Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
The Pit Crews: This 1971 Short Film Looks At How Pit Crews Worked In NASCAR, IndyCar, and On Modifieds
Often times when we show you videos from the old “Car and Track” TV show, they’re road tests of then new cars just getting the stuffing beaten out of them. Well that show had a...
Today Is September 11th – Please Take Some Time To Remember That
None of us will ever forget that place we were when the news started flooding on that dreadful day of September 11th 2001. It was a seemingly unending sluice of terrifying, maddening, and soul...
All Whine, No Cheese: Five Minutes Of Glorious, Differing, and Awesome Blower Noise
In the world of hot rodding there are times when we value quietness and there are times when noise is king. This is one of those times. You are about to watch a five minute video that celebrates all...
Ride Shotgun In A Swamp Buggy As it Runs Full Bore Around The Mile O Mud In Florida!
Like many of you, I have waned to drive a swamp buggy since I was a kid in the 1980s and watched them tear up the famed Mile O Mud in Florida. Well this video from the Sims Racing YouTube page takes...
This 1968 Ford Truck Commercial Is Crazy And Had To Have Been Fun To Make! Full On Beat-Downs!
In any sort of job, there are highs and lows. There are things that are fun to do, things that are not so fun, stuff you love, and stuff you hate, right? This actually has to apply to stunt or...
This 1972 Video Featuring Chevy Trailers And RVs Is So Cool – An El Camino With A 5th Wheel?!
The recreational vehicle and trailer industry in the USA is booming. The pandemic saw many hundreds of thousands of families invest in an RV, a camper, a trailer, and all the stuff that comes along...
Little Truck Big Punch: This 1944 Video Shows An Experimental Jeep Mounted Rocket Launcher System Being Tested
Now THIS is a mighty mite! As we all know, there was constant innovation and invention during WWII. After all, nothing spurs the human mind on like figuring out ways to knock out the bad guys. For...
Rare Flyer: The 1990 Olds Cutlass Calais International Series Quad Four Was Quick And Rare
We love to play the old “when’s the last time you saw one of these…” game around here. It is pretty fun to have your memory jogged about interesting or strange cars you forgot...
Yikes Video: Watch This Hot Rodded Volvo Suffer A Clutch Explosion During A Burnout – Crazy
There are few things with more insane duality than a clutch explosion. Firstly there is the horrifying destruction and potential for people to be cut to ribbons from the shrapnel of flying clutch...
Get It Right: Here’s The Proper Way To Measure For Custom Shocks From The Crew At Ridetech
You want to install custom shocks on your car. Maybe you just want to make a simple change with a single adjustable tube shock or maybe you are going bigger with air suspension or perhaps multi-way...
Dyno Quickie Fun: Watch This 355ci SBC Powered Street Stock Sing To 7,000 RPM and Get The Demon Tweak
If this video doesn’t illustrate the difference a dyno session or two can make for your racing program, we’re not sure what will. You are about to see a 355ci small block Chevy powered...
Engine Awesomeness: Get A Detailed Tour And A Seat In The Dyno Room As This 765hp Cosworth IndyCar Engine Is Tuned!
This might be our favorite kind of dyno video. This is the style of dyno video that shows us something we know nothing about, explains some of its most awesome features, and then we get to see the...
It Could Be You: This 1949 Chevrolet Film Explained The National Car Shortage And How They Were Fixing It
This is a pretty amazing thing to watch and something that seems incomprehensible to put into the modern context. As we have talked about before, by the late 1940s car companies were in a really bad...
This Old Ingersoll Rand Radial Engine Air Compressor Is One Of The Coolest Things We’ve Ever Run Across
What is this thing? Would you believe an air compressor? Yes, Ingersol-Rand built these awesome radial engine air compressors in the 1940s and into the 1950s. The six cylinder engine uses three of...