Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
On This Day: Welcome To The Gas Crisis Of 1973
The EPA might have kicked the musclecar down to the ground, but if you want to know when the party was really, truly over, all you need to do is remember October 17, 1973. That was the day that OPEC,...
Crispy Fried Ram: Waking Up A Rusty Dodge Truck The Right And “YouTube” Way
Due to the hard work and perseverance of a handful of YouTubers who decided to do something besides record themselves playing a video game, reviving old, battered and forlorn vehicles has become a...
Morning Symphony: Lamborghini Diablo SV At Speed
The Countach was 1970s drug dealer chic. The Testarossa required you to dress in pastels and enjoy synthesizer music. The 959 required a distinct lack of humor, the F40 meant that you were the...
Watch This Supercharged V12 Powered Mercedes W124 Drift Wagon Get Fast And Loose On A Road Course
We’re reasonably sure that over the course of the last few years we have showed you this cool Mercedes W124 drift wagon in action. What we have not seen, though is the current power plant in...
Leaving The Farm: The Most Low-Mile Rusty Chevy You’ve Ever Seen Drives To It’s New Digs
In over two decades of roaming the United States, I’ve driven through some desolate areas of the country that are nothing more than open fields, grassland, and vehicles parked at the edge of a...
Snake Venom: How To Get The Most Out Of A 4-Valve 4.6 Mod Motor
You could spot one a mile away compared to a standard Mustang. Those two large, tunneled fog lights announced the presence of the Cobra, the Mustang that was doing it’s best to be the top of...
Ripsaw: This Little 358ci Ford Small Block Has Yates D3 Heads And Makes 730hp NA On The Dyno – Watch!
By the time the early 2000s rolled around, Ford had a horsepower problem in NASCAR the C3 head that they were using was OK but it was definitely not up to the job of hanging with the other...
Best Worst Ship Ever: The Insane, Incredible, Insolvent, and Entirely Unbelievable Story Of The SS Great Eastern
This is the story of one of the greatest engineering achievements of the Victorian Age. It is also the story of a ship so far ahead of its time it was one of the greatest financial failures ever...
Watch Scott Palmer Decimate The Ozark Raceway Park Track Record In His Top Fuel Dragster And Run Studezilla
If there is one thing that we know and love about Scott Palmer it’s that the guy ain’t scared…of anything. We have not seen Scott out much on the NHRA tour in 2020 but that...
Retro Review Fun: This Look At The 1993 Jeep Grand Wagoner Is A Fun Contrast To The SUVs Of Today
The Jeep Grand Wagoneer was a mainstay of the SUV universe for decades. Built off of the basic but tough J-series truck chassis, they command incredible money on the market today and in so many ways...
Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Rebuild Process: New Pistons, Rings, Timing Challenges, and More
I guess this is straight eight day. Earlier we showed you a Bugatti Type 57 engine that got the full treatment and now we are back with an update on the process of the Buick straight eight that Davin...
Drag Strip Time Machine: Watch The 1989 NHRA Fall Nationals From Dallas Right Here
This weekend the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing series tour lands in Ennis, Texas at the fabled Texas Motorplex. This event has been part of the NHRA landscape for many years and the 1989 race was one...
Morning Symphony: The Final Launch Of The Space Shuttle
As a kid, whenever a Space Shuttle launched, it was an immediate event of utmost importance. Nobody change the channel, nobody say a word. I was about to watch humankind’s ability to come...
America’s Sweetheart: Leno Shows Off His 1996 Viper GTS
I had the Ferrari Testarossa folder. I had the Lamborghini Countach poster. I had a Trapper Keeper with a green Corvette ZR-1 parked on it. Were they cool cars? Yeah…and no. To each their own,...