Category Archive: MISC, Videos
Video: Bill Caswell to Build Baja BMW at SEMA, We Help
Our rally pal Bill Caswell, of BMW jumping, crashing, and hooning fame will be at the 2010 SEMA show in the Miller booth. Caswell will be transforming a BMW into a Baja 1000 competition vehicle which...
Video Bonanza: Altered Wheelbase Freaks on the Streets!
Altered wheelbase cars are some of the most romanticized in drag racing history. They represent one of the earliest evolutionary stages of what we now know as Funny Cars, and for their short time in...
The Parting Shift: A 1959 Chevy Bel Air Packing 283-cubes and Three on the Tree (w/OD)
This week’s parting shift isn’t violent, exceptionally powerful, or overly complex. Instead it is just plain cool. This video features a very nice 1959 Chevy Bel Air with a 283 Power Pack...
Vintage Chase Footage From the Film That Birthed the Dukes of Hazzard
Lots of people don’t know that the Dukes of Hazzard television series was inspired by the 1975 movie Moonrunners. In the movie, two cousins run moonshine for their uncle Jesse, while narrator...
Wind Tunnel Video: Gary and Pam Beineke’s 1971 Superbird at A2
Gary and Pam Beineke’s names are no strangers to the electronic pages of BangShift.com. We’ve featured several of their cars, highlighted the amazing work they did on a recent project to...
Wild Video: Helicopter Touch and Go Landings…on Lake Tahoe!
This is some of the craziest footage we have ever seen. It was saptured by tourists visiting Lake Tahoe. A pair of helicopters hover just above the water and then they both actually set down in the...
Cool Shop Tour Video: Be Cool Radiators
There have been some very serious advancements made in high performance cooling systems over the last 15 years and many of them can be traced back to the people at Be Cool Incorporated located...
Video Bonanza: Baldwin-Motion Machinery in Action!
As we eluded to in the previous story about the Baldwin-Motion Phase III GT Corvette, the stuff that rolled out of Joel Rosen’s Motion Performance shop was simply beyond compare in the late...
You’re Doing It Wrong Video: How Not To Fire Up a Refurbished Turbine
We’re not qualified to comment on the proper way to start a refurbished turbine engine hanging off the wing of a Boeing 737, but we do know wrong when we see it. For instance, it is wrong to...
The Parting Shift: Bangin’ A Converted Six-Speed Dakota R/T
The Dodge Dakota R/T was a neat little truck that never quite eeked itself into legit “muscle” territory. They were decently quick, but not the blazing hot rod truck that many expected...
The Parting Shift: Power Shifting Four Gears Down Main St.
As we prepare to bring the Bonneville coverage thunder this weekend and into next week, we’re leaving you with a short but entertaining Parting Shift this week. It is a Chevelle with a...
Video Bonanza: Fun With Military Deuce and a Half 6×6 Trucks
The M35 family of trucks that have been serving the military for decades certainly do not get the amount of love that the little WWII-era Jeeps get with respect to their vital role in the service,...