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Which Ratchet Head Type Is Best? If You Can Only Have One In Your Car’s Tool Kit, Which One Should You Choose

If you are like me then you have several styles of ratchets in your toolbox. And if you are like me then you have a couple of them that you almost never use, or that when you do use them you find...

Glorious Failure: This 1971 Film From A Drag Race Held Inside Three Rivers Stadium In Pittsburgh Is Awesome!

It seemed like a brilliant concept. If drag racing fans were willing to trek into the hinterlands to see their favorite cars and drivers race, putting on a race right in the lap should absolutely...

Video Of Steve McQueen Pulling Wheelies And Flying Around On A Honda CR250M Elsinore Rules

Largely regarded as the coolest guy who has ever lived, Steve McQueen’s aura was made by footage like that which you will see below. For starters, we’re taking the coolest guy ever and...

Classic Horsepower Video: This Early 1970s Classic Film From Allis-Chalmers Features Tractor Pulling and Focuses On Power!

This right here is some vintage tractor greatness! The film is called, “More Power On The Ground” and it was made by Allis Chalmers right around 1970 judging by the surroundings and...

This Look At The Coolest Ferrari Movie and TV Cars Of All Time Is Great – 1980s Greatness and More

When we think of iconic TV and movie cars, there’s a short list that people default to. KITT, The General Lee, Herbie, and on and on we go. But what of Ferrari? Just when you think it’s a...

Buy The Book: The Race To The Future by Kassia St. Clair – Story of the First Peking to Paris In 1907

In my own life as a gearhead, I have had a perspective change on my historical interests over time. For example, for many years I really never had even the most passing interest in early automotive...

History Video: The Changing Architecture Of The Automobile Is A Neat Film About Styling History Made In The 1970s

History is a really neat thing to look at, especially when it comes to cars, right? We get to see the evolution of not only the mechanical end of the machines, we get to see the styling involved as...

Back In 1960 England You Could Cruise Your Steam Traction Engine To The Store, Slowly

Ahh, 1960. It was about 15 years after the end of WWII, the cold war was brewing up nicely between Russia and everyone else, England had returned back to its jolly ol’ self, and pipe smoking...

10 Minutes Of Brilliance: This Collection Of Vintage VW Television Ads Is Fantastic

When it comes to the advertising game on television, especially when we speak about it in terms of automobiles, there’s “before VW” and “after VW”. The way that...

The Sleepiest Sleeper: Watch This Slot Mag Equipped Pinto Make 350 Wheel Horsepower On The Rollers!

The 2.3L Ford Lima four cylinder was produced from 1974 right through 1997 in various different machinations and forms. In this case, one of those 2.3L engines that was liberated from a Thunderbird...

We Drive It: The 2024 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce AWD – Proof That The Italian Driving Soul Comes In Many Forms

I’ve never been shy on sharing my feelings about the many vehicles that occupy the CUV category of automobile which now represents the largest segment of the American buyers market for new...

Hours Of King Of The Hammers Everyman Challenge Qualifying Condensed To 45 Minutes Of The Very Best Action

The King of the Hammers Every Man Challenge is one of the most awesome races out of everything that is going on during Hammers Week, but like most of KOH it takes a lot of time to get in qualifying...

6.0L LS2 VS 6.2L LS3-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE HP STOCK, MINOR MODS THEN ALL THE MODS? FULL DYNO RESULTS

There’s no replacement for displacement. That’s the age old saying and we know that there isn’t much that compares with going bigger in search of more power. But how much bigger is...

IT’S GOING DOWN! FINNEGAN IS STARTING HIS SEMA 2024 OBS TRUCK PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

In case you missed it, we’ve got the link to the video showing Finnegan getting this truck here in Texas and driving it home below, but if you did see it then you know this super clean low...