Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Fun 1960s Video: Check Out Franklin Dobson Testing Out His DIY Hovercraft On Land and Sea
Feb 03, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Fun 1960s Video: Check Out Franklin Dobson Testing Out His DIY Hovercraft On Land and Sea
We’re fortunate have grow up in the tail end of the “awesome stuff in the back of the magazines” era. You know what we’re talking about. Buying plans for your own personal...
Video: Here’s How A Morris Car Engine Was Built From Scratch In 1930s England!
Jan 30, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Here’s How A Morris Car Engine Was Built From Scratch In 1930s England!
There are certain things that will fascinate us until can’t be fascinated with things any more and the mass production of piston engines is one of those things. The historic mass production of...
Funny Old Video: The Pinto vs The Vega Wagon On Car And Track Back In The Day
Jan 30, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Funny Old Video: The Pinto vs The Vega Wagon On Car And Track Back In The Day
Well, this is something to see. What you are about to watch is a Pinto vs Vega wagon on Car and Track in vintage tv style. This comparison test is either the funniest thing you have ever seen or the...
Nonstop Rally Carnage Video: Watch This Footage From Poland With A Seatbelt On
Jan 30, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Nonstop Rally Carnage Video: Watch This Footage From Poland With A Seatbelt On
A bad day at the office for some race car drivers can look like scrubbing a wall or maybe suffering through a poor pitstop but a bad day for a rally driver and co-driver looks like your car in the...
Rumble Guts: Watch The Fancifully Massive PT Boat Engine Powered Packard Bentley Fire Up!
Jan 29, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Rumble Guts: Watch The Fancifully Massive PT Boat Engine Powered Packard Bentley Fire Up!
This is pretty awesome, if not totally off the wall. You are about to see the incredibly and fancifully massive PT Boat engine powered Packard Bentley fire up. This is one of those cars that a guy...
Awesome Video: The History of Super Modifieds Is Incredible And Flat Out Awesome
Jan 24, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Video: The History of Super Modifieds Is Incredible And Flat Out Awesome
We love Super Modifieds around here and we have posted saying that for years. You can catch them racing on the regular in the Northeastern quadrant of the country during normal racing years and they...
1320Video Is In Japan For Tokyo Auto Salon And The Japanese Police SHUT DOWN Their Car Meet at Daikoku PA!
Jan 23, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 1320Video Is In Japan For Tokyo Auto Salon And The Japanese Police SHUT DOWN Their Car Meet at Daikoku PA!
Kyle and Matt and the crew are in Japan for the Tokyo Auto Salon and have been running around hitting up as many fun car things as possible. One of them is Daikoku PA, one of the must attend car-meet...
In 1960 A Group Of Corvairs Drove From Chicago To Panama – This Film Shows The Insane Trip
Jan 23, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on In 1960 A Group Of Corvairs Drove From Chicago To Panama – This Film Shows The Insane Trip
This is completely and utterly mental. A few years ago we showed you the 1962 film of the Corviars crossing the so called “Darien Gap” which was a 99 mile jungle trail that served as a...
1980s Perfection: The Olds Aerotech Was An Incredible Engineering Exercise That Delivered The Goods!
Jan 23, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on 1980s Perfection: The Olds Aerotech Was An Incredible Engineering Exercise That Delivered The Goods!
It took a massive track in Texas and the legendary right foot of AJ Foyt but the Oldsmobile Aerotech set the world’s closed course speed record at an insane 257.123mph back in August of 1987....
Chamber Music: Watch And Listen To This 4.7L Maserati Indy V8 Make A Dyno Pull -Sounds Awesome!
Jan 23, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Chamber Music: Watch And Listen To This 4.7L Maserati Indy V8 Make A Dyno Pull -Sounds Awesome!
No, it does not make 1,000hp. No, it does not rev to 10,000 RPM. This engine, which you are now ultimately confused about is not an engine that was raced at the Indy 500 rather it is a production...
Awesome History: The Twisted History Of The Porsche 924 Is A Story For The Ages
Jan 22, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome History: The Twisted History Of The Porsche 924 Is A Story For The Ages
What we love about automotive history is that it has so many weird twists and turns, the fun stories are effectively endless. For instance, we had no idea that the Porsche 924 was actually born as a...
Pricelessly Cool: Watch The Incredible Process Of Printing An Inconel Header From Scratch – Amazing
Jan 22, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Pricelessly Cool: Watch The Incredible Process Of Printing An Inconel Header From Scratch – Amazing
Yes, we know. This process was really long. This process was incredibly expensive, complicated, and maybe unnecessarily complex but my goodness is it awesome. This is how Steph Papadakis Racing went...
7700-RPM JUNKYARD 5.3L LS INTAKE TEST. HI RAM VS LOW RAM-WHICH HOLLEY LS INTAKE MAKES THE MOST HP?
Jan 19, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 7700-RPM JUNKYARD 5.3L LS INTAKE TEST. HI RAM VS LOW RAM-WHICH HOLLEY LS INTAKE MAKES THE MOST HP?
So, you’ve got yourself a full race junkyard 5.3 and you make it into a 7,700 rpm screamer. What intake do you choose for it? I mean clearly the stock truck intake isn’t the right choice,...
LEFT-FOR-DEAD Grandpa Special OBS CHEVY BEGINS PROTOURING MAKEOVER: Suspension, Wheels, Tires, And More.
Jan 19, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on LEFT-FOR-DEAD Grandpa Special OBS CHEVY BEGINS PROTOURING MAKEOVER: Suspension, Wheels, Tires, And More.
How many times have you seen a bitchin old Grandpa style pickup driving down the street and thought, man if that thing wasn’t brown and was slammed it would be awesome? Yeah, jillions of times....






