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Finnegan’s Garage Has Fun On Sick Week In Florida! Day One Video Is Right Here

We shared all of 1320Video’s coverage from Sick Week and now we’re going to share the stuff that Newbern and Finnegan got during the trip while Finnegan filmed an episode of Road Kill...

Paint Tech: How To Build A Removable Paint Booth In Your Garage At Home!

Years ago the guys at Car Craft built a temporary spray booth in their garage at home so they could paint a car and I always loved the idea. If you have a big enough shop then there are several...

Watching Legendary Race Driver Jim Clark Run A 1964 Ford Cortina Down A Bobsled Course Is Awesome

Publicity stunts have been a hallmark of selling cars since Henry Ford took on Alexander Winton in 1901. They have ranged from the hilarious to the completely absurd. We’d say that this Ford...

Watch This Huge Deuce And A Half Truck Drive Through What Looks Like A 6ft Deep Swamp…With A Twist

As if our love for the venerable deuce and a half army truck were not already widely known, here’s another video to highlight our love for these slogging green rigs. What you are about to see...

Take A Tour Of This 86 Year Old McCormick-Deering Grader That Still Plows Snow In Oregon

Well here’s the slowest thing that’ll be featured BangShift this week! The video below shows an ancient McCormick-Deering grader that has been restored to working condition by its owner...

Holley Clearance Parts On Sale: Killer Deals On Lots Of Holley Brands! Some Stuff Is More Than $500 OFF!

Holley has all kinds of parts on sale at Clearance Prices! Check these out! Everything from $5 LSFest T-Shirts to Polished Stainless Headers for just $88, and there are more than 100 items on...

I Want This 1992 Suburban So Bad! But In Non-Running Condition, Is It Worth This?

I’m a Suburban fan and this OBS 1992 model is really speaking to me. It’s super clean, had a blown big block in it, and is totally my style. But it threw a rod, was taken apart, and is...

Sick Week Day 5: This Is NOT How You Want To End Your Run!

Racing at SGMP on Day 4 took it’s toll on some of the racers of Sick Week 2022, and it showed once we arrive at Bradenton. With the longest drive of the event being from SGMP to Bradenton there...

Shop Tech: Restoring A Vintage Vise AND Making A Killer Swiveling Wall Bracket For It.

I like old vises and anvils and such. Hell, any old tools are cool really. So when I saw that Matt from Urchfab was restoring a cool old vise for his shop I was immediately interested…and then...

FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: When Will The Cutting Stop! More Hacking And Welding

Just when you think this thing has got to be almost done, they start hacking more sheet metal off of it! If you know old Toyota Land Cruisers then you know that an FJ40 is an iconic off-roader. Like...

Watch Al Segrini Win Funny Car At The 1985 NHRA Winternationals In Flaming Fashion

Massachusetts-based funny car racing legend Al Segrini knew how to win with flare. In 1984 he won the NHRA Winternationals in explosive flaming fashion and then he came back and did the same damned...

Engine Porn: Watch The 454ci LS7 Make Over 950 Horsepower Naturally Aspirated On The Dyno!

There’s something about a killer naturally aspirated engine that just gets us excited. Take this video for example. Would we be all that worked up to see a 600hp naturally aspirated LS7?...

Few Things Are More BangShifty Than A Screaming, Motorcycle Engine Powered, Mini-Pulling Tractor

John Piper is the news inductee into the wholly imaginary BangShift hall of fame and the reason is that he has one of the coolest mini-pulling tractor setups we have ever seen. This little monster...

Cool History Video: This WWII Film Talks About Why Ball Bearings Were A Priority Target Of The Allies

WWII is such a fascination for so many people because there are facets of it that you’d never really consider unless you are REALLY into the history of the conflict. The mechanical side of WWII...