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Building a V12 Racing Engine from Scratch – A DIY Masterpiece by Aardema Braun​

Nov 10, 2024
At 83 years old, Pete Aardema, a seasoned engineer, and machinist Kevin Brauns have teamed up to create an extraordinary homemade 5-liter V12 engine built entirely from raw materials. Their ambitious project aims to push the limits of engineering and performance, with the V12 engine designed to rev up to an astonishing 11,500 RPM. Crafted with precision and passion, this cutting-edge engine is a testament to their decades of expertise and dedication to high-performance racing technology.

The duo's ultimate goal is to set new land speed records at the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats, where the pursuit of speed is as much about innovation as it is about raw horsepower. With the engine's unique design and unmatched craftsmanship, Aardema and Brauns are hoping to make history and redefine what’s possible in the world of racing and engineering. This homemade V12 is not just a machine – it’s a dream brought to life, blending decades of knowledge with a relentless desire to break boundaries.

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Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GregQuirin
 
I guess if you have several million dollars laying around, and unlimited time...it would be kewel.

But, until government gets back in its Constitutional cage...automobiles are NOT going to be a place to invest money, time or even daydreams. You cannot MAKE powerful engines like this, and sell them. Because of emissions, CAFE, safety regulations, and because automakers' time and resources are being used to comply with impossible Obamaregs. That is WHY virtually all gas-powered (real) cars are marred with turbochargers - which are terribly hard on engines, that's why they were only used in limited models in the past - but enable tweaks to meet fuel-use standards.

Trump gonna change everything? Looks like he'll try. The path from conception to production is about 5 years. THREE if rushed. Right now it's not clear Trump's people will suspend fantasy regs, but if they do on January 20, we won't have home-manufactured cars until a year after Trump's term is over.

And the Dumbo crackheads haven't gone away. They're sharpening their election-theft plans, and dumbing down kids, and looking for new ways to unleash Marxism on decent people. Even if Vance follows Trump, in eight years, with a stabilizing of the economy, the Globalist tools will be ready to agitate the malcontents - of which there always are huge numbers.

No...we haven't hit bottom yet, which means - as with any temporary ceasefire in a war - the enemy is just building fresh munitions and strength.
 

NEW Power Tools from Milwaukee, GearWrench, Harbor Freight, and more at SEMA 2024! DAY 2​

Nov 15, 2024
Rob and Sarah are at SEMA 2024 for DAY 2 Power Tool Coverage!

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0:00 Intro
0:34 ‪@harborfreight‬ Trailer
2:03 ‪@GEARWRENCHTools‬ MegaMod System
7:55 ‪@KnipexToolsUSA‬ Step Cut Pliers
10:48 ‪@stacksmarter‬ New E Track Accessories
12:18 Harbor Freight Hand Tool Update
14:48 ‪@TOOLSbyDesign‬ Mini-Truck Tour with Travis
19:51 ‪@FanttikOfficial‬ Mini Air Pumps
20:55 ‪@flexpowertoolsnorthamerica728‬ Stack Pack Radio
23:13 Harbor Freight NEW Hercules Tools
24:58 ‪@omniwall1646‬ Omniwall Organizing Wall System
28:13 ‪@FireballTool‬ Jason shows us the Fireball Tool VICE!
30:55 ‪@WeraToolRebels‬ Joker Wrench
33:29 PLATINUM TOOL DEAL! (Act FAST)
33:53 ‪@MilwaukeeTool‬ M18 Boom Light
36:05 Harbor Freight Badland 1.5 Ton Off-Road Jack
37:54 ‪@classicindustries‬ Interview with Mark Vogt!
39:11 Outro
 

$800 Tractor! A NEW John Deere B Sold For That In 1940. Now It's Prized By a Fourth Generation!​

Nov 15, 2024 #cultivating #tractorrepair #classictractor

Long time editor of Wallace's Farmer, Iowa's Monte Sesker restored his grandfather's 1940 John Deere B. It's the same age as Monte, and it's been in the family for three generations, and now is restored and passed on to a fourth. You'll enjoy the story of this family John Deere tractor!

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A look back in time.

