Vintage Drag Wreckage Video: Dale Emery Goes for the Ride of His Life at Indy Circa 1977
Dale Emery’s backside darkened the seats of an amazing array of drag race cars during his long and storied career. The Texan drove everything from the Pure Hell fuel altered to slingshot fuel dragsters, and ultimately a pile of nitro floppers. Obviously, not every run in his career ended well, but we’d say that none […]
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More Monster ‘Dozer Action – Check Out This 1950s Siamese Twin D8 Caterpillar! (Video)
(By Greg Rourke) – Brian recently showed us the Euclid TC-12 bulldozer. Apparently it was a nightmare as far as reliability. It turns out if you needed an XXL dozer in the early 50’s, you had another choice. Maybe the TC-12’s reputation preceded it, or maybe you just didn’t like green, or just liked Caterpillar. Here […]
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Awesome History: The Twisted History Of The Porsche 924 Is A Story For The Ages
What we love about automotive history is that it has so many weird twists and turns, the fun stories are effectively endless. For instance, we had no idea that the Porsche 924 was actually born as a consulting project by the company for VW. When the whole thing was ready for production VW effectively cancelled […]
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Pricelessly Cool: Watch The Incredible Process Of Printing An Inconel Header From Scratch – Amazing
Yes, we know. This process was really long. This process was incredibly expensive, complicated, and maybe unnecessarily complex but my goodness is it awesome. This is how Steph Papadakis Racing went about conceiving, designing, engineering, and having produced an Inconel header for this all conquering 1,000+ horsepower Toyota Supra. The header is literally printed in […]
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Pounding Pontiac: Watch This Brutal 1963 LeMans Crank Off 9-Second Pure Poncho Elapsed Times
Yes, yes we know. There are easier ways to go 9s than to build a bad ass, multi-carb, tunnel ram, 482ci Pontiac V8 with a bunch of compression, and all the camshaft. There are easier ways but we’re not sure there are better ways because this car is awesome! Captured running at Byron Dragway last […]
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Mechanix Illustrated’s 1962 Highway Kart Is Nuts And They Encouraged You To Build It And Drive It On The Street!
No fooling, no kiddin’, we’re not joshing you, leading you on, or exaggerating a damned thing. In 1962, the famous Mechanix Illustrated Magazine actually published a story with complete details, photos, and instructions on how to build a racing go kart that was street legal to drive down the highways and byways if you didn’t have a […]
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Big Trucks Wheels Up: These Lifted Pickups Are Fun To Watch Hooked Up To The Sled!
Truck and tractor pulling are sports that we take seriously here at BangShift but even stuff we take seriously can have a fun side. This video is proof of that. Sometimes it is not about making the most efficient attack on a motorsport but rather it is about having a load of fun. Drag racing […]
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BangShift Tune Up: Spirit Of America – The Beach Boys (1963)
If there’s a cooler car song out there, let us know. As the only known song every written about a Bonneville car, this is about the best thing ever and it was performed by the Beach Boys! Of course, Craig Breedlove became a literal national hero when he averaged 407mph and took the land speed […]
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This Video That Shows How To Start A 1912 Cadillac Will Make You Appreciate Modern Stuff
It is always annoying when you hit the key in your car and it doesn’t start but the reality is that (at least with our junk) slapping some jumpers on it or jiggling some wires usually gets the whole works up and moving and we’re on our way. The whole modern process of “starting your […]
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Old School Chassis Tech: This Video From 30 Years Ago Shows The Al Swindahl Bolt Together Top Fuel Chassis
There are names in drag racing that have had massive impact. We all know the Don Garlits’ of the world, we all know the Bob Glidden types of the world but what about the guys who made the cars that these legends drove and competed in? Al Swindahl can be called one of, if not […]
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