Watch This Tiny, Rotary Powered Van Put On A Heck Of A Show At An Aussie Burnout Contest
Oct 16, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch This Tiny, Rotary Powered Van Put On A Heck Of A Show At An Aussie Burnout Contest
Today we have some burnout entertainment in the form of a comically small van that is powered by a little rotary engine which smokes the tires, spins violent donuts, and gets its entire exhaust...
Hilarious Video: Watch A Dude Go Water Skiing With An Excavator For Propulsion – Big Time Fun!
Oct 16, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Hilarious Video: Watch A Dude Go Water Skiing With An Excavator For Propulsion – Big Time Fun!
This is our kind of good time. We don’t know the back story, we don’t know where it happened, but we do know that we want to try it. The quick and dirty on this video is that you’ll...
Service Call Fee Isn’t For Debate: Watch This Off-Road Wrecker Save A Couple Of Rigs In Need
Oct 16, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
It’s bad enough when you have to call in a tow truck to come save your ass. Is there anything more scathing to your pride that some smug dude hopping out of a truck knowing that even if...
BangShifty Video: This Homebuilt Steam Powered Rail Speeder Is Incredible
Oct 15, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShifty Video: This Homebuilt Steam Powered Rail Speeder Is Incredible
(By Greg Rourke) – We’ve featured rail speeders in the past. They were built as inspection vehicles, and to get crews to places not accessible by road. They have been largely replaced by...
Ugly And Unstoppable: This Blazer Is A Study In Gearing, Good Driving, And Zero Effs Given To Looks
Oct 15, 2020Brian Lohnes1
We’re partial to full size rigs around here. We’re obviously a bunch of simpletons and big stuff just has that kind of impressive presence to it that appeals to our knuckle dragging...
Best Worst Ship Ever: The Insane, Incredible, Insolvent, and Entirely Unbelievable Story Of The SS Great Eastern
Oct 14, 2020Brian Lohnes1
This is the story of one of the greatest engineering achievements of the Victorian Age. It is also the story of a ship so far ahead of its time it was one of the greatest financial failures ever...
Got Skills? Race Winning Brands Is Hiring Across Their Company and Across The Country
Oct 13, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Got Skills? Race Winning Brands Is Hiring Across Their Company and Across The Country
As we all know, things these days are not exactly normal. There have been lots of people displaced from their jobs by all the junk going on in the world and others who feel stuck in doing what they...
Retro Review Fun: This Look At The 1993 Jeep Grand Wagoner Is A Fun Contrast To The SUVs Of Today
Oct 13, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Retro Review Fun: This Look At The 1993 Jeep Grand Wagoner Is A Fun Contrast To The SUVs Of Today
The Jeep Grand Wagoneer was a mainstay of the SUV universe for decades. Built off of the basic but tough J-series truck chassis, they command incredible money on the market today and in so many ways...
The 2020 Hi-Performance Expo Powered by Optima Batteries Is Coming To COTA November 1-3 – Big Fun, Big Money, Be There!
Oct 12, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on The 2020 Hi-Performance Expo Powered by Optima Batteries Is Coming To COTA November 1-3 – Big Fun, Big Money, Be There!
Winter is on the way, you have been likely locked out of at least a few of your favorite events this year and you are kind of bummed that there’s nothing left to do this year, right? WRONG. The...
Sunken Supersonic Treasure: The Flying Test Models From The Avro Arrow Program Have Been Found In Lake Ontario
Oct 12, 2020Brian Lohnes1
It’s one of the most amazing and confounding aviation stories of all time. The history of the Avro Arrow, a fighter jet that was designed and was slated to be built in Canada as a way to stand...
A Thousand Times No: Get A Hawk’s Eye View As A Television Antenna Gets Built
Oct 12, 2020Bryan McTaggart4
To use a quote from James May: “I genuinely don’t like heights. It’s my biggest failing…among many, I accept.” To me, it’s a matter of platform: the more space I...
Project Hay Hauler: We Install The New Engine, A New McLeod RXT Twin Disc Clutch, And Prep For Rocky Mountain Race Week.
Oct 11, 2020Chad Reynolds5
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) If you have been following along on my build of 1967 GMC pickup we call Project Hay Hauler, you will have seen I took a 383 I had collecting dust in the corner...
This Ford Model A Mud Dragger Is Ferocious: 650-cube Big Block And Under 3,000 Pounds!
Oct 11, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on This Ford Model A Mud Dragger Is Ferocious: 650-cube Big Block And Under 3,000 Pounds!
When the Ford Model A debuted in 1928, the standard engine was a 201 cubic inch four cylinder that made all of forty horsepower. With over three times the engine capacity, and well over 1100...
This Detroit 6V72-Powered International Looks Ready To Rule The Strip In Puerto Rico!
Oct 11, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on This Detroit 6V72-Powered International Looks Ready To Rule The Strip In Puerto Rico!
Tractor pulls, diesel drags, and semi-truck racing in Quebec…there’s a lot of room for big rigs to come out and run all-out but without a doubt, the most unique scene in diesel...










