Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
It’s A Treasure Trove Of History! Check Out These Old Chicago Auto Show Clips!
Photos and footage from any of the big auto shows are excellent snapshots into the history of automobiles, something we have spent tons of time perusing through YouTube for over the years. However,...
Historical Video: The Official Introduction Of The 1992 Dodge Viper
By the late 1980s Chrysler’s K-car renaissance was getting stale and sales showed it. The management knew that they had to bring out something special in order to stir up new interest, and...
Historical Footage: The Air Force tests out the Avrocar I Between 1960-1961
The Avrocar project was an attempt by Avro Canada and the U.S. military to utilize the Coandă effect in order to achieve vertical take off and flight. The craft looked like a flying saucer and was...
Watch Amazing Footage of 1940s SoCal Hot Rodders Dirt Track Racing – A Young Jim Rathmann Among Them
We were tipped off to this incredible seven minute film by a BangShift reader. It looks like B-roll footage from a production company or movie studio that was working on one of the myriad of hot rod...
Ever Wonder How Many Variations Of The Plymouth Duster There Were? Here’s A Hint: A Lot
The Plymouth Duster was one of Chrysler’s better hits for the 1970s. Once it was known that the Barracuda nameplate was moving to the E-body platform, Chrysler realized that there wasn’t...
Historical Throwback: With Ads Like These, No Wonder The Mustang II Became A Parody
The Ford Mustang II seemed so promising, at first: a small car that took the Mustang name back to it’s small sporty car roots. Within a few years it was maligned as the worst version of the...
Bitchin’ Vintage Ad Video: 1967 Dodge Camper Special Truck With Bonus Chrysler Boat Footage!
This is a video that will make you smile and it’ll also serve as a reminder that there was an era when someone could walk into a car dealership and essentially order whatever they could dream...
Classic Rally Greatness: Watch A Mini And A Classic Escort Get Put Through The Paces
This is sweet footage from the Ford Archives. Called the Gems Rally Legends, this is a clip from a DVD made from three different films from the 1960’s-early 1970’s that shows the cars in...
Historical Video: Development of the Chrysler K-Car
With Chrysler riding high on the Hellcat, Charger, Challenger, and 300C, it might be easy to lose sight of just how many times over the last forty years they have approached dying off. Bad designs,...
This Awesome Short Film On The Richmond and Stark Streamliner Will Totally Have You Pulling For These Guys
When I was putting together the story about the nine cars I think can better the existing wheel driven Bonneville speed record, I came across this short film about the Richmond and Stark streamliner....
Historical Crash-Test Footage: You Might Not Want To Watch Your Car Hit The Wall
Here’s how this story goes: I occasionally make fun of Brian’s addiction to all things involving large truck. He just nods and smiles. I take it a step further and call him out over the...
Take A Trip Back In Time And Enjoy The 1962 British Motor Show!
Put on your fine clothes, don’t forget your hat, and prepare to walk about the 1962 British Motor Show, held at Earls Court in London. This video, recorded by Pathe Films, was used to showcase...
Historical Video: A Look At The Design History of the 1967 Camaro
The design of a car, from the beginning idea to the final mule prototypes before production, interests us. What the purpose of the car will be, the shape of the body, the layout of the interior, the...
