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Category Archive: CAR FEATURES, Videos

Handbuilt By A 17-Year-Old, Driven More Than It Should Have Ever Been And Restored By Everybody’s Favorite Rich Car Guy: The 1931 Shotwell!

Here’s a fun question: what were you doing when you were seventeen years old? Give it some thought. I’ll speak for myself: I was already moved out on my own, with a car and a full-time...

Fun At The Track And Just A Little Bit Of A Concussion: Carmageddon Show’s Crash Compilation!

It takes guts to strap yourself into a car, fully intending on crashing it. You risk life, limb, mental capacity and more, but for a professional stunt driver, that’s just another paycheck to...

Gear Banging Insanty in a 1980s Era Turbocharged F1 Car – Amazing Footage

Today’s F1 drivers use paddle shifters and have steering wheels in their cars with more buttons and functions than a lap top. Back in the 1980s though, things were different. The driver still...

Video: Watch The Biggest And Baddest Ford Production V8 Of All Time Shoot Fire And Sound Pissed! 1100ci!

That’s right, the biggest and baddest ass production Ford built V8 in the company’s long history was an 1100ci, all alumimum, dual overhead cam, 32-valve piece that made over 1,000 lb/ft...

MORE: ENGINES, Videos

Sunday Movie Day: Cledus Snow Saves The Day In His Big Rig At The End Of Smokey And The Bandit I

In a recent conversation with friends, we talked about how Smokey and the Bandit may have become the largest grossing movie of 1977 had it not run into another small sci-fi flick with the title of...

MORE: MISC, Videos

Video:A Fourth Generation Firebird Drag Car Explodes Into A Ball Of Flame Sitting Still At The Drags

I’ve always thought that one of the more entertaining catch phrases for the sport of drag racing could have been, “Drag racing, our stuff explodes sitting still.” In the case of...

Slingshot Catastrophe Video: Watch Kenny Winward Suffer A Horrible Dragster Wreck In The 1970s

Since basking in the glory of nostalgia action last weekend we’ve been craving the opportunity to pilot a front engine dragster. After watching this video, we may be rethinking that decision....

This 700 Horsepower, Nitrous-Infused Pontiac Solstice Is So Good, Even The Vehicle Virgins Can’t Believe It!

GM’s Kappa platform had promise. In usual parts-bin raiding, GM built a roadster platform and spawned two North American market cars, the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. You could spot the...

The Sushi GT-R? Cleetus Gets Behind The Wheel Of An 1,100 Horsepower Nissan To See If An Import Can Do Anything For Him!

Cleetus McFarland has returned! He’s survived the LSX Willys, and has successfully proven that it’s the nut behind the wheel, and not the Ford Mustang being driven, that is the cause for...

Left 2, Water Hazard: This Polaris Racer Sunk His RZR During A Race In Missouri!

It’s hard to not cringe and utter something like, “Dude…that sucks…” when all you see of a Polaris RZR 800 is two of the wheels right at the surface of the water and...

Project X Has Returned! The Legendary 1957 Chevrolet Is Inside Hot Rod Garage For Some Mods…

“Project X”, the bright yellow 1957 Chevrolet that has been a staple of automotive project builds for decades, has returned. It needs no introduction, but it might need a little bit of a...

MORE: CHEVY, TECH, Videos

Question Of The Day: Are There Too Many Car Shows Popping Up On The Internet?

The origin of BangShift started as an online video content site, CarJunkieTV.com. It’s pushing ten years ago that David Freiburger, Chad Reynolds, and a group of tech-savvy types and...

Classic YouTube: The Impossible Belgian Motorcycle Hillclimb. Many Try, Most End Up In Pain…

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein knew exactly what he was talking about when he nailed that line. At some point you...

Morning Symphony: Hill Climb Close Range Fly-by Footage Courtesy Of The Hardest-Working HDD Cam Out There!

You know those awesome, close-up fly-by racing shots that make television shows like TopGear and racing footage look amazing? You like seeing a car bearing down on you on video just before it rips...