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Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos

Awakening The Wolf: Check Out The Restoration Of The Pre-Production Cizeta-Moroder V16T!

It looks like what would happen if you left a Lamborghini Diablo and a Ferrari Testarossa alone in a garage with all of the usual 1980s vices and waited nine months. The wedge nose, the straked body,...

Ever Dream Of Using An English Wheel? Well Here’s Your Shot At Learning Just How To Use It.

An English Wheel is one of those awesome shop tools that most people want, but that most of them have no clue about is the actual art of using one. And art is the right term, as the English wheel...

Not Good: Watch This Racer Suffer A Nitrous System Failure, Filling The Car With Gas!

This is a crazy one right here. During a recent grudge race in the Carolinas, the driver of this Mustang quite literally got a face full of the very nitrous that was supposed to be headed into his...

The Sound Of Passion: This Mario Andretti Short From Magnaflow Is A Miniature Masterpiece

He is among the greatest race car drivers that has ever lived. He was part of a generation of racers that were skilled, hard nosed, and fearless in ways that people have seemingly forgotten how to...

Attack Of The Mom Buggy: Watch This 5,000lb, Turbo Six Powered, All Wheel Drive Barge Run 9s At 140+!

This is one of those cars that we have always wanted to know more about because it has evolved right before our eyes on the internet. Thanks to that same internet, we now know the full story behind...

This 1970 Dodge Video Compares The Charger Against The GTO and the Chevy Monte Carlo

A few days ago we showed you a Dodge promotional film for the 1972 Dodge Charger where they compared it to some other models. Well, this time we are taking you to 1970 and once again it is Dodge...

Plokhoye Semya: Stuffing A Lada With A V8 Out Of A Russian Work Truck!

The typical weight of a VAZ-2101 (read: the classic Lada) is about 2,100 pounds. It’s a tiny little speck of the former U.S.S.R., a Soviet bloc car that used to be the standard-bearer that most...

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Watch A Plymouth Fury Chase A Drag Slick Equipped Dune Buggy In The Comedically Bad Flash and Firecat Movie Circa 1976

Sometimes stuff is so bad that it is good, right? Such is the case with this chase scene from the 1976 movie Flash and Firecat. The premise is simple. These people are both dune buggy enthusiasts and...

Real World Video: This Look Behind The Scenes of The Hagerty Redline Rebuild Is Loaded With Regular Guy Truth

It ain’t that easy, right? When we watch videos and projects on the internet that just glide along seamlessly and without trouble, we all cringe. That’s not how real life works and that...

Now That’s Racin’: Watch These Two 100 Year Old Cars Duel To The Finish At Goodwood – Sunbeam vs Vauxhall

We love showing these vintage racing videos, especially those featuring cars that are about 100 years old because it is literal window into the past. There are few places on Earth to see this stuff...

Delayed Gratification: Finnegan Gets Back To Work On The Twin-Turbo Jet Boat

I didn’t realize that it’s been three years since I’ve seen the 2017 Placecraft jet boat known as “Game Over” on the floor at SEMA. Quite literally the jewel at the...

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In Memoriam: The Story Of This Woman’s World Travels In Her 1930 Hudson Is Awe-Inspiring

(Editor’s note: When this Petrolicious video came out last May, the story of Heidi Hetzer and her 1930 Hudson Great Eight made a deep impact on me. I adore driving…I’m probably at...

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Tame Godzilla: Regular Car Reviews Tries Out The Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R

Two years ago, I finally got to check a major item off of the bucket list: drive a Skyline. Ever since I first fired up Gran Turismo in the old Playstation and learned that a little Japanese car...

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Freaky Fun Video: This Guy Turbocharged An Olds 350 Diesel And We Love It

There are right ways to do things and wrong ways to do things. We get stuff drilled into our head every day about the easy ways to make horsepower, the right ways to choose an engine for your...