Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride In A Turbocharged, Stick-Shifted Crown Vic – 8psi and It Looks FUN!
Ok, now this looks like fun! We were looking for something cool and different for this week’s American Powertrain Parting Shift. Not that this is the first, only, or best stick shift Crown Vic...
So Plymouth Used Dune Buggies and Sand To Sell The 1970 Plymouth Fury? This Ad Is Weird and Awesome
In what has to be one of the weirdest car ads we have ever seen, this 1970 Plymouth Fury commercial places the massive car on sand dunes with dune buggies! We’re guessing that the idea here is...
This 1976 Jimmy CasaGrande Is An Amazingly Clean Survivor – We’d Cruise And Sleep In This One
(Thanks to Jay Spinella for the tip on this!) – Back in the 1970s GM hooked up with a company called Chinook to produce a factory option that was known as the Blazer Chalet on Chevrolets and...
2017 Carl Casper Car Show Coverage: Hot Rods, Baby! Our Favorites From The Event
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Rods, to me = traditional definition of a ‘street rod’ which is pre-1949 vehicles. Now with the jargon defined lets delve into this array of rides...
Looking For A Job In The Hot Rod Industry? McLeod Clutches Is Hiring!
If you have been looking to ditch your current job and bust your way into the high performance aftermarket, McLeod may have the opportunity that you are looking for. The company is growing and...
Cool Video: The Story Of Moving A 123-Ton Transformer Through England In 1962 – Measured For Transport
Moving big stuff is as interesting and challenging a job today as it was more than 50 years ago when this film was made. Human beings can create some pretty massive and heavy things and lots of times...
Cool Old Press Photos: Beauty and the Beast, the 1957 Lincolns
If there were ever two cars produced by the same brand in the same year that were on complete opposite ends of the styling and beauty spectrum, the 1957 offerings from Lincoln were them. Yes, the...
This 1965 TVR Griffith Has Drag Racing History And The Battle Scars To Prove It – Awesome Car
The TVR Griffith was yet another example of the melding of an English chassis and an American power plant in the 1960s. After the runaway success of the Shelby Cobra and following in the well worn...
Watch Mark Micke Drive Jason Carter’s Malibu To A Blazing 3.80/208mph Pass At Tulsa
Few cars in the world of small tire drag racing have the history and backstory of Jason Carter’s Malibu. In its latest iteration the car is a twin turbocharged big block Chevy powered monster...
2017 Carl Casper Car Show Coverage: Pro Street Cars and Late Model Performers
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Pro Street stuff is resurgent and cool as ever. There was plenty of it on display at the 2017 Carl Casper Car Show. We’ve got examples in every...
Here’s How To Enter The Hurst Elite Series Mustang GT Giveaway – Easy and Free!
The other day we told you about how Hurst was giving away their 2015 Mustang engineering car, the one they used to develop and perfect the Hurst Elite Series package that’s offered through...
BangShift Quick Drive: 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty 4×4 Regular Cab With 6.7L Power Stroke V8
Yes, they do still exist! We’re talking about new standard cab pickup trucks of course as they have been overshadowed by four door cab trucks over the span of the last 15 years. There’s...
This 1978 Ford F-150 Is The Rig That Our Inner Child Wants Now and Will Want Forever!
Wow is this truck awesome. We may not be the biggest bright green lovers in the world but the overall look of this 1978 Ford F-150 is absolutely freaking perfect. 12″ of lift, a 460ci big...
