Category Archive: XL Spotlight, XL Street Truck Feature
Check Out This Sick Twin Turbo LS Powered 1964 GMC Pickup That Has The Sauce To Backup The Looks
Jul 17, 2014Chad Reynolds23
When our buddy Kaleb Kelley, the man behind the hugely successful ClassicsDaily Instagram page, told us about Trevor Howard at FilteredImagePhotography, and mentioned a shoot he had done on a 1964...
Great Race Adventure 2014 Part Three: The Workhorse 2015 Chevy Suburban
Jul 16, 2014Brian Lohnes3
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – So, by now, you’re probably wondering about our brand new 2015 Suburban production vehicle. It’s an LT model with four-wheel drive, and it’s priced...
98-MPH Breadbox – This Vixen RV Is Super Rare, A Little Odd, And The Fastest Motorhome In ECTA History…By A Bunch
Jul 14, 2014Brian Lohnes3
No idea…that’s what I had when I first laid eyes on Dale Janssen’s Vixen RV. You can’t blame me and I can’t blame you if you are staring at the boxy, compact, European...
Project Cheap 10: How To Build A Gear Jamming, Budget Minded, Classic C10 In A Month With Our Pals At American Powertrain
Jul 02, 2014Brian Lohnes50
(Words and photos by American Powertrain/Matt Graves) – Let me start off by saying all this is Greg “Snaps” Schneider’s fault. Greg works for Ridetech as owner Bret Voelkel’s...
Road Test: The 2014 Ford F-150 Tremor – The Sport Truck That Almost Is
Jul 01, 2014Brian Lohnes14
I’m not sure if this is a brag or not but I’d venture to say that I logged more miles and drove an F-150 Tremor faster than any other automotive writer has to this point. See, my wife and...
This Fabtech Ford Raptor Is Super Sexy! Plus They Agreed To Jump, Slide, And Thrash It For Us!
Jun 18, 2014Chad Reynolds6
When we called Steve Erdelyi, the R&D Manager at Fabtech, and asked if they had a bitchin truck we could shoot a feature on, he said “of course we do”. When we asked him if...
This Overgrown And Languishing Jeep Is Amazingly Rare And In Darned Good Shape For Living In A Veritable Jungle
Jun 13, 2014Brian Lohnes4
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – After the recent feature on the Jeep wrecker, I was reminded of a Jeep I had been meaning to shoot for a while now. A Jeep panel delivery languished back in...
Motorized Freak of the Week: The AMF Sur-Trek
May 14, 2014Brian Lohnes2
This week’s Motorized Freak is a slick little 8×8 amphibious vehicle produced by AMF in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. It would make one bitchin’ pit vehicle at the dragstrip. We...
Spotted: The EarthRoamer XV-LT Is A Rarely Seen, Completely Awesome, And Big Dollar Go Anywhere RV
May 07, 2014Brian Lohnes7
As I mentioned last week, I am spending the better part of this week in the Denver, Colorado working as the host of the 2014 Diesel Power Challenge. The event is pretty gnarly and it pits some of the...
We Found One Of The Original 1980s Racing Big Rigs In North Carolina – It Still Runs!
Apr 14, 2014Brian Lohnes6
So I was in North Carolina over the weekend to announce at the NHRA Four Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway. I got to town a day early to hang out with Eric Yost of Drag Week and Big Gun Customs fame....
This Video Feature Detailing A 1929 Mack AK Chain Drive Truck Rules – See It Cruise And Learn The History Behind It
Mar 30, 2014Brian Lohnes2
Chad may break my chops over loving old trucks so much but I’m certainly not the only one out there who has an unnatural level of affection towards the lumbering machines that helped build our...
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Diesel – BangShift Review
Mar 28, 2014Craig Fitzgerald6
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Last week, I had an epic road trip with Lohnes and Nutting to visit Trick Flow and Lingenfelter Performance Engineering. It was my first time on the road with these...
2014 Toyota Tundra Platinum: The Guts With None Of The Glory
Feb 06, 2014Brian Lohnes11
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Before last week I had never driven a Toyota Tundra. I have always viewed the Tundra as something akin to a character from a 1980s spy movie. You know the ones...
The 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk: Functional, Fun But….WTF (Why The Face?)
Jan 31, 2014Brian Lohnes28
From 1984-2001 the Jeep Cherokee was a tough, indestructible, and basic SUV. In a stroke of what we will smart-assedly call “genius”, Chrysler killed off the Cherokee after 2001 and...