Car Culture & Entertainment

Ride Guides: A Quick Guide to Identifying 1948-60 Ford Pickups

We all know that person who is a walking automotive encyclopedia and able to look at a car or truck, quickly tell us the year, make, model and secretly make us jealous. These Ride Guides are designed to help with that. Unlike our Quick Guide to Identifying 1960-66 Chevy Pickup, the differences in the Ford

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Ranking the Top 5 Small Block Chevy Engines of All Time: (#5) The Original 265

2015 is the 60th anniversary of the small block Chevy engine. We’re keeping the Mouse Party celebration going by counting down Chevy’s five best factory small blocks ever. Spanning six decades and five generations of motors, we had plenty of candidates to choose from as the small Chevy (particularly the Gen I) is one of most ubiquitous engines ever produced. We looked

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Photo Gallery: 23 Great Hot Rods from the Milwaukee World of Wheels

The World of Wheels hot rod show in Milwaukee showcased some of the finest collector cars, hot rods, and classic trucks the Badger State has to offer. There were hundreds of cars. But 23, in particular, stood out for us. Do you have a favorite? [portfolio_slideshow id=40160]   Photos courtesy of AutoRama.

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Ranking the Top Horsepower-Per-Dollar Cars in 2015

It’s not rocket science. It’s not even an exact science. But that didn’t stop the folks at Autoblog from compiling a list of the top horsepower-per-dollar vehicles of 2015. They put together a complete list of 633 vehicles based on American MSRPs and then broke the list up by horsepower ranges. Of course the list comes with

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Video: Vintage SNL Mechanics Bedtime Story Helps You Unwind

Saturday Night Live celebrated its 40th anniversary last night. Over the years, there have a been a lot of SNL characters (like this guy) and skits (like this one) that we’ve liked, but none speaks to us better than this vintage segment entitled Mechanics Bedtime Story. Featuring Dan Aykroyd and Gilda Radner, it’s from the

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Face Time (Part 4): Ford Bronco Bucks Its Way Onto Mt. Rushmore of Trucks

Perhaps when Mt. Rushmore artist and creator Gutzon Borglum chose the four U.S. Presidents to adorn his masterpiece, there were no objections to the selections. But we like to think there was some debate. When we threw out the question: What is the best off-road vehicle?, we frankly expected the (totally awesome and worthy) Jeep

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Face Time: Creating the Mt. Rushmore of American Trucks (Part 1)

44. That’s the number of Presidents we’ve had here in the U.S. of A. All are supposedly honored on this Presidents Day. A few have been immortalized on U.S. currency. But just four have been so widely celebrated that their giant likenesses have been carved into the side of the mountain. Somewhere, we can hear Washington, Jefferson,

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Relationship Advice for Car Guys

Here at OnAllCylinders, we’re well known for giving good car advice. We’re not as well known for giving relationship advice. That’s probably a good thing, because OnAllCylinders is not a relationship blog. But we can’t pretend our love for our hobby and our feelings for our significant other have never crossed paths. Take Feb. 14, for

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