Lambo Doors On A C8? Not Just No….HELL NO – Just Because You Can Does Not Mean That You Should
Jun 03, 2020Brian Lohnes3
(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you want to take a brand new C8 Corvette and ruin it? Well, for $3,000 hard earned dollars you very much can with scissor doors for the new-for-2020 mid-engined Corvette....
The “WTF?” Files: The Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet Fire Truck Conversion
Jun 03, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
“Form follows function” simply means that the aesthetic shape of something (normally a building) should be dictated by the function or purpose of the design. Ergo, that’s why a fire...
V-12 Fun: Ride Along In An Awesome Jaguar XJR-5 Road Racer At Daytona, This Thing Hauls!
Jun 03, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Now this rules. Back when I was a kid on the living room carpet, IMSA road racing was shown with some regularity on television and I remember watching the wild GTP category with great interest. These...
Screw Tarmac: This Holden Commodore SS Rips Up A Rally Stage
Jun 03, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Screw Tarmac: This Holden Commodore SS Rips Up A Rally Stage
If you have never taken a powerful car and threw it around on dirt, you ain’t living right. You’re basically telling me that every 1970s movie, The Dukes of Hazzard, and every other bit...
Watch This 434ci Small Block Make 1,440hp With Twin Turbos – New Zealand Hot Rodding, Baby!
Jun 03, 2020Brian Lohnes2
We’ll save the jokes about the turbochargers spinning in the opposite direction for another day because this little small block is a meanie! Build in New Zealand and packing a set of...
Carnage, Indeed: Here’s The Damage When A Tailshaft Disintegrated On The Dyno!
Jun 03, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Carnage, Indeed: Here’s The Damage When A Tailshaft Disintegrated On The Dyno!
If you haven’t been following the Buick V6 build that Street Machine has been putting together for their Holden Berlina, then you might have missed the note that it’s being built for a...
Retro-Review Fun: This 1994 Look At The Then Current Acura NSX Is A Reminder Of How Strange These Cars Were
Jun 03, 2020Brian Lohnes3
I remember being a kid when the Acura NSX came out. I remember reading the magazine stories, seeing the stuff on the various car related TV shows, I watched, and talking about it with my fellow car...
Loaded For Bear: 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ 400 4-Speed, With Almost Every Option On It
Jun 03, 2020Bryan McTaggart7
The Pontiac Grand Prix’s game through the late 1980s was sporty luxury. Neutral ground between the Trans-Am freaks who wanted the raging party of 1970 to live on forever, and those who wanted...
QuarantinePiece Theater: This Documentary About Supercharged Grand Prix Cars From The 1920s and 30s Is Fascinating
Jun 03, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on QuarantinePiece Theater: This Documentary About Supercharged Grand Prix Cars From The 1920s and 30s Is Fascinating
You all know that we’re freaks for racing history around here, but how far back does it go? I have recently become obsessed with grand prix racing in the 1920s and 1930s leading up to WWII and...
Drag Racing Down South, Way Down South: Check Out This Action From Argentina! Slingshots, Crazy Four Bangers, and More!
Jun 02, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Buenos Aires is the capitol city of Argentina and it is home to a quarter mile drag strip. We think the place is called Picadas Galvez and it’s where the video below was shot. This video...
Wally vs The World: How Wally Parks Shocked The America And Gained Control of Drag Racing In 1958
Jun 02, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Many people believe that since the early 1950s, the National Hot Rod Assocaition has had the dominant spot in the sport of drag racing across America. Those people would be wrong. See, in 1958 Wally...
Always Wanted A Tesla Model 3 Convertible That Didn’t Exist? Now It Does – Check This Thing Out
Jun 02, 2020Brian Lohnes3
(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you desperately need a Tesla convertible before you can drop $250,000 on a down payment for the Tesla Roadster? Well, we have you covered. Newport Convertible Engineering,...
It’s All About The Air, Baby: OPGI Has Your Classic Air Conditioning and Air Circulation Needs Covered!
Jun 02, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on It’s All About The Air, Baby: OPGI Has Your Classic Air Conditioning and Air Circulation Needs Covered!
The breadth and depth of the OPGI product lineup cannot be overstated. The videos below stand as proof of that! If you are going to be cruising your classic muscle car this summer and you don’t...
Morning Symphony: The Wildest Escort Ever – Cosworth Power, Four-Wheel-Drive And Angry!
Jun 02, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
In North America, “Ford Escort” brings to mind images of a front-driver with big bumpers that showed up at the turn of the 1980s that, according to everything we were reading, was...












