Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
Wishes On Wheels: An Incredible Tour Of A 1950s Chrysler Plant – Engine Line, Body Line, More!
Every time we find something neat we proclaim it as one of the coolest things we have ever posted, but that’s no stretch when it comes to the film “Wishes On Wheels” a 1950s...
Watch “Dandy” Dick Landy In This 1971 Dodge Scat Pack Club “Age of Drag Racing” Video
(Text by Darr Hawthorne) In the late 1960’s high horsepower Muscle Cars were available on every new car lot and on the streets of America and Chrysler had some of the most powerful engines and...
SEE A SEVEN FOOT TALL CHEVY PLANT WORKER INSPECT ROOFS IN 1936
Call us names if you want, but this video made us smile. It is part of a newsreel of some other promotional film from Chevrolet in the mid-1930s. The video shows employee James Scott, who stands at a...
NitroAmerica’s Epic Behind The Scenes Video Of Tony Bartone’s First Win In Nostalgia Top Fuel
At the 2013 New England Hot Rod Reunion, we watched the fastest Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster in history get it’s first win. Despite previous attempts at victory at both the March Meet and...
Action Video: Watch Jimmie Lynch Torture A 1936 Plymouth!
When it comes to “Best job to talk about at a party”, stunt driver must rank pretty far up the list. Sure, being an astronaut would take the cake and being a doctor isn’t shabby by any means,...
Footage From The 1972 Super Stock Nationals – Nitro, Pro Stock, Super Stock, More!
While we’ve never run into a video featuring old drag racing footage we’ve disliked, some are certainly head and shoulders above the rest. This one is about 16 feet above the rest and it...
Dead Brand, Cool Ads : Oldsmobile — Neat Oldsmobile TV Commericals From The Past
This is the first item we’ll have in an on-going series here at BangShift called “Dead Brand, Cool Ads”. These items will feature television commercials from dead car companies in...
Watch Noted Indy Car Restorer Tell The Story Of His Finding And Restoring The Bowes Seal Fast Indy Roadster
Bill Akin is known around the world as one of the premier Indy 500 historians and Indy 500 race car restorers. The guy has brought so many famous Indy roadsters back to life that it boggles the mind....
Historic Drag Video: Watch Mickey Thompson Take On The Mooneyes Dragster In England Circa 1963!
Here’s some really neat video that will bring you back to a cool time in drag racing history, 1963. British interest in drag racing was on a growth spurt then and since the sport was...
Historic Video – See Dean Moon’s Moonbeam In Action Along With Dozens Of Other Bitchin’ Cars At The 1964 Brighton Speed Trials
The Brighton Speed Trials in England is one of the world’s most enduring racing events. First run in 1905 it was and always has been a “sprint” race as the British call it. What...
Barrett Jackson’s Preview Video Featuring The Snake And Mongoose Haulers Is Awesome
By now you know that the Snake and Mongoose haulers are the major item of the 2014 Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auction in a couple of weeks. These two trucks were found and restored and have been...
Canadian Tire Commissioned A Functional Ice Truck And They Used It To Break A World Record….This Is A Thing That Happened
They’ve gone and done it now. Those rabble rousing sons-a-bitches at Canadian Tire have pushed the world to the brink of war with their latest attention seeking, headline making, world record...
The 1966 World Series of Drag Racing – See The First Rear Engine Dragster To Break 200 In Action
When I find some barely watched old school drag racing video on YouTube my little heart usually skip a beat but when we find video with a crazy car we have never seen before, consult drag...
