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WORD ON THE STREET

The Latest News, Rumors and Changes in the Truck World

THE CHIEF

Who Said You Can’t Put Makeup on a Pig Nose?

LOWLA

Small Budgets and Big Smiles

PRETTY PENNY

This ’74 Ford Courier Delivers on the Details

THE BULL DOG

Making Everything Else Look Like the Flea-Bitten Varmints They Are

ORANGE SLICE

The Cutting of a True Citrus Classic

DARTH RAIDER

Turning a Mini-Truck Movement into His Own Dream Build

PROJECT OBSESSED

PART ELEVEN: BOOST IT UP BABY

CRIMSON BEAST

DRIFTERS’ GARAGE BUILT 1970 C-40 DUMP TRUCK COMBINES A CLASSIC LOOK WITH ALL THE MODERN CONVENIENCES.

DIESEL MATH

UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS BEHIND COMPRESSION-IGNITION

TORQUE CONVERTERS 101:

THE BASICS BEHIND THE FLUID COUPLER WE ALL DEPEND ON

PET DIESELS

PETTER PAZ1

SINGULAR DOMINATION

TAYLOR BRENDLE’S 1300-HP SINGLE TURBO LB7

A TALE OF TWO 1,500HP 6.0L POWER STROKES

THESE 5-SECOND FORDS ARE BUCKING ALL CONVENTION IN DIESEL DRAG RACING

COOL IT

MISHIMOTO’S COOLING PACKAGE MIGHT SAVE THAT 6.0L POWER STROKE

A NEW BREED 1965 FARMALL 504

What International Harvester called the “New World of Power” launched them into their first line of six-cylinder tractors in 1958.

Lamborghini Essenza SCV12 – Track Star

The $3.5 million, 830 HP Essenza SCV12 is the most powerful Lamborghini ever built

RPM NATIONALS 2020 - Santa Margarita Ranch

It was touch and go there for a while. We all followed the RPM Nationals on Instagram waiting to hear if there was going to be a 2020 event? Then word came that they were going to have the event but were not sure if spectators were going to be allowed. So again we patiently waited to find out if it was going to be a racers-only event.

SPEEDWAY MOTORS MUSEUM OF AMERICAN SPEED

“This place is a national treasure!” was the answer I gave the docent when he asked what I thought of the museum.

MOPAR MANIA

The Bob Frey Collection

Kailani's MUSTANG

So why does the “Mopar guy” have a 1965 Mustang?

INSTALLING A/C IN YOUR ‘A' BODY! PART ONE: UNDER THE HOOD

Since I’m still waiting for the QA1 lower control arms to come in, we’ll have to hold off on doing the front suspension until later. In the meantime let’s get our Vintage Air (VA) A/C installed on our project car!

Fuel Delivery Showdown

Dyno battle between LS Swap 5.3L direct-injected L83 and LM7

Cool It!

SOMETIMES THE SOLUTION IS A BIGGER RADIATOR, NOT JUST A BETTER ONE.

UNEARTHING A TIME-FORGOTTEN FLEET OF RARE MUSCLE CARS

Check out this exceptional find, recently exhumed in Tucson, Arizona.

Reclaimed

This 1972 Chevelle Malibu is Finally Out of Storage!

STINGING SNAKE

THIS 1951 HUDSON WASP HAS VIPER POWER

RUSTY RENTAL

BACKYARD BARN FIND 1966 SHELBY G.T.350-H HERTZ RENTAL CAR PARKED SINCE 1981

GOING BIG WITH THE 1974 MOTION 454 VEGA

King Kong is Alive on Kong Island! “The title sounds like bunk, you say? Well, what would you call a street Vega with a 454-cubic-inch big-block, Aunt Mary?

Derrik Holmes Asks... How Does a Mopar Big-Block 505 Stroker's Larger Size and Better TFS Heads Affect the RPM Range and Overall Behavior of a Cam Originally Designed for a Standard 440 with Iron Heads?

In Mopar world, 505ci big-block stroker engines are among the most popular builds today, with seemingly boundless mild to wild combos available. You can build a 505 Chrysler for not much more than a 440, so it’s almost a no-brainer. Our late sister mag Mopar Muscle’s “Project 505” made 683 hp back in 2009 on this fairly high-end build.