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Caption this photo: What in the Hell is Going on in This Photo?
Michelin is a French company, which begins to explain the totally bizarre photo that was brought to light by Jesse over on the “Just a Car Guy” blog. Obviously this was intended to be...
Roadside Carnage Find: An Excavator Decimated By a Pissed Off Former Employee
Disgruntled ex-employees scare the crap out of their former employers and after seeing the photos after the jump, you’ll understand why. These were taken a couple years back by our Chicago area...
Car Feature: Bitchin’ Blue Custom 1965 Acadian Wagon
When we saw Dave Show’s 1965 Acadian Wagon, sitting in The Grove at Famoso Raceway during DragFest, we fell in love with the killer stance, insane paint, and cool cruiser vibe. The fact that...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Virgil Exner
Automotive designers have the unique ability to create something that has the potential to last for a very long time. Guys like Bill Mitchell, Harley Earl, Larry Shinoda were able to capture the...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Charles Kettering
We’re going back to the old school again this week’s Gearhead Guy You Should Know: Charles Kettering. He was undoubtedly one of the smartest guys to ever work in the automotive world. His...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: George Hurst
George Hurst was one of the founding kingpins of the modern performance automotive aftermarket. He had a rare mix of business savvy, mechanical skill, and promotional genius. Many people have one or...
The Dirty Gearhead Phrase That Isn’t: Balls to the Wall
It is a phrase that lots of gearheads use frequently and probably few know the origin of. When you’re yapping with buddies and tell them that you’re going to run your car, “balls...
The Top 11 Greatest Ever Names of Race Car Drivers
Don’t be confused. This is not a list of nicknames, it’s a list of real names. As per usual, we’ve probably made some glaring omissions here so feel free to insult us and tell us...
Barnstormin’: Stuck in a World of Mere Mortals
I wonder if Art Arfons did his own laundry. I’m sure Evel Knievel didn’t. That’s what I was thinking the other night while switching the lights and darks down in my basement....
The Top 11 Greatest Automotive Sauces
We use a lot of automotive chemicals every day, and we refer to ’em all as sauce. Carb sauce, gear sauce, gasket sauce–whatever. By the time you’ve been through a few decades with...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Vince Piggins
Vince Piggins was a force to be reckoned with at GM. He was pals with Smokey Yunick, understood what the role of performance cars could be to the company, and was a genuine car guy in every since of...
The Top 11 Best Dragstrip Names
Back when we did the Top 11 Race Car Driver Names it that tripped off a firestorm when people failed to read the intro and assumed we were calling those guys the Top 11 Race Car Drivers ever....
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Colin Chapman
This week we head across the pond to England for Gearhead Guys You Should Know. Colin Chapman was the founder of Lotus Cars and without question one of the most brilliant car guys of the 20th...
Top 11 Best Ever Race Car Paint Schemes
Modern race car paint jobs can’t hold a candle to the classic, care-free stylings of generations ago. There were classy, subtle schemes, and gaudy, loud, attention-grabbing hues slathered down...