Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Land Speed Legend: This History Of The Bluebird CN7 Land Speed Car Is Amazing
This is a fantastic history of an iconic car. The Bluebird CN7 was the last wheel driven car to hold the outright world’s land speed record and it was not a cheap or an easy process to make...
Influence & Impact Episode 19 – Jason and Marcel Talk About Obscure Muscle Cars: Buick Grand National, Ford Torino, CTSV, And Muscle Trucks
Remember when a Buick Grand National first came out? Do you remember how they were weird because we were in desperate need of some speed and fun but couldn’t quite wrap our heads around why it...
Drag Racing Time Travel Video: Relive Epic Moments From 1972-1975 – Wheelies, Fires, The Cars Of Drag Racing Mythology
We’re back with more awesome drag racing footage centering around fun in the 1970s. The same guy who shot the last batch, John Bell, shot this stuff. He was in the right place at the right time...
The Boss: Watch This Massive 1966 Hayes Logging Truck With A 16V-71 Detroit Diesel Engine Rumble Onto The Trailer !
Hayes trucks were basically born to be loggers and this one is the king logger. You are looking at a monster 1966 Hayes logging truck with an equally mighty 16V-71 Detroit Diesel engine. The fully...
Interesting History: The Iconic Mercedes 300SL Was A Pile Of Compromises That Never Should Have Worked
We look at certain cars as if they are works of art. They appear to be beautiful things born from the best thoughts of beautiful minds. The Mercedes 300SL is one of those cars. They sell for huge...
Watch Bob Bauman And His Wild Exhibition Pulling Dragster Smoke An Engine And Oil The Dirt In 1988
There’s a lot of awesome in this clip that runs for about five minutes and was captured in 1988 at a pulling event. The main attraction here is a guy named Bob Bauman who has an exhibition...
Killer 1960s Ad: This 1966 Sinclair Gasoline Commercial Features A Lightweight Coronet And A Young Drag Racing Leader In The Making
Here’s a real gem of a TV commercial that was shot in early 1966 at the then brand new Palm Beach International Raceway. The commercial “stars” Jack Thomas a young, up and coming...
Truckin’ History: Check Out This Killer Video Showing GMC Setting Land Speed Records Back In 1989
Call us names if you want but we had no idea that GMC had built a special land speed racing version of the S-15 truck to take to the Bonneville Salt Flats and chase records back in 1989. Like so many...
Retro Review: This 1992 Pontiac Grand Am GT Review Is All About Pontiac Excitement
As a kid that grew up in the 1980s and had a dad who restored a 1964 Pontiac GTO, I was (and still am) a fan of Pontiacs. They were GM’s excitement division and while I was likely too young to...
More Fun On 4/16: Yes The Mopar Small Block Contingent Has Their Own Version!
More bore, more stroke, more power, more fun! That’s the logic that hot rodders have used since the dawn of the hobby and while the 416ci LS engine is the dominant modern displacement of this...
Americana Video: Watching Coke Delivery Men Work In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin During The 1940s – Just Wow
Want to talk about a window into a world that no longer exists?! This is some really spectacular footage that seems to have been made by a local Coca-Cola bottler/distributor a long, long time ago....
Jack Attack: Restoring A 70-year Old Blackhawk Bottle Jack Is A Satisfying Thing To Watch
There’s something awesome about saving old tools and equipment and that’s why I love this video that shows the step by step restoration of a 70-year old Blackhawk bottle jack. This is a...
Retro Road Test: Check Out MotorWeek’s Look At The 1990 BMW M5 – No V8 Here!
Listen, I am a simple guy to please. I like large cars that can handle and make great horsepower. There are more of them available now than there ever has been but back in 1990, the idea of a larger...
