Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, CAR FEATURES, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
What Would Happen If You Put Two Of The Best Formula One Cars Up Against Each Other, But They Are 20 Years Apart?
There has been a ton of development in every class of racing over the last few decades, but the changes that have happened to Formula One have arguably been some of the most dramatic. With that said,...
Soaked History: This Footage From The 1965 Swamp Buggy Races In Naples Is Totally Wild
This is the most awesome old swamp buggy racing footage we have ever see. Taken at the OG “Mile O’ Mud” in Naples, Florida you are going to see the ancestors of today’s...
Proof Test: This 1964 Film Made At Sebring Highlights The Lotus Cortina In Action!
During the famed “Total Performance” era of the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, nothing was safe from the quest of speed. Sure, we know about the GT40s, we know about the Cobra Jet...
Peak 80s Goodness: This United States Hot Rod Association Promotional Video Is A Gearhead Highlight Reel That We Love
The United States Hot Rod Association was at its peak in the 1980s. Putting on the indoor monster truck shows, pulling events, mud bogs, and more they were drawing massive crowds in cities big and...
24 Years Gone: This Video From 2000 Showing Off The Then New Suburban Shows How Little Has Changed
They are the big bruisers that have donated their engines to many, many hot rod projects over the years. They are the rigs that you may have been driven to school in or you drove others to school in....
12 Angry Cylinders: This Video Tells The Story, The History, and the Legend Of The Ferrari 250 Series From End to End
The Ferrari 250 GTO is the most expensive car on Earth. Most recently, one sold for some $70,000,000 at auction and the prices will undoubtedly not be dropping any time soon. What a lot of people...
Awesomely Weird Video: Watch This Swedish TV Coverage Of Funny Car At The 1980 Cajun Nationals With Jon Lundberg On The English Speaking Call!
We know that Swedes love their hot rods, love their racing, and certainly love anything that goes fast. This isn’t anything new, for sure. In fact we have this 40 year old footage from the 1980...
Amazing Video: This 1960 United States Air Force Review Has Footage Of The X-15, Kittinger’s Jump, and So Much More
This 1960 film made by the US Air Force is a review of all the stuff that they had going on that year. It is astonishing and incredible to see everything that was happening. From the X-15...
Attainable Fantasy Car: This Review Of The 1994 SLP Firebird Firehawk Reminds Us How Awesome It Was
Gearheads are worrywarts, generally speaking. Every time something changes with one of our favorite cars we assume the worst. This is doubly true when it comes to performance models like the Mustang,...
Pontiac In 1971: This Compilation Of Pontiac Promotional Videos From The 1971 Model Year Is Awesome
We have showed a ton of cool manufacturer promotional films over the years. We have also told you about the training films that the companies would make and still make to train their sales people but...
Oops! This Collection Of Old School Wild Rides, Carnage, and Funny Moments In Pulling Is Great
Back in the day, kids, there were these things called magazines and one of them, “Petersen’s 4-Wheel and Off Road” always had a back page called, “Whoops!” and there...
Return To Le Mans: This 1967 Ford Video Recounts Their Second Conquering Of The World’s Greatest Endurance Race
It was not simply enough for Ford to come and win Le Mans once. The first time was sweet but additional wins would continue to pile drive the point home that the company was serious about racing,...
Quirk-Master: This Profile Of The Subaru XT Sports Coupe Is A Fun Look Back At A 1980s Oddball From Japan
There is no such thing as a regional car brand in the year of 2022 but if there was, Subaru may be it. The company sells a wildly disproportionate number of their cars in the New England region but...
The Motor Underground: Chinatown Confidential – Street Gassers, In San Francisco, That Were Built, Not Bought! Episode 2
Here is Part 2 of the Chinatown Confidential series, where the Gassers of Chinatown are the stars. And if you are just joining us, and wonder what the hell we are talking about, you need to read...