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Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos

Classic YouTube: Say “Nice To Meet You Too” To The Mustang II

“I have a ’65 Mustang and I don’t like what’s happening. They’re blowing them up. Why can’t you just leave a sports car small? I mean, you keep blowing them up and starting with another...

Wreckage Bonanza Video: Four Minutes Of Open Track Day Destruction From Around The World

Street cars are not race cars and most enthusiasts are not race car drivers so when we take those two elements and combine them at open track day events, crazy stuff is bound to happen. This video is...

Childhood Dream Race: A Bunch Of YouTubers Brought Their Toys Out To Play!

I first drove a golf cart that wasn’t on a little asphalt track when I was seven. My younger brother had a friend that had a typical kart…you know, balloon tires and a Briggs and Stratton...

Here’s Some Words That Shouldn’t Be In The Same Sentence: Flat-Footed Downshifts!

I’m not a professional driver, despite what the voices in my head have to say on the subject, but I do know how to run a manual transmission. Most of the lessons I’ve learned when it...

Swedish Chic: Polestar 1 In The Canyons Of California

The Volvo 262C and Volvo 780 Bertone are gorgeous cars. Yes, Volvos. The bricks looked damn smart as coupes, and they brought plenty to the table…mainly, all of the safety positives that Volvo...

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The Boys Are Back: Michalek Brother Racing Teams With Fund That Flip, Prepares To Burn Nitro At NHRA US Nationals!

It’s always cool when good stuff comes together for good people. Our pals Corey and Kyle Michalek are those good people and their newly announced partnership with FundThatFlip.com is that good...

Watch A V12 Ferrari and a V8 Powered Lotus Battle At Goodwood – Jimmy Clark Drove The Lotus When It Was New!

This is vintage racing in its absolutely finest form. You are about to se a V12 Ferrari Formula One car and a Coventry Climax V8 powered Lotus race the wheels off of each other at Goodwood in...

Mini Raging Italian: This Lancia Montecarlo Is A Micro-Machine That Moves!

Do you have that one friend that has been working on their car forever, yet it never seems to be progressing? That’s my friend Paul and his Lancia Scorpion. It’s a neat little car (and I...

The Fiero Revival, Part 10: Oh, The Joys Of Bodywork And Priming

For a while during my “in the yard” days, it seemed that all I could smell for just about four years was Bondo, primer paint and masking tape. For many years there was a constant haze of...

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Great Escape: What Living With A Slide-In Camper Is Like In A Nutshell

Another day, another day of living with this craving for a recreational vehicle setup of some kind, because getting away from everyone and living next to a stream somewhere near Tarryall, Colorado...

Colonnade CPR: Bringing A 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454 Back To The Outside World

When I first saw it, I hated it. When I saw it with wheels that weren’t wearing Chevrolet Celebrity hubcaps, I started to come around. When I bought it in 2007, it spit the harmonic balancer...

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Power To Its Core: This Neat Demonstration Shows An Optima Battery Powering Its Own Deconstruction!

Sometimes we all take for granted that everyone’s on the same page when it comes to the way that things work, right? For instance, when we talk about Optima batteries and tell you that they are...

Video From Inside A Tire While Driving Is Fantastic: A Weird View Of The Rolling World!

This is about the wildest video that we have seen in a while. Mounting a GoPro INSIDE a tire and driving around is the type of stuff that can only happen in 2020, right? It would not have been long...

What Is A Rear Driveshaft Enclosure, And Why Do I Need One? Tim McAmis Explains How It Works, Why, And How They Build Their’s.

We love Tim McAmis. Not just because he and his company build bad ass chassis for Pro Mod cars, but also because of the videos that he puts up explaining all kinds of great technical aspects of race...