A Hellcat For The Whole Family
Dodge shook things up earlier this summer when it introduced the Challenger SRT Hellcat, a supercharged beast of an automobile packing 707 horsepower right off the showroom floor. It’s one one of the...
View ArticleThe Greatest Wagons Of All Time
It’s Wagon Week! As we spend the next few days celebrating the glory of the station wagon, I figured it would only be right to take a look at some of the greatest factory wagons and estates ever built....
View ArticleA New Way Of Speedhunting
When we lock down the events we’ll be attending throughout the year, there’s always many familiar places and gatherings. Goodwood. The SEMA Show. Tokyo Auto Salon. Cars & Coffee. They’re all...
View ArticleDeep Into The 9s: A 1,200hp Monster Cummins
The other day I shared with you guys some of my experiences from a rather unique event: the NHRDA Spring Nationals held last weekend at Famoso Raceway near Bakersfield. That story seemed to garner a...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Supercharged Icon?
As we spend some time this week celebrating the joy of the supercharger, I thought it would be fitting to have a little discussion about some of the greatest factory-produced supercharged cars. There...
View ArticleThe Street Freak Lives
That brings me to one of most distinct machines I encountered during my recent visit to Japan: a 1970 Dodge Challenger built by Sho Kogawa of Ibaraki. I always get a kick out of seeing high quality...
View ArticleThe D-VAN Grand Prix
The Road Shakers gives us a glimpse into the lives of Dodge Ram owners who modify their vans for an annual race meet at Ebisu Circuit in Fukushima Prefecture. The D-VAN Grand Prix may have come about...
View ArticleLiberty Walk Muscle: What Do You Think?
Coated in Dodge’s unmistakable Sublime Green hue, the Challenger was impossible to miss inside the hall of the San Jose Convention Center, and every time I glanced over at it there was a sizable crowd...
View ArticleInside A Trans-Am Icon
Watching dozens of these V8-powered pony car racers running laps at the same time is simply magical. It overwhelms the senses and I simply can’t get enough of it. The cars are awesome looking, their...
View ArticleIntroducing Project Yankee: The American Kyusha
For the last few years I’ve had an idea brewing in my head. An idea for a project car built partly on nostalgia and partly by the desire to try something a little different. Well, a couple weeks ago I...
View ArticleRetracing Funny Car Roots
That’s why I enjoy drag cars of the 1960s so much. It was a wild, experimental time, and the desire for speed led to some truly incredible creations that were not only fast, but packed full of...
View ArticleWhen Muscle Car Meets Hypercar: The Tantrum Charger
I’m just gonna go ahead and say it: this is one of the most impressive cars we’ve ever had the privilege of featuring on these pages. Given the incredible machines we’ve featured over the years, that’s...
View ArticleProject Yankee Continued
Is it really the middle of December already? Are we really just a couple of weeks away from the end of 2015? For me, it only feels like the other day that I picked up my 1975 Dodge Dart Sport, which...
View ArticleProject Yankee: Making Stuff Happen
When I last left off, I had begun forming out my overall game plan for the car, and also got sidetracked a bit when I impulse-bought a 1966 Pontiac GTO former short-track stock car for a few hundred...
View ArticleMopar For Life: Tony Angelo’s Dodge Demon
Do you remember your first car? Of course you do. Even people with very little interest in cars will likely have fond memories of the first automobile they ever owned. Sure, these first cars are often...
View ArticleEast Meets West: A Liberty Walk SRT8 Challenger
It’s been almost two years since Kato-san released his renderings of the new Dodge Challenger wearing bolt-on overfenders and slammed to the ground, and since then we’ve seen plenty of tough builds...
View ArticleProject Yankee: A Sneak Peek
I’m just about ready to reveal some of the progress, so you guys can look forward to a detailed story next week. But until then, I’ll just leave you with the photo above… Stay tuned for a lot more –...
View ArticleProject Yankee: Things Have Escalated
As I hinted at last week, there’s been some exciting stuff going on with my 1975 Dodge Dart Sport build, better known around these parts as Project Yankee. And as promised, I’ve returned for a...
View ArticleProject Yankee: The Heart Transplant Begins
It’s been exactly one year since I inquired on a local Craiglist ad for a 1975 Dodge Dart Sport and ended up driving home in a car that’s come to be known as Project Yankee. As you would have seen in...
View ArticleProject Yankee: The Build Continues
It’s time for another quick update on Project Yankee, my 1975 Dodge Dart Sport that’s currently undergoing a 5.7-liter Gen III HEMI engine swap and a whole lot more. Work has been hot and heavy as we...
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