Category Archive: TECH, Videos
The Honda Trail 70 Revival: Can’t Run Well If It Can’t Get Any Fuel!
Welcome back to my latest obsession, the revival of this 1972 Honda CT-70 minibike. I’m all about this semi restoration project because I bombed around fire roads and trails in the Pacific...
WTF IS THAT: The Bad, Worse And Just Plain Disgusting Sides Of Maintaining Old Buses
The closest thing I have to compare working on buses made shortly after World War II, like the guy behind Bus Grease Monkey does on a regular basis, is Army motorpool work, where pretty much...
The V8 Lada Swap: The Russian Freakshow Is Now A Twin-Stick!
The last time we saw this Lada, the one that has had a V8 engine from a ZiL work truck dumped into the engine bay, we got to see torque on display, and not much else. The 7.0L engine is not a rev...
Build, Break, Now Repair: Fixing Problems In A 1955 Chevy With Hoonigan (And Daughter!)
It’s been a minute since the infamous race at the Winternationals between Jon Chase and Mike Finnegan. Both sides had serious problems with their 1955 Chevrolets, but ultimately it was Chase...
Mired Down In The Bog: Buried To The Frame At The Buck Motorsports Mud Bog
Ah, mud, the final frontier for keeping your foot buried to the floor for as long as you dare. The only thing stopping you from redlining your engine until the fuel is gone is the threat of blowing...
Heroic Honda: The Reunion Of A Mid-Engined Civic And It’s Builder
From the moment the kid in the blue 1999 Civic Si started stomping on my last nerve with cleats on, I have had a passionate bent against Honda products. Civics, CRXs, Accords,...
Want To Know How To Build Distortion Free Bead Rolled Body Panels? Watch This
Bead rolling panels isn’t hard with a little practice and the right tools, but the more complex the shape of the panel, especially if it is rolled like a wheel tub, the more likely it is that...
Cleetus Hits LSFest West In Las Vegas With Ruby And Leroy!
LSFest West is on and Cleetus and the boys are on site with both Ruby and Leroy making hits and having a great time in search of some career bests for both cars. We know that Cleetus has had some...
Wild Video: European Big Rig Wheelstander Performance Ends Badly
European showman and stunt driver Steve Murty is behind the wheel of his big Scammell truck wheelstander. This baby is nothing like the sprightly tube chassis wheel standers that we often see at drag...
Reuse And Recycle: The Build & Battle Sport-Utilities Are Just About Done!
When I was a kid, back when Ford Explorers and XJ Cherokees choked roadways all over the Puget Sound, I wondered what would happen to these yuppie-boxes in twenty years. The Jeep had some chops, but...
Did They Just? MotorWeek Takes A Pretty Harsh Stand On The 1987 Porsche 924S
We love the old MotorWeek reviews because they really are the best comprehensive video look at the cars of yore. These guys did not cut corners in their testing and they were methodical in how they...
All The Blower: Watch Carl Scott’s Whipple-Charged Honey Badger Take Care Of Business
We have known Carl Scott since 2005 when he won the first Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week ever held. At that point he had a Chevy Nova with a nitrous engine in it and for all intents and purposes it was...
Civil War: Street Machine Takes On The Ford vs. Holden Argument With Two 1990s Beaters!
In the States, it’s Ford vs. Chevrolet. Camaro vs. Mustang. Crown Victoria P71 vs. Caprice 9C1. F-series vs. Silverado. And the lines run deep…when you read stories about people getting...
