This Ancient GN JAP V8 Powered Car Has A Wooden Frame And Gets Driven – A 100+ Year Old Hot Rod!
So before you think we’re making an ill-advised reference to Japan, we’re not. This is a 100+ year old GN cycle car that is powered by nearly as ancient JAP (JA Prestwich) V8 that was used in early airplanes. It is an amazing combo of things that pretty much do not exist anymore. GNs were […]
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Bathurst 1969 Video: At The Peak Of Total Performance Ford and Holden Fight An Aussie War
The battle of Ford vs Ferrari may have been the highest profile example of Ford’s “Total Performance” era but this was not just a fight between Ford and the Italian company, it was literally Ford vs the World. The company wanted success in drag racing (Cobra Jets), SCCA road racing (Boss 302), Indy cars (Lotus […]
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Superboss! Watch Tyrone Malone Mangle Tires In This Bandag Promotional Film From 40 Years Ago
Tyrone Malone was one heck of a self-promoting machine and a guy who made his living in some interesting ways. The former trucker is most famous for his fleet of hot rod big rigs that he ran under the sponsor flag of Bandag, the tire recapping industry leader. The most powerful and cool of his […]
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Flyin’ Film: This 1960s Promotional Piece For The Piper Cherokee Is Awesome – Personal Aviation Was Booming!
As the US economy boomed in the 1960s, loads of new markets and opportunities opened up for people and companies. The personal aviation industry, like other places in the transportation segment of the world gathered major steam and expanded rapidly. The idea owning and using a personal airplane didn’t sound so crazy anymore. Small planes […]
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This Three Wide Locomotive Drag Race From Finland Is Way Cooler Than You Are Expecting
If you are a big time steam freak or someone who is into locomotives and have known about hi-jinx like this for years, forgive us. We never knew that locomotives were drag raced! In this video (which we believe is from Finland) we see three engines that are unencumbered aside from their fuel tenders let […]
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The Big Little: This Compilation Of Miniature V-Twin Engines Of Different Shape and Size Running Is Awesome
We have long loved miniature engines here at BangShift. These creations are the result of talented minds who can also translate their engineering ideas into tangible objects and most of these things are machined in small home shops with the work being done by hand. Similar to watch making in may ways, the enthusiasts that […]
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Watch (And Hear!) Junior Johnson Rip Around The Famed Ascot Park Dirt Track In California In His 427 Powered Galaxie Back In ’64/65
Redline 7000 was a stock car movie that was released in 1965 to national audiences and while it wasn’t exactly the smash hit of the year, it did OK and it is still a great watch today if you are a fan of old school racing. The main reason this is true is because the […]
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Listening To This Aluminum Block 6V53TT Detroit Diesel Turn 3,275 RPM Is Nearly Religious
Many of you out there may not know that there were aluminum block versions of Detroit Diesels produced over the course of time. These aluminum block based engines were (as we understand) primarily for military applications where weight was needed to be cut. The good news is that savvy scrap hunters have snatched many of […]
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Engine Building Video: How Babbit Bearings Are Poured And Some Legit Tricks In How To Build A Model A Four Banger
A short while back we showed you the Hagerty Redline Rebuild video that was focused around the reconstruction of a Model A Ford four cylinder. This was initially an engine that was built literally at a swap meet by the Hagerty Crew and then driven around. Well, it came time to do the job the […]
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Old Monster Truck Perfection Video: Some Of The Most Famous Trucks Of ’87 Sled Pulling
I was seven years old and completely wrapped up in the madness that was the 1980s monster truck scene when this video was made. The funny thing is, the stuff still captivates me today. It takes me right back to the living room rug and sitting too close to the TV either watching the events […]
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