Watch This Racer Suffer A Transmission Explosion From Inside The Car
It does not matter where you are racing or what you are racing, things can go bad in an instant. This video is a graphic example of what can happen when a transmission fails and fails big time on the starting line. The racer in question is supremely lucky that he still has feet, did […]
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Great Vintage Drag Footage From Cecil County Dragway, All The Legends Battling it Out
Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, Maryland first held drag races in 1963. Since then the track has become one of the most active drag plants in the mid-Atlantic region and plays host of a lot of neat events, including the YellowBullet.com Nationals. It is currently operated by nitrous Pro Mod maven Jim Halsey. We […]
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Tuna Boat: This 1982 Review Of The Ford Granada Station Wagon Shows One Of The Mushiest Suspensions Detroit Every Shipped Out!
If you were ballin’ on a budget back in 1982 and you needed a station wagon, the Ford Granada was aimed at you. Car makers still chase this “affordable luxury” idea today and we’d argue that they deliver on it better than they did nearly 40 years ago, but that’s not the point of this […]
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Watch A Grand Prix Car Absolutely Fly Up A Dangerous European Hill Climb – Incredible V8 Sound and Driving Skill
While there are hill climb events in this country like Pikes Peak and Mount Washington, the Europeans have the scene locked down. There’s a multi-national FIA hill climbing championship series and people build all kinds of crazy cars specifically designed for the tight confines, short chutes, and weird corners that those hill climb courses provide. […]
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BangShifterPiece Theater: Monster Truck and Pulling Show From Indianapolis Circa 1989 – Truck Pull Drag Racing!
This is greatness. You are going to see a really well produced video from a 1989 Monster Truck and pulling show that was held in Indianapolis. Indy is a motorsports obsessed city that turns out for drag races, dirt races, open wheel races, and go kart races like no other place in America. It is […]
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Party’s Over Video: This 1971 GM Commercial About Emissions Equipment Was Another Sign Of Impending Malaise
As the horsepower wars of the 1960s peaked in 1970 and began to somewhat dissipate in 1971, we’re still thinking that some hardcore muscle car fans figured that the rest of the 1970s wouldn’t be that bad. Once this commercial aired, we’re guessing that might have changed. With the public attitude about oil consumption, cars, […]
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Big Iron: The GMC M135 Scene From Rambo: First Blood – Malaise Era Mopars Going Down HARD
As you well know by now, we love army trucks around here. You also know that McTaggart loves weirdo malaise-era Mopars, so we found the perfect matchup of both of those things. Why is it perfect? Because it features a 1951 GMC M135 deuce and a half killing malaise-era Mopars. McTag is going to stab […]
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Epic Restoration Video: Saving A Sally Saw Which Is The Most Wild Man Eater We Have Ever Seen!
Yeah, we know you didn’t know something called a Sally Saw existed, either. Invented and manufactured by a company in Boston, this is a kind of power saw that was designed to be used by loggers and arborists. It is a gas powered saw with a really big rotating head on it. The blade is […]
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Cool Gearhead History: Ads From The Pages Of Super Stock And Drag Illustrated Circa 1964-1966
So we’re back today with some killer ads from the 1960s. This time we assaulted the pages of Super Stock and Drag Illustrated to bring you a true capsule of the age through the ads that appeared in the magazine. SS&DI was one of the leading drag racing publications of the era and it hung […]
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Watch This Land Rover 2.25L Four Banger Rebuild Itself In Time Lapse – Cool Video!
The true measure of an engine has to go far beyond its horsepower rating, right? As much as we love to fixate on stuff like that around here, there’s got to be more parameters to rightfully judge if an engine is any good. Taking that into consideration, we’d say that the 74hp 2.25L Land Rover […]
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