Category Archive: Car Features, HISTORIC, JUNKYARDS, MOPAR, MOPAR, Project Cars, Videos
Wagon Week With Magnante: A Big Block Chrysler Town And Country Sounds Like The Perfect Mopar Family Truckster
If you are a Mopar fan, and you think a fullsize wagon would be a great family machine, then this Chrysler Town and Country is just what the doctor ordered. Before the Town and Country was a minivan,...
Drag Car Feature: Dyno Don Nicholson 427 “Cammer” 1970 Maverick Pro Stock | Hear this Wild Ford Run!
I grew up with Stock and Super Stock drag cars and think that those two classes are some of the best ever in drag racing, but my ultimate favorite is Pro Stock. I got my Pro Stock license 20 years...
Crash Test Video: Watch This C3 Corvette Equipped With Air Bags Get Demolished
Crash testing is one of the most costly, interesting, and important factors in developing new cars. Sometimes it even he new cars that are used for crash testing as this video form Chevrolet proves...
Behind The Scenes Video: This 1980s Look At The Work Of Monster Truck Crews Outside An Arena Is Cool
So you might have to be mildly dorky to love this video but I think there are plenty of you out there that fit the description. What you are going to see below is a home-video obviously made by a...
Great Video: Here’s The Inside Story On How The Legendary GMC Syclone Came To Exist And Fly!
Some cars and trucks will just be forever cool, right? We think that the GMC Syclone is among that group. The looks, the performance, the drivetrain used for its era. All of these things set the...
Old School Cool Video: This 1974 Film From Perfect Circle Piston Rings Showcases Indy, Manufacturing, Lloyd Ruby
This is a gem of a video. Made by the Perfect Circle Piston Ring Company in 1974 it takes us through the world of manufacturing rings from conception to actual quality control tasing. It also takes...
Wait, What? You Could Still Buy A DeTomaso Pantera in 1987 Check Out This GT5-S Video Review!
Somewhere along the line I guess I lost the memo about the fact that you could still actually buy a DeTomaso Pantera in the year 1987! The cars were interesting in the fact that the body and chassis...
Awesome Video: This 1967 Piece By Coca Cola Called “Pit Stop” Highlights Every Major Form Of Racing
Back in the late 1960s the United States was absolutely gaga for motorsports of all kinds. Stock car racing, drag racing, sports car racing, open wheel racing, and motorcycle competition were all...
Hardhat History: This 1940s Allis-Chalmers HD5 Crawler Tractor Sales Video Is Great
It sounds weird to say but as we have seen cars evolve from the 1940s through today, many of the same things that have happened in cars have happened with heavy equipment. This 1940s Allis-Chalmers...
Retro Review: The 1990 VW Corrado G60 Was An Oddly Supercharged Zinger That Led The Company’s Resurgence
We hate when we forget about cars, but thankfully there’s the internet to remind us of their existence. While we remembered the VW Corrado (mainly because we knew a guy in college who owned...
The American Powertrain Wednesday Shift: Ripping Gears At Santa Pod In A 4-Speed, Small Block, ’55
When you have a car called the Crowd Pleaser, you best live up to your name and we can assure you that this dude does. Using a small block, a 1955 Chevrolet, and a four speed to produce wheels-up,...
Drag Racing Time Machine Video: This 1965 8MM Footage Shot At The NHRA Winternationals Is Amazing!
We have showed you film from the 1965 NHRA Winternationals before and told you the story of the race. As a quick reminder, this one was known as the “One Day Wonder” as days and days of...
Happy 3/20! Let’s Take A Look At The 320ci Buick Straight Eight – Fireball Power!
From 1931 through 1953 the Buick straight eight really made its mark in the American automotive landscape. They were made in varying displacements and even varying block sizes but the one most people...
