Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Mighty Mites: Sometimes It Is Better to Buy Older When It Comes To Yard Tractors And Here’s Why!
(By Greg Rourke) – For various reasons, I haven’t built any cool rods are done much noteworthy for over 30 years. I always read all the magazines, attended a few races and car shows, and...
SEMA 2016: We Snuck In During Monday Setup To Show You Neat Stuff!
We’re are HERE at SEMA 2016 and we’ll be rocking it hard all week to show you the coolest new parts, the coolest new builds, and the stuff that you want to see from the most humongous,...
Gallery: Southeast Gassers Action From Mt. Park Dragway – Coolest Cars In The Country!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – When we first heard the SEG was going to make the haul to Mt. Park Dragway we knew for sure this was a must-see event. This is the furthest-North event...
eBay Find: Want To Buy A Former SEMA Show Car? This 2015 Wide Body Mustang Was A Hit Last Year
Ever wonder what happens to many of the hundreds and hundreds of show cars that are built and displayed at SEMA every year? Here’s a hot tip: Go to eBay and type: SEMA in the search bar and...
Watch Cruz Pedregon Make The Most Incredible Run In NHRA Funny Car History
The best thing about the sport of drag racing is that you literally do not know what is going to happen one minute to the next. For instance, funny car at the NHRA Toyota Nationals last weekend was...
Lohnes’s Two Favorite Cab Over Trucks From SEMA 2015 – One Ford and One Chevy
If you had told the engineers and designers that were making these trucks come to life decades ago that the yeoman equipment they were working on would be considered iconic Americana in the next...
RideTech To Debut New Instinct Electronic Shock System At SEMA – Powered by DSC Sport
RideTech is unleashing a torrent of great new products at SEMA this year and we told you about just two of them yesterday. The StreetGrip system for early Mustangs is cool and something that will...
Watch a Road Racing 1968 Mustang Get Destroyed at an Aussie Touring Car Masters Race
The Aussies have a lot of this racing stuff right. Consider their Touring Car Masters series. It is the type of vintage Trans Am series we should have here in the USA. Old school cars with old school...
Watch The Iron Big Block Chevy Powered Metal Mafia Fuel Altered Take On Ozark Motorsports Park
We have told you about and showed you video of the Metal Mafia fuel altered before. These guys are awesome because the car has an iron big block Chevy engine. We’re talking all iron from the...
Gallery: Our Last Batch Of Cool Hot Rods, Street Rods, and Ratty Rumblers From NSRA 2016
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Last gallery of our coverage from the 2016 NSRA Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, KY. If you haven’t been to one of these I urge you to do so. ...
RideTech Develops StreetGrip System For 1964-1970 Mustangs – Pre Order Now!
RideTech’s StreetGrip systems have proven themselves as great upgrades for hot rodders who want to improve the ride quality and driving experience of their classic cars and the company has just...
Today Would Have Been Marvin “Killdozer” Heemeyer’s Birthday – Remember Him?
(By Greg Rourke) – Today would have been the birthday of Marvin Heemeyer. It’s been said that you cannot fight city hall. That may be true, but Marvin found a loophole. He ran over city...
Gallery: More Street Rods, Hot Rods, and Memories From A Car Show Filled Summer
(By Doug Gregory) – Didn’t see a lot of cars this year riding high. There were some straight-axle types with a nose-high attitude, but not as many as I’ve seen in previous years. Lots...
