Benny Kirk
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Turbine-Swapped Grumman Goose is a Restomod on the Water, Beats a Private Yacht Any Day
21 Jun 2024, 19:29 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If you're used to how quickly cars and trucks get flipped on the used online market, you'll be surprised to know that the realm of used aircraft is quite the opposite. Vintage aircraft often spend years, sometimes even decades, strung up ...
Too Quirky for a C1 Corvette? This LeGene Californian is Your White Whale
20 Jun 2024, 05:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We totally understand if you're a little burnt out on Corvettes. No offense, but it feels like every American sports car we see these days is either compared directly to a Corvette or downright powered by one. This phenomenon is a little less ...
The Great New York Psyop: How NYC Leaders Keep Auto and Rail Commuters Equally Angry
19 Jun 2024, 21:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Well, it's been well south of 30 days since New York City axed its congestion charge initiative to bill drivers $15 at peak hours to take their cars and trucks south of 60th Street. In that time, we've seen protests, counter-protests, and...
'The Cannonball Run' Lamborghini Countach Turns 45, Marcie and Jill Reunite to Celebrate
18 Jun 2024, 20:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Thanks to a recent global health crisis we'd all like to forget, the official record for the Cannonball Run will probably never be broken again. But that doesn't mean the legacy of the event, plus the movie it spawned, will fade from memo...
Crusty ’57 MG MGA Claims To Be a Former SCCA Racer, Is It Legit?
18 Jun 2024, 16:09 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / How many times have you seen an old car for sale online, only for it to be nothing like what was advertised? You know, the old bait-and-switch tactic of taking a Pontiac Fiero, slapping a Ferrari body kit over the top, and selling it as a numbers-m...
$5,000 ’89 Grand Marquis LS Is Baller on a Budget Personified
17 Jun 2024, 23:45 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If there's one notion we can't stand, it's the idea that luxury car ownership is a privilege reserved for the ultra-wealthy. The kind of people who complain that their Starbucks latte has oat milk instead of almond milk and would hap...
J-Series V6-Swapped Honda Insight Runs Nine-Second Pulls in the Wet, Humbles Muscle Cars
16 Jun 2024, 02:28 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Honda Insight was a pathetic vehicle when it first launched. At least, that was the public perception. An egg-shaped laughing stock on four wheels that looked more like something you'd buy in an adult video store than something you'd ...
Ultra-Rare Norton P11 Desert Sled's Ready to Race the Mint 400, Or Just Be an Awesome Toy
15 Jun 2024, 18:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's off-road e-bikes, there's chisel-jawed dirt bikes, and then there's whatever the hell this 1967 Norton P11 Desert Sled is. What might look like the front half of a vintage cruiser paired with the rear end of a farm bike is ac...
Think Porsche 914s are the Lamest Sports Cars Ever? These UK Restomodders Want a Word
14 Jun 2024, 01:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's nothing worse than a sports car that underperforms and underdelivers. With that in mind, it's no secret that the Porsche 914 is the black sheep of the family. With the same air-cooled engine found in the old-school Beetle and perf...
This Chevy V6-Swapped MGB GT is a Softcore Restomod, No Need for V8s or Racing Stripes
13 Jun 2024, 17:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's a few unspoken rules when it comes to building restomods. One that goes something to the tune of there's no engine too big, and no engine bay too small for the person with the tools and ambition to make their mind's creations...
People Are Angry New York City’s Congestion Charge Plan Is Delayed, Should They Be?
13 Jun 2024, 02:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Welp, it happened, folks. After months of public belly-aching and enough grassroots litigation to fill a law textbook, New York City's plan to implement London and Paris-style congestion charging in the most highly traffic-ridden portions of M...
For Ten Years, This USAF Squadron Kept Enemy Soviet Fighter Jets at Area 51
12 Jun 2024, 16:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If you could draw a comparison between the Soviet MiG-21 jet interceptor and a piece of popular Western media, the Star Wars TIE Fighter would probably be appropriate. For decades, the MiG-21 was the archetypal adversarial Soviet jet aircraft, a pe...
Half Superbike, Half Postman Pat, This Hayabusa-Swapped Van Is All Custom
11 Jun 2024, 03:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Think the Grumman LLV mail trucks the USPS have been driving for 40 years are tin can boxes on wheels? Well, you ain't seen nothing til you've seen what the UK's favorite mail carrier had to deliver packages with. That's right, ...
One Last Time: Normandy Veterans Gather at New York Tank Museum for 80th D-Day Reunion
10 Jun 2024, 15:37 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The sky was cloudy and overcast over suburban New York on the morning of June 6th, 2024. On any other day, it would've just been another typical dreary, slightly wet Thursday afternoon. One full of hustle, bustle, and one-track minds just tryi...
Polaris Quakes the ATV Sector With All-New Sportsman 570 Lineup, Better Value Than Ever
5 Jun 2024, 02:57 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / With the summer four-wheeling season set to get underway any day, Polaris is following up on its world-class lineup of off-road 2-up ATVs with a flagship vehicle that not only improves upon greatness but also adds layers of refinement that you woul...
Ferrari and Pirelli Drop Tires for F40, F50, and Enzo Supercars Decades Post-Launch
4 Jun 2024, 23:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Ready to feel old AF? The Ferrari Enzo ended its 498-unit production run nearly 20 years ago. Yup, that childhood pin-up poster hero you probably grew up with is now so old it's practically a classic. But with age comes an entirely new set of ...
It’s Called WHAT?! Unfortunately-Named Studebaker's Been in the Same Family for Decades
2 Jun 2024, 19:38 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Sometimes, you can kinda just tell a car was designed and named at a point in history just before a major world event, which makes the name incredibly unfortunate. Like the Austin Princess, named 22 years before a group of paparazzi decided to chas...
Think 80s American Cars are Garbage? This '84 Gran Fury Cop Package Wants a Word
2 Jun 2024, 00:28 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There's no easier group of automobiles to proverbially defecate on than 1980s American cars. So far removed from the muscle car renaissance of the '60s and plagued by government-obligated downsizing and emissions regulations, the only sel...
Custom '63 Ford F100's Now Married to a Del Rey Sky Lounge Camper, Sports 460 V8
1 Jun 2024, 16:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Pickup bed campers are awesome. You'd never anticipate how much living space you can cram into a space meant to haul eight-foot log planks around in. But every once in a while, you find what looks to be the top end of a 30-foot yacht slapped o...
150 Years Before Hyperloop, New York City’s Subway Almost Looked Very Similar
31 May 2024, 15:43 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Back in the now-far-off year of 2013, Elon Musk announced his proposal for a novel "fifth mode of transport." A fully autonomous, ultra-high-speed transportation system that he himself christened the hyperloop. A pod-based system that wis...