Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Awesome Video: This 1967 Piece By Coca Cola Called “Pit Stop” Highlights Every Major Form Of Racing
Back in the late 1960s the United States was absolutely gaga for motorsports of all kinds. Stock car racing, drag racing, sports car racing, open wheel racing, and motorcycle competition were all...
Retro Review: The 1990 VW Corrado G60 Was An Oddly Supercharged Zinger That Led The Company’s Resurgence
We hate when we forget about cars, but thankfully there’s the internet to remind us of their existence. While we remembered the VW Corrado (mainly because we knew a guy in college who owned...
Turbo The World: This Yamaha TZR125 Is Straight Up Hateful With A Turbocharger!
Turbocharged two stroke engines, especially of the gasoline burning variety are not things that we see with regularity. Of course forced induction works on a two stroke, just ask Detroit Diesel, but...
Happy 3/20! Let’s Take A Look At The 320ci Buick Straight Eight – Fireball Power!
From 1931 through 1953 the Buick straight eight really made its mark in the American automotive landscape. They were made in varying displacements and even varying block sizes but the one most people...
Jay Leno’s Garage Car Feature: This 1968 Mustang GT 2+2 Fastback Cobra Jet Makes Over 700 Horsepower
Jay is always featuring cool cars, but for those of you who are into Ford’s Pony Cars, here you go. I’m a Chevrolet guy to the core, but I’ve always said that my favorite Mustangs...
Legends of Puke Hollow: This 1963 USAC Race Film From The Infamous Langhorne Speedway Is Amazing
Of all the interesting and infamous abandoned race tracks I have ever visited, the wooded remains of Pennsylvania’a Langhorne Speedway is a top three location. Now behind a department store in...
It’s Blown Baby: This Vintage Road Test Of A Supercharged 327 Powered Avanti II Shows Just How Neat These Cars Were
The Avanti is one of the most interesting automotive stories of the muscle car era. Studebaker introduced the car and sold it for a few years before sliding beneath the financial waves. The stunning...
Happy 3/18 – Let’s Celebrate The Chrysler 318, The 318 Poly, and One Other 318ci Mill You May Not Think About
Ah yes, 3/18 the day we look back at the venerable 318ci Chrysler small block, the 318ci Chrysler Polyspheric, and a diesel engine that is not necessarily known for its displacement but more for the...
Hot Rod Hoarder Video: This MYSTERY V8 Austin Healey Hot Rod Has Sat ABANDONED Since the ’60s!
Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is always finding killer hot rods and race cars in barns, fields, shops and wrecking yards and here is another one. This Austin Healey is really something...
The Right Line: This 1960s British Motorcycling Film Is Spectacular! Trials, Grand Prix, Moto-Cross, Isle of Man
Motorcycle racing is not exactly a burning passion of mine in the modern world, but I am fascinated by its history. This is especially true of the scene and the sport in Europe where it was and still...
Old School Video: This 1960 Plymouth Sales Film For The Valiant May As Well Come From Mars
Selling cars is not an easy job. It’s something that we could never do. Not because we’d hate to see them leave the lot, but because it’s one of those professions where you are only...
Historic Promo Video: Chevrolet’s Promo Movie Selling Ram-Jet Fuel Injection for 1957
What a world it must have been for a gearhead in the late 1950s. So much was happening with aviation technology, and car companies were innovating, inventing, and experimenting with stuff that would...
Small Progress: The 1987 Chevy Corsica Was A Step Forward For GM But Not A Game Changer
Back in the late 1980s GM finally got the message that they were on a bad road to nowhere. They embarked on a mission to reorganize the company and redefine the brands and nameplates that made up the...
