Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Rust and Dents Got Your Goat? OPGI Can Help! Check Out Their RestoParts 1970 GTO Fender Here
It’s pretty amazing to think that the 1970 GTO is 50 stinking years old, but it is. It’s also pretty amazing to think that once upon a time you simply drove to the wrecking yard with your...
Watch The Mighty March 717 Roar Up The Hill At Goodwood – 537ci Of Injected Big Block Powered Slipper!
Watching classic Can-Am cars running at full throttle in modern times is probably one of our favorite things in the racing world. This video comes from Goodwood and we get to see the one and only...
Mickey Thompson: Fastest Man On Wheels Is A Goodyear Promotional Gem From 1960 That Shows Thompson’s Triumph At Bonneville
See that guy smiling up there? Well you’d be smiling too after a month of hard work in as desolate place as mankind has ever known finally paid off and you had just driven your car over 400mph....
American Made Video: Watch To See A Morooka Tracked Dump Truck Get Built From Scratch – This Rules!
For one reason or another we were feeling kind of down the other day and when that happens we go searching for fun stuff to watch to cheer us up. We also go poking around eBay. That’s where we...
The Grand Old Man Of Bonneville: This Video and Interview With Norm Thatcher Is Amazing!
The world was a different place back in the 1960s. For starters, the definition of “old” was far different than it is today in 2020. Hell, we have guys who are 90 years old running top...
Monster Truck Mid-Air Collision: This Is One Of The Wildest Things We Have Ever Seen! 10 Tons Of Wreckage
There’s always something awesome about seeing a “first”, right? We don’t me a global “first ever” we mean a, “Oh damn, never seen that before!” moment....
Engine Video: Watch These 10 Awesome Radial Engines And All Of Their Glorious Specs
Radial engines may have had their day in the sun before turbines came into the picture and kind of took over the world of aviation but we still love them. Even the small ones are pretty big and boy...
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...
