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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: THIS RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 350 HAS HAD A HOD ROD LIFE! COME SAVE IT!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Pontiac. How about a real deal 1987 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that has had a few good go...

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Wild Ride at the May 2026 El Mirage California SCTA Meet – The Spirit of AutoPower III Comp Coupe Hits A Bump at 228 MPH!

The Spirit of Autopower Comp Coupe is a pretty radical machine, and a staple in the land speed racing community. This thing is based off a little tiny first generation Honda Civic, but the rest is...

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Event Photos: The 2021 Beaver Springs Dragway All Ford Races Had Some Killer Machines!

(Words by Joe Grippo, Photos by Stacey Grippo) During the winter of ‘20-‘21, Beaver Springs Dragway announced that they were adding an all Ford race to their 2021 season and we promptly circled...

If A Buick And A Ford Had A Baby, It Would Look This Ugly Right Here. Wow, And WOW! A Face Only A Mother Could Love.

This thing looks like it caught on fire and they put it out with a rake. I mean it is hideous. And yet there is something about it that everyone will love. Why? Because it is so ugly, on purpose, and...

Holley EFI Input/Output CAN Expansion Modules Available For Use With HP, Dominator, Terminator X And XMax Systems

If you have a Holley EFI equipped ride and have gone a bit overboard with accessories, sensors, and systems, you might be close to running out of inputs and outputs, depending on which system you...

McLeod Has 1.5T Civic Clutch And Flywheel Combos In Stock – Get ‘Em While They Are Hot!

The Honda 1.5T engine has been around since 2016 and like all Honda engines, it can be hot rodded to make all kinds of power beyond what it makes in snappy stock form. That’s all well and good...

Land Yacht: The Rolls-Royce Boattail Is A One Off Exercise In Luxury And Styling

(By Tom Lohnes) – Even if you’re a billionaire, taste in cars isn’t really a natural thing. Whoever wanted this all-new Rolls-Royce Boattail really proved that point. Based off of a...

Dallas Glenn Interview: What It’s Like To Be NHRA Pro Stock’s Newest Winner and Biggest Rising Star

(By Will Schertz) – We are happy to report that newly-minted KB Racing Pro Stock driver Dallas Glenn earned his first event win at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, North Carolina...

May 2021 So Cal Quarantine Cruise Photo Coverage: More Cars, More Trucks, More Fun In The Sun!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – This is a perfect collection of photos for the Friday leading into Memorial Day Weekend, right? Hopefully all of you out there in reader-land are planning on doing...

Aussie Devils: Watch These To R32 Nissan Skyline GT-Rs Rip Off Six-Second Quarter Mile Times Like Nothing

This is about as wild as it gets in our book. You are going to watch two Australian R32 Nissan Skyline GT-Rs rip off six second quarter mile times like it ain’t no thing. They are using...

Holy Crap, This Might Be The Baddest Throttle Body Ever Invented! Serious Game Changer. The ICON 102 From Motion Raceworks

Wow, just wow. Throttle bodies aren’t something that is super exciting because of their functionality, but they are usually made out of all kinds of billety goodness and they look awesome so...

Awesome, Weird, Or Hmmmm? This Paint Shaker Attachment For Your Sawzall Could Be Epic Greatness Or An Epic Fail

You ever see a tool and wonder why someone thought of it? It happens to me all the time. Sure, most tools are useful for lots of people, but there are also plenty of them that are so specific as to...

$1,000 Build: So Close To Done! The $1,000 F100 Build Is So Close We Can Taste It, But Is Staying On Budget Even Possible?

The closer this truck gets to done the more I want to blow a few hundred dollars on two piles of steaming poo so I can weld them together and make them into something worth driving! Don’t you...

The NHRA Winternationals Are Actually Happening In California!!! THE WINTERNATIONALS ARE TAKING OVER SUMMER WITH RACING UNDER THE LIGHTS IN POMONA!

Holy crap, it’s happening. NHRA has announced that tickets are now on sale for the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, and that it is happening in July. LOL Yep, the Winternationals are the...

OPGI Memorial Day Weekend Sale Is ON: Save Up To 20% On The Restoration Parts You Need – Don’t Delay!

We know that OPGI loves to save their customers money with creative and innovative sales. This is great because they know that everyone’s buying needs are different. Some people are looking for...

SoCal (Out Of) Quarantine Cruise Photo Coverage: The Sun Was Out And So Were All The Awesome Cars and Trucks

(Photos by Wes Allison) – With the world opening up at a pretty rapid pace these days, perhaps the name of the SoCal Quarantine Cruise series will change but we hope the participation and fun...