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Author Archive: Brian Lohnes

This $1,000 Nissan Pulsar Seems Like A Barrel Of Fun In The Dirt – The Cure For The Quarter Million Deusey

Life is about balance and on a day when we showed you a $250,000 clone Deusenberg we felt that there needed to be an appropriately BangShift palate cleanse to follow it. This car stands as a perfect...

How Much Is Enough: This Duesenberg Clone Has An Asking Price Of $249,000 – Crazy or Not?

Clone cars are nothing new, there’s a booming market for them all over the place but some of them are certainly in a different league than others. That can be a good thing or a bad thing....

Seems Legit: Watch This Wheel Horse With a CBR 1000 Motor Run 12s At Santa Pod

Now THIS is awesome. A a proud former Wheel Horse owner, I can tell you that they are great little tractors that can do a myriad of jobs around the house but I can also tell you that a fast walk is...

McLeod Has New Products, Expanded Offerings For 2019 – Shifters, Flywheels, Clutches, and Automatic Kits!

It is always great to stop by and see the people at McLeod Performance Engineered Driveline Solutions, especially at SEMA because as time has shown, these guys and girls are always working on...

2018 SEMA Show Coverage: The Endless Stream of Cars and Truck Just Keeps On Coming!

(Photos by the author) – We’re back with more cars and trucks from the 2018 SEMA show floor. This year’s show was packed full of the kind of excitement and anticipation that we...

Watch The 1980 NHRA World Finals From Ontario Motor Speedway Right Here – Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock

The 1980 NHRA season was one for the books and the World Finals that year, held at the cavernous Ontario Motor Speedway was a real hum dinger of a drag race. Coming into the event the top fuel race...

SEMA Show 2018: Meziere Enterprises is Still Cranking Out Some Of The Finest Parts In The Industry

We had the good fortune of spending some time with the fine dudes at Meziere Enterprise during the 2018 SEMA show. Specifically we checked in with Zach Meziere and talked to him about what’s...

Sniper EFI Dual Plenum Intake Manifolds Are Functional Sculpture – Check These Out!

These new Holley Sniper EFI dual plenum intake manifolds are functional sculpture, seriously. Not only do they have the dramatic looks that any hot rodder would love to have under the hood, they are...

Tough Landing Video: Watch Mike Freeman’s Ultra Street Mustang Have A Concrete Meeting At No Mercy 9

Radial tire drag racing is an exciting thing for many, many reasons. The performances are one, the monster wheelies, are another, and the unpredictability is a strong one as well. The fact is that in...

Wild Drag Racing Video: This Pass From The Fall Coffeyville Street Drags Event Is Nuts

We love the Coffeyville Street Drags. The events in the small town happen with the blessing and support of the local government and they have started to draw out some of the wildest cars in the...

This Video Celebrates The Greatest F1 Privateer of All Time – Rob Walker Was A Man Among Men!

He was a man who listed the occupation on his passport as “Gentleman”. He was also a man who fielded an incredible array of racing cars over his life, not only in Formula One but in...

Vintage NHRA Video: The 1993 Winston Finals At A Revamped Pomona Were A Blast

Auto Club Raceway Pomona which was known in 1993 as Pomona Raceway stands as one of the great pillars of drag racing in the USA. Yes, the track’s usage is severely limited because of how the...

2018 SEMA Show Gallery: Things To Love And Things To Sneer On The Floor At SEMA

(Photos by the author) – The fun thing about SEMA is that you never know what lurks around each particular corner. Because companies sometimes move spots and that there’s no 100% cut and...

2018 SEMA Show Cool Car: This 1934 Ford Truck By Jason Graham Hot Rods Knocked Us Dead

There’s plenty of beauty and downright majestic hot rod building on display every year at the SEMA show and the 2018 version of the event was no let down in that regard. Humans have this weird...