Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
Get Climbing: Chevrolet’s 1957 Promotional Truck Drive Up Pikes Peak, Without Roads!
Regardless of how long it is between visits, Colorado Springs will always been my home. I will never get tired of seeing the Front Range mountains. I enjoyed the time I’ve spent living there...
Nitro Time Machine: A Look Back At Dallas International Motor Speedway – An Amazing and Star Crossed Strip
From 1969 to 1973 if you wanted to see the coolest drag strip in America you went a stopped by the Dallas International Motor Speedway. This place was the home of the NHRA SpringNationals from...
No Trespassing: The LUN-Class Ekranoplan, Abandoned On The Beach
The LUN-class Ekranoplan is a one-off freak of a machine. Somehow more radical than the original “Caspian Sea Monster” that preceded it, the craft, known as MD-160, has managed to wash up...
It Sounded Good on TV: Ads For The Turbocharged Cars Of The 1960s, Late 1970s, and Early 1980s
Getting to drive as many new cars as I do, the turbocharger is as common on new stuff as pistons are inside the engine. It’s the way of the world. In so many ways the turbo has likely extended...
Awesome: Ride With Jacky Ickx or Hans Stuck In A Porsche 962 At The Hockenheim Ring In 1985
This is an awesome video with a little bit of mystery to it. It’s internet mystery so it isn’t like some spellbinding TV series but we’re not sure if it is the legendary Hans Stuck...
NHRA Nitro Time Machine: Experience Mark Oswald’s Incredible 1990 Dallas Explosion With Mac and Evans On The Call
Mark Oswald is one of the best funny car racers ever and he graduated that job to become a world champion crew chief who is still in the sport today at the highest levels. As someone who mad this...
New Automobiles: This 1947 Film Has A Message That May Surprise You About Post WWII America
Imagine an automobile industry that was struggling badly, was short on help, raw materials, and was not even close to making their production goals. No, we are not talking about 2020, we’re...
History’s Mysteries: The History Of This Radical Center Steer 1971 Pinto Drag Car Is Awesome!
Our buddy Tommy Lee Byrd is killing it with his Hot Rod Hoarder YouTube Channel and we consistently love the content he is putting out. As you know by now, Tommy and his dad buy and sell lots of...
In Memoriam: Gene Felton
I happened upon the Kelly American Challenge series a couple of years ago and within one minute of the video I knew that I was a fan of what I was watching. Detroit malaise muscle wicked up to...
Rarely Seen Rocket: The 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T Was One Of The Fastest Sedans In America – No One Bought It
How many “great ideas” in automotive history have been just unbeatable on paper and then financially made no sense? The answer is a very large number and weirdly the 1991/1991 Dodge...
The Beast Roars: Speedkore’s Carbon Fiber 1970 Charger Exercises A Hellephant Engine On The Chassis Dyno
The name Speedkore is no stranger to BangShift readers as we have followed the company and its awesome innovations for years. The cars they have built, the carbon fiber work that they have created...
Restoring The Beast: Watch This Man-Eating Swing Saw Get Brought Back From The Deadly Tool Scrap Heap
Saws were a part of growing up. Big, nasty, loud, screaming, chew you up before you knew about it, saws. When I would go to work with my dad on Saturdays at the pallet shop, those beast-like machines...
Classic YouTube: IROC Camaro, Meet IROC Camaro.
No car is more associated with the International Race of Champions series than the Chevrolet Camaro. Not the Porsche 911 RSR, not the Dodge Daytona IROC, not the Dodge Avenger, and not even the...
