Monday Drag Racing Movie: Watch This Awesome Coverage Of The 1972 NHRA World Finals
Dec 28, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
This is possibly the best way to start your post-Christmas Monday. You may be fortunate enough to have the week between Christmas and New Year’s off, but if you don’t we’re going to...
The “WTF?!” Files: 100 MPH With Cops On Your Tail And Your Pit Bull Driving The Car!
Dec 28, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Lakewood, Washington is an, *ahem* interesting place to live. Situated just a hair north of Joint-Base Lewis-McChord, Lakewood has the aura of a “military town”…slightly dangerous,...
Best of 2020: The Restoration Of A Mitsubishi Four-Cylinder
Dec 28, 2020Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
Did you build model kits growing up as a kid? Did you ever get that see-through “Visible V8” kit? I begged, I pleaded, and I never saw it. Instead, I held flashlights and fetched...
Best of 2020: 10-Second Drag Karts From The U.K.!
Dec 28, 2020Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The first go-kart I ever drove might have made five horsepower from a well-worn Briggs and Stratton engine and was more than enough for a chunky little five-year-old from the eyes of an adult, but as...
Best of 2020: 1974’s “Vrooom!”, A Look Back To The Track In 1974!
Dec 28, 2020Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, Videos
Being a student of history, you have to rely on tangible evidence from the past in order to bring it to life. Books, manuscripts, stories from reputable individuals who were actually on the scene...
Stocking Stuffer: The Absolutely Epic Jason Plato/Matt Neal Interview Inside Of Renault Williams
Dec 27, 2020Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, Videos
For a kid with a strong racing fascination in the mid-to-late 1990s, you essentially had two outlets if you wanted to see good action on television: TNN and Speedvision. (I’m sure ESPN showed...
Best of 2020: Digging Out An Old Ford Cement Mixer From The Grasp Of The Canadian Cold
Dec 27, 2020Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
Mark my words, if I am anywhere in the world that has a frost layer that can be measured in inches, I am not a happy human being. I’ll roast my ass off in the desert before I freeze my bits in...
3D Printing Fender Flares? Yep! The Guys Did Just That To Get Them Just Right For Project Binky
Dec 27, 2020Chad ReynoldsApex Project Cars, Apex Spotlight, Apex Tech Stories, Apex Video
Project Binky has been one of my all time favorite YouTube builds in the past few years and I’m missing it terribly while it is in the body shop getting painted and ready for reassembly....
Homemade Tools: This Pipe Anvil Will Come In Handy For Lots Of Sheetmetal Projects And Is CHEAP! Make Your Own Trans Tunnels, Driveshaft Tunnels, Rockers, And More!
Dec 27, 2020Chad ReynoldsTECH, Tech Stories
I love DIY tools. I have a bunch of tools in my toolbox that have been modified or scratch built in order to fulfill a need, or to do a special task. Most of them are small, but when I see a home...
Best of 2020: The 1979 Frank Winchell Speech To The Corvair Society of America
Dec 27, 2020Bryan McTaggartCHEVY
On the surface, the story is well-known: An attorney by the name of Ralph Nader takes aim at General Motors and in particular, the 1960-64 Chevrolet Corvair, in the name of consumer protectionism....
This 1978 GMC G-30 Shorty Van Is A Pathfinder Modified 4×4 Beast We Would LOVE To Drive!
Dec 27, 2020Chad ReynoldsXL Online Find
4×4 vans are cool, I don’t care who you are. But they aren’t very common in comparison to your average white plumbers 2-wheel drive van seen all across the country. But even when the...
Best of 2020: 2003 Dodge Caravan Dump Truck. Yeah, That’s No Typo.
Dec 27, 2020Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
My official stance on trucks: If you need something sincerely heavy-duty, the kind of rig to tow cars home with, to tote a 5th-wheel or gooseneck camper with, the kind of machine you’ll haul a...
Best of 2020: 2017 IRPA Nationals – A Five-Way Sudden Death Match!
Dec 27, 2020Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
Every race is competitive…everybody wants to win. But there are different forms of winning. Take NASCAR, for example. Some want to catch every checkered flag, whether it’s black and white...
Best of 2020: Speedbird: The Story Of The EPA’s Plymouth Superbird Test Car!
Dec 27, 2020Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
Of all of the things I’ve ever heard of about a car “back in the day”, this one is by far the most amusing one. At the beginning of the 1970s, the Environmental Protection Agency...
