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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It

We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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Dirthead Shed Tire Testing: Putting Avix Trailtek R/T Tires To The Test As Butter Jeep Takes On Tough Moab Trails

Dirthead Dave is back at it, with the newly LS Swapped and running Butter Jeep out on the trails in Moab for a bit of tire testing. Dave has been wheeling Jeeps and everything else under the sun for...

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WATCH FREE LIVE Streaming Drag Racing From Santa Pod RIGHT HERE! The Festival Of Power Is ON This Weekend!

This weekend at the famed Santa Pod Raceway in England, there’s a big drag race called the Festival of Power going on, and all the action is LIVE right here! This event is a pre-cursor to the...

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LIVE RACING ACTION | Sepang | GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS 2026 Race 1 and 2

Here we go again! We’ve got GT World Challenge Racing going on live right here, and we dig road racing and who doesn’t love the World Challenge series? This weekends racing is coming to you live...

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100% Synthetic Oil: SCAM or SCIENCE? The Science Is Simple, But The Answer Might Require A Deep Dive With The Motor Oil Geek!

If you are confused at all by engine oil, or by the terms used to market said oil, you are not alone. Is there a difference between Full Synthetic and 100% Synthetic? What about all the acronyms and...

LEGENDARY VICE GRIP GARAGE 777 Race Car Is BACK! Wrenching Live At Iola! | Ignition Wiring & MORE | Part 1 of 3

The 777 is back! Derek is back at the Iola car show, putting together another project LIVE in front of the fans and we love him for it. There is a lot of work to do and so this isn’t going to...

LIVE DRAG RACING IN ENGLAND! Watch The Replay Of This Weekend’s Mopar Euro Nationals From Santa Pod Right Here!

If you are into Mopars and you live in the United States, you have lots of cool car shows, drag races, and other events that you can attend and celebrate all that is Mopar. But if you live in Europe,...

Doug Kalitta, Austin Prock, Dallas Glenn And John Hall Lead Qualifying At NHRA Northwest Nationals

(Photos by Kim Fuller) • Kalitta, Prock, Glenn and Hall qualify No. 1 at Pacific Raceways for the NHRA Northwest Nationals. Top Fuel Doug Kalitta easily held on to the No. 1 position, as Friday’s...

FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Saturday $20,000

The Autoland Door Car Challenge is on this weekend at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa and we dig it. We’re door car drag racers around here, although I have driven a few dragsters in my day as well....

Car Show Video From The 25th Oil Drippers Car Show in Chino, California. Huge Turnout Of Killer Rides!

The Oil Drippers Car Show in Chino California is one of the THE California VW shows that everyone talks about. It’s been going on for 25 years now, and this year even the turnout was something...

Tony Angelo Bought a Homemade Apocalypse Machine on The Internet, And Who Better To Go Pick It Up With Than Mike Finnegan?!

Just when I thought I had Tony figured out with regards to his taste in vehicles, he comes out with this weird one. It looks like someone took a UPS truck and built it up to live through the end of...

Auto Biz Shake-Up: $1K Payments, AI Race Teams, & Car-Show Power Moves | Automotive Advantage Podcast EP 003

Like virtually every industry on the planet, if you aren’t right in the middle of it you probably don’t really know what’s going on inside it. And when I say right in the middle, I...

1955 Chevy COE Truck Build! This Is Wally’s Rad, Relatable, And Real Backyard Build COE. It Won’t Fit In The Garage!

Sometimes I find myself watching a build or something on YouTube and realize that I should really be sharing it with all of you. I regularly watch videos about metal shaping and complicated builds,...

New Wrecking Yard Inventory! 1956 Chevy Bel Air Sport Sedan 4 Door Hardtop! Copper & Yellow! Cool Body Style!

Oooooh, I like it! This 1956 Chevy Bel Air 4 door has great patina and is just begging for some fun. I used to be a really big snob about two doors vs four doors, but always dug wagons. In my older...

FREE DRAG RACING VIDEO: NHRA Junior Drag Racing League Eastern Conference Championship Drag Racing Livestream – Saturday

It’s time for the Eastern Conference Finals for the NHRA Junior Drag Racing League and that means live streaming drag racing featuring some of the best and brightest new drivers in the drag racing...

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING FROM SPOOLD MEDIA LIVE AT THE ROCK FOR DOD DIG DAYS 6!!! SATURDAY FEATURES SMALL TIRE, EXTREME STREET, AND STICK SHIFT!!!

We’ve got lots of live drag racing going on this weekend, and thanks to the gang at Spoold one of them is the Dig Days 6 event. Saturday racing action is going to be awesome with Small Tire,...

FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The ACE Triple $20,000 Races Are LIVE From Dragway 42 – Saturday

The ACE Triple $20,000 Races are live this weekend from Dragway 42 in Ohio, and we’ve got all the action coming to you live and free right here thanks to our friends at MotorManiaTV. Racing action...

Here’s Every Cool Video Hightlight Of The Racing Action At The 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed: Fast, Slow, Smoky, And More!

We shared a TON of videos from the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed already, but wow they just keep coming. If you missed any of the livestreams and special videos, make sure you use the link below to...