You Came In That Thing? This Star Wars-Themed 1979 Dodge Van Is The Ultimate Fan Ride!
Sep 13, 2019Bryan McTaggart6
Sadly, my mother loves to remind me about how my birthdate is connected to the Star Wars franchise. May 25th, 1977, the original movie came out and May 25th, 1983, Return of the Jedi came...
Video: Nine Minutes Of 1950s, 1960, and 1970s, Gasser Footage From Tracks All Over The Country – Absolutely Awesome!
Sep 13, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Nine Minutes Of 1950s, 1960, and 1970s, Gasser Footage From Tracks All Over The Country – Absolutely Awesome!
As much as nostalgia funny cars totally exploded on the drag racing scene over the last 10 years or so, gassers have been proliferating at a pretty impressive rate that only seems to be picking up...
Broken Front Sheetmetal, Broken K-Frame, Broken Head…Nothing Stopped This Mustang At LS Fest X!
Sep 13, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Perseverance. The ability to push through just about anything that comes your way with a positive, through hell and brimstone attitude, is the difference between the normal person and the winner....
Holley LS Fest X: In The Pit With The Tuning School/Hoonigan’s Burnout Challenge!
Sep 13, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Holley LS Fest X: In The Pit With The Tuning School/Hoonigan’s Burnout Challenge!
After a long day of show cars, drag racing, autocrossing and living up the intoxication that comes with a gathering of tens of thousands of gearheads who are all appreciating the show, we came to the...
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Cranking Four Gears In A Really Hot VW Bug!
Sep 13, 2019Brian Lohnes1
The subject of this week’s American Powertrain Parting Shift is a hot rodded VW Bug that runs in the high 10s in the quarter and sub seven seconds in the eighth mile. In this video we’ll...
Watch This Twin Engine Opel Calibra From Poland Rip Off 8-second Quarter Mile Times
Sep 13, 2019Brian Lohnes1
There’s nothing like the spirit and creativity of hot rodding, especially when that spirit an creativity is to only applied to make a car look good but it is also applied to make a car run...
Rough Start: Turning A 1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Into A Cheap Beast
Sep 13, 2019Bryan McTaggart7
For future notice, letting me know that you might be looking for a new project vehicle is probably the worst thing you can do. I will happily become the devil on your shoulder, complete with the...
Horsepower Video: Watch An Aussie Small Block Chevy Get Run Naturally Aspirated And Turbo Charged — BIG Power On The Pump!
Sep 13, 2019Brian Lohnes1
We don’t understand things like “math” and “time zones” so we’re figuring that is it already like Wednesday morning or something in Australia as we write this,...
Watch The Rite Earthquake 750 Tractor Drag The Pulling Sled Like A Kids Toy
Sep 13, 2019Brian Lohnes1
The Rite Tractor Company of Montana was founded by the Curtis brothers back in the 1950s as a tractor dealer primarily selling equipment under the Wagner brand. They went into the tractor...
Watching Guys Weld Railroad Tracks Together In Siberia Using Thermite And Molten Steel Is Absolutely Awesome
Sep 13, 2019Brian Lohnes3
We mention Siberia only because it is a unique location, not because it is the only place where this practice is used. Now, we will say that further investigation yielded some more modern looking...
Daniels Wins Fourth U.S. Nationals Mopar HEMI Challenge In A Row!
Sep 12, 2019Darr Hawthorne3
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – The hugely popular Mopar HEMI Challenge at the U.S. Nationals continued again this year with 16 of the drag racing’s best period SS/AH Hemi Darts and Cuda’s,...
Classic YouTube: “Winning In Style”, The Story Of Austin-Rover’s Motorsports Activities In The 1980s
Sep 12, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
BLMC collapsed in 1975 and was nationalized into British Leyland. British Leyland had plenty of troubles through the remainder of the 1970s that had plenty to do with union leader Derek Robinson, and...
Retro Clip: The Final Race Scene From “King Of The Mountain”…Porsche Versus Corvette On Mulholland Drive
Sep 12, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
As soon as I saw the thumbnail picture for this YouTube clip, I knew I had to watch it. There’s something about a ragged out 1960’s Corvette, hoodless, on slot mags and with primer spots,...
Holley LS Fest X: The Show Fields, From The Sweet To The Suicidal
Sep 12, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
Okay, so I spent a lot of time wandering through the show fields of LS Fest X. I’ll admit it, I was looking for something that I wasn’t finding on the dragstrip or the autocross course....