Category Archive: HISTORIC, MOPAR, Videos
Honesty In Review: Bob Mayer Takes On The 1980 Chrysler Cordoba!
Mar 21, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Honesty In Review: Bob Mayer Takes On The 1980 Chrysler Cordoba!
For anyone who aspires to review new cars, there are certain people that you should aspire to be like. Csaba Csere, Bud Lindemann, John Davis, Brock Yates, and David E. Davis, Jr., a man once known...
Gratuitous Violence: Ramming A Leopard Tank Through Cars At Speed
Mar 21, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
Here’s some information about the Leopard 2A4 tank: they’ve been around since 1979, weigh in at over sixty-eight tons and are powered by a MTU-sourced twin-turbo V-12 diesel good for...
Fearsome Foursome: Here Are The Four Winning Runs From The Pro Categories At The 2019 NHRA Gatornationals
Mar 20, 2019Brian Lohnes1
It was in the top three of the greatest drag races I have ever been to. It’ll likely stay in the top three of the greatest drag races I’ll ever go to. The 50th Amalie Oil NHRA...
Classic YouTube: Pride of Pay ‘n Pak Versus Miss Budweiser On Lake Washington In 1974
Mar 20, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Seattle is linked with hydroplane racing via the summertime Seafair festival events that take place over July and August. In addition to the Torchlight Parade and Torchlight Run, and the screaming of...
Something’s Afoot: This Ferrari F40 Looks The Part And Sounds Completely Wrong!
Mar 20, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
The Ferrari F40 is a supercar before it even turns a wheel in anger. It’s the last car that Enzo himself green-lit for production. It had roots that stretched back through the 288 GTO, itself a...
Airborne Dart: Watch As This Remote-Controlled Plane Hits 462 MPH In-Flight!
Mar 20, 2019Bryan McTaggart4
The world of remote-controlled vehicles is amazing, far more than most people realize. Sure, a little battery-powered gravel flinger is great fun, but the obsession of detail for some of these...
Flying Start Video: Ride Along In A 1974 IROC Porsche At Sebring – This Thing Dominates The Start!
Mar 19, 2019Brian Lohnes3
The IROC (international race of champions) series had some incredibly long legs in the world of motorsports. While it is no longer contested, the series ran from the early 1970s right up until 2005....
Win At All Costs: These Two Tough Truck XJ Cherokees Battle It Out!
Mar 19, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Win At All Costs: These Two Tough Truck XJ Cherokees Battle It Out!
I am of the mindset that if American Motors had managed to hang on just another four years, that we’d still have the Big Four. Hear me out: Their main products at the time were the XJ Cherokee,...
The Marcos: Take A Closer Look At A Low-Slung British Rarity!
Mar 18, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
In the library of Sedgwick Junior High there were a catalog of four books that I’m pretty sure I was the only kid to check out in at least a decade. I can’t remember the names of the...
Harbor Freight Welding Table Hack: How To Make This Cheap Little Table Kind Of Bad Ass
Mar 17, 2019Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Harbor Freight Welding Table Hack: How To Make This Cheap Little Table Kind Of Bad Ass
Welding tables are one of those things where what you want and what you have room for, are usually two different things. I know, because I can’t wait to get my big shop done so I can build a...
Rise, Lazarus: Waking Up A Detroit Diesel 8V71 For A Dodge D900 Project
Mar 17, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
I’ve become addicted to the Bus Grease Monkey channel on YouTube. We’ve shown you his handiwork before…this is the guy that wakes up old GM buses and gets them back on the road. The...
Big Boss: Chuckles Garage’s “Old Smokey” Ford Beds In Hoonigan’s New Burn Yard
Mar 17, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Big Boss: Chuckles Garage’s “Old Smokey” Ford Beds In Hoonigan’s New Burn Yard
So, Hoonigan got a new place where they can enjoy all of the automotive hijinks and delinquent acts they can tolerate without pissing off the neighbors. Irwindale Speedway gave them a plot to set up...
The View Of The 1955 Chevy Match Race, From Finnegan’s Eyes!
Mar 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
By now you pretty much know the story: Jon Chase from Hoonigan and Mike Finnegan had a best-of-three match race at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California. The first race, Finnegan straight-up...
Skin Grafting: Replacing A Rotted Trunk Floor In Two Steps: Cut Out Bad, Weld In Good
Mar 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
If there is one thing that bothers me about living in the Midwest, it’s rust. Remember, my roots are further west than Kentucky…Colorado has plenty of good metal to work with, Arizona has...