Author: Brian Lohnes

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Quick Turn With No Burn: Here’s How Easily The Borgeson Quick Ratio C10 Steering Box Installs In A 1967-1987 GM Truck

Classic GM trucks are hotter these days than the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl was during the 1980s and one of the things more and more people are doing with them is improving not just straight line performance but handling as well. When you make a truck ride better, sit better, you also want it to […]

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Watch A Massive Ford GAA Tank Engine Get Literally Blown In Half While Powering A Pulling Tractor

Drag racers like to think that they have the handle on big time carnage and stuff. Under normal circumstances we could make the argument that their copious use of nitromethane puts them in a special class, but the reality is that there is a more destructive force at work in the world of tractor pulling […]

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Peak Restoration Greatness: The Restoration Of This 100+ Year Old Fractal Vise Is Mesmerizing

Ok, how does this guy keep topping himself?! Hand Tool Rescue is one of my favorite content creators on YouTube because he  not only is always working on something interesting, he’s doing it with a lot of talent, skill, and a sense of humor. The combo of the work and the subject here is magical. […]

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Half Ton History: This 1965 Dodge Film Is A Slightly Slanted Comparison With Ford and Chevy

Ahhhh, more vintage manufacturer promotional video. This 1965 Dodge film is a slightly slanted comparison with Ford and Chevy trucks of the same year. Obviously because it was produced by Dodge it was intended to give their sales guys the ammo necessary to close deals and move inventory. We really like the fact that Dodge […]

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WHAM! Watch A Racer Suffer A Titanic Shot During A Figure Eight Race

Figure eight racing has been drawing spectators to local circle tracks for decades. Part stock car race and part thrill show act, the races are high drama from start to finish. The perfect driver in these contests is someone who has lots of nerve and a long history of playing in traffic. If you are […]

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Amazing Film: The Story Of B-24 Bomber Production At Ford’s Willow Run Factory

Of the million and one stories that emerged from WWII, it was America’s industrial capacity that likely loomed the largest. There was nervousness among the allies at the start of the war and a smugness among the bad guys that America was like than ungainly kid who had not quite figured out how to use […]

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Watch A Young Mickey Thompson Tell His Own Story And Talk About Going 400mph In This 1962 Television Interview

Decades after his untimely death, the hot rodding world still idolizes Mickey Thompson. Why? Oh likely because he is one of the greatest hot rodders who ever lived. A man of boundless ideas and energy he accomplished things as a racer, a parts manufacturer, a race promoter, and as an enthusiast that seem impossible just […]

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Ride In A 700+ Horsepower BMW M1 As It Blows The Doors Off The Competition At Hockenheim

The BMW M1 was an awesome supercar when it was sold from the late 1970s into the early 1980s and they are very valuable finds today. People that own them love them and they love the fact that their value keeps spiraling up and up. The car was originally going to be made by Lamborghini […]

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Living That K-Car Life In A Ford Taurus World – This 1986 Review Of The Chrysler LeBaron Is A Neat Look Back

Like the bad tasting medicine a patient has to take to get better and overcome a medical malady, such was the position of the famed Chrysler K-Car in the 1980s. The company was staggering away from a 1979 declaration of bankruptcy and an ensuing bailout by the federal government. In 1981 they released the K-platform […]

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Watch This Twin Tank Engined Pulling Tractor Make A Full Pull With The Wheels Up Like A Boss

No matter the form of motorsports you love the most, there’s nothing like seeing the poetry in motion that the right setup can bring. This goes for everything from top fuel dragsters to pulling tractors as you will see below. When a team or a crew chief turns the right knobs and dials, when the […]

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