Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
Classic YouTube: The Service Station In 1957
Living with my grandfather as a young kid was always an interesting thing. Ken was a product of the Great Depression, a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, a high-ranking officer, and had a...
Beetle Trouble: Living With An Air-Cooled VW, Minus The Rose-Colored Glasses
I want to start this piece with an apology to the guys at Deboss Garage. I’m not sure which one bought this exact 1974 Volkswagen Beetle, but I’m sure that they’re not going to be...
Historical Footage: When The Peanuts Gang Hawked The Ford Falcon!
For fifty years and the majority of his life, Charles Schulz brought Charlie Brown and his pals to America via comic strips in newspapers. He is considered to be the example to which many comic...
Random Vehicle Review: The Boeing 929 – When Passenger Jet and Passenger Ferry Collide
Say “Boeing” and the first image in your head is probably the 747 jumbo airliner, complete with it’s distinctive hump, or any of the other passenger planes that the company has...
Classic YouTube: Even Neil Armstrong Couldn’t Make Chrysler Look Good In 1979!
1979 Chrysler Corporation…in short, a dumpster fire mixed with a car lot. The company had been flagging since the 1960s in many aspects, but the real plummet kicked off right about the time of...
Classic YouTube: The Monster Pontiac Trans Am From Norway
We say that we want all of the power in the world. We want all of the horsepower, all of the violence, everything that comes with it. Are you sure that’s what you really want? Think about it...
Classic YouTube: The Reitnau Hillclimb In 2003 – American Muscle Style!
As a general rule of thumb, motorsports in Switzerland are effectively banned and have been banned ever since 1955, shortly after the LeMans disaster that year that saw eighty-four deaths and around...
Satellite Launch, Part 4: How Much Misery Can A Chrysler Starter Cause?
The joint-venture revival of a Plymouth Satellite that had been parked since the Regan Administrations’s earliest days continues on! Kevin and Luke are continuing to make headway on the 1970...
Awesome Watch: Monument To A Dream – A 1960s Documentary About Building The Gateway Arch
Today we revel in seeing things get conceived and built that no one dreamed possible in the past. Well, imagine the thrill for people more than 50 years ago when the 630-ft Gateway Arch was...
Video: The Good, The Bad, and the Completely Insane – Watch This Brazilian Small Tire Opala Haul, Fly, and Bounce!
Lest you think that small tire drag racing is only difficult in the USA we present this video from Brazil to show you that the hard work being done by racers all over the globe looks to be one and...
Jumping’ Stuff: This Compilation Of Truck Jumps Ranges From The Stupid To The Stupendous!
Jumping a car or a truck is one of those borderline stupid activities that makes being a geared truly fun. We’ve all done it in some shape or fashion whether it be taking a hump in the road...
Classic YouTube: The Opening Battle At The 1981 James Hardie 1000
What is the difference between people racing each other during an event, and a straight-up battle? How can you tell when drivers aren’t concerned about every other car and instead have dialed...
Video: Rod Emory’s Porsche 356 RSR Is A Hot Rod That’s Also Purebred Porsche – So Cool!
When the world’s best builders, especially those that have a specialty get creative ideas to build the cars that THEY have always dreamed of owning, magic happens. In the world of Porsche Rod...
Flamin’ Videos: It Was A Tough Weekend To Be A Top Fuel Engine In Dallas – A Couple Of Flaming Boomers Here
It’s never an easy gig to be a top fuel engine, right? Even on the best days you are trying to contain and harness the impossible fury of 11,000 horsepower and fighting all of the strains and...