Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
Watch The First Car To Ever Top 150-Mph Fire Up For The First Time In Decades
Sir Malcolm Campbell was one of the great heroes of the formative days of land speed record attempts. His machines were incredibly crude by the standards of today’s streamliners and ultra crazy...
Awesome Muscle Car Video: Factory Promotional Video for the 1970 AMC Rebel Machine
After showing your the wild LS powered AMC Eagle in our Craigslist find, we had to get you some pure AMC redemption with this video. For us, the coolest AMC video we have ever seen arrives in the...
This Clean Pro Street 1965 Chevelle Couldn’t Be Built For Twice The $16,000 Asking Price.
We love 1965 Chevelles. They are the best of the two years of “small” Chevelle, and since we grew up with a 1965 El Camino in the driveway they have just always been special. But,...
CL Find Redemption: A Super Rare 1967 International Military Ambulance
Because of the earlier Firebird Craigslist disaster we felt like we had to redeem ourselves on this fine Saturday, lest you think we can only find worthless junk. Take this cool 1967 International...
Video: Where They Raced New Teaser PLUS – Where YOU Can Watch This Bitchin’ Documentary On February 9th!
We’ve showed you several clips from the Where They Raced documentary over the last year or two. This is the latest teaser released by Harry Pallenberg and the crew who has been working on the...
Craigslist Find: This Was A 1983 Pontiac Firebird – We’re Not Sure What It Is Now
Ever felt bad for a 1983 Pontiac Firebird? You’re about to. The “car” you see in the lead photo and all of the photos below rolled out of a factory in 1982/1983 as a shiny new third...
Four BangShift Approved Methods For Moving Snow – From Trains To Pulse Jets They’re Here!
Here in Chicago we don’t let a little snow shut down the whole joint but with the current situation in Buffalo that’s an whole different kettle of fish. During normal circumstances of...
New Go-Pro Video Of Felix Baumgartner’s Space Jump Is Beyond Words – Incredible Footage
Back in October of 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from the edge of space, some 19-miles above the Earth to set the world records for the highest free fall of all time, highest speed achieved by a...
Project Violent Valiant Update: Fuel System Components From II Much Fabrication And Aeromotive Enter The Picture
Project Violent Valiant is coming right along. Kevin Tully has really been burning the candle at both ends at his shop, Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle in Illinois. We’ve seen the car start as a...
Video Of A Kid Thrashing A Little Diesel Citroen Around The ‘Ring Will Make You Want To Race RIGHT NOW
Driving slow cars fast is a topic we have broached here on BangShift a bunch. My own experience in that arena taught me a ton and serves as the basis for my love of this video you’ll see below....
Historic Video: 1960’s Army Testing Of Curtiss-Wright Air Car Is A Glimpse Of A Future That Never Was
I don’t know about you, but it is now the year 2014 and I’m feeling a bit mislead as there’s not a single personal jet pack or flying car available for me to purchase from a major company....
Comp Cams Is Hiring A Computer Guy/Girl! Are You One? Need A New Job? Check It Out Here –
We’d be 100% lying if we said we knew what a Senior UNIX Systems Administrator/MySQL Database Administrator did, but COMP Cams needs one and you could be that guy or girl! Chad and I have a...
Video: This Insane 12-Rotor Rotary Engine Has Us Wanting One Bad – 5,000 Potential Horsepower
Yes, we said 9,000 horsepower potential. We’re not pulling that number out of our keisters either. It is listed on the R12 website as the highest potential output from this 960ci 12-rotor piece...
Turbo Buick V6 Powered Geo Metro Goes 9s @ 140+ — You Thought The Fiat 126 Was Bad Ass? This Thing Is Insane (video)
(By Greg Rourke) – Show of hands everyone! Who doesn’t like a big motor in a small car? Hmm…zero, just as I thought. After Brian’s story about the small block powered...