Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX
This 1951 Muntz Jet Could Be Yours! Is The Muntz Jet The Ugliest Of The Strange 1950s Sports Cars?
May 18, 2014Brian Lohnes1
The 1950s can be pointed to as the golden age of sports car ownership in America. Returning veterans who had spent time all over the world during WWII, driving small, great handling cars decided that...
Redline Motorsports Put Their 2014 Camaro Z/28 On The Chassis Dyno – Hear It And See The Numbers In This Video
May 15, 2014Brian Lohnes3
Back in January we had occasion to spend a few hours at Redline Motorsports and specifically with the shop’s owner Howard Tanner. At the time, Tanner was working on tuning a supercharged C7...
Watch The 2014 Ridler Award Winning Rivision Built By JF Kustoms Pick The Kids Up From School, Blow Donuts, And Come To Life
May 15, 2014Brian Lohnes6
Rivision, the incredible 1964 Buick Riviera by JF Kustoms won the Ridler Award at the Detroit Autorama in 2014. The car is wild and polarizing in its style but it is unifying in the fact that any car...
This 1978 Dodge Magnum Daytona Is Not A Special Factory Package Car
May 15, 2014Brian Lohnes11
Hey, this normally isn’t me. I’m typically not the guy who is going to go all “factory” on you with nut and bolt restorations and period correct air in the tires, etc, but in...
Watching And Hearing A Real 1964 Ferrari 250 GTO Hammered On Amazing Roads Will Make Your Day – New Petrolicious Video Rules
May 14, 2014Brian Lohnes8
We often show you the latest and greatest videos posted on the Petrolicious YouTube channel because frankly they are typically awesome. From muscle cars to vintage stuff, and to today’s feature...
Stop Complaining About The Name Of The 2015 Mustang EcoBoost….Seriously, Stop
May 14, 2014Brian Lohnes24
Among the more insufferable things that the internet likes to do is to become indignant about dumb issues and then champion them as some sort of lame ass cause. Take for example the recent discovery...
The BangShift C7 Corvette Dissection: Into The Mortally Wounded LT Engine
May 13, 2014Brian Lohnes9
(Words and photos by Dave Matyjasik) – (Editor’s note – Yesterday we started what will be a multi-part series on the dissection and reassembly of a C7 Corvette...
AJ Watson Dies At Age 90 – “The Wizard Of Indy” – One Of The Most Prolific Car Builders In Indy 500 History
May 12, 2014Brian Lohnes6
A.J. Watson, the legendary race car fabricator whose machines dominated at the Indy 500 through the 1950s and 1960s has died at age 90. Watson constructed roadsters won six Indy 500 titles starting...
Bing Crosby Built A Race Track In Del Mar, California And One Of America’s Greatest Racers Was Killed On It In 1949
May 12, 2014Brian Lohnes5
In 1949 there was literally no more dangerous profession in the United States of America than “professional race car driver”. More than 1/3 of men who strapped into race cars as pros...
Camaro 5 Fest Photos And A Little Editorial On Modern Muscle. Does It Exist?
May 12, 2014Chad Reynolds1
(Text and Photos by Rodney Prouty) We all say it, we all quote it, but is modern muscle, really muscle? Having a chance to travel to big-ole Texas and the Royal Purple Raceway, who played host to...
This Criagslist Camaro Is Truly One For The Books – At Least It Has A Big Block In It?
May 12, 2014Brian Lohnes12
There’s a place to begin with this 1977 Craigslist Camaro, I’m just not sure where it is. The thing has a very Mad Max vibe happening with the holes chopped in the hood and the lack of...
First Indianapolis Grand Prix Begins With Massive Wreckage – Starting Line Destruction (Video)
May 12, 2014Brian Lohnes9
The IndyCar series was hoping to start a new tradition and build on their already strong legacy of racing in Indiana during the month of May but they did not bargain for the literal start that the...
Hilarious Video: Watch An Estonian Rally Fan Catch A Rock In The Yam Bag And Go Down For The Count
May 10, 2014Brian Lohnes11
(Editor’s note: This is a re-run but here at BS eastern world HQ, we needed a laugh on a rainy and depressing Saturday. Sure it is at the expense of a guy getting hit in the junk but sometimes...
This Fun Recreation Of The Car Chase From Bullitt Pits The Mustang And The Charger Against Each Other On The Historic Silverstone Track In England
May 10, 2014Brian Lohnes5
We have to give the folks at England’s Silverstone race course for coming up with a unique way to promote their upcoming Silverstone Classic event which will celebrate the 50th birthday of the...






