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Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos

1940s Video Of Burbank, California As Shot From A Train Has Cool Cars, Buildings, And Feel

A hearty thanks to BangShift contributor Benoit Pigeon for finding and sharing this video with me that is comprised of some fantastic footage from Burbank, California in the 1940s. Shot from a moving...

Classic YouTube: Summernats In Late 1980s Australia! Burnouts And A Start-Stop Challenge!

For years we’ve shown you the wild side of what an Australian auto event can be. The powerskids that leave Holdens looking like a horizontally-launched Space Shuttle as they rocket down the...

Treat It Like A Rental: That’s $2 Million Worth Of Mercedes Ripping Up The Lawn!

Out of the thirty-five 1997 Mercedes CLK-GTR homologation street cars produced, six and only six were roadsters…you know, because what a GT1 homologation car needs more than anything is...

Check Out 1320Video’s Final Round Of Footage From Rocky Mountain Race Week 2017!

The trek is over and done with. Rocky Mountain Race Week 2017 is in the books, and the 1320Video crew are wrapping up their coverage for the week. There’s been plenty of fun looping from...

Morning Symphony: Blue Oval Bark With A Slight Aussie Accent!

Monday mornings are the worst. You had a great weekend. You got some stuff done around the house, found some time to screw off, and got to rest a bit…or, at least, we hope you did. But...

MORE: FORD, Videos

Petrolicious Takes A Look At A C2 Corvette That Now Resides In Belgium

From it’s pointed prow nose with hidden headlights to the twin bullet taillights at the back of it’s curvy rump, the second generation of Chevrolet Corvette was a winner. The C2 looked...

MORE: CHEVY, Videos

Classic YouTube: The Review Of The 1983 Mercury Capri RS, aka The Hunchback Mustang

Camaro and Firebird. Challenger and Barracuda. Javelin and AMX. Pony cars seemed to work best as pairs, it seemed. General Motors and Chrysler would pick a body and share it between two marques,...

More Rocky Mountain Race Week 2017 Footage From 1320Video! Catch Up With The Day Three Action Here!

Not only are the Reynolds family covering Rocky Mountain Race Week in full for you guys, but Kyle and the crew at 1320Video are tagging along as well, making not only the races but the drives from...

Morning Symphony: Mad Mike’s “RUMBUL” Rotary-Powered Mazda Waking Up The Countryside!

In 1977, the last Mazda B-series “REPU” (Rotary Pickup) was produced. After that, Mazda left rotary mills to sports cars…and one grand tourer. Was there a grand fault for the rotary...

Are You A Fan Of The Death Proof Nova? Check Out This Closer Look Of The Real-Deal Car!

Love or hate Quentin Tarantino’s “Death Proof”, you have to approve the car selection. A Vanishing Point-style Challenger, a big-body Mustang that bears a slight resemblance to the...

MORE: CHEVY, Videos

How Often Do You See This? A Fast DeLorean Powered By The Original PRV V6!

I’ve made it no secret that if I had a nice bank account and a DeLorean, that I would jam in the LS4 out of a late-model Impala SS into the back and have a riot of a time. Brian has made it no...

Morning Symphony: A Walkaround Of A Pissed-Off Slant Six Dodge Dart Swinger!

After looking at the Slant Six-powered Charger, I had to go find a video of one running. Not one that was dead stock, nothing more than a sewing-machine hum with the sound of rattly valve train. Oh,...

Classic YouTube: Drifting Your Cares Away With A Pontiac Firebird And An Open Lot

Unnecessary. Immature. Childish. Pointless. Unsafe. Wasteful. There’s plenty of criticism that could be launched against the kinds of parking lot antics this Pontiac Firebird is performing. But...

Morning Symphony: Get An Earful Of The 1959 Chevrolet Biscayne “Duntov” Patrol Car!

This dark blue Chevrolet Biscayne was indeed a patrol car, one of forty like it. It’s a bare-bones setup, with rubber floor mats, the most low-buck interior offerings that Chevrolet had, a...