Category Archive: Apex Video, FORD, HISTORIC, Videos
Check Out This Old Footage Of A 427-Powered Galaxie Hanging It Out At Ascot Park
Today is 4/27, a number which resonates with the Ford and Chevy camps nicely. Ford’s 427 engines, a member of the FE family, is a bit of a misnomer…the displacement is actually...
Classic Footage: Testing The 1969 Dodge Charger 500 Hemi
With the Aero Wars kicking off, Dodge was quick to get their Charger up to chasing after Ford’s Torino Talladega and Mercury’s Cyclone Spoiler on the NASCAR banks. First up was the...
Project Angry Grandpa: We Put Grandpa On The Lie Detector (For A Baseline Run)
When the opportunity to take cheap dyno runs presents itself, you take it, and that’s exactly what landed in our lap as we were in Somerset, Kentucky covering the first of this year’s...
What Happens When You Cross An Audi RS4 With A Ford Probe? These Guys Are Finding Out
The Ford Probe existed because Ford put a ton of money towards adapting a front-wheel-drive Mazda platform and didn’t want to completely throw away the investment after they learned that the...
Roush’s Phase 1 Mustang Lays Down 750RWHP And A Soundtrack To Be Proud Of
Roush has been busy working on the Stage 3 Mustang for 2015 and if this video is any indication, it’s going to be something wicked. Atop the 5.0L engine is a 2.3L TVS supercharger that is the...
Is There Anything Better Than Blasting Through Desert Scenery In A 1968 Mustang? /drive Goes To The UAE To Find Out
While driving through Kuwait City in 2004, I got to witness a street race taking place on the highway between, of all of the vehicles available, a late ’80s IROC Camaro, a similar vintage 5.0...
The Last Stage III Nickey Camaro Is Going To Auction! L-88 Power And A Top-Notch Restoration Could Bring In Big Money
The 1974 Nickey Camaro is headed to Mecum Indy. The bright yellow 1974 Type LT Camaro is considered the last Stage III Nickey, and it packs every ounce of muscle that it’s earlier brethren...
The Chevrolet FNR Is The Driverless Pod Of The Future, So GM Claims
Remember concept cars from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, the ones that were less production teasers and more way-out-in-left-field crazy? Cars like the Aston Martin Bulldog, Buick Wildcat, and...
There’s Some S-10, Some Chevy II, And More Questions Than Answers With This Craigslist “Rat Rod”
Chalk this find up in the “What in the hell am I looking at?” category for BangShift’s online perusing. We’re not quite certain where people get the idea to rebody an entire...
Watch This Alcohol-Fueled 604ci Mopar B1 Smack This Dyno Around To The Tune of 1,885HP!
I swear, I had the full intention to find a Mopar engine that had puked it’s guts out when I was searching through YouTube. However, not thinking, I typed in the words “blown Mopar...
This Magnum Is The Result Of Many Friends And The Call For More Speed – Meet The Badwagon
I watched the scene unfold every pass during ChallengerFest 6’s race day: the black 2005 Dodge Magnum would do its burnout, stage, make its run and then pull off into the pits. There, vehicle...
Ride Onboard Ian Woodward’s 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am Racer As He Breaks Lakeside’s Lap Record
The Aussies and Kiwis are just as fanatical about V8 power as we are in the States, and groups such as the Australian Trans-Am and the New Zealand Historic Muscle Car keep the engines going and the...
Mr. Regular Takes Buick’s Grand National For A Spin – What Does He Make Of Lord Vader’s Car?
Of all of the cars that have worn the Tri-Shield emblem, only three really need no introduction. In order, they are the 1970 GSX, the 1984-87 Grand National, and the 1987 only GNX. All three showcase...
Rough Start: A Rollcage-Equipped 1995 Chevrolet Caprice 9C1 EVOC Trainer
What better way to celebrate 4/20 here at BangShift than with a Rough Start cop car? We love a good squad car deal around here, and out of all of the cop cars that have been made, it’s really...