Video Of Steve McQueen Pulling Wheelies And Flying Around On A Honda CR250M Elsinore Rules
Largely regarded as the coolest guy who has ever lived, Steve McQueen’s aura was made by footage like that which you will see below. For starters, we’re taking the coolest guy ever and plunking him atop one of the coolest dirt bikes ever, the Honda CR250M Elsinore. This was Honda’s first dedicated dirt bike that […]
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Buy The Book: The Race To The Future by Kassia St. Clair – Story of the First Peking to Paris In 1907
In my own life as a gearhead, I have had a perspective change on my historical interests over time. For example, for many years I really never had even the most passing interest in early automotive history, especially that of the dawn of the 20th century. As I’ve gotten older however, this has dramatically changed. […]
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History Video: The Changing Architecture Of The Automobile Is A Neat Film About Styling History Made In The 1970s
History is a really neat thing to look at, especially when it comes to cars, right? We get to see the evolution of not only the mechanical end of the machines, we get to see the styling involved as well. This 1970s film called “The Changing Architecture Of The Automobile” is one of the most […]
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Wild Video: Watch A Pilot In A 1950s Fighter Jet Slide Off The End Of A Carrier And Get Saved
Here’s some wild footage for you on a Thursday. You are going to see a 1950s Navy F-9 Cougar jet fighter come in for a landing, seemingly do everything right, and then slide off the front of the aircraft carrier it was trying to touch down on. Amazingly the pilot is saved by the fast […]
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The 600hp Mower – Watch A CLAAS Jaguar 960 Chew Up A Cornfield Like Your Snapper Eats Grass
I find mowing the grass to be a pretty pleasurable exercise. It allows me to escape from the world for a while and it is one of those tasks that gives you a pretty clear result when you are finished. You can SEE what you have done when the lawn is cut. Consider this video […]
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Heavenly Noises: Watch This Big Block Camaro Super Stocker Run To The Redline On A Hub Dyno
This is some fantastic video here. Lyle Barnett, the multi-time NHRA pro mod winner has a great YouTube channel and he captured this car on the hub dyno at Modern Racing. The car is a SS/B 427 powered super stocker and as you will hear, it sounds like the angels themselves are singing when this […]
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Cool Video: Watch This Early 1970s Crash Testing Film That Features A Corvette…With Air Bags!
Few people remember that General Motors was the major pioneering force in the develop of air bags in passenger cars. They actually offered them as an option on several models for a couple year stint back in those days of malaise. After the 1979 model years the airbags went away after the company’s 80-million dollar […]
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Three Wheeled Motion: Watch This Crazy Video From The 1979 Dutch GP Starring Gilles Villeneuve And His Ferrari
This is some pretty wild video from an era of Formula One which abounds with it. We’re headed to the 1979 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort and this video will feature the travails of French-Canadian racing hero Gilles Villeneuve and his Ferrari. The guy was a rock star on the rise and was known as […]
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The Beast And The Paper Tiger: Two Cars Get The Body and Tuner Treatment In 1986, One Is Truly Awesome
The one crummy thing about today’s automotive landscape is that there’s little “wow” factory left for us. That’s not me being jaded, that is me being real right now. Back in 1986 stuff was better in this regard. Why? Because a company could make a 450hp version of an already awesome car and blow the […]
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Dare To Be Different Video: Watch This Blown 4.3L V6 Make More Than 450hp and 400 lb-ft On The Engine Dyno!
Today I am definitely feeling the alternative engine family flow. From the little sleeper Pinto earlier to this killer V6, there are so many fun ways to make horsepower it’s almost overwhelming. This little engine is a bad ass. A worked GM 4.3L mill, it has a 4-71 blower, a single carb, Lil’ Brodie heads […]
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