Brian Lohnes
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The Patents of Smokey Yunick - Engines, Equipment, and A Racing Series?!
Smokey Yunick is one of the greatest minds in the history of American auto racing. Few people that he has more than a half dozen patents in his name as well. These are for engines, engine equipment, even a racing series, among other things. In this video we look at the patents of Smokey Yunick, the problems he tried to solve, and some of the more wild ideas he had in his head.
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The Weird History of Screw Propelled Land Vehicles: Slant Sixes, Big Blocks, and all!
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The world is filled with vehicles that run on wheels and tracks but what about those oddballs motivated by screws? This is a history of screw propelled land vehicles and it's a wild journey through more than 2,000 years of history. From the invention of the Archimedes screw to the development of ship propellors to the idea that the same principles could be applied on land, there a great collect...
Two Years Of Hell, Myth-Busting, and Plot Twists: The Terrifying Toronado Story
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This is the third and final installment of the complete history of drag racing's most angry creation, the Terrifying Toronado. If you would like to see the first two installments they can be found here: Part 1: ua-cam.com/video/z8G0vulkyEM/v-deo.html Part 2: ua-cam.com/video/RcspA08yMkk/v-deo.html In this final part, we look at the two year odyssey John Smyser had with this car, traveling the c...
The Terrifying Toronado Part 2: Building The Twin Engine Beast
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This is part two of a three part video series on the history of the infamous Terrifying Toronado drag car built by John Smyser in 1966. To watch part one, use this link: ua-cam.com/video/z8G0vulkyEM/v-deo.html&pp=ygUMYnJpYW4gbG9obmVz This episode centers around building one of the most unique machines to ever hit the drag strip. Using two Oldsmobile engines in what was then a brand new luxury c...
The Story of The Terrifying Toronado: Wronged By History - Part 1
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This is the first of a three part series telling the entire incredible history of the Terrifying Toronado, one of the most infamous drag racing cars ever made. This twin engine 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado was ill-handling, was ill-mannered, was on fire a lot, and has actually been maligned with shoddy reporting and bad story telling. Part one tells the story of the man who built the car. Not a cra...
Two Engines And No Chance: The Indy 500s Most Incredible Home Built Entry
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The Indy 500 has long been recognized as one of the most amazing hot beds of racing innovation in history. The 1966 race saw a car that may well stand as one of the most unique, inventive, and downright odd of the era. The Stein-Valvoline Special was a twin Porsche engined, four wheel drive, California garage built machine from the mind of a former midget racing champion and his friends. The st...
War Hemi: The Story Of The GAA V8 - 1,100ci of aluminum WWII Ford grunt
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It's a stunning thing to realize that Ford mass-produced an 1,100ci, dual overhead camshaft, alunimum block, flat plane crank V8 in the 1940s. Sill the largest mass produced V8 engine ever, it was just what Uncle Sam needed to power Sherman tanks. But how did it come about? In this video we not only look at the awesome specs and mechanical feats that this engine is known for, we also look into ...
One of None: Building The World's Fastest Mustang Fastback In 1966 - Autolite-1
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In late 1966 one of the greatest teams of hot rodders ever assembled built the world's fastest Mustang by swapping a Ford Indy engine into the front of the first 1967 Mustang ever produced. The car was driven to speed records on the Bonneville Salt Flats by none other than Mario Andretti. This is the story of Autolite-1 and the incredible group of hot rodders assembled to do the seemingly impos...
Battling Beast Of Burden: Why The M26 Dragon Wagon Was The Greatest Heavy Duty Truck Of WWII
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This is the in-depth history of what I believe to be the greatest heavy duty truck of the second world war. The M26 tank retriever was a machine designed with armor, with an engine of 1,090ci, with brute strength, and above all, with loads of practical engineering built in. The truck out-performed every other rig in this role worldwide and was just beyond cool. With nearly 1,400 produced betwee...
The 313mph Backyard Hot Rod: The Awesome Story of Art Arfons' 2,500hp Anteater
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The history of land speed racing is marked by some of the most innovative, interesting, and oddball vehicles ever made. One of them belonged to Art Arfons and was known as The Anteater. Using a turbocharged and supercharged 1,710ci Allison aircraft engine, it was Arfons' first dedicated Bonneville car. It ran more than 300mph and was actually used to try and set a speed record at Daytona Intern...
Failure: Five Of The Worst Flops In Drag Racing History
