Video Bonanza: Indoor Burnouts!
Dec 30, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Blame my son Tom for this blog item because it was his idea. Being that it was really cold at BangShift eastern world HQ yesterday morning and we were trolling YouTube together he mentioned that it...
This 1960 GMC Video Heralds The Introduction Of The Latest Heavy Duty Trucks, Including The Famed Crackerbox
Dec 30, 2020Brian Lohnes3
Here’s a short and sweet video from the GM Heritage Center that harks back to 1960 and the introduction of GMCs new heavy duty truck models. The main star of the show is a Viking cab-over truck...
Best of 2020: Early Camaro Cup Footage From Sweden
Dec 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
The mythos of musclecars spread worldwide. Japan, the Middle East, Europe, South America, Australia…between 1960 and 1980, depending on where you are at, somehow American musclecars impacted...
Best of 2020: How Lee Iacocca Almost Got A Lamborghini Edition Chrysler Imperial
Dec 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart7
(Imperial and Daytona renderings: Abimelec Design) It would be unfair to say that Lee Iacocca wasn’t a genius. Over his almost half-century in the auto game, the man had a ton of credits to his...
Best of 2020: WRONG LEVER! A Passenger In A French Military Jet Thought The Eject Handle Was The “Oh, S***” Handle!
Dec 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart4
What would your reaction be if your friends hooked you up with a ride in a no-joke supersonic fighter jet? We’re not talking an airshow cruise, we’re talking the full suit, the g-lock...
Best of 2020: The Social Distance Bike, Courtesy Of The Mad Inventor
Dec 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
Six feet apart. That’s the current rule, ain’t it? Be six feet apart or you’re going to catch the 21st century plague of the moment. Six feet apart or Brenda there is going to give...
Best of 2020: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress On Takeoff From The Cockpit
Dec 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart68
I first saw a B-52 mounted on posts on the grounds of the Air Force Academy. 55-0083, a B-52D model in full olive camo color, made for an imposing sight for a mounted aircraft. My grandfather...
TREMEC Releases New TKX 5-Speed RWD Transmission- Available through McLeod Racing
Dec 29, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on TREMEC Releases New TKX 5-Speed RWD Transmission- Available through McLeod Racing
You’ve had a good Christmas, Santa or whoever else was good to you. Now’s the time to do what you have been wanting to do t your hot rod since forever…add a TREMEC transmission....
Coolest Kit Car Ever? Turn A Mazda Miata Into A Pre-War Alfa Romeo Tipo 184 At Home! This is Wild!
Dec 29, 2020Brian Lohnes6
Do you have a spare Mazda Miata sitting around? Do you dream of driving a prewar, single seater racecar one day? Well, grab your wrenches because you’ve got work to do. Yes that’s right, you...
Watch A VW Powered Front Engine Dragster Run 6.52 In The Quarter Mile – Fear The Nail!
Dec 29, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Of all the awesome stuff that we saw during the course of the 2014 Street Car Super Nationals, the crew from VW Paradise had a couple of the coolest cars. These were aircooled VWs running deep into...
A Go-Kart Sized Monster Truck With A Big Block Chevy Engine Looks Like One Heck Of A Good Time
Dec 29, 2020Brian Lohnes2
If there was a record for the most favorable power to weight ratio, we’re thinking that the creation in the video below certainly qualifies. We’re talking about a miniature monster truck,...
Mustang Mayhem – Here’s Five Minutes Of Ford Mustang Drag Cars Earning Trips To The Glue Factory
Dec 29, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Mustang Mayhem – Here’s Five Minutes Of Ford Mustang Drag Cars Earning Trips To The Glue Factory
Boy there sure as some wince inducing moments throughout the course of this five minute video produced by Urban Hillbilly Action Videos. It is nothing but Ford Mustangs blowing up, sliding around,...
Best of 2020: Louvers! Watch As This Model T Trunklid Gets Vented!
Dec 29, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
One of the cars that pulled family duty back when I was a teenager was a G-body Chevy Malibu station wagon that my guardian couldn’t trade for fast enough. It was a cool...
Best of 2020: 1954 Dual Ghia Firebomb Concept Car
Dec 29, 2020Bryan McTaggart4
At the start of the 1950s, Chrysler wasn’t really setting anybody’s pants on fire. Still spooked by the flop of the Airflow, the company had decided to just play it safe and subtle, not...












