Crazy Drag Photos: The Chicago Indoor Drags of 1962, 1963, and 1964
If we told you that in the winter of 1962,1963, and 1964 an enterprising racing promoter in Chicago, Illinois, hosted indoor drag races at a massive building once used by the stockyards to move...
Historic Video: A Trans-Antarctic Voyage in Tucker Sno-Cat Trucks Circa 1955
Man has always strived to create devices and machines to traverse all kinds of harsh environments. From dog sleds to huge “tundra trains” the frozen ice caps of planet Earth have always...
Saturday Website Of Win: AKH Vintage Wheels
You know you are a true gearhead when you can look at page after page of ancient automotive wheels and not only be entertained, but enthralled. When we got tipped off to a the website of AKH Vintage...
Carnage Video: Top Fuel Reverse Burnout and Guardrail Smash, OCIR, 1980
Driving a Top Fuel Dragster is no easy feat. It wasn’t any easier back in the early 1980s as this video will show you. Filmed at the now defunct Orange County International Raceway in 1980,...
Video Fail Break: Why TV Reporters Don’t Drive Dump Trucks
There are few things we love more than good television news bloopers. When over-zealous, smarmy reporters get a dose of their own medicine on camera, it is pure gold. In what could be the single...
Vintage Drag Video: Ohio’s Thompson Drag Raceway in the 1960s and 1970’s
Thompson Raceway Park was once known as Thompson Drag Raceway and it ranks very high on our list of personal favorite tracks. The track has been up and running for decades and was one of the central...
This 1937 Chevy Wrecker Is Well Worn Perfection In Need Of A Home
One of the things that we’re constantly reminded of is that more “old stuff” has survived than any of us can probably conceive of. Honestly, think of all the auctions, eBay ads,...
Hedman Adds Full Length LS Swap Headers For Tri-Five Chevys – From Mild To Wild Engines, These Can Handle ‘Em All!
Hedman has been in business for 60 years now and they’ve never forgotten where they came from, meaning that they’re always coming into the market with new pieces to fit popular...
Bottom Dollar Blazer Project – Episode 2: Fixing Mechanical Stuff
The first order of business with the ’79 Blazer I wrote about in last week’s episode was to start cleaning up everything, understanding what the issues were so I could get it running...
Battle Of The Roadkill All Stars – Every Running Roadkill Project Gets Thrashed In New Episode
The latest episode of Roadkill dropped today and it is a fun one that pits every running project car from the series against each other in an autocross format. When we say all the running projects...
Feature Video From Petrolicious: This 1927 Oakland Racer is Old-School Cool
“And now for something completely different”. Here for your Friday morning viewing pleasure is another great video from Petrolicious. If you’re not yet subscribed to their youTube channel, do...
BangShift Blog Archive: A Look at the Union Pacific Big Boy Locomotives
(Due to the number of emails we have gotten telling us about the restoration of the Union Pacific Big Boy locomotive that was stationed at the Fairplex in Pomona California, we’re re-running...
eBay Find: This 1966 Hemi Coronet Is One Of The Most BangShifty Hemi Cars Ever – Plain Jane Freight Train!
This is a 1966 Coronet 440 with a factory installed 426 Hemi providing the power and it can be all yours for the low, low price of $89,000. Truth be told, if we had the cash we’d be clicking...
A Sequel To The Awesome Stop Action Hot Wheels Car Chase Flick Has Surfaced! Nitro Warriors 2: Afterburner – This Rules!
It was only a couple of days ago that we showed you “Nitro Warriors”, a fantastic stop-action short film that featured an epic car chase with Hot Wheels cars. Well, the sequel to that...
