Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Ride Shotgun In A Swamp Buggy As it Runs Full Bore Around The Mile O Mud In Florida!
Like many of you, I have waned to drive a swamp buggy since I was a kid in the 1980s and watched them tear up the famed Mile O Mud in Florida. Well this video from the Sims Racing YouTube page takes...
This 1968 Ford Truck Commercial Is Crazy And Had To Have Been Fun To Make! Full On Beat-Downs!
In any sort of job, there are highs and lows. There are things that are fun to do, things that are not so fun, stuff you love, and stuff you hate, right? This actually has to apply to stunt or...
This 1972 Video Featuring Chevy Trailers And RVs Is So Cool – An El Camino With A 5th Wheel?!
The recreational vehicle and trailer industry in the USA is booming. The pandemic saw many hundreds of thousands of families invest in an RV, a camper, a trailer, and all the stuff that comes along...
Little Truck Big Punch: This 1944 Video Shows An Experimental Jeep Mounted Rocket Launcher System Being Tested
Now THIS is a mighty mite! As we all know, there was constant innovation and invention during WWII. After all, nothing spurs the human mind on like figuring out ways to knock out the bad guys. For...
Rare Flyer: The 1990 Olds Cutlass Calais International Series Quad Four Was Quick And Rare
We love to play the old “when’s the last time you saw one of these…” game around here. It is pretty fun to have your memory jogged about interesting or strange cars you forgot...
Yikes Video: Watch This Hot Rodded Volvo Suffer A Clutch Explosion During A Burnout – Crazy
There are few things with more insane duality than a clutch explosion. Firstly there is the horrifying destruction and potential for people to be cut to ribbons from the shrapnel of flying clutch...
Get It Right: Here’s The Proper Way To Measure For Custom Shocks From The Crew At Ridetech
You want to install custom shocks on your car. Maybe you just want to make a simple change with a single adjustable tube shock or maybe you are going bigger with air suspension or perhaps multi-way...
Dyno Quickie Fun: Watch This 355ci SBC Powered Street Stock Sing To 7,000 RPM and Get The Demon Tweak
If this video doesn’t illustrate the difference a dyno session or two can make for your racing program, we’re not sure what will. You are about to see a 355ci small block Chevy powered...
Engine Awesomeness: Get A Detailed Tour And A Seat In The Dyno Room As This 765hp Cosworth IndyCar Engine Is Tuned!
This might be our favorite kind of dyno video. This is the style of dyno video that shows us something we know nothing about, explains some of its most awesome features, and then we get to see the...
It Could Be You: This 1949 Chevrolet Film Explained The National Car Shortage And How They Were Fixing It
This is a pretty amazing thing to watch and something that seems incomprehensible to put into the modern context. As we have talked about before, by the late 1940s car companies were in a really bad...
This Old Ingersoll Rand Radial Engine Air Compressor Is One Of The Coolest Things We’ve Ever Run Across
What is this thing? Would you believe an air compressor? Yes, Ingersol-Rand built these awesome radial engine air compressors in the 1940s and into the 1950s. The six cylinder engine uses three of...
Big Baller Wagon Hauler: This 1987 Review Of The Mercedes-Benz 300 TD Is Pretty Cool – How Things Have Changed!
Man, when a Mercedes runs 0-60 in 11-seconds and gets praise for it you know two things. Firstly, it’s a diesel. Secondly it’s from a galaxy far, far away called the 1980s. This video...
Watch The Insane Norm Wilding Funny Car Crash From The 1995 NHRA Gatornationals
When we look at the funny cars of today versus the funny cars of twenty years ago, the first thing that people notice is the shape. It isn’t like the cars of the 1990s were showroom stock...
Your Swap Is Weak: Watch These Farm Boys Swap A Caterpillar 3412 Into A Big Bud Tractor!
There are engine swaps and then there are ENGINE SWAPS! This is an example of the second because you are firstly looking at a Big Bud tractor, which is completely awesome and then you are looking at...