Want to Be A Mechanic? This 1940 Film Shows What Education and Training You Would Need To Be One.​

Nov 11, 2024
Are you curious as to what skills you would have had to learn to be a mechanic in 1940? This educational video talks about what it would require to become a service mechanic back during the vast growth of the automobile and how to repair all makes and models such as Ford, Chrysler, Lincoln, Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Dodge, Plymouth, Packard, GM, Chevrolet, V8, inline 6 and 4 cylinder engines, transmissions in cars and trucks. Brakes, Engine Rebuilding, Valve jobs, radiator repair, electrical, body and fender are all highlighted in this film.
This film covers the educational and training requirements to become a technician and gives an inside look at what a trade school would have been like back in that era.

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On the flip side.

Life Of A Mechanic (My Story, Why I Quit)​

Oct 26, 2024

My story of 5 shops and 15 years of turning wrenches. It’s no surprise that today’s mechanics are stressed out. young or old everyone seems fed up. This is my story of how and why I got out of it. Also check out my video death of a mechanic to understand the major complaints of mechanics around the world.

• Death of a Mechanic

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The year in Cars: 1965

In the latest edition of the Year in Cars, Mac’s Motor City Garage explores a pivotal year for the Detroit auto industry: 1965. Three important trends in the Motor City for model year 1965: + After its … Continue reading →
www.macsmotorcitygarage.com
 
It was a pivotal year. And I was way too young to appreciate it.

It was the pinnacle of the wide-open free-market automotive space. You had everything from mighty GM, to cottage-industry makers like Meyers and King Midget. The Japanese were just gaining traction; but meantime, there were brands like Studebaker (which was deliberately committing suicide; there's a long story there) and Kaiser Motors (makers of Jeep-brand vehicles and also, obviously, military trucks) were going at it.

It wasn't hard, back then. All you needed to do was have lights and brake systems and customers. Checker bought engines from Continental Motors, makers of WWII aircraft engines that had retreated to stationery powerplant manufacture. The Jeep Wagoneer engine was also rooted in a Continental design - but Jeep had their one engine designer on the staff, make an overhead-cam head for the engine, and they claimed the first OHC engine in an American car.

Which was true, but the cobbled-together mess showed, in long-term use. They soon discontinued it in favor of an American Motors six...the start of a long relationship, that had Jeep BECOME AMC.

But it was a freewheeling time. A year later, CON-gress passed the Motor Vehicle Highway Safety Act, which began the regulation of automobiles...for simple emissions equipment, basic safety standards...that over sixty years, became onerous to where cars today are complex, unaffordable, and now, finally, unreliable with all the electronic monitoring crap in them.
 
Seems these Woketard CEOs are OBSESSED with STAMPING OUT the history that past owners so love. It's not enough that they won't make useful or beloved cars that once were for sale; they won't allow anyone else to recall them, either.

Mahindra & Mahindra, an Indian tractor maker, licensed the Willys Jeep for local manufacture for 45 years....from its first civilian appearance, 1945, to the early 1990s. With Chrysler's purchase of the Jeep trademarks, Mahindra no longer could license Jeep designs, but had legacy models, with somewhat-different trade dress (grille, etc) and specifications.

Daimler and Fiat were having none of it. Mahindra carried on, within India, under the radar, using their own engines and drivelines.

THEN. Mahindra phased out their CJ-based model, no longer saleable in India, for new-to-them safety standards. What to do? Someone hit on a plan...form a new subsidiary, Roxor, and set up a plant in the USA to make it. Not as a road-going vehicle, but as an off-road four-wheeler, like a Gator.

And it came to pass. For two years, until FCA got a platoon of lawyers who venue-shopped until they got an injunction to cease and desist.

It was too bad...my Yamaha dealer (I own a Yamaha) had a Roxor dealership, and had four of them. They were an interesting blend of Kaiser CJ5 (short hood) and AMC CJ-7 (longer J-shaped door opening) on a unique wheelbase. The dashboard was pure 1955 Willys. The engine was a small off-road diesel (no DEF). And at least a couple were sold locally...got the little plates that are required for trail use, and were driving them around town.

It was such a good idea, Roxor got stamped into a coma. I believe they are still existing, but I haven't seen ANY for sale in five years.

This is the Woke, Cronyist way. WE will tell YOU what kind of product you can have! Because we're ENLIGHTENED, and KNOW BETTER!
 

Here's Something You Don't See Every Day! It's a 1947 Detroit 44-16, Collected by Wendell Kelch!​

Nov 22, 2024 #classictractor #tractor #classictractorfever

Wendell Kelch from Ohio is known far and wide for his skill in restoring vintage farm machinery. We visited with Wendell to check out one of his recent finds of a rare tractor most have never heard of -- it's a Detroit 44-16.Always fun to visit with Wendell and see what's new to him --- that's still very old!

