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The Mobil Economy Run, told by Chad Johnson, the only remaining person to tell the tale... and the inspector of the competing cars from 1952-67, and member of the tech staff.

Hurst hemi Dart

It's only 102 degrees on the beach, so, why not go get your 53 foot rig stuck because you aren't smart enough to stop when you were still on pavement, and obviously not going the right direction when you SAW THE BEACH

Best of Monster Trucks 2018, watch the fist half, skip the 2nd half

Runaway tractor at Tri-city Speedway in Auburn, MI

high school mascots with a vehicle theme

in 2014 the first complete remains of a Thracian chariot were unearthed in Bulgaria. A 1,900-year-old chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria

Alice of Old Vincennes... a book I've never heard of, as a parade float.

it's been a long time since I've heard news about Mongols in a shootout, but at 4am, on the 210/215 interchange in San Bernardino 2 guys were found leaking out of bullet holes, one bike with Utah plates and a Mongols sticker on the helmet

been too long since I've posted some Willys

Did you know who made the Taurus SHO engine? Not Detroit

Big Island Harley-Davidson in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii now has a Fly and Ride program, exclusively for neighbor Island residents

if you can't fix it, and have to live with it, at least you can be creative and funny

Only tangentally related to a post I already did, and this won't get many of you excited, but David found another book made by the POWs in WW2 that made that other book I posted where they shared their love for cars

we have all heard of the Buick GN / Grand National, but I hadn't heard of the twin, the Regal WE4 until now

the 1973 Firebird Formula SD-455 was listed by Pontiac as getting built with the twin scoop Formula hood. They didn't though, and they got the T/A shaker hood

Stolen truck before and after three people broke into a garage and stole this beautiful 55 F100 pickup and destroyed it the same night for no reason

Ever hear of the Firestone 500 tire recall? In 1978, Firestone announced the recall of 14.5 million steel belted radials produced by the company, the largest tire recall to date.

trains... in the Atlantic.