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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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The State of American Performance: Corvette ZR1X vs. Mustang GTD vs. Lucid Sapphire vs. Czinger 21C on the Road and the Track.

Horsepower has never been easier to make, more readily available, or more usable than it is in 2026. And while car prices have climbed, and I certainly can’t afford any of these machines here,...

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Project Black Prerunner And More! This Is The Biggest And Baddest Build Kibbetech Has Ever Done

The list of cars and trucks I want to own is LOOONNNNGGGGG, and on it nearer to the top than the bottom is a bad ass off-road prerunner truck. I love them. They look cool, sound cool, haul ass, and...

Black Oxide Coating Your Own Parts And Hardware At Home: Here’s How To Do it!

It turns out that Black Oxide Coating, Anodizing, and Nickel plating can all be done at home! And that’s not all. There are loads of coating kits available from places like Caswell Plating,...

Roll Bar Tech: Learn How To Measure, Layout, And Bend A Roll Bar Or Roll Cage From The Guys At Rogue Fab

I’m a big fan of tubing tools and fabrication. I own a Rogue Fab VersaNotcher, an Ol’ Joint Jigger notcher, and JDSquared Model 32 Bender that will bend and notch almost anything I...

Now That Finnegan’s Truck Is Fixed, It’s Bent, So Tubing Is Going To Be Required. Lots Of Tubing.

I swear that the reason Finnegan and I are friends is because he can tear up a crowbar. I have a lot of friends like this actually. I’ve said it before, but without Finnegan around to break...

Sleeper Exhaust Build: This 650 Horsepower LS Turbo Volvo Is Going Stealth For Ultimate Sleeper Status

I know this is going to make me sound old, but I like quiet cars. Not always mind you, but more and more. The exception is when something has a real camshaft in it that just sounds nasty. But a low...

The Challenger Revival, The Final Episode – From Rusting Hulk To Dream Machine

We’ve showcased every single episode of Dylan McCool’s build of this 1973 Dodge Challenger, from a slime-covered shell that was sitting in the trees, long left to the elements, to what it...

Unhinged: The Honda Prelude, The Car I Learned To Not Hate

Growing up, I knew that I loved loud, brash V8-powered things. I loved pickup trucks with glasspacks that sounded mighty. I loved musclecars and 1970s poser cruisers that were loud enough to get my...

Big Tires To Drag Radials: The Road To RVW Means Lots Of Changes. This Isn’t Just A Tire And Wheel Swap.

While Pro Mods in RVW have been a seriously contested subject the last couple of years, taking a big tire car RVW racing isn’t as simple as just bolting on a set of radials. It requires serious...

Tesla Swap: How To Make A TESLA Powered Electric Karmann Ghia Step-By-Step

Love them or hate them, electric vehicles are here to stay and have been adopted by more than just folks looking for a new car. Sure, there are plenty of folks buying electric vehicles from GM,...

MAHLE Motorsport Introduces Ford 5.0L Modular 4-Valve Coyote/Voodoo PowerPak Plus Piston Kit

Great news for your Ford Coyote/Voodoo enthusiasts out there. If you are looking to make serious upgrades to your engine program, MAHLE Motorsport has now introduced new options in their PowerPak...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: A Doug Nash Five-Speed Gets Worked at an Aussie Hill Climb

Because it is a Friday, we are legally obgligated to show you a Parting Shift today and instead of going to the drag strip, we’re throwing you all kinds of bends, hills, and tricky curves. With...

Not One, But Two BANGshifters Sent Us This Online Find To Share! Check Out This 440 Powered Suzuki Samurai

Do you know why people always swap Small Block Chevrolet’s, LS engines, or the occasional Small Block Ford into everything? Because they fit nice. They are small, have great aftermarket...

Alex Taylor Shares The Latest On Dennis Taylor’s COE Project. This Bagged Big Block Beast Is One Cool Ride. Check Out The Cool Hydraulic Shifter!

You’ve heard me talk about cars that Dennis Taylor has built, and the fact that he’s one of the few builders left in the country that build a car from scratch while doing virtually...

Is The Cheapest Magnetic Base Drill On Amazon Worth A Crap? Watch And Find Out!

I know I’m not alone in wondering if some of the cheap tools available online are worth a damn. I know that people sometimes bash on places like Harbor Freight for selling cheap tools, but I...

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