Show Gallery: The 2011 Bayshore Fine Rides Car Show – Baytown, Texas
Apr 11, 2011Brian Lohnes1
The Bayshore Fine Rides Car Club certainly knows how to throw a party! For 23 years they have been holding a big car show in Baytown, Texas that draws everything from lifted mud boggers to killer...
Book Review: Pontiac – The Performance Years by Martyn Schorr
Apr 08, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Book Review: Pontiac – The Performance Years by Martyn Schorr
We recently finished reading Pontiac: The Performance Years by Martyn Schorr. This book is a collection of stories and articles that highlight the golden age of Poncho performance, roughly 1959-1974....
UPDATE: A DIY Classic Car Restoration From India
Apr 08, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on UPDATE: A DIY Classic Car Restoration From India
When we received an e-mail with the link we’re sharing below about a guy restoring a classic car in India, we were very leery of what we’d find. Rather than seeing lots of bizarre fixes,...
Update Video: The Radial Engine MR2 is Running Like a Top
Apr 08, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Update Video: The Radial Engine MR2 is Running Like a Top
Last Sunday we showed you video of a Toyota MR2 that has been re-powered with an old radial airplane engine. Go ahead and re-read that if you need to. That first video showed the engine running, but...
Bitchin’ Bill Thomas Nova To be Sold at Mecum in May
Apr 08, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Bitchin’ Bill Thomas Nova To be Sold at Mecum in May
One of the cars that will be sold at the Mecum Auction in Indy this May is a super cool 1965 Chevy Nova, built by racing legend Bill Thomas. The car is being listed as a Funny Car and that may...
Video: More Bad Ass Amphibious Military Truck Action, Bonus Splash Down!
Apr 08, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: More Bad Ass Amphibious Military Truck Action, Bonus Splash Down!
Yesterday’s video of the old Army truck driving around the bottom of a lake was pretty great. We were then tipped off to some far more modern military truck action, this time featuring a...
Ridetech Street Challenge Kit: So easy a girl can do it! Check out the install here.
Apr 07, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Ridetech Street Challenge Kit: So easy a girl can do it! Check out the install here.
Now ladies, don’t get mad at us, at least we didn’t say “So easy a chick can do it!” We’re really impressed with Michelle Harvey and here Camaro install that is up on...
Bangshift Mini-Feature: The Piss’d Off Pete 1960 Peterbilt
Apr 07, 2011Brian Lohnes1
One of the coolest projects to hit the airwaves and webwaves over the last couple of years is Randy Grubb’s creation known as the Pissed Off Pete. This is a 1960 Peterbilt truck modified in the...
Nitrous Express Duramax Diesel Mustang leaves the building.
Apr 07, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Nitrous Express Duramax Diesel Mustang leaves the building.
The Nitrous Express Mustang is going going gone. Our pal Mike Wood, owner of Nitrous Express, has been a fellow Drag Week glutton for several years now, and we have enjoyed hanging out with him and...
Another Icon Lost: Joe Mondello has passed away
Apr 07, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Another Icon Lost: Joe Mondello has passed away
2010 seemed to be a year of many losses for the hot rod and racing world, and 2011 hasn’t started off great either. We have just received word that Joe Mondello died this morning. Joe was...
Carnage of the Week: An Old Dodge Camper in Hilarious Action on a Tough Truck Track
Apr 07, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Carnage of the Week: An Old Dodge Camper in Hilarious Action on a Tough Truck Track
It doesn’t get any cooler than this. Someone bought an old crusty Dodge camper at a public auction for close to nothing, took said camper to the county fair, and then entered the thing, bone...
Racing Junk Find: A Bad Ass Poncho Powered Pontiac Drag Warrior
Apr 07, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Racing Junk Find: A Bad Ass Poncho Powered Pontiac Drag Warrior
There are lots of Pontiac bodied drag race cars prowling strips across America, but few of them have actual Pontiac power. Nope, most of them are just a Pontiac body holding a Chevy motor. Not this...
eBay Find: A Historic Chopped Willys Gasser
Apr 06, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Historic Chopped Willys Gasser
If there’s one thing cooler than a Willys gasser, it’s a chopped roof Willys Gasser! We got tipped off to the sale of the Shinholster and Lehman 1941 Willys, which is currently for sale...
Event Gallery: The Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show – Philadelphia, PA
Apr 06, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show – Philadelphia, PA
At the tail end of the worst winter anyone in the Northeast region can remember, Philadelphia’s Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show pretty well marks the end of indoor car show season. Our man...












