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Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos

Video: A DeLorean That’s Way Cool! The DMC-44 Utility Truck That Never Made It Into Production

Over the course of the last week, I have expressed my less than favorable opinion of DeLorean cars, shown crash test videos of one folding up like a kid’s toy and generally been negative...

The Dynamics of A Crash Is A Horrifying 1970s Look At The Passenger Side Of A Wreck- Buckle Up!

We know it is kind of a moot point these days but wearing your seatbelt in the car is important. Not only that, having the right belts in your race car is majorly important as well. This video called...

Color Me Green: Alon Vella’s 1971 Ford Capri At Street Machine’s Drag Challenge Weekend

Saying that you’ve got the fastest street-legal naturally aspirated small-block anything in Australia that can still wear plates and drive on the street is a statement, indeed. The anti-hot...

This 1968 Ford Commercial Promoting Their Big Car Lineup Is Awesome! (Why Are They In The Woods?)

So for starters you all know that we love the large barge cars produced by everyone in the late 1960s. These behemoths were designed to eat up miles of interstate and do so in an expedient fashion...

See What The Killer Saw: Get A Close Look At The Peterbilt 281 From “Duel”!

The scene is so ingrained into automotive television lore: a red Plymouth Valiant roaming around California, with a Peterbilt 281 hauling an old tanker trailer hot on his rear bumper. You don’t...

Truckin’ Fun: This 1960 GMC Video Shows Off The New LCF Trucks and The Torture Chamber Crackerbox

Trucking is a tough way to make a living in 2018, let alone more than a half century ago when this video was made. Certain things have gotten better, like the trucks themselves, the highway system,...

Deep Blue: The Icon Kaiser Wagoneer Reformer Is Dream-Worthy!

The Jeep FSJ line, all of them…trucks, Wagoneers, Cherokees, all of them…share three things throughout their long run: a straight-up, no bullshit look that has stood the test of time very...

This Welding Table Was Nice When Finished, But It’s Even Better With A Round Of Revisions!

I’m a freak for a good welding table. In fact, so much so that I haven’t built myself a new one yet because I want it to be perfect. Part of me loves that and the other part hates me for...

MORE: OTHER, TECH

Leroy And Cleetus McFarland Take Over Hoonigans LIVE In Las Vegas!

One of the 10 rings in the LSFest West circus for 2018 was the Hoonigans’ Daily Transmission LIVE show. It was strategically positioned behind Holleyworld, across from the Sideshow, and next to...

Watch This 557ci Kaase Ford Hemi Belt Out 844 Naturally Aspirated Horsepower On The Dyno

The Boss 429, which is the basic inspiration behind the overgrown Kaase version here is one of the neatest engines to ever come out of a Detroit manufacturer. Like the “Cammer” V8s of the...

MORE: ENGINES, Videos

Ever Wondered What It Is Like To Race A Crazy Fast Can Am Car At Night? Watch This!

Road racing at night is one of the neatest things in motorsports, at least in my mind. As cool as it is to be at the drags and gawk at header flames, there’s something really neat about seeing...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride With NHRA Super Stock Racer Jim Voth In His 4-Speed 1986 Monte Carlo

This week’s American Powertrain Parting Shift takes us front and center to Tulsa Raceway Park and an NHRA Division 5 event that had loads of awesome super stock racers on the grounds. One of...

Classic YouTube: Drifting The Mitsuoka Le-Seyde, Japan’s Answer To The Zimmer!

Are you familiar with the Zimmer brand? They are one of those companies that repurpose a new platform…in their case, Ford-sourced setups…and drape it in a body that looks like it came...

MudVic Saves The Day! Proof That A Crown Victoria Is A Badass Car!

Many auto journalists were keen to take a steaming dump on the grave of the Ford Crown Victoria when it finally ended production in 2012. They lamented that the car didn’t have a suitable...