Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Lohnes’ Pic of the Week: Faux Touring at Work
This week’s photographic gem was shot from the hip though the windshield of the import junk rental car Chad and I had during our stay in Bowling Green for the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod...
World’s Largest Production Motorcycle Completed
Thanks to Dave Wallace for the tip on this one. The Gunbus 410, the world’s largest production motorcycle has been born in Germany. It sports a 410ci V-Twin motor and tips the scales at...
Site of the Week: 1970’s Paint Job Showcase
Love them or hate them, you have to recognize 1970s custom paint jobs as some of the wildest and most unique in hot rodding history. Lace, panels, whatever you could dream up in a drug-induced haze...
Columnist: Mayfield Mess a Black Eye for NASCAR
As the Jeremy Mayfield saga continues to wear on, more and more columnists have been offering their opinions onthe case. One of the most lucid of these columns we read was a submission from Tom...
Next Gen Lunar Rover Could be a Pickup Truck
No, it won’t look, sound, or feel anything like a pickup truck, but it may have a small box on the back and a bulldozer blade on the front, according to a USA Today report. Engineers all across...
ADRL Shopping for Race Tracks?
The American Drag Racing League, more commonly known as the ADRL, is the doorslammer-centric sanctioning body which has takent he world of drag racing by storm over the last few years. ADRL’s...
Check it out: Cool Feature on Van Nuys Cruising Scene
It’s been a while since something made us long to live in California, but the revival of the cruising scene on Van Nuys Blvd. has us doing just that. The guys at RadorBad.com have posted a...
Castrol Develops a Motorcycle-Riding Robot
In a news item that we will use to mark the beginning of the end of humankind, Castrol has introduced it’s motorcycle riding robot named Flossie. We have no idea why they named this thing...
You Had a Contract With Old GM? Better Check on That
Sure, this news is from last week, but frankly we didn’t see anyone else pick up on it, so we’re snatching it up like a bum on a ham sandwich. With New GM blazing toward profitability and...
Book Review: Ideas Book Hot Rods by Dain Gingerelli
This week’s book review subject is Idea Book: Hot Rods by Dain Gingerelli. It is essentially a collection of more than 500 photos of many hot rods, customs, roadsters and coupes that is...
Minnesota Congresswoman Fires Off an Editorial Aimed at “Government Motors”
Minnesota Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann is the co-sponsor (along with 241 other congressmen and woman) of a recent bill that would essentially restore the contracts of the dealers that...
Auto Meter = Ecometer? Yep, It Really is This Bad
We know it’s good business, and it’s a product that will appeal to a large market segment, but we can’t help but get that icky ’70s feeling all over again when we see stuff...
Rally Fans Rejoice! Discovery HD Theater to Air All WRC Races in 2009
Following the World Rally Championship over the last few years has been basically impossible with respect to TV. There were snippets available here and there, but watching a race was an occasional...
eBay Pick of the Week: 1968 Torino GT 390
After our wreck of a Craigslist pick on Friday, we needed to atone for ourselves and drop a tasty morsel in your collective laps. This 1968 Torino GT 390 hit us in the gut as we’ve recently...