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This is a video about failure featuring five of the most notable flops in drag racing's golden age of the 1960s and 1970s. Ideas and experimentation were rampant at this time and while some worked, the majority of them did not. Here, we look at the infamous Syndicate twin engine front motor top fuel car, the short and forgettable career of the Ford Super Mustang, Connie Kalitta's infamous ride ...
Hilarous History: Crazy, Weird, Insane Products From 1950s Car Magazines
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The 1950s were a decade of technological advancement, excitement, and automotive enthusiasm. It was also a decade where people sold the most bizarre and wacky stuff on the pages of car magazines. A battery that claimed you could drive two miles without gas? A Uranium Year Book? A "Speed Tuner" mounted on the dash? A lifetime bronze oil filter? This is totally awesome, totally wild, and barely s...
Weirdly Awesome: The Crazy Story Of The Marmon Herrington Rhino And It's Famed Inventor
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Elie Aghnides is a man who you do not know but you interact with one of his inventions every day of your life, the faucet aerator. The brilliant Green inventor created that product, made millions of dollars, and used it to create a vehicle he had been dreaming about for years on end. Elie Aghnides and the Marmon Herrington company would team up wot create the Rhino, a go anywhere, amphibious ma...
Chicago Indoor Drag Racing In The 1960s: A Complete History
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You've seen a couple of photos, you have heard that it happened now and again, but this is the entire history of the now legendary indoor drag races held in 1962, 1963, and 1964 at the International Amphitheater in Chicago. How did the events happen? Who made them happen? Did you know they ran a sports car race on an indoor road course long before the drags? Why did they get shut down? Did anyo...
Featherweight: The Lightest Funny Car Ever Built - Doug Nash's Bronco Buster
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Featherweight: The Lightest Funny Car Ever Built - Doug Nash's Bronco Buster
Drag Racing's Darkest Day: The 1969 Yellow River Drag Strip Disaster
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Drag Racing's Darkest Day: The 1969 Yellow River Drag Strip Disaster
Not A Dragster: The Real Story Behind The Internet's Most Misidentified Car - Motion 1
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Not A Dragster: The Real Story Behind The Internet's Most Misidentified Car - Motion 1
Party Crashers: How Five Wild Stock Bodied Cars On Nitro Made History At The 1965 US Nationals
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Party Crashers: How Five Wild Stock Bodied Cars On Nitro Made History At The 1965 US Nationals
Arrested At The Starting Line: The Insane and Fraudulently Funded Top Fuel Career of RL Peyton
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Arrested At The Starting Line: The Insane and Fraudulently Funded Top Fuel Career of RL Peyton
The Secret History of Drag Racing: Mythbusting, Revelations, and A Look at Its Wild Origins
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The Secret History of Drag Racing: Mythbusting, Revelations, and A Look at Its Wild Origins
Two Small Block Chevys On Nitro And Eyeball Aero: The Story Of The Pulsator Top Fuel Dragster
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Two Small Block Chevys On Nitro And Eyeball Aero: The Story Of The Pulsator Top Fuel Dragster
The Christmas Tree and Top Fuel: How the 1963 Season Changed Drag Racing Forever
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The Christmas Tree and Top Fuel: How the 1963 Season Changed Drag Racing Forever
That Will NEVER Work: Five Odd, Crazy, and Successful Cars From Drag Racing History
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That Will NEVER Work: Five Odd, Crazy, and Successful Cars From Drag Racing History
Fast Freaks: The Crazy Story Of 1960s Three Wheeled Nitro Burning Dragsters
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Fast Freaks: The Crazy Story Of 1960s Three Wheeled Nitro Burning Dragsters
Living Nightmares: EJ Potter's Allison V12 Powered Drag Strip Behemoths
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Living Nightmares: EJ Potter's Allison V12 Powered Drag Strip Behemoths
The Turbo V-6 That Ate Pro Stocks - A Look At Buddy Ingersoll’s Buicks
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The Turbo V-6 That Ate Pro Stocks - A Look At Buddy Ingersoll’s Buicks
Drag Racing History: Twin Turbo Hemi In 1965 - The Wacko Story of The Hemi Honker
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Drag Racing History: Twin Turbo Hemi In 1965 - The Wacko Story of The Hemi Honker
Drag Racing History: 12,000hp In 1964 - The Insane Story Of Quad Al
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Drag Racing History: 12,000hp In 1964 - The Insane Story Of Quad Al
Drag Racing History: Is This The Car That Killed The Gassers?
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Drag Racing History: Is This The Car That Killed The Gassers?
Incredible Turbonique History: Hassler's Hustler - The Only Front Mounted Turbonique Ever Built!
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Incredible Turbonique History: Hassler's Hustler - The Only Front Mounted Turbonique Ever Built!

