Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Piston Tech: Know What Ring Micro-Welding Is? Know What Causes It? Here’s All The Info You Need
On the best day of its life, a piston’s job sucks pretty hard. There is extreme heat, fire, all kinds of directional changes and generally speaking, the things just get tormented. Believe it or...
Weird Car On A Dead Track: 1985 Plymouth Colt Turbo Tested At Bridgehampton
The magic of the 1980s was that there were weird cars kind of falling out of the sky on a regular basis. Today, that does not happen anymore. There are very few surprises out there. People have their...
Watch TV Tommy Ivo Race The Green Mamba Jet Car Circa The Late 1960s in Texas!
Ahhh, match racing. The fabled way for so many stars of the drag racing world to pay the bills and make cash with their hot rods. It is vaudeville on four wheels with a schedule that’s 10-times...
Video: Gentle Giants – Big Horsepower Tractors Of The 1970s From Minneapolis-Moline and Oliver
While passenger cars and trucks were being stripped of their manhood by government regulations in the early 1970s, farmers across America were transitioning into an era where horsepower was king....
Video: These 1970s Evel Knievel Drag Racing Toy Commercials Are Great – Did You Have Them?
While Evel Knievel never raced at a drag strip in a funny car or a dragster, he performed at many of them across the country jumping motorcycles. The guy made a few bucks every time his too-heavy...
The Recalls Of 1968 Show That Not A Whole Bunch Has Changed In About 50 Years Of Auto Industry History
I have what I like to believe is a bunch of cool old stuff at my house. My wife likes to believe that this “cool old stuff” is actually “smelly junk”. She is of course wrong...
The Big Test: This 1980s Film Touts GMs Testing Procedures Of The Day – Did No One Tell Them That The Cars Sucked?
The video you are about to watch was made by General Motors in the early 1980s to show the world just how serious they were about testing their products before they went to market. It shows off the...
Weird and Wonderful: This Video Looks At 7 Of The craziest Ferrari Concept Cars Of All Time
As much as it pains us to admit it, cars are largely the same on their face. For wheels, some doors, engine, seats, it’s like checking off a bunch of basic boxes. Now, the magic happens when we...
Old School Noise: This 1970s NHRA Points Meet Footage From Houston Is Amazing
It seems wild to think about the fact that back in the day nitro funny car and top fuel competitors spent a lot of time running NHRA points meets while chasing national championships. It was a large...
This 1996 Motor Week Dually Comparison Shows Off Three Cool Trucks And Three Shocking Prices
Now this is some fun video to check out on a Monday! As you all know we love our dually trucks here. A while back Chad added one to his fleet and it is cool. This video is a little newer than...
Promotional Goodness: This Chevrolet Pitch Video For The 1979 Nova and Monza Is A Fun Watch
By the time the late 1970s rolled around, the Nova had transitioned from a budget small or big block muscle car to a cruiser that was supposed to be “luxurious” when totally options and...
A Shocking Factory: This Look Into The Manufacture of Motorcycle Forks In An Unknown Country Is Gnarly
As we have showed you loads of videos featuring the smarts, abilities, and tenacity of mechanics (which we believe to be in Pakistan) you know the respect we have for them. The same can be said for...
Swatting Bees! Watch This Guy Wrestle A Stock Suspension Classic Pickup Through The Autocross
Like the first time you take a bone stock car to the drag strip or when you bring a project to the dyno before wrenching on it, there’s real fun pushing tired old stuff to its limits. This...
Fun Video: Watch This Motor Week Review Of The 1982 Corvette Collectors Edition
1982 marked the end of the long running C3 Corvette. First introduced in 1968 it had soldiered on through the dark days of the 1970s and into the 1980s. 1983 was supposed to herald the entrance of...