Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Happy 3/18 – Let’s Celebrate The Chrysler 318, The 318 Poly, and One Other 318ci Mill You May Not Think About
Ah yes, 3/18 the day we look back at the venerable 318ci Chrysler small block, the 318ci Chrysler Polyspheric, and a diesel engine that is not necessarily known for its displacement but more for the...
The Right Line: This 1960s British Motorcycling Film Is Spectacular! Trials, Grand Prix, Moto-Cross, Isle of Man
Motorcycle racing is not exactly a burning passion of mine in the modern world, but I am fascinated by its history. This is especially true of the scene and the sport in Europe where it was and still...
History Video: This WWII Film Called Gunnery In The B-29 Is An Amazing Look At The Computerized Tech The Planes Used In The 1940s!
Perhaps someday we’ll run out of things to be amazed at about WWII but so far, we’re not even close. Take this film for example. You are going watch an animated training video made by the...
Happy Y-Block Day! We’re Celebrating The Lincoln 317 On This Fine March Day!
Like yesterday’s look at the little 316ci Pontiac, the 317ci Lincoln Y-Block is not exactly history’s most celebrated engine. The mill as introduced in 1952 and produced trough 1954. It...
This GMC V12 Powered Farmall Tractor Looks Killer, Sounds Mean
The 702ci GMC V12 was a torque making, fuel chugging monster that certainly had its place in history and the fact that there are still a bunch of them floating around today certain speaks to...
The Mother, Jugs, and Speed 2WD Pulling Van Was Kind Of Awesome – Flip Top Body and Wheelies
Many of you out there remember the 1976 cult classic film Mother, Jugs, and Speed. With names like Raquel Welch, Bill Cosby, Larry Hagman, and others, it was packed with some star power for sure....
High Steel: This 1970s Documentary About Mohawks Building Manhattan Sky Scrapers Is Incredible
The year was 1916 and the event was the construction of the Hell Gate Bridge. It was this occasion that brought a significant number of Native Americans from the Mohawk Tribe to New York and gave...
Old School Video: This 1960 Plymouth Sales Film For The Valiant May As Well Come From Mars
Selling cars is not an easy job. It’s something that we could never do. Not because we’d hate to see them leave the lot, but because it’s one of those professions where you are only...
Jeepin’ Video: This Look Into The Jeep Culture In The 1950s and 1960s Is Absolutely Awesome
It is pretty safe to say that the Jeep brand has some of the most devoted followers in the automotive world. As it turns out, this is nothing new. The culture around the Jeep which was born in WWII...
Happy 3/16! Here’s Some Love For The Little Pontiac 316ci V8
This is another of those dates where most people think that there’s no gearhead connection but those people would be wrong! In 1956 and for one year only Pontiac offered a 316ci V8 engine. A...
Heavy, Haughty, and Downright Hilarious: Driving The 2024 Mercedes-Benz GLS63 AMG – The Cure For The Common EV
With all the noise, screaming, yelling, and histrionics that fill the airwaves these days about EVs and their impending blob-like growth to swallow the automotive marketplace, it’s good to get...
Listen To The Entire Big Sounds Of The Drags 2001 Album Here, Free! – Crank It Up!
Fun fact to know and share. The first piece of drag racing journalism I ever had published outside of the New England Dragway newspaper was a piece I wrote about pro mods for Nitronic Research. While...
Happy 3/15! Today We Look At The Oft Forgotten 315ci Chrysler Poly V8 Engine
We’re pretty sure you were all waiting for 3/18 to come around and that we’d be talking Mopar small blocks at that point. Well, wake up! Rather than wait until the date you all knew was...
Historic Promo Video: Chevrolet’s Promo Movie Selling Ram-Jet Fuel Injection for 1957
What a world it must have been for a gearhead in the late 1950s. So much was happening with aviation technology, and car companies were innovating, inventing, and experimenting with stuff that would...