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @russellpoland6637
    @russellpoland6637 3 години тому

    Fascinating Story! I had no idea of this Drag Racing Mafioso ! Great story! That makes sense with him being around and all of those rigs being stolen! Ha! Thank You for sharing with Us! Great History! (I just found this story)

  • @charlieromeo7663
    @charlieromeo7663 18 годин тому

    Great memories right there! I was in Gainesville when Garlits ran 272.56 and it was a big deal. I have that race on VHS tape to this day. Dave is the voice of drag racing from my 20’s. Lones is the voice of drag racing today. Nice job.

  • @JeffKopis
    @JeffKopis День тому

    40 years ago, Hot Rod featured a wild street rod/drag car owned by Cole Cutler. It was a cross between the 554 coupe, and Pete Chapouris'es California Kid. It may have had a Shotgun hemi, I cant recall.

  • @jamescook6535
    @jamescook6535 2 дні тому

    Chevy ain't no better .

  • @jamescook6535
    @jamescook6535 2 дні тому

    Ford's new name is recalled .

  • @jamescook6535
    @jamescook6535 2 дні тому

    Made in Mexico is Fords new cheap cheap way to save money money money .

  • @jamescook6535
    @jamescook6535 2 дні тому

    Wow so cool to bad Ford sucks now !

  • @crackergivens
    @crackergivens 2 дні тому

    That car should be recreated

  • @keithstudly6071
    @keithstudly6071 2 дні тому

    Thanks for filling out the history of the 56. I knew about this car but only a bit.

  • @mattskustomkreations
    @mattskustomkreations 2 дні тому

    This car is so cool, just needed a rear wing. I wonder why they didn’t weigh the components as they built it.

  • @indydarkstar
    @indydarkstar 2 дні тому

    very cool history

  • @kct9967
    @kct9967 3 дні тому

    Didn't it have a camio in the movie "Cars"? 😂😂😂😂

  • @rickmassey1272
    @rickmassey1272 3 дні тому

    How about a video on Kenny Detweiller and his turbo V6 G.N.

  • @rickmassey1272
    @rickmassey1272 3 дні тому

    You can play with polemics and twist your trumpaniac logic all you want...if the NHRA didn't allow a car to run a class that it fulfilled the requirement for THAT'S CALLED BEING BANNED...whether initially in the class or not.

  • @61rampy65
    @61rampy65 3 дні тому

    Not Watkins Glen, but in the early 70's, my friends and I went to Road America 2 or 3 times a year for the Trans-Am series and Can-Am races. There was a pit, similar to the bog where the exact stuff you talked about happened, but probably to a lesser degree. Cars got burned. One guy took his new 240Z around the perimeter of the bog, hit a deep hole in the ground and ripped off his whole front suspension. He was lucky they didn't burn his car. One of my friends brought a 62 Corvair and intentionally got it stuck in the bottom of the pit. It didn't take long for that car to be burned and rolled over, not necessarily in that order. Oh, and most Corvair cooling fans were magnesium, so they got thrown in our own campfires. We always had tons of fun, nobody got hurt (that we knew of), but after the Trans-Am and Can-Am series were done, so were we. We did get to see the orange McLarens and the Porsche 917s run, it was a different time back then.

  • @chrisloomis1489
    @chrisloomis1489 3 дні тому

    Amazing American ingenuity .

  • @johnhanaly2943
    @johnhanaly2943 4 дні тому

    Brian, you're offending people.

  • @buzzofftoxicblog791
    @buzzofftoxicblog791 4 дні тому

    😊wow 😳 what storm 😮 A W D electric ⚡ motors TESLA rocket thruster 🚀 power ❤ engineering ❤😂 love it 😄

  • @baddonkey6876
    @baddonkey6876 4 дні тому

    Sweet bald f#$king eagles, i want one

  • @cocodog85
    @cocodog85 4 дні тому

    a two stage two speed super charged ford v12 all aluminum methanol injected aero engine in a P 51 D...move over TA 152.

  • @fposmith
    @fposmith 4 дні тому

    This is a great story ! And I'm so glad there was no A.I. Narration. The voiceover here was precise, and to the point ! None of that "I can't stand not to hear the sound of my own voice B.S." ! Thank You, Great Job !

  • @DavidEm-zd9fg
    @DavidEm-zd9fg 4 дні тому

    Ya. Ford supplied Germany with alot of stuff ...Coke rebranded to Fanta to sell soft drinks....War is a racket

  • @travwil2461951
    @travwil2461951 4 дні тому

    This was one of the best videos on WWII working machines I have found to date. Full of info and photos that say a lot. Thanks for a great video, iy kept my attention thr full time !

