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Category Archive: MISC, Videos

Saving The Critically Endangered: Bringing A Potential Last Remaining Truck

The last one alive…that’s a statement that carries some serious weight. A one-of-one build simply means rare. The last one means that there were more, and most of them are simply gone,...

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Legends, Mate: The Best Off-Roading Shots Of 2019 From Sick Puppy 4×4!

I could simply write one sentence about this video and walk away. Seriously, one sentence – The chopped-up Nissan gets rolled before the opening credits roll, how good can this be? – and...

Scaled Down Snow Wheeling With A Wooden Jeep Grand Wagoneer…Nice!

It’s been too long since we’ve checked in on Headquake, one of the more talented remote-control freaks we know of. This guy doesn’t just shoot great videos of his stuff in...

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Wintertime Weirdness: Keep Adding Spare Wheels!

Ah, it’s wintertime in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means it’s wintertime in Russia as well. And that means that the folks at Garage 54 start building the weird stuff…and...

Classic YouTube: The Pontiac Banshee IV, The Future As Predicted In 1988

1988, the year I turned into a gearhead. That was when I fell in love with a white Type LT Camaro, that was when I could hitch a ride with my cousin Vance and get shoved into the seats when he opened...

Squeakers! Here’s Five Minutes Of The Best Heads-Up Side By Side Races From 2019 – Radials to Nitro Funny Cars!

The coolest thing to witness at any drag race are two evenly matched cars being expertly wheeled by good drivers. Why? Because you know you’re going to get a really tight finish, that’s...

All Roar No Snore: This Video From The 2020 Roar Before The 24 At Daytona Is Pure Mechanical Music – ONLY Car Noise!

The “Roar Before the 24” is the first event of the year at Daytona International Speedway and it’s basically the test session that some of the world’s top sports car racing...

Like A Rat In A Cage: Finnegan Starts Tubing Up His C10 Project!

By raising your hands, how many of y’all have that long-term project that just doesn’t seem to ever get done? If you raised your hand…go ahead and facepalm yourself, this is the...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: Have You Had Specialty Driver Training?

Today’s Question of the Day is a bit skewed, so read this before you immediately go for a tale of Driver’s Ed. We’ve all endured some form of early driver’s training. You...

Built Ford Tough: This 1974 Ford Galaxie Has Seen Tornados and A Lot Of Downtime!

If there is one weather phenomenon that scares me more than anything else, it’s a tornado. You have time to run from a hurricane. You can prepare for a blizzard or flood conditions. What the...

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Watch This New Zealand Drag Racing Crash That Seems As Though It Will Never End! Insane!

The scene is the Masterton Motorplex in Masterton, New Zealand. The cars are supercharged door slammers and while we’re not sure what the race is, we’re damned sure that it is...

Camshaft Fun Video: What’s The Value Of A Cam Swap With and Without Boost On A 2V Ford Mod Engine?

The 4.6L Ford 2V engine is one of the most overlooked and nearly forgotten V8 engines of the last 50 years when it comes to performance potential. No, it may not have the deep breathing potential of...

Wonder No More: See How Much Horsepower Larry Larson’s Wild Cadillac ATS-V No Prep Car Makes On The Hub Dyno

Larry Larson likes rules. Well, no racer really likes rules but when we look at some of the neatest stuff this guy has ever built to race, the machines have been built around exploiting potential...

Classic YouTube: Motorcycle Ice Racing At Potter Lake

Riding my three-wheelers in the snow was one thing…that was a good time all-around. Riding my dirt bikes in the snow? Yeah…no. The smaller 50cc and 70cc bikes were fine enough, and...