Category Archive: FORD, HISTORIC, Videos
Classic YouTube: Cutting Some Donuts In An All-Wheel-Drive Ford Probe
The story of how the Ford Probe existed at all is automotive legend: Ford had intended to kill off the Fox platform Mustang in favor of a Mazda-engineered, front-wheel-drive sport coupe by the...
The Best Way To Sell A Product Is To Use It Yourself…But What If You Make Armored Cars?
I’ve seen just how well an armored vehicle can hold up to small-arms fire. Generally, armored SUVs and sedans can take some serious lead before the armor or the unbelievably thick glass becomes...
This 1960 Promotional Film For The Chevy Corvair Is Over The Top 1960s Greatness
You may be thinking to yourself, “Hey, it looks like that Corvair is driving in a river!” You’d be right and the friendly but authoritative voice narrating the film makes things...
Watch Roger Lessman’s Massive 1990 Streamliner Crash At Bonneville – He Lived…Somehow
Since Roger Lessman himself posted this video to his YouTube page, we don’t think that he’d have a problem with us sharing it here on BangShift. During the 1990 World of Speed meet on the...
Video: Awesome Locomotive Crash Testing Video – Six Minutes of Unbelievable Destruction
In terms of pure, unbridled, wanton destruction, this six and half minute video depicting multiple locomotive crash tests is unmatched. Shot at normal speed and in super slow motion, you’ll see...
Fun In The Mud: Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsports Park Is Heaven For The Dirt-Lovers!
When a racer puts their name on a track, that’s as good of an endorsement as you’ll ever need. And off the top of my head, I can only think of one example: Dennis Anderson’s Muddy...
BangShift Approved Game Review: Test Drive: Eve Of Destruction!
Here at BangShift, we like to kick back every once in a while by picking up the ol’ video game controller and raise hell on the small screen. And of course, since this an automotive-related...
Classic YouTube: The School Bus/Church Bus Burnout – Because The Smoke Shouldn’t Just Be From The Engine!
Do you remember any of the bus drivers you had growing up? I remember one: Liz. Imagine Lita Ford giving up her career as a rock musician and willfully hopping behind the wheel of an old Gillig bus...
Roads Untraveled Goes Out Of Their Element And Hops Into A Warmed Up Rally Nova!
All of the manufacturers tried the “junior musclecar” trick in the early 1970s as a way of skirting insurance companies who had decided to punish lovers of performance. Cars like the...
Ever Wonder What Twenty Years Does To A Car’s Horsepower? Doug DeMuro Puts His 1997 Dodge Viper GTS On The Dyno!
Twenty years can do wonders for aging. In 1997, I was fourteen, filled with hormones, able to run as long as I felt like running, with a body that could take punishment and keep moving with little...
Leno Shows Off The Cunningham C3 That He’s Been Restoring For Years – Hemi Power And Italian Styling, It’s A Winner!
Briggs Cunningham had the life. For the 96 years that he lived on this planet, the wealthy sportsman did it all…sailed vessels, raced cars, built businesses, and lived well in the upper crust...
Send Your Mom Off-Roading In A Luxury SUV And Film Her Reactions…Sounds Awesome!
Getting my mother to do anything automotive was like pulling teeth. Outside of the occasional half-throttle blast onto the highway in her 1975 Olds Omega, she was trepidation personified behind the...
Mighty Car Mods Go For The Tens By Swapping A Turbo Barra Six Into A Toyota Sedan!
We aren’t 100% sure, but we have a feeling that the lads at Mighty Car Mods may have been influenced when they came to the United States to play with a beat-up Impala not too long ago, because...
