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Weird No More: The Saab 900 Turbo Wasn’t An Oddball In The 1980s, It Was A Window Into The Future
Before General Motors got their hooks into Saab and drove it straight into an iceberg, the Swedish auto manufacturer was an unlikely and awesome success story in the industry. An airplane...
Vice Grip Garage Christmas Special Video: We Almost ROLLED A School Bus While Riding FURNITURE ON WHEELS!
So you take a perfectly good school bus, remove all the seats, decorate the inside for Christmas, and then put a bunch of furniture in it and throw a Christmas party on wheels. What could possibly go...
Hot Rod Power Tour West With Newbern And The Gang. Hot Rods, Drag Racing, New Cars, And More!
All your favorite Motor Trend celebs were on hand for the inaugural Hot Rod Power Tour West and here is video fun from Newbern. He hung out with Freiburger, Dulcich, Lucky Costa, Cotten, And Alex...
Project Farm Is Featuring The 10 Worst Items Ever Tested? Let’s Find Out What They Are And How Bad They Were!
Project Farm and the Torque Test Channel are two of our favorite tool testing YouTube channels and we feature their videos pretty regularly because they are thorough and entertaining. But we all know...
Retro Review: This Look Back At The 1984 Buick Century Estate Wagon Is Grandma Approved
The mini-van was a transformative vehicle in the 1980s and Chrysler was cleaning up, leaving all the other manufacturers to scramble for their own version. GM was among the scramblers and in 1984...
This Short Video Showing The Maintenance On A 5,000hp Locomotive Engine Is AWESOME
Now this is the kind of thing that BangShift readers LOVE. You are about to see a short video showing the maintenance on a 5,000hp locomotive engine and it’s not some long drawn out affair....
Weird Cars I Used To Want: The Saab Viggen Was A Weird and Quick Swedish Breath Of Fresh Air
When I was a little kid, my parents had some friends come over to the house and they drove up in a Saab. This was the 1980s mind you and it wasn’t like Saabs were growing on trees. The car was...
Two Minutes of Cringe: This 1980s Thank You Video From Pontiac Fiero Plant Is Hilariously Weird
We know their heart was in the right place. We know the intention of this video was to thank and encourage a specific Pontiac dealer to keep pressing Fiero sales. We understand that these people are...
Weird Project: Turning A Refrigerator Compressor Into A Running Gas Engine!
Yet another example of what makes human beings great. This guy saw the compressor from a fridge and decided that he could make a running, gasoline burning engine out of it. And he did! This is one of...
Video Bonanza: 1980s Monster Truck Arena Show Screamer Ads – These Are All GOLD!
This is awesome! I randomly ran across a single 1980s monster truck TV commercial on YouTube and then I went straight down the rabbit hole looking for more, and boy did I find them. This collect of...
Flyin’ Film: This 1960s Promotional Piece For The Piper Cherokee Is Awesome – Personal Aviation Was Booming!
As the US economy boomed in the 1960s, loads of new markets and opportunities opened up for people and companies. The personal aviation industry, like other places in the transportation segment of...
The Big Little: This Compilation Of Miniature V-Twin Engines Of Different Shape and Size Running Is Awesome
We have long loved miniature engines here at BangShift. These creations are the result of talented minds who can also translate their engineering ideas into tangible objects and most of these things...
Hip To Be Square: This 1977 Chevy Promotional Film For The K5 Blazer Has It All, Even The Blazer Chalet!
We kind of wish we had a backyard full of late 1970s K5 Blazers. Why? Because we’d be freaking billionaires. The money that these trucks are commanding now is just insane but hey, people are...
