If Only It Took This Long: A Time-Lapse Build Of Hoonigan’s 1JZ Nissan
Jan 31, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on If Only It Took This Long: A Time-Lapse Build Of Hoonigan’s 1JZ Nissan
You lied to yourself when you bought your project car, didn’t you? It would be done in a year. It would be done before Spring. It’ll make it to Power Tour. It’ll make it to Rocky...
Exceeding The Limits Of Sketchy: Blowing The Wheel Off Of A Monster S-10
Jan 31, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
If you have never had the joy of losing a wheel on a moving vehicle, let’s be very clear: it is an event that will open your eyes wide and slam your sphincter shut. I’ve had it happen a...
Unhinged: The GMC Hummer EV – What Kind Of Mea Culpa Is This?
Jan 31, 2020Bryan McTaggart6
0-60 miles per hour in three seconds, 1,000 horsepower, and…and I’m quoting the press release here…11,500 foot/pounds of torque. Those are the figures currently released for the...
Strip For Sale: North Star Dragway In Denton, Texas Is Up For Grabs – Premier Eighth-Mile Track Does Not Come Cheap
Jan 30, 2020Brian Lohnes34
Well, I’ll apologize right off the bat to the person who tipped me off to this news recently because I lost the message but I did remember the content. North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas is...
2020 Grand National Roadster Show Photo Coverage: More Images Of The Coolest, Most BangShifty Stuff At The Show
Jan 30, 2020Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Wes Allison)- Now THIS we can get into! Here’s our second load of photos from the 2020 Grand National Roadster Show in Southern California and boy is it full of cool stuff. This...
Paul Lee Picks Up Global Electronic Technology As Major Sponsor Of NHRA Nitro Funny Car Team
Jan 30, 2020Brian Lohnes1
The NHRA news is coming hot and heavy this week as the season opening Winternationals are set to take over the headlines next week. Today it’s Paul Lee dropping some knowledge on a great new...
Drag Racing Cinema: This 2019 US Nationals Video Is An Incredible And Beautiful Look Inside The Race
Jan 30, 2020Brian Lohnes6
Now THIS is some drag racing cinema. It is insulting to call this a “video” because it is so much more than that. A wonderful, intense, professional, comprehensive, and unflinching look...
Rallying Cry: The TUF253 Ford Escort At Summernats 33
Jan 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
Just about anywhere else in the world, the Mk1 Ford Escort is a treasure. Or a rally car. Maybe both. Okay, probably both. Small, light, lithe, and in the right hands wickedly potent, the Escort was...
Veteran Rehabilitation: Bringing A Sherman Tank Back To Tip-Top Shape
Jan 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart8
The only Sherman tanks I ever got to see during my military days were display tanks. The oldest tank I ever saw that wasn’t a pretty statue was an M60 Patton variant that was sitting on a back...
Heavy Duty Junkyard Crawl And Engine Teardown: Watch The DeBoss Garage Guys Get Busy With Some Caterpillar Fun!
Jan 30, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Heavy Duty Junkyard Crawl And Engine Teardown: Watch The DeBoss Garage Guys Get Busy With Some Caterpillar Fun!
I had occasion to meet the guys from DeBoss Garage last week and they were really cool to hang out and have a beer with. They’re the same dudes you see on the screen when you watch their videos...
Rough Start: 1989 Dodge D150 – Cheaper Than A Cummins By A Wide Mile
Jan 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
When it comes to the 1981-93 Dodge pickups, you’ll find them in pretty much three levels of condition: Decent street truck, cared for but worn. Decrepit. It’s a Cummins-powered...
This Ram Air V Topped 455 Pontiac Engine Is An Iron Headed Thumper – Who Needs To Wake Up Their Tin Indian?
Jan 30, 2020Brian Lohnes1
When it comes to pinnacle factory performance parts from Pontiac, we all kind of default to the Super Duty engines that were installed in those short number of Trans Ams in the early 1970s and those...
Morning Symphony: Waking Up The Warbirds
Jan 30, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: Waking Up The Warbirds
I loved walking out onto the flightline at sunrise. It’s quiet in much the same way you would experience camping at a hidden beach, or deep in the mountains. There’s just a little bit of...
Not Every One Died: The Story Of The Rescue And Revival Of LEE 1, The Very First General Lee Charger!
Jan 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart5
Dixie horn, big-block soundtrack, and two always happy go lucky Southern boys who never really did anything wrong flinging their bright orange Dodge Charger around the dirt roads of Hazzard County...












