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Finnegan’s Drag and Drive Cadillac Project Continues: Fabricating Custom Floors In Preparation For Custom Interior.

Mike and Joe are back at it, working on the Cadillac to get it on the road this year. There is a lot to do, but they keep chipping away at it and in the video below it’s time for the floors to...

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For Sale: The Coolest Ramp Truck Ever? Like A Toterhome And A Ramp Truck Had A Baby, Only WAY Cooler.

I love vintage RVs, and especially eyebrow Winnebago RV’s. I know several people who have built custom versions of these, and also love them when they are just a survivor or restoration. But...

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3 DAY Custom Truck BUILD! Puddin’ Scores A 1984 S10 From Marketplace And Proceeds To Build A Simple, Clean, & Budget Friendly Mini Truck.

Everyone loves a big elaborate custom build, but I have to say that I also really love the simple, quick, and budget friendly builds like this one from Puddin’s Fab Shop. I wish more of my...

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Pro 275, Limited Drag Radial, and Radial vs The World Racing Action From The Shakedown at U.S. 131

US 131 has been throwing one hell of a drag race with both the Mid West Drag Racing Series and Radial Outlaws Racing Series during the Shakedown at US131. Both sanctioning bodies on the grounds for...

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Dyno Video: This 427 cubic inch LS3 8-Stack Injected Beast Sounds AMAZING! But How Much Power Does It Actually Make?

It is kind of amazing how differently engine combos can sound at full song.You can take the same long block and top it with five different induction setups and get some very different sounding...

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Southeast Gassers At Shadyside! Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Rod Hoarder, Catches All The Wheels Up Gear Jamming Gasser Action!

If you are regular around here then you know that we really dig the Southeast Gassers Association. I mean, what’s not to love? Big rpm, big burnouts, wheelstands, gear banging shifts, and heads up...

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Morning Symphony: Lamborghini Diablo SV At Speed

The Countach was 1970s drug dealer chic. The Testarossa required you to dress in pastels and enjoy synthesizer music. The 959 required a distinct lack of humor, the F40 meant that you were the...

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Unhinged: You Sneaky, Crafty Son Of A…

(Photos: Jack Fogarty/Facebook) If there is one feeling that I love, that I adore, it is being in on a joke that nobody else seems to get, especially when you have that one friend who can’t put...

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Rough Start: Everybody Needs A Mullet-Tastic Third-Gen Camaro In Their Lives!

Okay, hear me out. With the passing of Eddie Van Halen recently, I’ve been roaming around my usual haunts playing all sorts of Van Halen music. Which has led me to music channels that tend to...

Service Call Fee Isn’t For Debate: Watch This Off-Road Wrecker Save A Couple Of Rigs In Need

It’s bad enough when you have to call in a tow truck to come save your ass. Is there anything more scathing to your pride that some smug dude hopping out of a truck knowing that even if...

Why Do Nitrous Pro Mods Make Header Flames? Why Do They Blow Up? Let Rickie Smith And Shannon Jenkins Tell You!

Nitrous is awesome in every application but when used on 900ci engines for drag racing it is otherworldly.  It is a fascinating way to make power and very, very popular. The cars have some great...

Watch This Supercharged V12 Powered Mercedes W124 Drift Wagon Get Fast And Loose On A Road Course

We’re reasonably sure that over the course of the last few years we have showed you this cool Mercedes W124 drift wagon in action. What we have not seen, though is the current power plant in...

Gettin’ Sketchy: Watch Chip Foose Draw Up His Dream Version Of A 1963 Split Window Corvette

There are few American automotive designs that can hold a candle to the 1963 split window Corvette. The car was basically a revolution when it arrived in front of crowds as the replacement for the C1...

Leaving The Farm: The Most Low-Mile Rusty Chevy You’ve Ever Seen Drives To It’s New Digs

In over two decades of roaming the United States, I’ve driven through some desolate areas of the country that are nothing more than open fields, grassland, and vehicles parked at the edge of a...

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BangShifty Video: This Homebuilt Steam Powered Rail Speeder Is Incredible

(By Greg Rourke) – We’ve featured rail speeders in the past. They were built as inspection vehicles, and to get crews to places not accessible by road. They have been largely replaced by...

This 1970 Drag Racing Documentary Film Is Awesome And We’ve Never Seen It Before – Total Coolness From A Long Dead Track!

  We revel in finding old drag racing footage on the internet that we don’t think you’ve seen before. This video is a prime example of that because we’re going to go ahead and...

Snake Venom: How To Get The Most Out Of A 4-Valve 4.6 Mod Motor

You could spot one a mile away compared to a standard Mustang. Those two large, tunneled fog lights announced the presence of the Cobra, the Mustang that was doing it’s best to be the top of...

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Ugly And Unstoppable: This Blazer Is A Study In Gearing, Good Driving, And Zero Effs Given To Looks

We’re partial to full size rigs around here. We’re obviously a bunch of simpletons and big stuff just has that kind of impressive presence to it that appeals to our knuckle dragging...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Hold On, Sir, I Have The Engineering Blueprints In The Back

When the Internet really started taking off in the late 1990s, it’s promise was amazing: reach out to people with information the world over. Make connections, learn new things, become...

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Ripsaw: This Little 358ci Ford Small Block Has Yates D3 Heads And Makes 730hp NA On The Dyno – Watch!

By the time the early 2000s rolled around, Ford had a horsepower problem in NASCAR the C3 head that they were using was OK but it was definitely not up to the job of hanging with the other...