Category Archive: Apex Car Feature, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, CAR FEATURES, MISC, TECH, Videos

Awesome Video: Saving A 1934 Plymouth Hot Rod That Was Hidden In The Basement For Decades!

(Words and video by Tommy Lee Byrd) – In a time when it seems every barn, shed or field has been scoured, looking for the next great “barn find”, we’re pleased to announce that old cars...

Watch the Most Hellaciously Bad Ass Brake Test on Earth – Incredible Forces at Work

We saw lots of hot brakes and clamping forces at work during Hot Rod Drag Week, LS Fest, and the NHRA Dodge Nationals, but even the big binders on the pro touring and drag cars have nothing on the...

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Supermassive: The Antonov AN-225 Coming In To Land At Oakland

When you fly 737s pretty much everywhere within the continental United States, you tend to forget just how big large aircraft can truly be. And this comes from someone who at one point had a quick...

Reawakening A Project: The Cleanup Work On This Ford F-250 Begins After A Year-Long Nap!

Kevin from JunkyardDigs has had an interesting time in the last twelve or so months…namely, he and I now share something in common: the experience of an exceptionally hot night in a sandy part...

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Is This Old Dodge Truck About To Become An Expat? Check Out This Drag Week Purchase!

If you didn’t know, there are a fleet of Aussies in the United States gearing up for Drag Week. One of them is Mark Arblaster, better known as Arby, who will be running his Valiant known as...

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Is This Heaven? Take Another Walk Through CTC Auto Ranch with JunkyardDigs!

Walking through a desert collection of the kinds of cars that offers up just about any and every kind of opportunity for an enterprising project hunter is a bucket list dream for anyone who can...

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One-Family Owned Masterpiece: This 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Ignited A Passion!

Maybe Ralph Nader was genuinely trying to save humanity from a mechanical demon that was flawed. History has shown that the first generation Chevrolet Corvair did indeed have handling issues that...

Build Biology: Take A Tour of This Twin Turbo LSX Powered Mustang That Rips on 10.5W Tires

Our pals over at Hoonigan have wide ranging tastes and interested, right? These guys run a constant stream of awesome stuff through their shop and whether they are burning out on a loading dock or...

Hair Raising Video: Want To Drive Logging Trucks? Here’s A Compilation Of Crazy Spots Drivers Work Out Of!

We have loudly and frequently proclaimed our admiration for the truckers of American around here. These are the men and women who keep the country moving, fed, and operating. They do not get the...

The Unloved Outlaw: Magnus Walker Has A 1980 Porsche 924 Carrera GT And Not Shockingly, It Is Cool

When one thinks about Magnus Walker and his taste in Porsche cars, the 1980 Porsche 924 Carrera GT is likely not one that hits even near the top of the list of stuff he would own and that’s...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ripping The Gears In A Detroit Diesel Swapped 1971 Chevy Mini-Rig

We are typically not fans of the “mini-rig” look for trucks where guys try to make a pickup look and act like a big rig but in this case, we’re kind of on board, ok all the way on...

Not So Short, Really Sweet, and Totally Brutal: Watch The Dirty 30 Burn Tires In Downtown Buffalo Leaving The Autorama!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know that burnouts leaving a car show only lead to Mustangs in crowds and all that junk but hear us out. When guys are pulling their bad ass hot rods out of a convention center...

Watch Latisha Wood Hand Etch A Jesse James Built Chopper Tank

Watch this video and you’ll be amazed by how bad ass Latisha Wood is at etching this steel Jesse James built gas tank. In the name of full disclosure, I know Latisha pretty well and think...

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The Joys Of The $600 Beater: Watch As This Big-Block Cordoba Gets A New Lease On Life!

There is a generational gap between accepted cars in mainstream gearhead terms. Between roughly 1974 and the late 1990s, there is a pretty large swath of cars that are ignored for one reason or...