Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Dyno KABOOM! Watch This Hot Rodded Mustang GT500 Suffer A Rod Bolt Failure At The Top End Of A Pull
While the GM guys like to throw rocks at late model Ford performance fans because the modular engines are more complex than the LS/LT series of engines, the potency of the Ford DOHC engines cannot be...
Snap-On Tools Made The 48 Hour Corvette Build Possible – This Video Is An Awesome Look At Them In Action
If you are a car guy (and we know that you are) tools are a subject near and dear to your heart. You love the best ones you have and tell horror stories about junk that you have bought over the years...
This 1972 Autocar Wrecker Was Custom Built To Tow The Seemingly Untowable – Twin 60 Ton Winches!
It is big, it is ugly, and it is armed to the teeth with pulling power. This 1972 Autocar wrecker was custom built by the seller years ago as a heavy duty rig. How heavy duty? His concept was to...
Insane Drag Save! Watch Two Cars Nearly Collide At A No Prep Race Yet Both Emerge Unscathed
The great thing about racing is that no one has seen it all. Guys who have been going to the drag strip for 40 years can still be wowed, shocked, and otherwise impressed with stuff. I’ve got...
1980s Monster Truck And Pulling Time Machine! Check Out These Photos From A Show In Alabama
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I think I have finally figured out why some of the pictures look better than others and have help up pretty well. Some were placed in acid-free photo...
Goodguys Del Mar: Ridler Award Winners, Autocross T-Buckets, Late Model Muscle, And More
You never really know what you are going to see when you walk into the gates of a Goodguys show, especially one that is as big and long running as the decade and a half Del Mar extravaganza. This...
This 1951 Boyertown Tour Wagon Has A Weird Engine, Is In Immaculate Shape, And May Be The Coolest Old RV We Have Seen
Thanks for Jeff Lacina, we have this killer little 1951 Ford Boyertown Tour Wagon to show you. Built off a Ford “Merchandizer” forward control truck, this thing is in remarkable shape for...
Crunch Video: Watch An All-Steel Showpiece Chevelle Catch The Wall At Memphis – It Will Be Fixed!
Perhaps by favorite thing about being involved with as much racing stuff as I am is seeing everyone’s stuff. There’s just something cool about seeing some beautiful iron that you have not...
2015 Buffalo Motorama – More Photos From Inside New York’s Gnarliest Hot Rod Show
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Remember that day early in the winter of 2015 when Buffalo, New York got like elevendy hundred feet of snow? I remember it because people I know on the west coast,...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Can You Name This Thing That We Found At Then And Now Auto?
A short while ago, we showed up at Then and Now Automotive in Weymouth, Massachusetts and demanded entrance to their fortress of a building which holds untold riches of killer ancient car parts. It...
Sweet Cars From The 15th Annual Goodguys Del Mar Show – From Weird To Wild They Are In Here
How about this BangShifty pair above and below to get us rolling on our car coverage from the 15th Goodguys Del Mar show, eh? We have the blown flathead with the swapped ports above and the totally...
Watch This Ratty Looking Ford Truck Scream, Slide, And Wail Around An Autocross At Lime Rock
So my motivation with this post is two-fold. Firstly I want to show off this awesome old Ford truck and its screaming 358ci Windsor style small block, ratty good looks, killer stance, and handling...
How Good Is The QuickTrick Portable Alignment System? Everyone From Pro Racers To Fleet Owners Are Using It – Here’s Why
Our longtime pals that make the QuickTrick Portable Alignment System were recently involved with the build of the RideTech 48 Hour Corvette and there’s a simple reason why. Their stuff WORKS...
