Old School Monster Truck Video: Watch Bigfoot 8 Take Care Of Business At The Houston Astrodome In 1991
Today feels like a good day to take a trip back into the early 1990s and go monster truck racing at the Houston Astrodome. I never got to see a game, event, or monster truck race inside the Houston...
Classic Equipment Video: This 1950s International Harvester Film Featuring The 4-Way Drott Bucket Is Cool
You all know that I am a total freak for old equipment. I found this old film made by International Harvester featuring their crawler tractors and more importantly the then-revolutionary Drott...
Transportation For The Times: The British Sultan Command Vehicle Would Be The Perfect Grocery Getter These Days
Why is it that all the good stuff is in the junkyard? Seriously, even the really GOOD stuff is in the junkyard and not because it’s junk, because junkyard owners have this amazing ability to...
This Footage From the 1995 Camel Trophy Shows Just How Grueling The Trek Was For Mundo Maya
The Camel Trophy series was a brutal test of man and machine in some of the most challenging terrain ever found on the Earth. Starting with three German teams driving Ford U50s (a Jeep CJ built under...
2020 Toyota TRD Pro: Long In The Tooth, But Not Much Else
The 2020 Toyota TRD Pro is the latest in a long, long line of Toyota pickup trucks based on a platform that was introduced in 2005 and has been little changed since then. This off-road themed and...
The Incredible Story Of A B-58 Landing With Busted Gear, 14 Hours Of Continuous Flight, And 8 Mid-Air Fuelings
Pilots are a special breed of human. The more of them I get to know especially the military guys it becomes ever more evident to me that they operate a little differently than the rest of us. This...
Morning Symphony: 20,000 Pound Hot Rod Semi Pulling Trucks
The interstates are loaded with semi trucks hauling weight across the country, everything from chemicals and commodities to food and fuel. The entire purpose of these big rigs is to move weight...
Want A Military Vehicle Smaller Than A HMMWV? Ever Looked At A Growler?
For many reasons, I’m dying of laughter while I’m writing this piece. Many. But let’s start with the reasons why you might not want a HMMWV. They’re huge. They’re...
Want More Power From Your Jeep? COMP Cams Has Three New Jeep Cams, New Springs, and A new Timing Set To Check Out!
The 4.0L Jeep inline six is a battle-tested, tough as nails running power plant that has served millions and millions of Jeep owners through thick and thin. As of late these engines have been getting...
Project Isolation Restoration: Our 1960s Single Cylinder Engine Gets Cleaned Up And We Learn More
When last we left you, Project Isolation Restoration had been torn down and we were pleased to find that there were no real Boogey men waiting for us inside the engine. As an early teaser for the...
Configutator Battle: Which Half-Ton Work Truck Is The Best Bang For Your Buck? We Check Them Out
(By Tom Lohnes) – The American Truck: Hauling loads and doing work for more than 100 years. In the year 2020 however trucks are used as comfortable commuters and daily drivers, often...
Trophy Truck Testing In And Around The Office Park Is Super Awesome With Robby Gordon
I’ve been lucky enough to visit Robby Gordon’s race shop, and can tell you that the street out front, and the parking lots around it, lend themselves to truck jumps and testing and it is...
Project Isolation Restoration: The Teardown Continues and We Get Our Block Squeaky Clean
In part one of Project Isolation Restoration, we told you about the vintage engine that we scooped up to rebuild for fun during this downtime when there’ not much else to do. The mill, if you...
