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How to Prep an All-Original 1932 Ford to Chop – Haters Welcome, Cause This Thing Has Been Untouched For 93 Years!

Here’s a video showing you everything that has to happen to plan and prepare to chop an all original 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan. There is a lot of measuring and taping and measuring and measuring...

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Patina Paint Tech: The Famed FREIBURGER COMET WASH, Plus Testing Other Cleaners With Before And After Tests!

I remember the first time Freiburger said we needed to Comet wash a car. We hadn’t started CarJunkieTV yet, but it wasn’t long beforehand. During the next two years I’d Comet wash...

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Christmas With Vice Grip Garage! – Derek and Jessica Open Gifts From Fans On This Holiday Special!

I know that a lot of YouTubers get gifts and stuff from fans and viewers all the time, and many of them do videos where they are opening mail and packages from them. But when it’s Christmas...

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FREE LIVE Drag Racing From The 11th Annual New Year Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park – Saturday

There are only a couple of races happening before the clock strikes midnight on Sunday to ring in the new year and while we’re sure 2026 is going to be awesome, 2025 isn’t done yet! Our last big...

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OLD SCHOOL Dodge 1 TON TOW TRUCK Gets Repairs and Paint Work! A Vice Grip Garage Roadworthy Rescue Christmas Bonus Episode Not To Be Missed.

In honor of the Christmas holiday, Derek has been putting out a few extra Vice Grip Garage videos the past week and we dig them. Some of them are a bit of Behind the Scenes coverage, some combine a...

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Swapping SRT4 TURBO POWER Into A MINT 1985 Dodge Minivan!! Building an EPIC Family Hauler With A Crusty SRT4.

This one here is something special. Sure, there have been plenty of turbo 4 cylinder Dodge Caravans and Plymouth Voyagers over the years, but this van is so mint that it defies description. Just wait...

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Performance Ain’t Dead: Lexus Comes Back Swinging Against The Likes Of BMW, Mercedes, and Cadillac!

(By Tom Lohnes) – After the discontinuation of the slow-selling but awesome GS-F sedan, Lexus vowed to not make any more V8-powered performance cars. Well, I guess they have changed their...

Pro Stock Time Machine: Watch Aaron Strong Get His First Pro Stock Round Wins and Become The Most Improbable Pro Stock Winner Ever!

If there is a “most memorable victory” to have ever personally witnessed in my NHRA drag racing career, the pro stock triumph of Aaron Strong in 2016 is probably it. Coming into the...

The Xtreme Plasma Urchfab Built Motorcycle Is Done And Doing Burnouts! Check It Out Here

When Matt from Urchfab decided he was going to build a motorcycle, from an old derelict chopper project, I don’t think I was the only one that was a bit skeptical. Not because I doubted his...

Cleaning Up Your Act: The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Gets Washed Up Before Heading To The Machine Shop

If there is one way to make friends with your local machine shop it’s by bringing them clean stuff to work with. We know that not everyone has the awesome washer that the guys in the Hagerty...

Gen 5 Or Gen 6? Which Junkyard Big Block Should You Be Grabbing From Your Local Salvage Yard?

LS Junkyard engines are all the rage the past couple years, but there are tons of other wrecking yard finds to be had and used in your hot rod, muscle car, or truck. For those of you out there that...

Cool, Or Weird? What Do You Think Of This 1979 Ford Raptor? 590 Horsepower, And All The Raptor Goodness In An Old Body

There have been so many attempts to put old bodies on newer cars and trucks over the years, and sometimes they work awesome and sometimes they are an utter failure. I remember seeing a Camaro at the...

Show Me The Money: Kyle Koretsky Inks Primary Sponsorship With Lucas Oil For Sophomore Season In NHRA Pro Stock

In the always tough world of motorsports sponsorships, 2021 has presented itself as an enough more challenging environment. With all the crazy stuff in the world and the uncertainty that still faces...

Funny Car Chaos Shooting For 55 Funny Cars At Season Opener – This Is Wild!

Funny Car Chaos is looking to start their 2021 season off with a bang and that bang is planned to include more than FIFTY funny cars. The concept is simple. If you have a funny car whether it runs on...

Flabby Wagon No More: The 2022 Nissan Pathfinder Marks A Big Change In Direction – No More CVT

(By Tom Lohnes) – After seven continuous years of production the previous-generation Nissan Pathfinder, a vehicle great at hauling families but did not deliver much in the way of actually...

There’s A New Toyota Tundra On The Way: Should The Traditional Truck Leaders Be Concerned?

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Toyota Tundra has been a truck known for its long-lasting engine, brawny styling, and sometimes off-road capability. But after 12 years of production, the Tundra often...

Truckin’ Awesome: The Story Of WWII’s Red Ball Express – Listen To The History Of This Incredible Effort To Beat Hitler

In July of 1944 the Allies had a problem. Having landed successfully in France and established a beachhead, they had been stalled for weeks. Thankfully a fortuitous victory over the Germans opened up...

Shawn Shows Off The New Look Of The No Prep Kings Murder Nova! It’s Not The Murder Nova You Know!

When a car is as famous as Shawn Ellington’s Murder Nova, people know it at a glance. And although Shawn’s “New” Murder Nova is now a couple years old, it looks very similar...

Tre5 Customs’ 1964 Suburban Build Is In Full Thrash Mode To Get Ready For Lone Start Throwdown At The End Of The Month!

The guys at Tre5 Customs have been building some pretty cool custom trucks, and lately some really cool early C10s which I love. But when they announced their 1964 Suburban build, I got truly excited...

This Porsche Runs 8’s, Is On Mickey Thompson ET Streets, And Can Carry The Wheels Like A Boss!

Porsches aren’t the most common of cars on the dragstrip, but their prowess in the motorsports world in general is world renowned. No matter what kind of cars you are into, there is always some...