Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos
A Quick, Happy Little Car: This 1995 Profile Of The New Dodge Neon Is Awesome – These Things Were Fun!
Yesterday we showed you a cool video that profiled the development and launch of the Dodge Viper. Today we go to the opposite end of the price and performance spectrum with this look at the 1995...
The Dragster Hunter: Check Out The Incredible Story Of A 1960s California Dragster That Somehow Ended Up In Tennessee
Our pal Tommy Lee Byrd keeps on topping himself. Not only does this guy find the coolest and most interesting deals on all kinds of interesting parts but he is also history obsessed like we are and...
Historical Footage: Richard Petty’s Charger Vs. Bobby Allison’s AMC Matador At The 1975 Southern 500
When AMC redesigned the Matador line for 1974, they essentially made two different cars out of the same name: the sedan and wagon were basically face lifted versions of the car that replaced the...
Origin Story: How The Tokyo Drift Monte Carlo Came To Exist
It was easy to mock the cars of the Fast and Furious movies early on, wasn’t it? Little buzzbombs painted bright colors, with random-ass graphics, bad bodykits didn’t make a great...
Classic YouTube: Ronnie Sox’s 1995 Crash At The IHRA Summernationals At U.S. 41 Dragway
Ronnie Sox needs no introduction here. The Sox and Martin cars instantly bring in images of red, white and blue Plymouths fitted with a four-speed manual and the man from North Carolina who could run...
Still Tippin’: The Story Of The Slandering Of The Suzuki Samurai
It’s one of the strangest trends I’ve seen since I moved out to the midwest: just how many people not only appreciate small SUVs like Geo Trackers, Suzuki Vitaras and the like, but how...
Classic YouTube: Say “Nice To Meet You Too” To The Mustang II
“I have a ’65 Mustang and I don’t like what’s happening. They’re blowing them up. Why can’t you just leave a sports car small? I mean, you keep blowing them up and starting with another...
Watch A V12 Ferrari and a V8 Powered Lotus Battle At Goodwood – Jimmy Clark Drove The Lotus When It Was New!
This is vintage racing in its absolutely finest form. You are about to se a V12 Ferrari Formula One car and a Coventry Climax V8 powered Lotus race the wheels off of each other at Goodwood in...
The Unassuming: The Vauxhall Four-Door That Stomped The World In 1990
Until recently, the best assumption that I had about Vauxhall was that it was a combination of Opel and Holden models and that the level of desirability I would have for anything with the griffin on...
Ride With Jim Pace In The 1,000hp Shadow DN4 The Day Before It Flew At Road America – His Lap Narration Is Amazing
It was just a few days ago that we told you about the harrowing wreck which Jim Pace walks away from at Road America. Pace, the very seasoned road racer was piloting a brutally fast Shadow DN4 around...
Random Car Review: The 1980 Ferrari Pinin, The Four-Door Performance Sedan That Never Had A Prayer
Looking around in today’s market, the two-door car is on the critically endangered list. Four-doors have finally made their way to the mainstream, and fast, potent versions of four-door sedans...
Speed and Sound: Watch A Late 1970s F1 Car with a Cosworth DFV V8 Engine Attack Goodwood!
It’s a pretty familiar story in the world of racing, right? Son of operator/owner of large successful company is a talented race car driver and wants to compete at highest levels, company...
The Drag Saw Rescue Is Done: Check Out The Big Finish Of Final Assembly And Running This 120 Year Old Man Eater
This right here is some good stuff. A couple of weeks ago we posted the first part of the restoration of this 120 year old gas powered drag saw that was used by loggers to hack up trees into chunks....
Classic YouTube: Chrysler Wasn’t The Only One Messing With Turbines – Check Out This Coal-Powered Oldsmobile!
General Motors walked into the Eighties in a kind of bi-polar state of mind. On the positive side, the downsized B and A/G body cars were a solid strike, the truck line was going well, the Camaro and...