Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos
The End Of The Line: This Review Of The 1991 Chevrolet Caprice Station Wagon Shows The End Of An Era
The 1991 Chevy Caprice station wagon was not some massive revelation in the automotive world but it was (and many people sensed it at the time) basically the closing chapter on something that had...
Hand Tool Rescue Video: This 1879 Compass Plane Is A Cool Tool We Never Knew Existed
We’re not wood workers around here but we certainly love seeing the woodworking tools of yesteryear restored. This video shows an 1879 Compass Plane being brought back to life in really nice...
Looking Back To Look Ahead: The 1993 Land Cruiser J80 Still Stands As A Really Great Example Of The Quintessential SUV
From 1990 through 2008, the Toyota Land Cruiser J80 ruled the Earth. Well, that may be overstating it, but the J80 generation of these trucks were sold all over the world in varying configurations....
The Lockheed XM-808 Twister Is The Coolest Military Vehicle That Never Got Built – Wild Video
Yeah, if that lead photo hasn’t gotten your attention we cannot help you here. This is the Lockheed XM-808 Twister, one of two such examples of this conceptual platform for a fighting/troop...
Thirsty Thursday: Check Out This Miller Beer Ad From 1974 Featuring Tom McEwen’s Top Fuel Dragster
It’s Friday. It’s summer. It’s beer ‘thirty somewhere, right? Well if it’s too early for you to imbibe as you read this, let the killer 1974 Miller Beer ad below carry...
When Weird Was Cool: This MotorWeek Retro Review Of A 1991 Saab 9000 Is A Reminder Of The Bygone Brand
Saab died a crummy and undignified death. Swallowed by a listless giant in General Motors, it was basically yet another casualty of the economic collapse of the 2008 time frame. By then the company...
Awesome Video: Watch Shirley Muldowney Nearly Win A Celebrity Demolition Derby In 1976!
This is why the internet still spins our crank. Seemingly every day we run across a video, a photo, something, that captures a moment we never knew existed in the first place. Seriously, raise your...
When Steam Was King: This Film From The J.I. Case Company Celebrates Their History And That Of Steam Tractors
This is some great stuff for anyone who loves the clank, chuff, or rumble of old tractors. Why? You are going to watch a film that appears to have been made in the 1950s celebrating the history of...
Great Video: This Profile Of The Legendary Gray Baskerville of Hot Rod Magazine Is Really Cool!
It wasn’t simply the words he used, it was how he used them. Gray Baskerville had a monumental influence on me and so many people over the course of his life and career at Hot Rod Magazine. He...
This 1979 Jeep Truck Commercial Pits The Truck Against A Tank! Pretty Funny Stuff
We tend to love 1970s car and truck ads around here for their campiness, not really their creativity. This ons bucks that trend because it is creative, campy, and actually awesome. You are going to...
Watch And Listen To This Vintage Brabham BT42 F1 Car Attack The Hill At Goodwood!
When it comes to awesome historic race cars, we’re not really of the mindset that the thing had to be a world-beater to be cool. For instance, the BT42 Formula One car did not really set he...
The New Bird: This 1982 Review Shows Us Just How Far A Leap Forward The 3rd Gen Pontiac Firebird Was
When Ford rolled out their all-new 1979 Mustang, GM was kind of caught flat-footed. Their second-generation F-bodies had been soldiering on for the better part of a decade at that point and in public...
Hero Stuff: Watch A Young Didier Pironi Attack The US Grand Prix In A Tyrrell F1 Car 40+ Years Ago
This video from the 1978 US Grand Prix is awesome. You are going to ride on the Tyrrell Formula One car being driven by Frenchman Didier Pironi. Pironi was very early on in his F1 career at this...
You Think You Might Want To Be In The Automotive Business? Career Advice: How The IronTrap Garage Parts Business Started
You wouldn’t believe the number of people that ask me how to get into a career in the automotive aftermarket, automotive media, etc. And then I also get asked how I got into the whole thing,...