Benny Kirk
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Aging Wheels Test Drives the ACP eBox, a Scion xB Stuffed With the Best EV Parts of 2008
3 Aug 2022, 01:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Aging Wheels on YouTube has a collection of electric cars in his garage that, had we not found his channel, we may have never known they even occupied the same universe we do. His bread and butter are regular ICE vehicles that have had their drivet...
This 1989 Dodge Caravan Has Mileage Like the Earth to the Moon, Perfect Inflation Beater?
2 Aug 2022, 22:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The first-generation Dodge Caravan was a transcendent car in the history of American cars. A car that an entire generation grew up in the back seats of. But in 2022, you wouldn't know it from looking at all the Odysseys and Siennas on American...
Here's Why NASA Can't Just Send a Submarine to Explore Europa's Oceans (Yet)
2 Aug 2022, 20:01 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If there's one thing scientists have learned about the formation of life, it's that wherever there is liquid water, life tends to show up on a long enough timeline. That's why Europa, one of Jupiter's four major moons, is so fas...
NASA's Proposed Titan Mare Explorer Could Have Sailed Over Seas of Liquid Methane
2 Aug 2022, 01:35 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's Sea Month here at autoevolution, a month that celebrates, well, stuff that floats on or under lakes, rivers, and oceans. But no one ever specified where or what body of water. So would it be a stretch if the sea in question isn't eve...
These Ships Plucked Astronauts From the Water After Splashdown, It's a Lost Artform
1 Aug 2022, 20:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / "Houston, we have splashdown" is the second most meaningful phrase NASA's mission control wanted to hear during the Apollo days. Second only to "Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed," obviously. But so often left ...
Engineless 1968 Charger's Bare Shell Worth as Much as a Brand New Sub-Compact, Well Duh
31 Jul 2022, 19:56 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Recently, we showed you what a 572 cubic inch (9-plus liter) V8 swapped 1970 Dodge Charger looks like when it's all said and done. Needless to say, it's breathtaking. But before every restomod can become a beautiful swap, they must first ...
This 572 HEMI V8 Swapped Dodge Charger Has Enough Power and Torque to Bend Spacetime
31 Jul 2022, 18:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We love all restomods, from the sloppiest mechanics to the most meticulous DIY gurus. It all has a place under our roof. But even by most contemporary standards of restomod perfection, this 572 V8-swapped 1970 Dodge Charger makes everything else lo...
Car Wizard Calls it Quits on a 1967 Lincoln Continental, Here's Why
31 Jul 2022, 17:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Dave, the Car Wizard on YouTube, tried to go all out to fix up one of his customer's bitchin 1967 Lincoln Continental V8. But after the last two years burning money trying to repair classic American iron, he's ready to call it quits. At l...
It’s Time To Get Fired Up About Artemis I’s Launch, the Next Moon Landing Finally in Sight
31 Jul 2022, 13:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If you're too young to be a Baby Boomer, you grew up in an era where global space programs spent decades stuck in the proverbial purgatory that is Low Earth Orbit. To a certain set of people, no amount of space telescopes, space stations, and ...
This Crusty BMW Z3 Sat Under a Tree, Time for a Satisfying Deep Cleaning To Sooth the Soul
31 Jul 2022, 12:38 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As the tragically lost too soon rapper Lil Peep once famously exclaimed, "I need a Beamer, boy. I want a Z3; that's a two-seater, boy." But when this dearly missed icon of the 21st century dropped that verse, he was absolutely not ta...
Mint Condition 1978 Ford F-350 Camper Makes Most Out of 460 Cubic Inches and Wood Paneling
31 Jul 2022, 11:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's hard to make a mobile camper feel like home, especially when it's bolted to the back of a pickup truck. But rest assured, with enough TLC and upkeep, even a 44-year-old Ford F-350 camper conversion can feel like home sweet home. ...
Subaru Flat-Four Swapped VW Type 3 is All the Looks With None of the Maintenance Headaches
31 Jul 2022, 10:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There are more than a few drawbacks to owning any Volkswagen circa the 1960s through the mid-1970s. While the majority of the flack gets thrown at the T1 Beetle and T2 Bus, the same issues also apply to the admittedly much nicer-looking T3 coupe. ...
LK Lunar Lander: The Tiny Tin Can Built to Land Cosmonauts to the Moon
31 Jul 2022, 07:42 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's said that the metal that made up the outer skin of the Apollo Lunar Excursion Module was no thicker than a couple of soda cans stacked on top of each other. How it never failed even once is beyond us. But if you think the LEM looked like ...
Republic P-43 Lancer: The P-47 Thunderbolt's Pipsqueak Little Cousin
31 Jul 2022, 04:32 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In the hierarchy of American fighter planes during World War II, the top will be forever populated by the P-51 Mustang and not much of anything else. The Mustang may get all the glory, but if you were lucky enough to talk to an American Second Worl...
1926 Indian Prince Is Clinging to Life, Are You the Chosen One To Bring It Back to Glory?
30 Jul 2022, 22:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In the 1920s, there were essentially two major American motorcycle companies worth talking about. These two would be Harley-Davidson and, of course, Indian. In 2022, these two companies are still around. so one would think all of the remaining exam...
Turbo K24 Swapped Lotus Elise is Jetting 800 HP to the Tires, a True Rocket Ship
30 Jul 2022, 20:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Honda K-series of engines is the gift that keeps on giving. With the potential for V8 levels of power out of a compact and lightweight 2.4-liter four-cylinder block, it's the engine of choice for those who value lightness over raw displace...
Here Are Three Fuel-Burning Classics We Want to See EV-Swapped
30 Jul 2022, 08:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Engine swaps are life's blood for some of us here at autoevolution. We get more enjoyment from looking at unique and supremely skillfully built restomods than we do out of nearly all earthly pleasures. But we don't discriminate based on e...
F-15 Eagle Celebrates 50 Years of Obliterating the Competition With No Losses
28 Jul 2022, 18:59 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / What is there that can be said about the Boeing-McDonell Douglas F-15 Eagle that hasn't already been said? It's beloved the world over by Air Forces and regular civilians who grew up with the prized American fighter jet as a pin-up poster...
Hellcat Swapped Dodge Dart Demon Was Forged in the Red Abyss of Hades (Not Really)
28 Jul 2022, 03:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Dodge Demon is a name that has a special place in the hearts of Mopar fans. It appeared in a not insignificant capacity in both the classic and modern era of American muscle cars to become an icon from both time periods. So what do you thin...
Wernher Von Braun's Plan for NASA to Mars by 1982 Was Bonkers, Killed by Nixon
27 Jul 2022, 20:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / By even the most optimistic of time frames, NASA, the ESA, Roscosmos, and the Chinese Space Agency won't be going to Mars until at least the 2030s. For fans of space travel with hydrazine in their veins and infrared telescopes for eyes, that&#...