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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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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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Phil MacDougall Named New Executive Director Of The National Automobile Museum In Nevada

The National Automobile Museum in Sparks Nevada has a storied past and rich history that started with the famed Harrah’s car collection, and has become one of the top automobile museums in the...

Unimog vs The World! Can Anything Else At King Of The Hammers Keep Up With This Thing?

We’ve been following a Unimog Expedition vehicle build on here recently, and I have repeatedly said how much I dig them. They are amazingly utilitarian but also incredibly trick in how they...

Shaun Bought A 325 Hp 396 1968 El Camino That Has Been Sitting For 11 Years And Like Everyone On The Internet Is Seeing What It Will Take To Run

Everybody on YouTube seems to be finding old cars and then attempting to make them run. It makes me laugh because I’ve been telling people for decades that unless an engine is actually seized,...

Mitsubishi Is Bringing A New Outlander – Can a Bottom Dollar SUV Save The Ship Here In America?

(By Tom Lohnes) – With the new Outlander, the first all-new Mitsubishi since 2009’s Lancer and Evolution X, Mitsubishi hopes to attract some buyers who previously left the brand for better...

Who In Their Right Mind Would Bolt A Carburetor Onto The Top Of A TPI Intake Manifold?

The answer is… Richard Holdener, that’s who. Why? Why not is really the better question. Richard is always in search of data and information, and what better way to test whether a large...

Update Video: Here’s The Latest Installment Of The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Rebuild – Fun At The Machine Shop

We’re digging the Cadillac 365 project and this latest installment is a good one. Broken into a couple of parts, we see the layout of all the parts and components that Davin is working with to...

The Perfect Snow Storm Survival Rig! This Lifted Squarebody Suburban Is A Snow Blasting Machine

With the snow falling almost as fast as the temperature in much of the country right now, I am not the only one thinking now would be a great time to own a 4-wheel drive rig of some kind. What is...

Everything Is Torn Apart At Shaun’s Shop, But The Murder Nova’s First Start Up Of 2021 Is Right Here. NPK, Here They Come!

The latest video from 187 Customs has Shaun talking about the flack he’s gotten about making the new NPK Murder Nova shiny, explaining some of the reasoning behind the change, and also showing...

Not Something You See Everyday! This Mid-Engine Vega Is A Trip. Not Going To See One Of These At Every Show!

Sometimes weird is cool, and this is one of those times. Regular readers of the site will know that I’m a fan of GM’s older compact cars like the Vega, Monza and Chevettes. And since...

Down In A Hole: How To Extract Broken Bolts And Studs With Some Cool Cheap Tools

Broken bolts suck. Especially when you know you have one but can’t see just how bad it is because the part it is supposed to be holding on is still in the way. You know, like when you break the...

Dyno Testing A 4.3L V8, The Mini LT1 Gets Ported Heads, Various Headers, Cams, And More! How Much Power Can It Make!

Richard is back at it, on the dyno at Westech, and testing all kinds of stuff on the Mini LT1. What’s a Mini LT1? Well, it’s a 4.3L version of the LT1 small block of the 1990s that...

It Just Keeps Getting Worse: The Peugeot Influence Over Chrysler and Dodge Seems To Be Total

(By Tom Lohnes) – Remember a few weeks ago when we all thought Chrysler was going to die? Well, big people at Stellantis have made multiple claims about Chrysler, and they don’t look too...

Hauling Post: Chip Foose Takes His Swing A Designing The Ultimate Hot Rodded Mail Truck

The Grumman LLV is a staple vehicle on American roads. The little mail trucks that trundle around your town or city have a reputation of being ugly, slow, and completely uninspired but they are also...

100-1: Watch Michael McDowell Win The 2021 Daytona 500 – His First Victory In 14 Years Of Cup Racing Experience

There was a wreck after 14 laps and then a rain delay that lasted nearly six hours. No, the Daytona 500 was not the smooth running affair that the sanctioning body or the TV Network wanted, but once...