Category Archive: MISC, Videos
Roadside Find: Real 1966 Corvette 4×4 Trar
On a recent trip back to Texas, the parental units pointed out this well done 1966 Corvette 4×4 conversion. More often called a trar (truck/car), this particular homogenization is still more...
Video: Nascar Dodge R5/P7 Race Engine Lucas Oil Test
The name Lucas Oil can be found in conjunction with every kind of motorsport imaginable, and in order to provide lubricants for all these applications, the company has to do a lot of testing. At...
Carnage of the Week: Davy Jones Wrecks Huge at 1986 IMSA Race
Man, this one has it all. Brock Yates and Steve Evans on the call, killer 1980’s IMSA GTP cars, and a massive wreck at high speeds. Davy Jones was the driver and he somehow managed to walk...
Video of the Week: Home Brewed Enginuity
Yeah, we know it’s really spelled “ingenuity,” but here at BangShift.com we are coining a new phrase. Enginuity refers to the creative utilization of automotive parts in the pursuit...
Carnage of the Week: Massively Destructive Turbine Engine Test
For this installment of Carnage of the Week we’re entering the world of aviation. This is video of a “blade off test” that simulates what happens when a fan blade breaks off and...
Car Feature: Jet-X, The 1972 Plymouth GTX that Mopar Never Built
Here’s a car from the cover of the October 2009 Mopar Action magazine, and one that’s being debuted at Chryslers at Carlisle, July 10-12, just as this is being posted at BangShift.com....
Video of the Week: 1970 Formula A Action from Lime Rock With Narration from James Garner
It’s 1970, James Garner was one of the coolest dudes on Earth, and one of his screaming V8 open-wheel race cars is pounding the pavement at Lime Rock. What could be better? That’s the...
Carnage of the Week: If You’re Gonna be Dumb…
This week’s carnage is more human than mechanical. It’s a perfect lesson in, “If you’re gonna be dumb, you’ve got to be tough Take a couple of semi-drunken guys, a truck...
Video of the Week: In-Car Camera of an Evil Rollover at Willow Springs
Running around a road course is fickle business. One second you’re feeling like Fangio and the next you are feeling like one of the flying Walendas as your race car hurtles through the air....
The Sniper Lives: Twin Turbo, Viper V10 Powered Mustang Caught on Tape!
Call it project Sniper, project Nitemare, or just bat poop crazy, but Scott Vanderschoor’s twin-turbo, Viper V10 powered Mustang project has officially transitioned from garage-bound dream to...
Car Feature: Stunning 1955 Chevy Nomad, With Video!
Chevy Nomads are one of the few cars that will be eternally cool. Maybe that’s why Robert “Nick” Nichols wanted one and was willing to wait for it—for 50 years to be exact!...
Video: More Action From the 2009 Holley NHRA Hot Rod Reunion
Just when you thought that we were through with the BangShift.com coverage of the 2009 Holley NHRA Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, we dug up even more video clips from the Sunday drag...
Video: Killer Action at the 2009 National Hot Rod Reunion, Saturday
We’re wrapping up the weekend-long BangShift.com coverage of the 2009 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway with the best video yet! This one features some great burnout,...