NTPA Pulling Action Photos: More Cool Photos, More Flying Clay, and More Late Fall Pulling Fun!
(Photos by David Whealon) – Last week we showed you the front half of David Whealon’s killer photo collection he shot at the NTPA pull during the North Carolina State Fair. Well, today...
Factory Freak or Fanciful Fraud? Did This 1973 International Travelall Really Come With A 3-53 Detroit Diesel And A 5-Speed?
Make no mistake about it, we think that this truck is 100% bad ass. We’re also not throwing rocks at the seller for advertising the rig as he is. We’re guessing that he was told the same...
Low Cab Forward: 1972 Dodge LCF Tractor – That’s A Cute Ram You Have There, Son
Diesel Dodge guys are a weird bunch. They are so focused on the mighty Cummins six cylinder and what it can do…even if all they actually do with it is blast small cars in traffic with sooty...
Random Vehicle Review: The Boeing 929 – When Passenger Jet and Passenger Ferry Collide
Say “Boeing” and the first image in your head is probably the 747 jumbo airliner, complete with it’s distinctive hump, or any of the other passenger planes that the company has...
Caspian Mud Monster: This UAZ Is Now A Swamp Beast!
It’s a real-world, full-size version of a Stompers toy. How else do you describe this thing? The tires are five and a half feet tall, the axles are from a GAZ 66 military truck, and the whole...
Heavy Duty Engine Swap: Shoving A Dodge’s Cummins Into A Komatsu Bulldozer!
When Dodge started jamming in six-cylinder Cummins diesel engines into Ram pickup trucks, they figured out the first step in revitalizing a lineup that hadn’t seen a freshening since 1981 and a...
Ripping It Up: Speed Plowing With A John Deere In Sweden!
I’d like to say that the strong, powerful engine noise that has been prominent around BangShift Mid-West has been due to yours truly. But it’s not. It’s not even due to the...
Awesome Watch: Monument To A Dream – A 1960s Documentary About Building The Gateway Arch
Today we revel in seeing things get conceived and built that no one dreamed possible in the past. Well, imagine the thrill for people more than 50 years ago when the 630-ft Gateway Arch was...
Horsepower and Dirt Photos: NTPA NC State Fair Southern Showdown Tractor Pull Action!
(Words and Photos by David Whealon) They say “Nothing Could Be Finer” here in Raleigh North Carolina every October since 1853 with the opening of the NC State Fair. And once again the annual NTPA...
Jumping’ Stuff: This Compilation Of Truck Jumps Ranges From The Stupid To The Stupendous!
Jumping a car or a truck is one of those borderline stupid activities that makes being a geared truly fun. We’ve all done it in some shape or fashion whether it be taking a hump in the road...
Holley Releases Mid Mount Accessory Drive Systems for GM Gen V LT4/LT5 Engines
It can be one of the most vexing and frustrating parts of an engine swap, the accessory drive! Holley knows this and that is why they have developed a mid-mouth accessory drive system for GM Gen V...
HALT: Panic-Stopping Heavy Wheeled Vehicles (Plus Gratuitous Tank Crushing Footage Inside!)
Consider this video a three-in-one special, because that’s what you will get. Three different sections, all involving big machinery. We like our smaller, sporty machines just fine, but there is...
Morning Symphony: Saturn V Launch, Pure Audio Only
If you have never crossed into Alabama from Tennessee on Interstate 65, then you haven’t seen Alabama’s greeting to visitors. It’s a 224-foot-tall Saturn 1B rocket, the real thing....
KITT’s Hidden Mode: Watch This Firebird Mud Bogger Get Down!
The running joke about third-generation F-bodies is that they belong in the realm of the redneck and the mullet-wearing 1980s throwback. They don’t. They were GM’s power re-awakening,...
