an absolute hero that must feel as though walking on water is a given. On a bad night you are flying through the air, knowing that the...

Best Gas Can? $140 Wavian vs Eagle, Surecan, Scepter, Briggs & Stratton, Midwest, VP Racing

Modern gas cans SUCK! With all the safety and weird locks and stuff it is so hard to actually use one that I often wonder whether they actually result in more spills and more danger for the user than...

The Abandoned $500 Chevy Nova: Will it RUN and DRIVE After 24 Years Parked?

In the last video we saw Tommy giving us a tour of this machine and get it out of the spot it had been sitting in for 24 years. Now he’s going to try and see if it even runs. When Tommy goes...

Salinas, Hagan, And Enders Win Big At NHRA New England Nation

The NHRA New England Nationals were hotly contested in Epping New Hampshire this weekend with Salinas and Hagan taking home wins, and Erica Enders taking her third victory in a row. Check out the...

Listen To Dwight Eisenhower’s Address To The Troops On D-Day That Was Delivered 78 Years Ago Today

Reportedly, Dwight Eisenhower had a pair of notes written on D-Day. These notes signified the statement he would have sent to the president when he got a handle on just how successful his operations...

Somernites Cruise, May 2022: Mopars And Classic Longroofs In The Town Square

Our trip out to the Somernites Cruise in Somerset, Kentucky, was no accident. After not having gone for what felt like years (oh, wait…), we had a car worth bringing out and for once, we wanted...