Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
Bitchin’ Historic Drag Video: Altered Wheelbase Mopars, Fuel Dragsters, Fuel Altereds, and a Tragic Fire
This is one of the coolest vintage drag racing videos we’ve dug up so far in our years of trolling YouTube. It features never before seen footage of some legendary altered wheelbase Mopar...
Video: Bitchin ’57 Chevy Burnout and Powershifting Action
When we were told about this video by BangShifter RevRods, we couldn’t wait to hit the play button. We’re confident you’ll feel the same way. After all, who can argue with the...
Goliath Video Update: 2010 Edition
We acquired Goliath, our now familiar 1966 C50 truck in November of 2009. In December, we posted an introductory video of the truck and took you along for a little ride. That was when the motor was...
EcoBoost Video: The New Twin-Turbo F-150 Hauls Ass!
We’ve been wondering what kinds of performance buyers could expect from the new EcoBoost V6 powered F-150. All the stats seemed pretty impressive. With 365hp and 420 lb/ft of torque, the math...
Killer Video: Bigfoot 1 Gets Thrashed in Take This Job and Shove It
It seems bizarre to say out loud, but the 1981 move Take This Job and Shove It was a significant event in the history of monster trucks. It was in the truck race scene of that film that Bigfoot One...
Cool Video: Old School Monster Trucks Crushing, Bogging…and Floating!
The modern day monster truck is a true marvel of engineering. They leap and fly like no other vehicles of their size and weight on Earth. Their engines and chassis technology allow them to launch...
Video Bonanza: Weird, Wild, and Cool Russian Off Road Vehicles
We have no idea what the Russian word for redneck is, but some of the stuff show in the videoswe dug up was certainly built by Russian rednecks. Yes, there is a military truck or two in there defying...
The Parting Shift: Beating on a 625hp, Four Speed, Big Block, 1968 Chevelle
This is one nasty car! The owner claims that it makes 625hp and by the sounds of the thing and the way it likes to run, we’re on board with that. The stir stick is attached to a Muncie M22 and...
Creepy Carnage Video: Dodge Falls Off Lift, Nearly Squashes Guy
A lift is that one tool or device that every busted knuckle BangShifter would love to have in their home shop. We know a bunch of you do out there ins reader land, so this video serves as a...
15-Minutes in Vintage NASCAR Heaven: Darlington 1972
Big blocks, big cars, high banks, wreckage, Junior Johnson with a rag on his head, there’s nothing this video doesn’t have. Taken at the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1972, this...
Humongo Rally Crash Video With Bonus Fire!
This is some truly nutso in-car rally crash video. Like virtually all rally videos it shows two guys crammed into a little car driving way to freaking fast through the countryside. All goes...
Video: The 2011 Camaro Convertible. We’ll take two.
We’ve got a 1969 Camaro Convertible in the BangShift.com project car fleet, so it only makes sense that we’d be excited about the new 2011 Camaro Convertible. We got to see one in person...
Video: Wheelstanding Stock Eliminator 1969 Camaro
Let’s face it, we like a lot of racing. But since we grew up around NHRA Stock Eliminator drag racing, and one of the family racers was a 1969 Camaro, we have a certain soft spot for first-gen...
Video: Drag Car hits wall, comes apart, and almost takes out the camera man.
Sean Melton, one of our loyal BangShift Forum members, sent us a link to video that he shot at Immokalee Dragstrip in January of 2010. The video is pretty crazy to watch as Sean found himself...