Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, ENGINE, ENGINES, MISC, Tech Stories, Videos
No Small Task: Machining Tiny Connecting Rods For A Miniature LS Engine Is Quite The Process
The world of miniature engine building, like the world of full-size engine building has been forever morphed and changed by the introduction and proliferation of advanced machine tools. What was once...
Living That K-Car Life In A Ford Taurus World – This 1986 Review Of The Chrysler LeBaron Is A Neat Look Back
Like the bad tasting medicine a patient has to take to get better and overcome a medical malady, such was the position of the famed Chrysler K-Car in the 1980s. The company was staggering away from a...
More Car Show Video From The Gathering at the Roc 2024 – This John Jackson Video Captures All The Hot Rods As They Roll Into The Show!
The Gathering at the Roc is a truly special car show, and for good reason. This show is held at Woolaroc, a wildlife preserve located in Oklahoma that features 3,700 acres of ranch lands that have...
Amazing Film: The Story Of B-24 Bomber Production At Ford’s Willow Run Factory
Of the million and one stories that emerged from WWII, it was America’s industrial capacity that likely loomed the largest. There was nervousness among the allies at the start of the war and a...
Can You Create Your Own 2-Stage Paint: Can You (Gloss 2K Clear) Over (FLAT BLACK) Rust-oleum TURBO Spray Paint? Find Out Here!
I love DIY paint projects and this one here is interesting because I’ve head a lot of people ask about this over the years. What people often wonder, myself included, is whether or not you can...
Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Needs Some Love, And It’s Going To Get A Lot More Than That!
If you missed it, Dane Thompson’s Maliboom smacked the wall in Oklahoma during Rocky Mountain Race Week a few months ago and he’s been thrashing on it since. Despite lots of conjecture,...
Bad To The Bone Tire Smoking Project! The Voodoo Turbo 1966 Mustang Build Starts Right Here! Wow, Just Wow.
I’m always stoked to see new projects, mostly because they inspire me to get out into the shop and work on my own stuff. And since I’m working on finishing up my new show right now,...
Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: Break Downs And Trouble Shooting Problems Before The Deck Goes Together
It’s moving along, and it’s time for more miles and more testing and more tuning. This ramp truck project is something special, but like all things custom there are sometimes parts, pieces, and...
Audio Gold: Listen To These 1960s Drag Strip Radio Ads From Indiana’s Chandler Raceway Park
Now this is some magically awesome stuff. You are about to listen to a collection of several drag strip ads from Indiana’s Chandler Raceway Park. These were made back in the early and middle...
Hot Hatch History: This Look Back At The Hot Hatches Of The 1970s Is Great – No, The Golf GTI Was Not First
The idea of a “hot hatchback” has been part of the automotive landscape from the birth of the Mini-Cooper and this video from the fine folks at Goodwood which outlines the history of the...
Watch The 1998 Four Wheeler Top Truck Challenge: Killer Event And Its When The World Met Quagmyr!
The Four Wheeler Top Truck Challenge was one of the coolest magazine competitions that ever existed and it introduced the world to some cool trucks over the years. It was basically Drag Week for...
Wonderfully Cheesy: Tournament Of Thrills Is A 50+ Year Old Video Featuring Awesome Traveling Stunt Drivers
It’s pretty crazy how “entertainment” changes, right? Back about 50 years ago, ABC’s Wide World of Sports would show up at a dusty circle track on a fairgrounds somewhere and...
Is Tony Angelo’s Dirt Cheap LS V8 Swapped 911 Better than a Real Porsche GT3?! Head To Head Testing Will Tell Us Just How Good It Is! Or Isn’t?
Porsches, regardless of year or model, or pretty cool cars. Some are cooler than others, but there is no doubt that these machines have shaped the automotive world and that their performance models...
Tool Tip Tuesday With Kevin Tetz: The SHAKEMASTER 4000 Tool Review. Is This The Ultimate Paint Shaker? And Yes We Know It’s Wednesday
I love tool reviews, so when Kevin Tetz posted this video of himself testing the Shakemaster 4000 we knew we had to share it. I’m sure you have seen all kinds of things that people have added...