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Americana Video: Watching Coke Delivery Men Work In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin During The 1940s – Just Wow
Apr 11, 2024Brian LohnesBangShift XL, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos, XL VideosComments Off on Americana Video: Watching Coke Delivery Men Work In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin During The 1940s – Just Wow
Want to talk about a window into a world that no longer exists?! This is some really spectacular footage that seems to have been made by a local Coca-Cola bottler/distributor a long, long time ago....Having A Bad Day? This Compilation Of 1980s Drag Racing Wreckage And Calamity Will Set You Right
Apr 11, 2024Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, HISTORIC, VideosComments Off on Having A Bad Day? This Compilation Of 1980s Drag Racing Wreckage And Calamity Will Set You Right
Now here’s the cure for the common bad day. Every moment of this video below is filled with someone who was having a worse day than you about 30 years ago. From Mike Dunn wrecking the Hawaiian...Anvil Repair Tech – Seriously, This Is A Cool Story About Repairing An Anvil!
Apr 11, 2024Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Tech StoriesComments Off on Anvil Repair Tech – Seriously, This Is A Cool Story About Repairing An Anvil!
(By Greg Rourke) – In the rental business we have customers that we’re sure could f up an anvil. It turns out that can actually happen. Here we have the New England Blacksmiths anvil...Jack Attack: Restoring A 70-year Old Blackhawk Bottle Jack Is A Satisfying Thing To Watch
Apr 11, 2024Brian LohnesBangShift XL, MISC, TECH, Videos, XL VideosComments Off on Jack Attack: Restoring A 70-year Old Blackhawk Bottle Jack Is A Satisfying Thing To Watch
There’s something awesome about saving old tools and equipment and that’s why I love this video that shows the step by step restoration of a 70-year old Blackhawk bottle jack. This is a...Liggett Starts His First LS Engine Build! Did He Buy A Good Used Engine Or A Bad One? The Teardown Never Lies!
Apr 10, 2024Chad Reynolds1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, BangShift 1320, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech StoriesComments Off on Liggett Starts His First LS Engine Build! Did He Buy A Good Used Engine Or A Bad One? The Teardown Never Lies!
Scott Liggett, aka Rebeldryver, has been hot rodding small block and big block Chevrolets for a long time, and while he’s worked on some LS stuff while he was at Blueprint Engines and on other...Metal Shaping Tech: Lead Filling Techniques Every Classic Car Restorer Should Know With Wray Schelin
Apr 10, 2024Chad ReynoldsMetal Fabrication, TECH, Tech Stories, VideosComments Off on Metal Shaping Tech: Lead Filling Techniques Every Classic Car Restorer Should Know With Wray Schelin
The first body filler, used by both the OEs and hot rodders alike, was lead. Why do you think they call early customs Lead Sleds? They were full of it as their body mods were all done with the help...Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting Custom Front Shock Mounts.
Apr 10, 2024Chad ReynoldsBangShift XL, Metal Fabrication, SUSPENSION, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Project Trucks, XL Spotlight, XL Suspension Tech, XL Tech Stories, XL VideosComments Off on Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting Custom Front Shock Mounts.
In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the front...Featured Products: G-Body Mafia Rejoice! Upgrade your G-Body with Classic Instrument’s G-Body Gauge Cluster
Apr 10, 2024Chad Reynolds1320 New Drag Race Products, 1320 Sponsor News, Apex New Products, Apex Spotlight, New Products, Sponsor NewsComments Off on Featured Products: G-Body Mafia Rejoice! Upgrade your G-Body with Classic Instrument’s G-Body Gauge Cluster
If you are building a cool G-Body, which we FULLY support, then you need to check out these new gauges from the folks at Classic Instruments. They are as modern as they come, but look right at home...Casey Currie Takes Us For Another Ride During Easter Jeep Safari, With An Epic View, And A Fairly Sketchy Trail Made For Mountain Bikes
Apr 10, 2024Chad ReynoldsBangShift XL, SHOWS & EVENTS, Videos, XL Spotlight, XL VideosComments Off on Casey Currie Takes Us For Another Ride During Easter Jeep Safari, With An Epic View, And A Fairly Sketchy Trail Made For Mountain Bikes
If you are into Jeeps, then the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab Utah is like Mecca and if you haven’t been you’ll be blown away by how many folks head into town for the event. It’s like a whole new...Screaming Mimis: Check Out The All Rotary Powered Video From Malta’s Hal-Far Raceway
Apr 10, 2024Brian LohnesBangShift NewsComments Off on Screaming Mimis: Check Out The All Rotary Powered Video From Malta’s Hal-Far Raceway
You know, we all have goals. I have been to over 150 drag strips both living and dead around the USA and Canada but there are hundreds more I ma dying to see and one of them is Hal-Far Raceway on the...Here’s Some Early California Drag Racing Zen For You To Enjoy – Dragsters, Coupes, and More!
Apr 10, 2024Brian LohnesBangShift NewsComments Off on Here’s Some Early California Drag Racing Zen For You To Enjoy – Dragsters, Coupes, and More!
There are few cooler things than seeing early drag racing footage from the first full decade of the sport’s existence, the 1950s. This footage from California and it was taken at multiple...Pucker Up! Watch This Massive and Loaded Mining Haul Truck Spin Out On A Slippery Road
Apr 10, 2024Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL VideosComments Off on Pucker Up! Watch This Massive and Loaded Mining Haul Truck Spin Out On A Slippery Road
There’s something totally wild about the idea that a vehicle as large as this mining haul truck could be so lacking in traction that it could spin an unintentional donut right in the middle of...Happy 4/10! No We’re Not Talking Sprint Car Engines, Rather A Pair Of Forgotten Oldies From The MEL and FE Families
Apr 10, 2024Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320Comments Off on Happy 4/10! No We’re Not Talking Sprint Car Engines, Rather A Pair Of Forgotten Oldies From The MEL and FE Families
We’re here with a pair of blue oval products that were both short-lived and while of the same displacement they were not related at all. Interestingly Ford produced a 410ci of the MEL engine...Making 500HP with an $800 Dollar Junkyard Truck Engine And Then Throwing It, And A Tremec 5-Speed, In The 1964 Nova To Thrash!
Apr 09, 2024Chad Reynolds1320 Drivetrain Tech, 1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Project Cars, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Driveline Tech, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Project Cars, Apex Spotlight, Apex Tech Stories, CHEVY, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, ENGINES, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, VideosComments Off on Making 500HP with an $800 Dollar Junkyard Truck Engine And Then Throwing It, And A Tremec 5-Speed, In The 1964 Nova To Thrash!
Making 500 horsepower with a junkyard LS takes very little work, and gives huge return on investment when it comes to smiles. When you add an American Powertrain TKX 5-speed swap to the mix,...




