Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
Classic YouTube: Car Commercials From The Height Of The Musclecar Era!
Selling a car on television should be an easy thing. Show the car in motion, give enough information to entice the customer to come in a check out the showroom, and hope your product is attractive...
Pro Commuter: This 1980 AMC Spirit AMX Just Needs A Few Minor Touches To Be Great
Pro Commuter, the idea of mine that says that the daily driver does not have to openly suck out loud, is still a thing in my head. At least today’s flare-up has some merit instead of being some...
Someone’s Got To Build It: Some Of The Stranger Flying Machine Attempts Of Early Aviation
An interesting thought that always elicits a bit of a laugh: who was the first human that ___ and why did they do that? For example, which one of early man’s forefathers took one look at what...
Money No Object: A 1960 Plymouth Fury That’s Been Done To The Nines
Last year I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with a finned Mopar for the first time. Sadly, the 1960 Chrysler Newport was well beyond my scope or ability…the engine was locked,...
The Devil’s Shingle: Proof BangShifters Have Been Around for Centuries
(In honor of the frigid New England winter I figured I would re-feature this story of the guys who set records going down the mountain in the most insane way possible. Speed is a drug and these...
This 1989 FLU419 Small Equipment Excavator Is The king Of The Unimogs – DO WANT
It is the ultimate thing I do not need. It is the ultimate thing that I really, really want. Yes, the 1989 FLU419 SEE tractor you see here is pretty much the thing that I’d want to own above...
This 1950s Video About Engines is Awesome, Complete With Dangerous In Home Experiments!
There’s nothing better than finding old timey videos like this one. Made in the 1950 as part of an educational series for kids, this thing is all about how engines work. We dig it because the...
2019 Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs Photo Coverage: The Coolest Stuff On The Main Floor
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Third gallery of six so you’re reaching the half-way point. In here we’re going to move from the area normally called ‘survivors alley’ and...
Watch The 1989 NHRA Phoenix Nationals: Muldowney’s Triumphant Weekend!
It was 1983 in Montreal when Shirley Muldowney had the most horrendous wreck of her career. It was a crash that nearly killed her, mangled her legs, and virtually snuffed the career of one of drag...
Home-Building A Straight Eight, or How To Make A BangShifty Lada
Don’t knock the Lada Riva series of sedans…they are the third best selling cars on the planet behind the Model T Ford and the VW Beetle, and have one of the longest production runs,...
The Cleetus And Cars Throwdown Special! Will The Auction Vette Run An Eight? Will The Crown Vic Burn To The Ground?
If there is one thing that we have to hand to Cleetus, it’s that not only does he build and race, but first and foremost he’s a showman…one that has made his own circus to play in....
Could The 2020 Dakar Rally Return To Africa? It Appears That It Is Being Considered!
In 2008, the Dakar Rally, which up unto that point had at least included Northern Africa if not entirely stayed within the borders of the continent, was cancelled due to fears of terrorist attacks...
To The Scrappers With Ya: Racing Wrecks From The Week Of Love!
I have a question: what the hell happened last week that caused all sorts of carnage in the racing world? Cupid’s arrows were designed to send love into a heart, not a Lada rally car directly...
