Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, Videos

This Nissan GT-R Launches Hard…Not Off The Line, But Over The Barrier!

The Nissan GT-R may have not been designed as a drag racer, but when you combine the twin-turbo 3.8L V6 with a brilliant all-wheel-drive system and a launch control system that can best be described...

Historical Footage: Car and Track’s Test Of The 1973 Buick Century Gran Sport Stage 1 455

By 1973 it seemed that only Pontiac was still in the business of making a stout big-block-powered car with the Super Duty Trans Am. And before you start, yes, I know that the Pontiac mills...

The Entire Story Of The Very First Chevrolet Camaro – From Pilot Test Program, To Dragstrip Terror, To Restored, This Video Shows It All

There’s always “the first”, no matter what happens. In the case of a typical new model of automobile, the first is a beta, a test of sorts. You have to build one to set up how the...

The Real-Life Bravado Banshee And The 56-Year-Old Grandmother Who Won The Custom Viper [Video]

We covered the eBay auction of the Dodge Viper SRT-10 Bravado Banshee when the car was on eBay last July. It wasn’t too surprising that the car didn’t sell, even with the bidding cresting...

Look Out Below! Boston Driver Launches His Toyota Tacoma Off Of Interstate 93

A Boston driver had better be thanking any and every deity possible for seeing him through this crash. Early Sunday morning 33 year old Vannak Sao launched his 2006 Toyota Tacoma off of a raised...

This Is How A Four-Cylinder Should Sound: The Lancia 037 – Screaming Supercharged Violence

We aren’t exactly kind to four-bangers around here, and you can blame a lot of that on the “fast and furious” crowd that made every Honda Civic sound like an armada of Asian Giant...

Whoops! How To Free A S197 Mustang From A Muddy Ditch At An Autocross

Mudding and Ford Mustangs don’t normally exist well together, and this video will show you just how strained the relationship actually is. After getting a little too exuberant at an autocross...

Sack Up Snow Blower Manufacturers! This Fair Snocrete Eats A Geo Metro!!!

And we have the video to prove it! When Phil Nase sent us an email yesterday saying that we were missing the boat in our search for the Ultimate Snow Blower, and that the Fair Snocrete was the...

How Far We’ve Come: The Cadillac Cimarron, The Car That Was Such A Bad Idea That Even GM Admits It

If you happened to be watching the Oscars last night, you may have seen the first glimpses of the Cadillac CT6, the upcoming flagship Caddy that has been a controversial and well-discussed part of...

Historical Race Footage: The 1988 SCCA Trans Am Race At Long Beach, California

Even with all of the hype, media coverage, random acts of absolute insanity and the wrecks, it’s becoming increasingly more and more difficult to find enthusiasm for NASCAR. The last time I got...

Crash And Burn: Any Guesses As To Why This Maverick Wound Up Going Turtle?

It’s official for the driver of this Ford Maverick: this day is gonna suck. Information is very limited on what actually happened at Memphis Motorsports Park late last year, but the video from...

1962’s Duel In The Desert May Be The Best Old Chevy Propaganda Film Yet

What’s better than old manufacturer promotion films? These movies are hilarious as they were designed for use by the sales managers at dealerships to get their sales staffs all whipped up into...

Watch A 438ci Small Block Ford On Nitrous Make Nearly 1,300hp And Spin Past 8,000 RPM!

We loves us some dyno pull videos. In this case, it is a small block Ford engine built by CNC Motorsports. This engine measures out to 438ci and with the nitrous bottle valve open, makes 1,270hp and...

This 1960s Ad For The Remco Mr Kelly’s Automatic Car Wash Is A Look Back At A Cool Toy

Not to sound like an old man here, but toys like this were the things I LIVED for as a kid. Yes, I was about 20 years behind this one but even into the 1980s there was plenty of neat “hands...