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The 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV Is The Least Expensive EV To Hit The Market – Should Tesla Worry Yet?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Starting at $31,000, the new 2022 Chevrolet Bolt is now the least expensive EV on the market, and it has improved greatly, along with bringing in a new crossover model. Call...

Check Out All The Bad Ass Square Body GM Trucks In These Great Movie Clips!

Jumps, burnouts, donuts, off-road action, chases and all kinds of great stunts, square body GM trucks have done it all in TV and movies for decades. Good guys, bad guys, extras and more. Everyone has...

This Custom 1976 C10 Squarebody Short Bed Has A Twin Turbo Big Block And 1990s Style For Days

It’s funny how certain style of hot rods, race cars, and custom trucks just pull us into some period of our childhood and makes us want them. And other styles do the exact opposite. And then...

Oddball Speed Parts You Don’t See Every Day: An Edelbrock AMC Tunnel Ram With DUAL 1050 Holley Dominator Carbs

You find the weirdest stuff for sale on Facebook, Craigslist, and eBay sometimes. I mean who expects to find a tunnel ram for an AMC engine? And when you do, who in their right mind is putting a pair...

Check Out The New 600 Horsepower V12 Outboard From Mercury Marine. This Thing Is High Tech Big Power Greatness.

So how many Mercury Marine Verado 600 horsepower V12 outboards do you think someone will strap to the back of a boat? Nowadays there are tons of boats running 3, 4, 5, and 6 outboards. With 300, 400,...

Man I Wish This Was The Fun We Were Having Instead Of Freezing Right Now! Flat Bottoms On The River In Parker.

You ever wonder what it is like to cruise up the river near the Parker Strip in a blown flatbottom? I bet you and most other folks are like me and would rather be there having fun in these boats...

Relays: You Need Them, Here’s Why, And How To Properly Wire Them Into Your Ride’s Electrical System

Regardless of the age of your favorite hot rod, it likely has more electrical items and accessories than ever. And if you own a late model street machine then it most definitely has a lot of...

The Twin Turbo Extreme S10 Blazer Continues To Go Together. Rocky Mountain Race Week Here It Comes!

Here it is, the latest on the Twin Turbo Extreme S1o Blazer build over at Motion Raceworks. They are putting this thing together for one of the owners, Brian, and it is going to be a beast on the...

Are You Ready For John Force And NHRA Camping World Drag Racing In 2021? Watch Lohnes Interview John To See What He Thinks.

John Force blew everyone away in 2020 when he announced that his entire John Force Racing team would take the remainder of the year off, after NHRA started having trouble holding events due to COVID....

Goodbye Rust, Hello New Paint! The Unimog Expedition Rig Project Continues.

In the latest video you’ll watch the Mog get the final bit of rust removal before they pull out the paint gun and start throwing on some primer to keep stuff clean and fresh for decades. This...

Project Black Prerunner And More! This Is The Biggest And Baddest Build Kibbetech Has Ever Done

The list of cars and trucks I want to own is LOOONNNNGGGGG, and on it nearer to the top than the bottom is a bad ass off-road prerunner truck. I love them. They look cool, sound cool, haul ass, and...

Black Oxide Coating Your Own Parts And Hardware At Home: Here’s How To Do it!

It turns out that Black Oxide Coating, Anodizing, and Nickel plating can all be done at home! And that’s not all. There are loads of coating kits available from places like Caswell Plating,...

Roll Bar Tech: Learn How To Measure, Layout, And Bend A Roll Bar Or Roll Cage From The Guys At Rogue Fab

I’m a big fan of tubing tools and fabrication. I own a Rogue Fab VersaNotcher, an Ol’ Joint Jigger notcher, and JDSquared Model 32 Bender that will bend and notch almost anything I...

Now That Finnegan’s Truck Is Fixed, It’s Bent, So Tubing Is Going To Be Required. Lots Of Tubing.

I swear that the reason Finnegan and I are friends is because he can tear up a crowbar. I have a lot of friends like this actually. I’ve said it before, but without Finnegan around to break...