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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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Nitro Time Machine: Richard Tharp and Shirley Muldowney Take Their Top Fuel Blood Feud To The 1983 Columbus Final

In drag racing, as in life, we all have people that we just don’t like. Sometimes that dislike simmers below the surface but lots of times it doesn’t. There wasn’t a drag racing fan...

One Lung Heroes: Check Out This Video Featuring The Biggest and Baddest One Cylinder Engines in History

When we think of engines, in the modern world single cylinder jobs are the ones we push around, carry around, or wear on our backs to do yard work, right? Well for a lot of internal combustion...

Rick Suchy – The Last Ride – In His 1957 Buick Caballero! Now This Is A Celebration Of Life…

(Words and Video by Chad Ehrlich) Rick loved cars, street rods, muscle cars, classics, race cars, he’s had them all. From his bone stock 33 Chevy Coupe to his Supercharged Sand Car pumping out...

DYNO VIDEO: How Much Power Does BeerMoney Actually Make?!

People are always asking how quick and how fast Beer Money is, and then they ask how much power it makes. With all the No Time, No Prep racing that we’ve been doing with it, there isn’t...

Casey’s Customs 1965 Mustang Chassis Swap Continues! It Is Alive!!!

It’s Part 3 of the 1965 Mustang chassis swap. Or is it a late model Mustang body swap? Regardless, this is the project you will laugh at and think is cool as hell if you like old and new...

Real Street Cars At Road America: Another Gallery From OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car At Road America

Here is our second gallery from Road America, if you missed the first just click the link below! (Words by Jim McIlvaine) OPTIMA’s 2022 Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance...

A Delicate Balance: Check Out This Trip To The Machine Shop And An In-Depth Look At How To Balance A Crank and Rotating Assembly

Long before the internet, few hot rodders had any REAL idea what happened in the back of the machine shops they sent their parts to. Drop it off, come back a week later to get it, pay the man, and...

New Parts: New Pro-Fit TKX 5-Speed Systems For 1982 – 1992 F Body Camaro/Firebird

The 1982-1992 GM F-Body, better known by everyone as the “Third Gen” has finally arrived back on the scene. For many years these cars were kind of derided and scoffed at. A couple of...

Listen Up: The NHRA Insider Podcast New England Nationals Preview Show – Epping Is This Weekend!

Tony Pedregon and National Dragster’s Kevin McKenna join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. The trio look forward to this weekend’s running of the NHRA New...

A Much Needed Revamp: Lexus Freshens The RX Lineup From Top To Bottom – More Horsepower, Handling, Performance

(By Tom Lohnes) – Since the mid 1990’s the Lexus RX has been a staple of the luxury crossover. With ample room, tons of modern features, and a solid, reliable, powertrain as standard, the RX...

A Return To Form: The MC20 Cielo Is A Beautiful, Fast, and Exclusive Maserati, The Way They Should All Be

(By Tom Lohnes) – Believe it or not, it has nearly been 2 years since Maserati unveiled their MC20 supercar. Yep, time flies. Obviously, the pandemic affected a lot in the automotive industry,...

W Is For Win: Watch This Classic Chevy 409 Receive A Modernization Program From Keith Dorton

When it comes to building awesome engines that are not cookie cutter, production line pieces, Keith Dorton and Automotive Specialists are the place to go. Why? Dorton and his son have accumulated...

Friday Night Thunder At The Somernites Cruise – Finally, A Reason To Go To The Mall!

It is approximately 130 miles between BangShift Mid-West and Somerset, Kentucky. I’ve taken two cars to Somerset for the Somernites Cruise in the past: the Angry Grandpa Chrysler, which had...

Who Makes The Best Hex Bit Socket Set? DeWalt, Kobalt, Craftsman, Husky, Neiko, Pittsburgh, Tekton, GearWrench

We love tool reviews, and especially ones that are at thorough as the ones you’ll find from Project Farm. This one is a hex bit socket test and I can tell you from personal experience that I...