Dec 10, 2018Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, CRASH & BURN, MISC, Videos This is the type of video that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up when you watch it and not for great reasons. Shot in South Africa about a year ago, things open up with an older guy sitting…
Neat Drag Racing Video: Go Drag Racing In The Philippines With The Angeles Hot Rod Association
Dec 10, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos When it comes to drag racing, we can argue that it is the most scrappy motorsport on Earth. It exists everywhere around the globe. In countries that are rich and poor they have drag racing. It does not matter what…
Playing With Yourself: Watch As The Hoonigans Play Forza Horizons 4 With Their Own Cars!
Dec 10, 2018Bryan McTaggartTECH, Videos I don’t know about you, but if my car ever made it into a videogame, I’d lose my mind waiting for the first chance to test out moves that I’d never, ever attempt in real life. Luckily for me (?), nobody in their right mind is going to look at…
35th Anniversary: The Theatrical Trailer For John Carpenter’s “Christine”…She’ll Get You!
Dec 10, 2018Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, MOPAR, Videos If you are a reader of this site and you know nothing of a 1958 Plymouth named Christine…you had better be young. December 9th marks the 35th anniversary of the release of John Carpenter’s take on Stephen King’s tale of automotive infatuation, love and wrath and it’s one flick…
Morning Symphony: The Highland Park Hummingbird In The Wintertime
Dec 09, 2018Bryan McTaggartENGINES, MOPAR, Videos FCA has done well in the horsepower war. They have a range that goes from sensible to seriously insane, have a lineup that includes a two-door, four-door, and an SUV wagon with 707 horsepower, trucks on the way…they didn’t forget how to party. But there has been something missing….
The Small-Track Hit: Spectator Racing At New Smyrna Speedway Takes A Sacrifice
Dec 09, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, CRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos Spectator racing is one of those strange events that we aren’t sure if we approve of or not. Seeing a couple of ratty third-gen F-bodies try to outgun the other at a circle track in a spectator drag race? Okay, nothing…
Military Truck Revival: Bringing A Kaiser Jeep Back To Life After A Long Nap
Dec 09, 2018Bryan McTaggartTECH, Videos The Jeep Gladiator…good lord, if there was ever a tank of a pickup truck, the ones that Kaiser-Willys cranked out for the U.S. military were certainly fitting of the phrase. There are many good reasons why the M-715 series of trucks are beloved. Unfortunately, their reliability wasn’t part of that…
Requiem For A Beater: A Tribute Video For The “Rotstang”
Dec 08, 2018Bryan McTaggartFORD, Videos You know that it’s about time to let a car go when the rust is so bad that the door won’t close when you are sitting in the seat. But in some cases, it can be very hard to admit that it’s time to end the suffering of a beater,…
A Moment Of Zen: An Untouched Barn Find, And It’s First Wash
Dec 07, 2018Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, Videos They might still be out there, but locating that one-in-a-million untouched barn find that isn’t reduced to paper-thin metal and a useful VIN tag is getting rarer by the day for the kinds of cars we dream about. We are all about saving every last one that can be saved,…
Great Idea Office, Nitrous Division: Cleetus And Crew Hit The Dyno With The Auction Corvette
Dec 07, 2018Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos Credit to Cleetus for making lemonade out of lemons here. We told you last week about how, in a moment of full impulse, he bought a C6 Corvette that had taken a mild tap up front from an auction for ten grand, only to find out that the engine…