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Why I HATE owning an auto repair shop! And what I did about it!​

Premiered Nov 11, 2024 FATE

Why did I want to sell my auto repair shop? Why do I hate it so much I'd rather walk away? I'll tell you why. And I'll tell you what I ultimately decided.

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The worst Western place to live, as it's working out.

Turns out, Australians didn't have freedom.

They had conditional liberties, which their government has steadily pulled away, under a morphing tyranny.

Long time ago I was in Australia. I had fun, for the two weeks. Wanted to retire there.

Now, it's not cheap, it's not safe; their politics are toxic, and their intrusion on BASIC civil rights, BODILY AUTONOMY, are all-encompassing.

They crushed their own domestic auto manufacturers (Ford Australia and Holden) a decade ago. Now they're going to crush car owners. It's the next step to criminalizing auto ownership.
 

Did You Know? Trucks had Tailfins too!​

Dec 1, 2024

The Did You Know? Series is part of Ed's Auto Reviews Christmas 'Car'rol: an Automotive Advent!
In this short story we ask the question if pickups also featured tailfins on the back, much like every American car in the late 1950s. As it turns out they did! Introducing the Forward Look 1957 Dodge Sweptside pickup, as well as coupe utilities (utes) from Australia and South-Africa, like the Chrysler Wayfarer and the Chevrolet El Camino.

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Hustle & Bustle: The Battle of the Bustlebacks​

Dec 1, 2024

A classic car connaisseur tells the history of the short lived bustleback craze in the malaise era plagued American car industry of the 1980's. The Cadillac Seville, Chrysler's Imperial and the Lincoln Continental duke it out to see who's got the best neoclassical kitschmobile, inspired by such cars like the Daimler DS420 and the Hooper bodied Rolls Royce Empress models. After all imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, no?

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Steiger Tractor - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Doug Steiger - The Man Who Changed Agriculture Forever​

Nov 30, 2024

In this exclusive interview, Doug shares his journey, passion, and vision that led to the creation of these powerful agricultural machines. From humble beginnings to revolutionizing the farming industry, Doug's story is an inspiration to entrepreneurs and tractor enthusiasts alike.

Douglass Steiger is a graduate of Lincoln High School, class of 1951. In the winter of 1957-58, Douglass, along with his brother Maurice and father John, designed and built the first Steiger tractor from used parts in the barn on their farm southwest of Thief River Falls. The result was a well-built, four-wheel-drive, articulating tractor painted lime green. Their goal was to fill a need rather than to start a tractor company; however, by 1963, they had established the Steiger Tractor business. Steiger tractors were manufactured on the farm in barns converted to a factory until 1970, when the tractor business moved to Fargo, ND. Douglass credits the leadership of the Fargo team for making "Steiger" a leader in the market. In 1974, the company moved to a 400,000 sq. ft. plant, which is still in use today. Steiger continues to be a part of the Case IH line of four-wheel-drive tractors. Nearly one million tractors bearing the Steiger name have been produced and shipped to every continent in the world, including Antarctica. Doug didn't stop with just tractors; he founded several other companies, including Hydra-Mac skid steers and Toreq scrapers. Douglass was also awarded numerous design patents over his lifetime. He lives in Thief River Falls with his wife, Kay, and is a lifelong member of the community. Doug is a kind and gentle man who greatly values his faith, family, and friends.

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Key Highlights:
  • 1951: Graduate of Lincoln High School
  • 1963: Started the Steiger Tractor business
  • Founded Hydra-Mac skid steers
  • Founded Toreq scrapers
  • Douglass has received many design patents over his lifetime
  • Lifelong member of Thief River Falls
 

Did You Know? El Morocco: Turning your Chevy into a Caddy!​

Dec 3, 2024

The Did You Know? Series is part of Ed's Auto Reviews Christmas 'Car'rol: an Automotive Advent!
In this short story we look at the El Morocco. Yes, not a Chevrolet El Morocco, but just El Morocco. But, the El Morocco was an attempt to make a standard Chevy look like an ultra expensive Cadillac Eldorado by customizing the exterior styling. These cars are rare and are considered the holy grail of Tri-Five Chevy's!

