The Jokes Write Themselves: 44,000 Pounds Of Steel Balls Flopped Out Of A Truck In Seattle
A key point for any driver to ram into the back of their brain about driving is “expect the unexpected”. Once you get comfortable behind the wheel, you get complacent. Once you get...
Here’s A Craigslist Ad For A C-10 That You Are Not Likely To Soon Forget
People send in Craigslist ads and story ideas to us all the time. And sometimes people send us funny Craigslist ads. Often those funny ads are too “colorful” in the language department to...
Historical Video Fun: This 1956 Air Force Video About B-52 Take Off Procedures Rules
I have huge respect for pilots. I fly a metric ton during the year and as of this moment I have logged about 118,000 miles in the air since January. These are the men and woman who make the decisions...
Gearhead Americana: Men, Women, Mechanics, Machines of Speed, and Machines of War
(All photos from Library of Congress Digital Archive) – So my romp through the seemingly endless photo archive at the Library of Congress website continues. This week I decided to hone in on...
This Will End Well: The Terrafugia Transition Order Banks Are Open, With Deliveries Starting Next Year
I’m certain that some of my friends who are pilots might be excited by this bit of news, but on the whole, I’m actually kind of horrified. If you don’t know what a Terra-what-in-the...
This 1960s Commercial For The International Scout Is Awesome…and From Australia!
The “International” part of “International Harvester” is not just there for kicks. The company sold their wares all over the globe and continues to today. Maybe some of you...
Money No Object: This 1974 Chevrolet K30 Stepside Fire Truck Is Too Cool!
It’s a given: at some point in their lives, a kid wants to be a firefighter. They want to ride on the trucks, put out the flames, and to be the hero. Certainly you remember that point of your...
Dirt Drag Trucks In Michigan! Who Says Off-Roading Has To Be Slow?
You want to know the best thing about drag racing on dirt? You’ve lessened the likelihood of parts breakage! Maybe not in the engine bay, but think about it: outside of catastrophic engine...
Classic YouTube: The SR.N4 “Mountbatten” Hovercraft – Air Ride For The Channel!
Ferry service was never as wild as it was between Britain and France in the second half of the 20th century. Given that the Channel Tunnel wasn’t completed until 1994, there were two real...
Gearhead Myth Busting: Gale Banks Tackles The Benefits or Downsides Of Performance Differential Covers – Fascinating
Gale Banks is one of the most brilliant minds that hot rodding has ever known. He’s succeeded virtually every single area imaginable. While we know him for this diesel work over the last 20...
The Bourbon Suburban Is One Bitchin Cruiser That You Can Own And We Can’t Stop Drooling Over
Our friends at Classic Car Liquidators showed us this ‘64 Suburban a week back and we’re in LOVE. This big, bad ride came to them halfway finished with the interior needing finished, body...
You Want To See Some Suspension Move? Watch This Trophy Truck Video On Some Insane Whoops!
We can guarantee that if this trophy truck was to stop right after hauling ass across these whoops, you couldn’t touch the shock bodies. We’re talking massive heat from massive rate of...
Morning Symphony: Putting The “Muscle” Back Into Muscle Car With This AMC Javelin Puller!
Muscle car. The name lends itself nicely to the ear and invokes images that many look back on in wistful nostalgia. Cars that were so hairy, so loaded with power that you had to have bravado by the...
