Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, MOPAR, RACING & ACTION, Videos
This ProCharged, Manual-Swapped Chrysler 300C’s Hillclimb Story Is Too Cool!
Dec 04, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on This ProCharged, Manual-Swapped Chrysler 300C’s Hillclimb Story Is Too Cool!
First off, I’m happy that I get to add another manual-swapped Chrysler to the list in my head. This car joins the V-10-swapped drift machine in the U.K., and both of the Chryslers that...
Unhinged: The Difference Between A Simple Project And Mechanical Hell With Boxes Of Parts
Dec 04, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
My first project car was my fourth car, a 1979 Chevrolet Caprice coupe. I was at the younger end of fifteen years old and I had this image in my head for how I wanted the car to look, act and feel....
Morning Symphony: 10,000 RPM Track Attack With A Group B Mazda RX-7
Dec 04, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: 10,000 RPM Track Attack With A Group B Mazda RX-7
Mazda’s place in rally wasn’t well established in the early 1980s. It didn’t take long to realize that the company had effectively brought a knife to the kind of gunfight where an...
The Little Red Death Wagon: Just In Case You Wanted A Project Idea For The Winter!
Dec 04, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
Not counting the one time I tried to steal my aunt’s Mustang II when I was in kindergarten, I feel confident in saying that most of us got at least one of, if not our first driving lesson, at...
History In Motion: This 1922 Video Shows The Paris Fire Brigade In Action – Gutsy Frenchmen!
Dec 04, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on History In Motion: This 1922 Video Shows The Paris Fire Brigade In Action – Gutsy Frenchmen!
This is an interesting video for many reasons. The first being the fact that it was made about 100 years ago, the second that it shows mechanized fire fighting in that time period, and the third is...
Hitting The Lottery: What Would You Do If You Found A Treasure Trove Of Trucks?
Dec 03, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
We’ve all dreamed of that mythical barn find at some point or another, where you find some building that hasn’t had a visitor since the day disco music died that was hiding the kind of...
So, So Close To Right: A RWD-Converted, Cosworth-Powered Mercury Lynx SCCA Pro Rally Factory Machine!
Dec 03, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
The Ford Escort name is tied hard to rally racing, thanks to Europeans who learned that the little Ford that was cranked out of the European arm made for a wicked little screamer when properly tuned...
Hoonitruck Test Footage: The Twin-Turbo V6 Screamer Was Wild From The Start!
Dec 03, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
Without question, there is plenty of hyping up going on involving the Hoonitruck and the upcoming Gymkhana X video. Without a doubt, some of you might already be rolling your eyes at the thought of...
Tires By The Truckload: SMOKNRAT Dusts Off The Rears At The West Coast Nats!
Dec 02, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Tires By The Truckload: SMOKNRAT Dusts Off The Rears At The West Coast Nats!
I don’t know what’s worse for this whole flatbed work truck kink that I’ve had going for the last month or so: watching Dylan McCool dig through a warehouse full of 1960s-1990s era...
Build Your Own Car Rotisserie At Home: Check This Out.
Dec 02, 2018Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Build Your Own Car Rotisserie At Home: Check This Out.
Sometimes I get a tool that after the very first use I wonder how I ever lived without it in the first place. The first time I used my lift, I wondered how in the hell did I survive without one. When...
The Mongrel Gets Some Sexy New Door Bars Added To The Cage
Dec 01, 2018Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Mongrel Gets Some Sexy New Door Bars Added To The Cage
This project sure is fun to watch. There is something refreshing about seeing one guy, all by himself, building a car using limited tools and basic but well polished skills. I’ve even learned a...
Video: Here’s What Drag Racing In England Looked Like 40 Years Ago – Snetterton Circuit Action
Nov 30, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Here’s What Drag Racing In England Looked Like 40 Years Ago – Snetterton Circuit Action
I’ve always been fascinated with drag racing in places like England and Australia because the populations share the love of speed and internal combustion but as the sport is basically...
An Auction Screwup Or A Surprise Score? Cleetus Gets Suckered On An C6 Corvette!
Nov 30, 2018Bryan McTaggart4
I’ve only bought one car at an auction. The truth was that I was looking to get my then teenage brother a car, I had a budget…and after I got out-bid on everything else I tried to score,...
The Dodge Phoenix Big-Block Build Continues! A Good Cause Requires A Lot Of Hard Work!
Nov 29, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Dodge Phoenix Big-Block Build Continues! A Good Cause Requires A Lot Of Hard Work!
The last time we saw the 1963 Dodge Phoenix that Street Machine was building to take to the Running On Empty festival, an event in the town of Cobar that raises money for a WW1 monument and has a...