Category Archive: BangShift XL, CRASH & BURN, HISTORIC, Videos, XL Videos
Classic YouTube: Ditching A B-24 Liberator In The James River, With A Crew Aboard!
More often than not, you don’t put the words “aircraft crash test” together. It’s an inevitability: if an aircraft crashes, it’s a bad day for all involved even on the...
The Original: Take A Closer Look At The 1938 Buick Y-Job, The First Concept Car
The amount of effort that goes into the planning and development of a new model of automobile is beyond scope for those who are not in the industry. Meetings, sketches, more sketches, design changes,...
Watch The Horrendous John Force Jonnie Lindberg Crash From The NHRA Arizona Nationals
The silence hung over the track like a lead curtain. You could have heard a pin drop for minutes as the NHRA Safety Safari tended to both John Force and Jonnie Lindberg after one of the scariest...
Awakening The Dead: Watch As Old Engines Are Brought Back To Life!
There is an immense joy to be had when an engine that hasn’t ran in forever kicks over and returns to life. It’s such a satisfactory accomplishment. You’ve done all of the checks to...
Going For Broken: Watch This Holden Blow Off The Supercharger At Over 10,000RPM!
A 327 Chevrolet can tolerate RPMs in the range of about 7,500 for only so long before a spinning a main bearing. That was the first lesson I ever learned about Engine Destruction 101. I didn’t...
This DIY Metal Working Cart Is A Time And Space Save In The Shop For Sure.
We recently moved into a new shop space here on the west coast and I’ve been working very hard to make sure that everything is being organized and put away as we move it in. And along the way...
Behind The Wheel. Tradition Recrafted: Son Of Boyd.
Everyone knows the name Boyd Coddington. Even new hot rodders in their teens know him because of his fame almost a decade ago on reality tv. For the rest of us, he shaped hot rodding culture. Both...
Wow, Just Wow! I’m Not Sure How Anyone Could Think This Was Ready For Powder Coating.
If you are thinking about building a vehicle that is going to require welding, you probably should have a clue on how to actually weld. And if you don’t, you should probably find someone else...
Classic YouTube: Meeting The 1965 Mako Shark II, The Preview Of The C3 Corvette
One of the first concept cars I ever paid attention to was this exact car, the 1965 Mako Shark II. At a young age I could tell you that it was more or less the preview for the 1968 Chevrolet...
Soviet Scrambler: These Ladas Get After It At Rally Legend! Who Knew A Repurposed Fiat Could Be This Wicked?
The design traces back to the 1966 Fiat 124, and somehow the shape was in production until 2012. The group of vehicles best collectively known as the Lada Riva were a staple of Russian auto...
Calder Park Drag Racing – V8s From Old And New Schools Making Noise!
We are about a month away from starting some test and tune days at Beech Bend with the Angry Grandpa Chrysler and honestly, the weather can’t clear up soon enough for us to start getting the...
Morning Symphony: The Highest-Revving Detroit Diesel-Powered Kenworth We’ve Seen Yet!
Diesels don’t rev. That’s just the truth of it. A couple of thousand RPMs and you’re in the upper limits for most oil-burners that have been produced. Four thousand RPM and...
This Cummins Powered Nova Was The Freakiest Car At Lights Out 9 And It Worked! Totally Awesome
In drag racing, freaky and different usually mean fun but they also usually mean slow. Well, this Cummins powered Nova was the freakiest car at Lights Out 9 and it was anything but slow. In fact this...
