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More Mickey: This 1990s Profile Of Mickey Thompson Is Filled With Old Footage We’ve Never Seen
Jul 08, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on More Mickey: This 1990s Profile Of Mickey Thompson Is Filled With Old Footage We’ve Never Seen
A couple of weeks ago, we directed you to check out the little mini-documentary that Freiburger had made about Mickey Thompson and his quest to run 400mph on the salt. Well today we’re back...
Dyno Video: Watch This 383ci BluePrint Engine Go Through Its Dyno Paces!
Jul 06, 2020Brian Lohnes1
We have long talked about the guys and girls at BluePrint Engines and the quality of their product line. One of the amazing things is the fact that the company dyno tests every single engine that...
Off Road Action To The Next Level! Watch The Qualifying Loop At King Of The Hammers From Inside Bryce Menzies Truck!
Jul 05, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Off Road Action To The Next Level! Watch The Qualifying Loop At King Of The Hammers From Inside Bryce Menzies Truck!
High Speed Off-Road Racing is something I’ve never done but want to do so bad. It’s awesome. I love the sport, love the trucks, love the events, and therefore running BAJA or King of the...
Hunt For Grunt! LS Torque Cams: Do You Know What Really Works?
Jul 04, 2020Chad Reynolds4
In this video from Richard Holdener, he lets you in on yet another round of dyno testing Speed Secrets in the never ending Hunt for Grunt. LS Engines aren’t particularly known for being torque...
Adult Sandbox Video: Watch This Vintage Heavy Equipment Rearrange The Earth With Horsepower and Torque
Jul 01, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Adult Sandbox Video: Watch This Vintage Heavy Equipment Rearrange The Earth With Horsepower and Torque
(By Greg Rourke) – Did you have a bunch of Tonka trucks and equipment when you were a kid? Sorry, stupid question, of course you did. I built many millions of miles of Interstate highways...
When A Tractor Attempts To Help A Truck In Russia, Always Expect The Unexpected
Jul 01, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on When A Tractor Attempts To Help A Truck In Russia, Always Expect The Unexpected
So here we are in Russia…at least we think that’s where this was filmed. Anyway we have a truck with obviously too much weight out behind the rear axle and a tractor that has been brought...
1970s Chevy Truck Advertising Perfection: Watch This Pickup Drag 178 Tons Of Logs!
Jul 01, 2020Brian Lohnes1
The OEMs have totally failed in recent times at making over the top, ridiculous pickup truck ads. Sadly it has been Toyota that had cool stuff like their trucks dragging the Space Shuttle and...
Jolly Green Giant: Finnegan’s Green Ramp Truck Gets Blown
Jul 01, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Jolly Green Giant: Finnegan’s Green Ramp Truck Gets Blown
Boats and ho-ley moley, those are some huge trucks. We love ya, Mike, but dude, this truck fascination of yours is a bit out there, even for us…and yes, that does include all of the weird junk...
Listen Up: The Awesome, Amazing, and Inspiring Story Of Operation Snowbound – How American Teamwork Saved Millions Of People and Livestock In 1949
Jun 29, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Listen Up: The Awesome, Amazing, and Inspiring Story Of Operation Snowbound – How American Teamwork Saved Millions Of People and Livestock In 1949
There can be no overstatement of just how nasty Mother Nature can get when she wants to be. The winter of 1949 on the Western Plains of the United States is virtually beyond compare. A succession of...
Foreign Territory: Attempting A Diesel Revival Without Knowing Anything
Jun 28, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
I almost want to poke fun at Kevin for his current situation. He recently acquired two 1990s-era Ford wreckers, both diesel powered. Other than the likelihood of rusted fenders, thanks to his Iowa...
The American Engineer: This Chevrolet Sponsored Film From 1960 Is Really Cool and A Celebration Of The Profession
Jun 25, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on The American Engineer: This Chevrolet Sponsored Film From 1960 Is Really Cool and A Celebration Of The Profession
This is a neat old movie, especially when you look at it in the context of 2020. The film was originally made sometime in the 1950s and then updated right around 1960. You’ll see 1960 model...
This Dead-Stock GMC Sierra Blasts Straight Up A British Columbia Hill Like It’s Nothing!
Jun 22, 2020Bryan McTaggart6
I’ve confessed to being a fan of Grand Theft Auto before, and what you are about to see in this video clip might as well be a page straight out of the strategy guide. You see, in-game, the...
Classic YouTube: The Magic School Bus Up To The Hubs In Mud! Where Is Ms. Frizzle Taking The Kids?!
Jun 20, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Classic YouTube: The Magic School Bus Up To The Hubs In Mud! Where Is Ms. Frizzle Taking The Kids?!
What kind of freak looks at a GMC short bus and pictures the ultimate off-road machine?! Sure, in theory it would make for a killer off-road RV for one if you have skill, no fear of any off-road...
Watch This Guy Racing His Polaris XP 1000 Come Over a Jump And Completely Bash A Stopped Racer
Jun 19, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch This Guy Racing His Polaris XP 1000 Come Over a Jump And Completely Bash A Stopped Racer
Note that the guy folding into a pretzel in the image above is not doing it for fun but rather because of the extreme forces being exerted on his body after smashing into another side by side at a...