Category Archive: MISC, Videos
Morning Symphony: The Musclecars Of Finland! Get An Earful Of Expats Here!
We might be closing in on the weekend, but we aren’t there just yet. You still have to drag your hide out of bed and get cleaned up for another day of fun and excitement…or whatever...
BangShift Question of the Day: What Was Your First High Performance Automotive Modification?
What was your first high performance automotive modification? The running theme when we ask most guys in the high performance industry tends to involve doing something that had no actual performance...
Dirt Drag Trucks In Michigan! Who Says Off-Roading Has To Be Slow?
You want to know the best thing about drag racing on dirt? You’ve lessened the likelihood of parts breakage! Maybe not in the engine bay, but think about it: outside of catastrophic engine...
Your Reminder That It’s Too Easy To Get A License: Chevrolet’s “Call Me Out” App Reminds Drivers To Leave Their Phone Alone
It’s not that I really needed another reason to worry about the state of humans. I have a list that is probably as long as the track at Beech Bend, and it keeps growing every day. And I...
Airborne, Most Of The Way: Rally Jumps Throughout The Years
If you get the inclination, watch some rally footage from the 1960s or earlier. You won’t recognize what you are seeing as actual rally racing…instead, it’ll look like the best tour...
There’s Hope For Any Car When A Ford Taurus Needs A Parachute At A Drag Strip
Years ago, Brian Lohnes gave me a title in the Forums: “the Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes”. You can’t blame him…ask anyone here if you don’t know about my thing...
Classic YouTube: The SR.N4 “Mountbatten” Hovercraft – Air Ride For The Channel!
Ferry service was never as wild as it was between Britain and France in the second half of the 20th century. Given that the Channel Tunnel wasn’t completed until 1994, there were two real...
No Membership Required: ECTA Is Running An Additional Race This Year – Standing Mile Fun November 10-11 At The Mile in Arkansas
The ECTA is having so much fun racing at their venue in Arkansas that they have added a race to the 2018 schedule and it is easier than ever to participate. No membership is required for this last...
Rough Start: This Great Dale House Car Is What Happens When You Cross A Buick And An RV
Well, what do we have here? At first glance it appears that a rather large in-bed camper or maybe a fifth-wheel trailer of some kind was bashed together with the front third of a 1966 Buick Wildcat....
Gearhead Myth Busting: Gale Banks Tackles The Benefits or Downsides Of Performance Differential Covers – Fascinating
Gale Banks is one of the most brilliant minds that hot rodding has ever known. He’s succeeded virtually every single area imaginable. While we know him for this diesel work over the last 20...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Sharp Words From BMW To Critics!
Snow. There is snow falling in the continental United States right now. The leaves haven’t even fallen off of the trees yet. Well, it’s official: get your outdoor activities done now and...
The Rotary Returns: Mazda Is Bringing Back Wankel Engines…As Range Extenders.
They aren’t the only company to make use of the Wankel design, but Mazda is by far the most successful at making chip-shaped rotors turn out power. Slammed into everything from small pickup...
Money No Object: A Nine-Second 1979 Chevrolet Impala That Is Ready To Party
Is it love? Lust? A desire to see if the claims of a nine-second 1979 Chevrolet Impala are true? Um…yes. Everything about this silver and black B-body screams directly at the teenage delinquent...
