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Category Archive: BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos

Henry’s Big Screw Job: Here’s How Henry Ford and the Dodge Brothers Made Untold Millions While Hating Each Other’s Guts

The story of how John and Horace Dodge helped get Henry Ford into business, made millions off of him, and then used his own profits to fund a competing car company is one of the most awesome in the...

Craigslist Pinto Road Trip: The Adventures Continue! Driving 3,000 Miles In A Pile You Bought Online.

It’s time for Part 2 of the epic Pinto road trip and the adventures just keep coming. If you aren’t down for some on-road thrashing, shenanigans and some tears, this is probably not the...

Nothing’s Free: Uncle Tony Takes On The Free Energy Internet – Fun Stuff Here

Maybe our opinion is wrong, but we think our pal Uncle Tony is at his best when he brings homespun testing and mechanical knowledge to bear for his audience. The fact that he is blowing up some weird...

Finnegan’s Garage: FIXING THE BENT RAMP TRUCK FRAME, SMUGGLING BEER, AND RIDING A HOVERCRAFT IN THE SHOP

It’s time for another update from Finnegan and the boys and this one is a good one. There is a ton going on, including the fact that they are moving into a new warehouse to store all their...

Craigslist Pinto Road Trip: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Buying A V8 Swapped Pinto Off Craigslist And Driving It 3,000 Miles Home!

This is totally our jam! This is the kind of stuff we love to see and hear about. This is the kind of trip I’m all about and can’t wait to get back into. The gang at Fuzzy Dice Projects...

Awesome Video: This Profile of Early Land Speed Record Pioneers Is Wild and Amazing

This is really awesome stuff. We think of land speed record stuff in the realm of 200, 300, and 400 miles per hour because that’s the era that we live in. If we take it back about 120 years...

Great Video: Regular Car Reviews Drives A 1984 Plymouth Colt GTS Turbo And It’s The Worlds Nicest One

I guess today is my love affair with the lost and forgotten turbocharged cars of the 1980s because after the Maserati, we have this little monster. You are looking at the world’s nicest 1984...

Throwin’ Shade: The Dodge Social Media Team Seems To Have Swiped At Ford…But Why? What’s It Mean?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Dodge is known for being bold. With their social media department literally telling Ford to “pop the hood” on their new Raptor they are no strangers to throwing shade at...

Nitrous Chainsaw Video: This Thing Is Called The Hulk And It Cuts Logs Like Butter

There is a vast world of chainsaw enthusiasts out there. Not just enthusiasts but guys and girls who compete with chainsaws at logging/lumberjack contests on the local, regional, and national level....

Deeper Down The Rabbit Hole: Uncle Tony Tests A Weirdo Fuel Vaporizer System – Does It Raise Economy?

Now that Uncle Tony has begun really looking at some of the kooky and weird mega-milage stuff out there in the world, it’s time to put the rubber to the road. A viewer sent him a “fuel...

Can Finnegan And Newbern Save The Death Metal Charger, Again? Is The 2JZ Here To Stay?

The Death Metal Charger is like a cat, it has 9 lives. But will it every actually get to being something cool and fun that doesn’t require cutting and hacking every single time it gets ready to...

Finnegan, Newbern, And Cotten Play A Game: KEEP, SELL OR TRASH? This Ought To Be Interesting

To be fair, I haven’t watched this one yet and I’m a little bit apprehensive because I hope they aren’t going to get rid of something I like. I have no money right now to be buying...

Video: Uncle Tony In The Land Of Kooky Carbs – The Mega Mileage Rabbit Hole Is Weird

One of the things about Uncle Tony DeFeo that we truly like is the fact that he knows he ain’t for everyone. Not only does he know it, he understands it to a higher level than most. He...

Video: The FD RX-7 Was Basically The Perfect Sports Car And It Was Also A Big Failure – Why?

The 3rd generation or the FD RX-7 was basically the perfect sports car and it was also a big failure. So the question naturally comes. Why? The first and second generation cars were successful,...