Category Archive: MISC, Videos
Morning Symphony: The Musclecars Of Finland! Get An Earful Of Expats Here!
We might be closing in on the weekend, but we aren’t there just yet. You still have to drag your hide out of bed and get cleaned up for another day of fun and excitement…or whatever...
Dirt Drag Trucks In Michigan! Who Says Off-Roading Has To Be Slow?
You want to know the best thing about drag racing on dirt? You’ve lessened the likelihood of parts breakage! Maybe not in the engine bay, but think about it: outside of catastrophic engine...
Airborne, Most Of The Way: Rally Jumps Throughout The Years
If you get the inclination, watch some rally footage from the 1960s or earlier. You won’t recognize what you are seeing as actual rally racing…instead, it’ll look like the best tour...
There’s Hope For Any Car When A Ford Taurus Needs A Parachute At A Drag Strip
Years ago, Brian Lohnes gave me a title in the Forums: “the Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes”. You can’t blame him…ask anyone here if you don’t know about my thing...
Classic YouTube: The SR.N4 “Mountbatten” Hovercraft – Air Ride For The Channel!
Ferry service was never as wild as it was between Britain and France in the second half of the 20th century. Given that the Channel Tunnel wasn’t completed until 1994, there were two real...
Gearhead Myth Busting: Gale Banks Tackles The Benefits or Downsides Of Performance Differential Covers – Fascinating
Gale Banks is one of the most brilliant minds that hot rodding has ever known. He’s succeeded virtually every single area imaginable. While we know him for this diesel work over the last 20...
Little Demon: Happiness Is A Supercharged Pontiac Solstice GXP
Now here’s a car we don’t think about often, the Pontiac Solstice. The little Kappa sports car that was one of the final hits from the Excitement Division before Pontiac caught the wrong...
Classic YouTube: The 1971 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 Convertible Review By Car and Track – Hey, They Liked This One!
If you watch the Car and Track videos on YouTube, you’ll notice a trend: host Bud Lindemann tends to become more and more pessimistic about the cars that are being tested as the years march on....
You Want To See Some Suspension Move? Watch This Trophy Truck Video On Some Insane Whoops!
We can guarantee that if this trophy truck was to stop right after hauling ass across these whoops, you couldn’t touch the shock bodies. We’re talking massive heat from massive rate of...
Winter Is Coming, So Here’s Some Snow And Ice Fun To Watch…Police Included!
Have you noticed a chill in the air yet? Here at BangShift Mid-West, we sure have. Apparently we’re skipping that pleasant, still-kinda-warm Autumn weather and in it’s place, we’re...
Road Trip! It’s Only 80 Miles, But The Donut Trail Is Real And Sweet!
Kentucky has the bourbon trail, which is awesome, but if you don’t have a driver then it can be a bit disappointing. The Donut Trail, in Ohio, on the other hand is one that you can drive and...
Quick Clip: Grandpa’s Mercury Has Got A Brand New Bag!
If we had cash that we could burn like there was no tomorrow, believe me, the BangShift garages would be even more wild than they are now. For every car we have going, there’s a hundred...
Morning Symphony: Putting The “Muscle” Back Into Muscle Car With This AMC Javelin Puller!
Muscle car. The name lends itself nicely to the ear and invokes images that many look back on in wistful nostalgia. Cars that were so hairy, so loaded with power that you had to have bravado by the...
