Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
A Trip Back In Time: This Incredible Drag Racing Film Shows Guys Like Connie Kalitta, EJ Potter, The Arfons Boys and Others As Kids!
Just when you think you have seen it all! The amazing thing about video footage like this is that it mimics the whole “barn find” car deal because when someone drags some incredible thing...
The Bitter End: This Video Of Chrysler Turbine Cars Being Destroyed Is Hard To Watch
A while back I posted a video of a1960s Chrysler turbine car being road tested at the Chrysler proving grounds. The video was cool because we saw the car hauling around the track and rip roaring over...
Back To The Track: This Look Back At The 1990 Shelby Can-Am Shows A Program That Launched Careers
As much as we like to think we know stuff about racing around here, sometimes we are confronted by the fact that we don’t know as much as we’d like. Proof is this video below which shows...
This 1950s/1960s Sand Car Video Is Awesome, Flopping Jumps And All
In today’s world you can pick up the phone, spend $100,000 and buy yourself a completely insane sand car to dominate the dunes or whatever other surface you can imagine. Such was not always the...
Video: This Freaky Straight Eight Is Blown And Beyond Comprehension On Some Level
We were looking for information and videos on a particularly old straight eight engine the other day and what we found was this! You are looking at a pretty old video by modern standards. This one...
Watch This Scale Porsche Flat Six Fire Up And Make Really Wild Noises!
We love scale engines of all shapes and sizes, including ones that aren’t in a V-shape with eight cylinders screaming. Take this incredible Porsche flat six for example that was hand crafted by...
Great Video: The Story Of The 1970s Superbikes – See Them Sitting and Ridden!
Muscle car fans have the 1960s to emotionally latch onto as their favorite decade of hot cars from “back in the day.” Motorcycling fans have the 1970s to love formally of the same...
There Once Were Giants: This 1950s Video Showing Off The New Caterpillar D9 Shows The Beginning Of Massive Earthmovers
People who like big equipment know that the Caterpillar D9 tractor is one of the most well known, well developed, and widely used machines around the world. In this day and age of mega-giant...
Epic Video: Watch Don Rickles Roast Evel Knievel In The 1970s! (Those Easily Offended…skip it)
The late Don Rickles was an American treasure. One of the funniest guys who ever lived, he made a great life for himself as a comedian who could and would literally burn people to the ground and have...
This 1980s Caterpillar Promotional Video For The 785 Off-Highway Haul Truck Is EPIC – From Engine Building On Up!
My love for promotional sales videos is well known here. They provide a cool look inside different companies and products from the past and to me, they are fun to watch. None of them has been as fun...
Incredible Video: If You Love 1960s Super Stock Drag Racing You’ll Freak When You Watch This Video
Jim Amos of Bee-On Video has been producing some of the best vintage drag racing videos for as long as we can remember. One of his newest is a feature length piece on Super Stock racing in the 1960s....
Historic Video: Don Garlits’ Other Blow Over Came Out Of Nowhere In Spokane, Washington Circa 1987
It was June 12th 1986 when Don Garlits first experienced a top fuel blow over. That iconic moment and the images/videos that flowed from it are well documented in the annals of drag racing. Far fewer...
Engine Hell Video: This Compilation Of Demo Derby Engines Getting Worked Is Wild
When it comes to motorsports that most people take recreationally and a handful take very seriously, demolition derby may be at the top of the heap. Anyone can buy a crummy car, gut the interior and...
