By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

I could have sworn that this 150,000-mile Ford LTD Country Squire would have had to have undergone a complete restoration to look this good at 41 years old, but the seller claims that it was meticulous maintenance throughout its life that kept the big woodgrain wagon looking like a time capsule. It came equipped with an 8-track player and a 429 Thunder Jet, and it looks like everything still works. Amazing… take a look at the auction on eBay for a ton of droolworthy photos.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Check out this awesome SEMA-bound Camaro from aLL STaR Performance. Gene has been documenting the build on CarDomain, so be sure to check out his ride page.

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Grant has done an absolutely immaculate job of restoring his Mustang II to showroom-perfect condition. And as if these rides weren’t rare enough in New Zealand, his wife has an unbelievable King Cobra too. Visit Grant’s ride page to see more.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Today’s pic is from a new batch of wallpapers from Hot Rod Magazine. Check ‘em out.

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

As with so many pranks gone wrong, the funniest part is the way the people behind the camera react. Turn it up and listen.

Prank Goes Wrong FAIL.

By Fireball Tim

Movie Car Design Master

So, as of Tuesday, they’ve wrapped Fast Five. Crew party is in Atlanta. They built a lot of gags, rigs and cars stuff and I have some serious SPOILS. So, if you don’t want to know… don’t click HERE.

But, I guarantee it’ll be worth your while…

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Here’s today’s hilarious hack: a crooked diamond-plate pickup bed grafted onto the back of a Ford Focus. What do you suppose the payload is for this baby? The 5.0 badges are a nice touch. One more pic after the jump, via VWVortex’s epic You’re Doing it Wrong thread.

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By Ben Schaffer

The Real JDM

I was checking out random Japanese websites today and came across a recent photo shoot of this Audi TT. Now I don’t post much Audi content here, but this Japanese tuned TT is pretty incredible. It has all of the usual Japanese touches from the Japanese produced BBS LM wheels to the vented hood and functional aero kit. By the way, for those wondering, yes BBS makes some of their wheels in Japan and not all of them in Germany.

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By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

The Mitsubishi Galant may not be the most obvious choice to start with and definitely not the most beautiful car (I might offend a few people with that last statement.) But this car is not so much about the outside but more about what is underneath it’s outer shell, so I’ll concentrate on that. The chute and Hoosier tires are a sure sign that this car has been built with only one purpose in mind. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Jeroen Willemsen

By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

The runaway diesel engine is an interesting thing. The condition can be brought on by a number of factors. In this case it was apparently caused by overfilling the engine with oil. With no throttle to vary engine speed and a motor literally consuming its own oil, death is imminent. This poor van’s engine most likely got a mouthful of engine oil that was forced out of a breather vent into the intake tract.

With that oil acting like a big infusion of fuel for the engine, the revs pickup, and when that happens the engine begins to suck more oil out of the vent and things quickly spiral out of control. The only way to stop it is to block the air intake of the engine and choke it off. In many cases, like this one, there’s no stopping it and the motor runs until it breaks the connecting rods or the crank or simply runs out of lube to burn and locks up tight.

This Toyota van releases enough crap into the air to offset 100 Priuses for a year!