  • @Gator-357
    @Gator-357 4 дні тому

    IDK why everyone calls them Dragon Wagons because it is supposed to spelled Draggin' Wagon reffering to their job as recovery and tow trucks.

  • @DeweyParrish-dn2zu
    @DeweyParrish-dn2zu 5 днів тому

    It wasn't a 425ci. IT WAS A 455CI!! unless he pulled the 455ci!!!

  • @MacOne53
    @MacOne53 5 днів тому

    Used in anger??? Sad commentary.

  • @ohger1
    @ohger1 6 днів тому

    My dad was a GM man before the war and a Cadillac man in the 50s,60s, and 70s, but he always bought Ford trucks for his business. Dad was with the Third Armored Division and he said the Ford powered tanks never let them down ever. He was glad his tank had the Ford V8 during the Bulge.

  • @rdmineer1
    @rdmineer1 7 днів тому

    Wonder why Ford didn't scale this down for at least the Lincoln division. The Super 88, Chrysler Hemi and SBC might all be footnotes.

  • @doctorfloc
    @doctorfloc 8 днів тому

    Excellent job! Fantastic and informative, thank you!

  • @davidjones9518
    @davidjones9518 8 днів тому

    Basest ever v 6

  • @elvzwoods
    @elvzwoods 8 днів тому

    I just toured Indianapolis for the first time on 6/9/24. I have watched the 500 for every single one of my 49 years due to my father's love for all things racing. He has been gone for 6 years now. I wish he could have been there with me to take it all in. He loved the fabricator years of Indy. Now to go in May and see it live...

  • @jeffzin5779
    @jeffzin5779 8 днів тому

    GREAT JOB

  • @davidmitchell7183
    @davidmitchell7183 9 днів тому

    ua-cam.com/video/km8YFNim4oQ/v-deo.html

  • @jimlake01
    @jimlake01 9 днів тому

    That’s crazy; I thought you sounded like you, if you know what I mean. Thank you for the fantastic advice; very good to know. I’ll hear you from the track!

  • @rayisland23
    @rayisland23 10 днів тому

    Wow!!!!! Fantastic video

  • @rayisland23
    @rayisland23 10 днів тому

    Amazing history, wonderful video. Thank you

  • @sonny1721
    @sonny1721 10 днів тому

    Love all your videos man I love that Smoky is who your 100th video is about he is really a great guy to read about. Keep up all the good work you do brother

  • @sydrider6023
    @sydrider6023 10 днів тому

    Any one knows how to obtain a Stetson like he had?

  • @2HacksGarage
    @2HacksGarage 10 днів тому

    Ohio George Montgomery had some very wild turbo powered cars

  • @daleclift2797
    @daleclift2797 10 днів тому

    RIP Phio George.😢

  • @patrickshaw8595
    @patrickshaw8595 10 днів тому

    GREAT video ! Thank you thank you thank you !

  • @derreckfeldman665
    @derreckfeldman665 10 днів тому

    I'm 64 years old,,,,,lived in San Bernardino as a kid,,,,,in Pomona,,,,, you could see these cars all day long,,,,, not just the strip,,,,, these things were loud and fast,,, barely legal cause of the sound they made

  • @aureliobrighton1871
    @aureliobrighton1871 11 днів тому

    J.J. McClure ;)

  • @doublejump6578
    @doublejump6578 12 днів тому

    I owned 200 acres right next to Watkins glen, I had a motocross track next door, these folks camped on my property

  • @Flies2FLL
    @Flies2FLL 12 днів тому

    A stock Tesla Plaid has laid down 9.53 at 156 mph times for comparison....

  • @jasonrackawack9369
    @jasonrackawack9369 12 днів тому

    Good greif what a car!.......I am thinking a street legal tribute/replica of this car but tuned with modern EFI would be super fun to see in a 80s nostalgia prostock class or at the local cruise night.

  • @johnsheetz6639
    @johnsheetz6639 13 днів тому

    Top fuel kind of limits the rules which I'm fine with. But I would like to see a class that was unruled limited

  • @notintohandles
    @notintohandles 13 днів тому

    An excellent production. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

  • @davidkimmel5153
    @davidkimmel5153 13 днів тому

    What an off-road fun to play with. Man what a machine

  • @roberthayes5037
    @roberthayes5037 13 днів тому

    Outstanding video. Thanks for sharing it.