Benny Kirk
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This Restomod Shop Mastered the Lost Art of Saying 'No', Now They're Thriving
2 Jul 2024, 05:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's an old wives tale that said something to the tune of "Henry Ford once offered any car you could possibly want. So long as the car you wanted was a Model T painted black." Similarly, New Jersey native and entrepreneur Alex Lev...
$100K Willys Coupe Drag Car is a No-Expense-Spared Restomod from Buffalo
30 Jun 2024, 08:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We've seen and even driven a fair few no-expense-spared restomods built at the hands of industry-leading shops with five or sometimes six figures in square footage of their production facilities at hand. Oh, and even a few million dollars of c...
Ultra-Rare Mercedes 500 TE AMG Wagon Is One of Their First Smash Hits, Now for Sale
30 Jun 2024, 05:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You think AMG, and you think of modern German battlecruisers with roaring V8s, all-wheel-drive traction for days, and enough tech under the hood to slay supercars, muscle cars, and anything in between without even trying. At least, that's the ...
NASA Veteran C-130 Hercules Has Been Mothballed Since the 90s, Now for Sale
30 Jun 2024, 03:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You can't fly to low-Earth orbit on a government-surplus Space Shuttle Atlantis. But what you can do, if you're wealthy and fortunate enough and wealthy enough, you might be able to buy some genuine NASA surplus equipment. This could be a...
Trump Force One Spotted Next to Russian Jet at Dulles Airport, Embassy or Something Else?
29 Jun 2024, 20:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In the wake of global geopolitical tomfoolery that truly spans the globe this month, one DC-based YouTuber appears to see two of its most prominent actors crossing paths at Dulles International Airport. As Andrew Leyden, the man behind the penguins...
1,500-HP RB30 Build is an Aussie-American Firebrand, Watch it Come Together
29 Jun 2024, 01:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Eighty years ago, you needed an engine nearly the size of an entire car to produce 1,500 horsepower. Back in those days, there really was no replacement for displacement. But many eons have passed since then. As a famous cartoon starfish once said,...
Driven: 2024 EMC Mercedes-Benz Wolf Restomod - For the Person Who Hates Overpowered SUVs
28 Jun 2024, 20:26 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The last time we tested a restomod SUV here, it was an LT1-swapped Chevy K5 Blazer so absurdly powerful that I was shocked the chassis didn't flex like a battleship whose ammo storage just got shelled. With all due respect, as that build was l...
Poor Man's GT40? This '69 Lotus Europa is Rocking Stroked Ford Small-Block Power
27 Jun 2024, 20:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We comb through a fair few engine swaps and restomods, so suffice to say, not everything that comes across our desk is noteworthy or even worth mentioning. Oh, another LS-swap or Coyote swap? Yawn. But every once in a while, something truly unique ...
NASA Picks SpaceX to Haul ISS to Its Tomb, Gets Nearly $1 Billion to Do It
27 Jun 2024, 18:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Though fans of its construction may lament the fact, it can't be argued that the International Space Station's days are very numbered indeed. But that doesn't mean NASA and its international partners are just going to let their prize...
Monster Truck-Converted 50s Seagrave Fire Engine Sports Big Block V8 and a Jet Engine
27 Jun 2024, 02:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's getting pretty close to the Fourth of July. With that in mind, it's time to start searching around for a vehicle that encompasses the very essence of American excess that's most often associated with the folks who live here. Or ...
Gen-I Dodge Chargers Never Get Enough Love, Will This Hellcat Swap Fix That?
26 Jun 2024, 20:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If you ever want proof that the difference between worship and indifference is a couple of model years, look no further than the 1967 Dodge Charger. Just a single model year later, the Charger would transform into not just a timeless classic muscle...
This '85 IROC-Z Was Turned Into an LSA-Swapped Restomod for a Former NASCAR Racer
24 Jun 2024, 02:57 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / When you're a former NASCAR driver, and you've officially hung up the helmet and the boots, what do you do from there? We suppose you could start up your own racing team and usually have it fail within the first few years because you sure...
Turbine-Swapped Grumman Goose is a Restomod on the Water, Beats a Private Yacht Any Day
21 Jun 2024, 19:29 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If you're used to how quickly cars and trucks get flipped on the used online market, you'll be surprised to know that the realm of used aircraft is quite the opposite. Vintage aircraft often spend years, sometimes even decades, strung up ...
Too Quirky for a C1 Corvette? This LeGene Californian is Your White Whale
20 Jun 2024, 05:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We totally understand if you're a little burnt out on Corvettes. No offense, but it feels like every American sports car we see these days is either compared directly to a Corvette or downright powered by one. This phenomenon is a little less ...
The Great New York Psyop: How NYC Leaders Keep Auto and Rail Commuters Equally Angry
19 Jun 2024, 21:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Well, it's been well south of 30 days since New York City axed its congestion charge initiative to bill drivers $15 at peak hours to take their cars and trucks south of 60th Street. In that time, we've seen protests, counter-protests, and...
'The Cannonball Run' Lamborghini Countach Turns 45, Marcie and Jill Reunite to Celebrate
18 Jun 2024, 20:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Thanks to a recent global health crisis we'd all like to forget, the official record for the Cannonball Run will probably never be broken again. But that doesn't mean the legacy of the event, plus the movie it spawned, will fade from memo...
Crusty ’57 MG MGA Claims To Be a Former SCCA Racer, Is It Legit?
18 Jun 2024, 16:09 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / How many times have you seen an old car for sale online, only for it to be nothing like what was advertised? You know, the old bait-and-switch tactic of taking a Pontiac Fiero, slapping a Ferrari body kit over the top, and selling it as a numbers-m...
$5,000 ’89 Grand Marquis LS Is Baller on a Budget Personified
17 Jun 2024, 23:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If there's one notion we can't stand, it's the idea that luxury car ownership is a privilege reserved for the ultra-wealthy. The kind of people who complain that their Starbucks latte has oat milk instead of almond milk and would hap...
J-Series V6-Swapped Honda Insight Runs Nine-Second Pulls in the Wet, Humbles Muscle Cars
16 Jun 2024, 02:28 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Honda Insight was a pathetic vehicle when it first launched. At least, that was the public perception. An egg-shaped laughing stock on four wheels that looked more like something you'd buy in an adult video store than something you'd ...
Ultra-Rare Norton P11 Desert Sled's Ready to Race the Mint 400, Or Just Be an Awesome Toy
15 Jun 2024, 18:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's off-road e-bikes, there's chisel-jawed dirt bikes, and then there's whatever the hell this 1967 Norton P11 Desert Sled is. What might look like the front half of a vintage cruiser paired with the rear end of a farm bike is ac...