Weird From New: This Review Of The 1988 Buick Reatta Asks Questions We Still Ask Today
We’re so used to being able to put different cars and trucks into their respective buckets. This one is a sport sedan, this one is a luxury cruiser, this one is a grand touring car, etc. The Buick Reatta has always been a confusing one to us. On paper it was a muddled collection of […]
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Boat Anchor? Heck No! Boat Motor! This International Harvester 392 With Zoomies Sounds Awesome In A Boat!
The International Harvester 392 V8 is one of the most overbuilt, heavy-duty, run forever and not make a lot of horsepower kind of engines ever made. They drink fuel like few other engines of their displacement, they weigh like 800lbs, and they’re appreciated by gear heads who understand what incredibly durability is worth in a […]
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Weird Cars I Used To Want: The Saab Viggen Was A Weird and Quick Swedish Breath Of Fresh Air
When I was a little kid, my parents had some friends come over to the house and they drove up in a Saab. This was the 1980s mind you and it wasn’t like Saabs were growing on trees. The car was kind of weird looking, it was kind of weird inside, and it was definitely […]
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Two Minutes of Cringe: This 1980s Thank You Video From Pontiac Fiero Plant Is Hilariously Weird
We know their heart was in the right place. We know the intention of this video was to thank and encourage a specific Pontiac dealer to keep pressing Fiero sales. We understand that these people are not actors and some of them seem openly unwilling to be involved but this is the most cringe-worthy video […]
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Watch Bob Wollek Dominate An IMSA Race At Sears Point And Then Wreck Horribly In The 1980s
Many people only know Bob Wollek from just a single weird encounter he once had with a tv reporter during the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1985. Aggravated that he had been swapped out for team driver AJ Foyt in the rain, Wollek went on TV and said some unflattering things about Foyt who was […]
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The Lombard Steam Log Hauler History And Video Of A Restored Beast Operating!
The Lombard Steam Log Hauler was an invention that came from the mind of a talented Maine mechanic named Alvin Lombard. Logging was and is extremely tough and dangerous work. Even after all the technical developments of the last 100-plus years it still claims the lives of men at a frightening clip. One can only […]
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Hydrazine Video: This US Air Force Film Talks About The Dangers Of Drag Racing’s Most Exotic Fuel – Unreal!
We all know the stories about hydrazine and drag racing. The hypergolic monopropellant used in rockets was used by hot rodders in the 1960s to spice up the nitromethane they were using in their engines. It was gotten in strange ways, it was used by guys who really didn’t fully understand what they were dealing […]
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Retro Review: This Look At The 1991 Lumina Z34 Is Pretty Great – 200hp and A Stick!
History shines its unflinching light on things in different ways. We remember some cars as being junk when they were pretty good. We remember some cars as being pretty good when they were junk. What of the Chevrolet Lumina Z34? Well, this look at the 1991 Lumina Z34 is pretty great because it lays out […]
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Battle! Watch A Log Skidder and A Bulldozer Have A Push-Off In The Wild!
Ever skip through the channels on the TV and stumble across a nature show that is highlighting animals fighting in the wild? Sometimes the fights are crazy violent and someone ends up getting eaten. Other times the fights are simply tests of strength to see which animal of a particular type is boss. That’s kind […]
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Boosted Bombs: This Video Looks At Some Engines Designed For Big Boost Pressures and Horsepower
First off, calm down kids. We know that this video does not account for stuff like a top fuel engine seeing 60psi of boost from its blower or the stratospheric numbers that diesel drag racers and pullers generate these days to burn all that fuel. We get it. That said, this is a collection of […]
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