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Did You Know? DeSoto lasted until 1963! (or... 1984?)​

Dec 5, 2024

The Did You Know? Series is part of Ed's Auto Reviews Christmas 'Car'rol: an Automotive Advent!
In this short story we find out that DeSoto, one of the brands of the Chrysler Corporation, wasn't actually discontinued in 1961, but made it all the way until 1963 or '64 in South Africa in the shape and form of the DeSoto Rebel and Diplomat, which were rebadged Dodge models. But wait, there is more! Over in Turkey the brand lasted until the 1990s (?), as a freight truck brand!

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Did You Know? Ford T5: A German Mustang!​

Dec 7, 2024
The Did You Know? Series is part of Ed's Auto Reviews Christmas 'Car'rol: an Automotive Advent!
In this short story we find out that Ford sold the Mustang all over the world, except Germany. Over there, Ford couldn't get the rights to the Mustang name. Their solution? Rename it as the T5! The Ford T5 is the only Mustang in the world be sold under a different name than Mustang and is a rare collectable today. You think Ford had learned their lesson, but some 40 years later, this same story happened aal over again in China....

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Raceway Park documentary: Unearthed footage reveals secret history of legendary NJ drag racing park​

Dec 3, 2024
The history of Raceway Park in Old Bridge offers an exciting journey through a drag-racing world as seen in films unearthed by the founder's son, who gave exclusive access to the Raceway Park family archives to Asbury Park Press video journalist Brian Johnston.

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Great Garage ! Mel Taormino shares Ford & Hot Rod Car Collection on My Car Story with Lou Costabile​

Dec 8, 2024

On "My Car Story" we're in Suburbs of Medford OR on 7-26-24. Mel Taormino takes time to share his garage and amazing collection of award-winning Ford Cars with us today.
ENJOY!

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Did You Know? Clipper was a One Year Packard Brand!​

Dec 9, 2024

In this short story we look at Packard, an American luxury carmaker that was highly regarded in the 1930s and 40s, but had a tough time finding its place in the economic boom of the 1950s. The brand tried everyhting to stay relevant and lure customers, including starting up en entirely new brand named Clipper. The Clipper brand would only last of one year, and Packard vanished also quickly thereafter....

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The garbage man who traded up to an RWB Porsche 993​

Dec 10, 2024

“Being a garbage man is great, and I love my job, but this is who I am,” says Joe Aime about his RWB 1995 Porsche 911.
You can read more below the vid on youtube.

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Did You Know? Ford Falcon 1970½: The Six Month Mystery!​

Dec 13, 2024

The Did You Know? Series is part of Ed's Auto Reviews Christmas 'Car'rol: an Automotive Advent!
In this short story we look at a very confusing move by the Ford Motor Company. The compact Falcon was discontinued in late 1969, and aldready replaced by the Maverick for 1970. And yet, Ford felt the need to introduce a new Falcon after a six month absence based on a stripped down Fairlane/Torino, that would only last six months. What's the deal with the Ford Falcon 1970½?

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The real story behind the MOST VALUABLE Land Rovers on Earth!​

Dec 20, 2024 #VINwiki #LandRover #CamelTrophy

Jerome Andre shares the history behind the Darien Gap Range Rovers, Camel Trophy Land Rovers, G4 Challenge, and Trek.

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Gas Station Memories That Will TAKE YOU BACK in Time | 1930s

Step into a time machine as we revisit the golden age of gas stations from the 1930s to the 1950s! In this nostalgic journey, we’ll explore the unique charm and history of gas stations that played a pivotal role in America’s love affair with the open road.

Experience the vintage charm of early-century service stations, where community connections flourished beyond just filling up your tank! Through personalized service and retro travel experiences, these establishments became the heart of American roadside culture during their golden age. Let this wave of nostalgia take you back to a time when service stations were more than just pit stops - they were vibrant community hubs where every visit felt like coming home!
 

Tractor Tales: 1933 Farmall F12​

Jan 4, 2025

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Check. It. Out! An 1961 Allis Chalmers D-19 at Orange Spectacular!​

Jan 3, 2025 #classictractor #tractor #classictractorfever

Our trip to Orange Spectacular featured this visit with Matt Wosmek about his very fine, beautifully restored A-C D19 tractor, dating back to 1961, the year this model was introduced! If you like A-C, a tractor like this would be a great machine to add to your collection!

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