Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
This 1966 Pikes Peak Video Focuses on Ak Miller and Bobby Unser Flying In The Dirt
Now THIS is amazing. You are going to watch this 1966 Pikes Peak video that features legendary racers Ak Miller and Bobby Unser hauling ass up the mountain. Of course back then the entire course was...
Video: Watch 1985’s Battle Of The Monster Trucks In Its Entirety! One Of The Best 80’s Monster Truck Videos Ever
I’m going to come right out and admit to still owning and occasionally popping the VHS copy of this video into our now decrepit VCR here at home. It is one of the coolest looks back a the...
Love It Or Hate It? This Ford 289 Has 180-Degree Headers and Sounds…Different
When we saw the video below of a little 289 Ford V8 built to FIA vintage racing specs, we figured hearing the Ford small block sing to 7,500 RPM would be a fun exercise in mechanical music. We got a...
Watch Zora Arkus-Duntov Rip A Disguised 1956 Chevy Up Pikes Peak – Bill France Timed The Run Himself!
There are certain things that we really, really love around here and this video captures just about all of them. For starters we have great footage with classic narration. Then we have history being...
Muscle Bike Video: Check Out A Restored, Turbocharged 1974 Kawasaki Z1 Motorcycle!
It is not an uncommon thing to see old cars and motorcycle restored, right? Happens every day. Even the rare machines that history seems to have lost can be brought back to their gleaming, original...
Horsepower or Horse Powered: Who Wins A The Pull? A Team Of 16 Belgian Draft Horses Or A Tractor?
Tractors were developed to be mechanical horses. Ok, they were developed to be better than the horses that they replaced. While the mighty draft horse was a good right hand man for farmers spanning...
Watch This Twin Tank Engined Pulling Tractor Make A Full Pull With The Wheels Up Like A Boss
No matter the form of motorsports you love the most, there’s nothing like seeing the poetry in motion that the right setup can bring. This goes for everything from top fuel dragsters to pulling...
No Small Task: Machining Tiny Connecting Rods For A Miniature LS Engine Is Quite The Process
The world of miniature engine building, like the world of full-size engine building has been forever morphed and changed by the introduction and proliferation of advanced machine tools. What was once...
Watch A Young Mickey Thompson Tell His Own Story And Talk About Going 400mph In This 1962 Television Interview
Decades after his untimely death, the hot rodding world still idolizes Mickey Thompson. Why? Oh likely because he is one of the greatest hot rodders who ever lived. A man of boundless ideas and...
Living That K-Car Life In A Ford Taurus World – This 1986 Review Of The Chrysler LeBaron Is A Neat Look Back
Like the bad tasting medicine a patient has to take to get better and overcome a medical malady, such was the position of the famed Chrysler K-Car in the 1980s. The company was staggering away from a...
Amazing Film: The Story Of B-24 Bomber Production At Ford’s Willow Run Factory
Of the million and one stories that emerged from WWII, it was America’s industrial capacity that likely loomed the largest. There was nervousness among the allies at the start of the war and a...
Ride In A 700+ Horsepower BMW M1 As It Blows The Doors Off The Competition At Hockenheim
The BMW M1 was an awesome supercar when it was sold from the late 1970s into the early 1980s and they are very valuable finds today. People that own them love them and they love the fact that their...
Half Ton History: This 1965 Dodge Film Is A Slightly Slanted Comparison With Ford and Chevy
Ahhhh, more vintage manufacturer promotional video. This 1965 Dodge film is a slightly slanted comparison with Ford and Chevy trucks of the same year. Obviously because it was produced by Dodge it...
WHAM! Watch A Racer Suffer A Titanic Shot During A Figure Eight Race
Figure eight racing has been drawing spectators to local circle tracks for decades. Part stock car race and part thrill show act, the races are high drama from start to finish. The perfect driver in...