Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
The Factory Promotion Film For The 1960 Chrysler 300F Is Fantastic And And Even Promises A Version That Technically Never Came
The Chrysler “letter cars” of the late 1950s and early 1960s capture the audacity and balls out nature of Detroit perhaps better than any other line of cars from that time period. They...
The Sound Of Security: This 1950s Film Used To Educate The Public About Sonic Booms Is Wild – F-104 Starfighters In Action!
In the 1950s, the United States Air Force was facing a bit of a public relations problem. See, with the advent of super sonic jets like the F-104 Starfighter, the sounds of sonic booms were being...
The Big Fix: Watch This Welder Perform A Repair On A Massive Lanz Bulldog Piston
Ok, now this is neat. You are about to watch a welder perform a piston repair on a massive Lanz Bulldog piston. So a Lanz Bulldog is a tugboat engine? No. A locomotive engine? Negatory. How about a...
Rarely Seen: This Road Test Of The 1982 Lancia Zagato Shows Off One Of The Oddest Limited Run Cars Ever
When we look at the history of Italian car companies in the United States, it ain’t the rosiest. Yes, Ferrari and Lamborghini have made a living here for quite some time but the place to look...
This Awesome Video From The 1972 NHRA SuperNationals Highlights The Sport’s First 5 and Jim Dunn’s Rear Engine FC Win!
This is one of the neatest old drag racing films we have ever seen and it was shot by a fan on an 8mm video recorder at the 1972 NHRA SuperNationals which was an event that featured professional...
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...