Category Archive: CHEVY, HISTORIC, TRUCKS, Videos
Here’s How You Do A One-Of-One: The 1961 Chevrolet “Corphibian” – Ralph Nader’s Guaranteed Heart Attack!
Recently, the book Unsafe At Any Speed, Ralph Nader’s ode to automotive safety, pedestrian safety, environmental damage and his seemingly bona-fide hatred of the Chevrolet Corvair, reached the...
Incredible: Jianna Salinas’ NHRA Finals Victory Was Among The Most Improbably Awesome In History (Video)
There are ways to get your first win and then there’s how Jianna Salinas did it at the 2019 NHRA Finals. Not only was it her first win, it was on a deciding pass for the world championship of...
Bob Mayer Versus The 1979 AMC Spirit: Mr. Honesty Checks Out The Liftback!
He has a face that is full of happiness and honesty. He has a voice perfectly suited for the evening news. And he has the ability to tell the truth about a car without one single shining letter...
Video: Cars in action – The 1959 Chevrolet Biscayne mail car
In 2014, the way you sell cars in TV ads is to show them either drifting, driven by some celebrity chick with high heels, or loaded up with kids. But in 1959, if you were out to buy a car, you wanted...
Drag History Video: Watch The 1979 NHRA World Finals – One Of The Best Races Ever
It was a one lane race track at Ontario Motor Speedway during the 1979 NHRA World Finals and if you did not have lane choice we were about doomed to be gone. This being said, the story lines were...
Watch The 1989 NHRA World Finals: It’s 2019 NHRA AutoClub Finals Week!
It was a tension filled, high intensity, beautiful weekend in Pomona to close the season back in 1989. Fast forward 30 years and we’re looking at the same thing. We have basically every...
Neat Stuff Video: The Barn Find Hunter Locates Power Wagons, Mustangs, and More
Chances are if you’re a reader of automotive books you have likely read the words of Tom Cotter. The author of several books about barn finds, he now has a show on the Hagerty YouTube channel...
Historical Footage: Craig Breedlove’s Record 24-Hour Speed Run In An AMX
When American Motors rolled out the AMX in 1968, they were well behind the muscle car curve and needed to get good billing fast. AMC knew that they had a potent package on their hands, but proving...
Classic YouTube: The First Year Of The Boeing 707
When you observe commercial air travel and how it grew from it’s beginnings to modern day, you see it grow in steps. From a spare passenger on a small biplane, to the Ford TriMotor, to the...
The Only Way He Knows How: Stevie Fast Jackson’s Career Story As Told By A Collection Of His Racing Clips
This is a fantastic video because it tells a story through racing and racing highlights. Stevie Fast Jackson is one of the most interesting stories in drag racing today because he’s...
Meet Mendy: This Long Form Interview With Two Time Heritage Series Top Fuel Champion Mendy Fry Is Great!
Mendy Fry is a bad ass. No two ways around it. A woman who has lived basically her entire life in drag racing, she has amazing abilities behind the wheel and a genuine love of the sport that was...
Classic YouTube: The 1940 Ford – Technological Advancements Early On In Cars
Every year, manufacturers trot out new cars and new features. Digital gauges, pop-up headlights, sound systems that can shake your brain inside of your skull, power everything, plusher this, quieter...
A Proper Test: Which Of The 1992 BTCC Race Cars Was The Best?
At the final race of the 1992 British Touring Car Championship, the racing was better than just about any NASCAR race of the last thirty years. The battle between Steve Soper, John Cleland, Will Hoy...
