Author: Brian Lohnes

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This 1973 Pontiac Firebird Promotional Video Features The Legendary Super Duty Engine And A Young Herb Adams!

From a purely personal perspective I think that the 1973 Pontiac Firebird is the best looking one of the entire line’s existence. It was also the first to have the awesome middle finger to the government, dying gasp of the muscle car era 455 Super Duty engine available. In this video, which is not “high […]

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Awesome Video: Look Inside ASC As They Hand Build 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder VR4 Convertibles!

If there is a cooler company through the modern automotive industry than ASC, we’re not sure what it is. These guys have seemingly been the go-to location for boutique style work that huge car companies sometimes need. Want to build the ASC Mclaren Mustang? How about the Buick GNX? Maybe your company needs to build […]

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Two Wheel Bruiser: This 1995 Review Of Honda Gold Wing Motorcycle Is Both Hilarious and Awesome

It’s the comically massive motorcycle we have all gawked at going down the highway. It’s the Buick Electra 225 on two wheels. It’s the Honda Gold Wing and for the life of that model name it has been a large order but it was in the 1990s when the Gold Wing became the highway mile […]

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Watching This Mazda 767b 4-Rotor Making A Dyno Pull Is Even Crazier Than Seeing It On A Racetrack

For whatever reason, we’ve always had a soft spot in our heart for race cars that were crazy, innovative, and largely unsuccessful. We have an even bigger spot for those that are crazy, innovative, and winners.  It is not being disrespectful to say that the Mazda 767b was not the winningest effort that the company […]

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Restoration Video: Check Out The Awesome Process and Involved Work In Bringing Back A 1910-era Mechanical Saw Blade Filer

I keep a close eye on the Hand Tool Rescue channel because I love the work the guy does and he is always messing around with something really cool. In this case he is applying his talents to bring back a 1910-era mechanical saw blade filing machine. This is a really complex little piece of […]

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Watch These Two Detroit Diesel Powered Rigs Drag Race: Huge Handicapped Start!

It isn’t all that normal to see a seven second spread in any sort of handicapped drag race, let alone one that involves two big rig trucks! Both of these rigs are powered by big Detroit Diesel 12V71 engines. One of them has been heavily hot rodded and the other appears to be pretty much […]

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The Ultimate Hot Rod Engine: This 1960s Rocketdyne Film Shows Off The Incredible Saturn V F-1 Engine

This is an amazing piece of history caught on film and an awesome look at the engines which powered mankind’s ultimate hot rod, the Saturn V rocket. If you can imagine it, the Saturn V used five engines that each made ONE MILLION pounds of thrust to get the party started and they were each […]

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This Five-Minute Mega Mix of Every Awesome Monster Truck TV Toy Commercial From The 80s Will Make You A Kid Again

While we have showed you some of these killer 1980s monster truck toy tv commercial examples in the past, there’s a slew of them in this five minute video that we had totally forgotten to even go looking for. I’ve made no bones about the fact that I think the 1980s and early 1990s were […]

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Big Torque: Watch This Massive, Old Hall-Scott Rail Car Engine Fire Up And Clack Away

There’s just something about massive old engines that you have to love. In this case we’re looking at a Hall-Scott rail car engine that likely dates from around 1910 or thereabouts. Before most rail cars were electrified they actually used big engines like this to trundle around on their routes. We’re talking about the rail […]

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The Heavies: This 1970 Can-Am Documentary From Road Atlanta Is Great

I was having a conversation about a guy who was right smack dab in the middle of the Can Am racing world during the early 1970s. To me, outside of drag racing it was the coolest form of racing on the planet. The roller skate looking cars with screaming big block engines defined the word […]

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