Hood Rides & Hoopties
The Gambler 500 Rally is Cheap, Bucket List Quality Fun
The Gambler 500 Rally is a mostly off-road rally-style navigational adventure using cheap, impractical or fun vehicles. [More…]
Articles by Mad Scientist Garage
Car Shows & Events
Thinking About Driving The Hot Rod Power Tour?
The 26th HOT ROD Power Tour will continue in 2020 with exciting new features ~ Here’s what it’s like and why you should do it. [More…]
DIY Projects
How To Install A ($25) Shift Kit And Wake Up Your TH350
Working through a $100 Craigslist TH350 find and turning it into a stout shifting transmission for a ’75 Pontiac Firebird. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
Built For Speed ~ A Photo Gallery by John Schultz
Every hot rodder knows that going fast IS looking good. Here’s a gallery of cars from John Schultz that were Built For Speed. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
The Ultimate Shop Truck ~ A 1970 Buick Estate Wagon?
In need of a truck to move his family and project car collection across the country, a rare 1 year only 1970 Buick Estate Wagon was selected. [More…]
Car Shows & Events
The Most Meaningful Mustang at The SEMA Show 2019
Whether you’re a fan of the iconic pony car or not, this is the most meaningful Mustang you’ll ever see at The SEMA Show… [More…]
Car Shows & Events
Hot Rod Drag Week 2019 ~ Follow Along with Photographer John Schultz
Follow Along with Photographer John Schultz as he gallivants around at Hot Rod Drag Week 2019. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Roadkill Nights Interviews & Outtakes: Alex Taylor and Fuel Injection Sucks
We caught up with Alex Taylor at Roadkill Nights 2019 and got the inside scoop on troubles with her turbo LS ’69 Camaro from a pass earlier in the day. We also ran into Justin and Corey from Fuel Injection Sucks. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Capturing Speed ~ The Photography of John Schultz
He doesn’t work for any big companies, he doesn’t have any sponsors, but he can be found at automotive events all over the country. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
DeBoss Garage Blew Up My Firebird!
On their road trip from California to Ontario Canada, Rich and Aaron from DeBoss Garage met up with Mad Scientist Garage for some junkyard exploring and Firebird bedlam. Rich’s heavy Canadian foot got the metric to bald eagle conversion wrong, and claimed another Pontiac victim! Check out the interview, the junkyard crawl, and F-body thrashing! [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
Wrecking and Reviving a $50 Mini Bike
Mad Scientist Garage bought a cheap mini bike and revived it in an auto parts store parking lot… a few moments before they crashed it… [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
Josh Mazerolle’s 1977 Twin Turbo LS Toyota Hilux
Josh Mazerolle paid $250 for a 1977 Hilux that had spent 15-years in the desert. He ended up creating one of the wildest mini trucks ever… [More…]
Car Shows & Events
Up Close with Freiburger and Finnegan at Roadkill Nights 2019
Get an exclusive look into future Roadkill episodes, the last years Richard Rawlings crash, and off-beat questions you don’t want to miss… [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
Supercharged Cop Car ~ 1968 Dodge Coronet Hellcat Swap
Build breakdown with builder Paul Terlosky of House of Mouse Racing and his crazy, one of a kind Hellcat-powered 1968 Dodge Coronet cop car. [More…]
Rides & Roadkillers
1969 Dodge Charger Daytona ~ 745HP Widebody Build Breakdown
Mad Scientist Garage breaks down the build of this insane widebody 1969 Charger Daytona with 740hp and a wild patina paint scheme. [More…]
Hot Rod Lifestyle
3 Strangers, 1 Abandoned Pontiac Firebird, and 2,000 Miles to Glory
Meeting strangers from the internet to revive a forgotten muscle car and drive it 2,000 miles across the country might just be the worst idea I’ve ever had, but it ended up being one of the best. [More…]
Builds and Examples
Insane 1 Day 1967 Mustang LS Engine Swap in Zip-Tie Drags Parking Lot
A group of friends and strangers donated parts, time, and money to LS swap a ’67 Mustang in a SINGLE day at the Roadkill Zip Tie Drags. [More…]
Car Shows & Events
Roadkill’s Mike Finnegan Hits the Wall in ’68 Charger General Mayhem
Roadkill’s Mike Finnegan goes full Richard Rawlings in General Mayhem at 2019 Roadkill Nights in the Hellcat HEMI 1968 Dodge Charger. [More…]
