Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Best Of BS 2017: Watch As The Three Pedals 1989 Pontiac Wagon Completely Owns The Screamin’ Fried Tires Burnout Contest At The 2017 Holley LS Fest!
First and foremost: the “Screamin’ Fried Tires” burnout contest that Hoonigan and Hooker Blackheart sponsored for the 2017 Holley LS Fest has to be one of the best ideas to hit the...
Best Of BS 2017: The Rustic Nail & Co. 1948 Dodge Is Renewed Art
Restoration is the art of returning something to it’s original state. “Restification” describes the art of restoring, namely applied to a vehicle, but adding modifications to either...
Best of BS 2017: 2017 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4×4 – The Relic On The Lot Is The One You Want
(This was one of my favorite vehicles of the year…the most old-school new vehicle I’ve ever driven. -Ed.) We soon should be hearing more about the upcoming 2018 Jeep Wrangler that will...
Best Of BS 2017: Ratty Muscle Cars’ “No Shine Sh*t List” Under The Lights Meet 2017: Part One, The Meet-Up And Cruise
The last time I made the trip down to Decatur, Alabama to check out a Ratty Muscle Cars gig, the weather called for cloudy with a chance of snow and ice, so I cut bait before any action went down and...
The Year Of The LS-Swapped Rolls-Royce? Take An In-Depth Look At The ICON Derelict 1958 Silver Cloud!
This will be the third Roller I’ve learned about this year that has been converted from the stately lump that weighs in at about half a cruise ship to GM LS power. A Rolls-Royce with GM...
A Serious Rescue: The “Wild Cherry” Chevy Van From The Movie “Van Nuys Blvd.”
Van culture peaked in the late 1970s, fact. So did cruising, disco, and other questionable vices that to people of my age, represent the dark side of what my parents were up to before I was born. I...
Holiday Special, Part Two: The Final Day At The 2017 Street Machine Drag Challenge!
For a little more prime holiday watching that doesn’t involve sappy homecomings, scenes of snow, or Chevy Chase screaming his head off when his patience meter finally bottoms out, we bring you...
Holiday Special, Part One: 1320 Video Has Unleased The 2006 Pump Gas Drags DVD To Watch!
Before Drag Week, Hot Rod Magazine ran the Pump Gas Drags. The premise was simple: at the beginning of the event, the fuel tanks were drained, filled with Rocket 91-octane pump fuel and sealed off,...
BangShift Top 11: McTaggart’s 2017 Highlights!
The end is near! THE END IS NEAR! That’s what people were screaming in Phoenix last night until they realized that it was just a rocket launch, but they weren’t that wrong…the end...
25,000 – This Is The 25,000th Blog Item That BangShift Has Published Since November 21, 2008
No balloons fell from the ceiling and the coldly computerized mind of our content management system did not offer me a handshake or a high five. Nothing really happened or will happen when this...
Get Gone! This Toyota Corolla Leaves Like It’s Been Shot Out Of A Cannon!
When somebody starts to talk about an AE86 Toyota Corolla as a fast car, we will place good money that they are talking about a drift build that looks like the Panda car from Initial D. And yes, a...
Win This Supercharged 2017 Challenger In The AVS SUPERCHARGED ALL-AMERICAN CAR SWEEPSTAKES
When the guys at Lund and Auto Vent Shade decided they were going to put together a giant flare package for the new 2017 Dodge Challenger and then do one up to give away, there were tons of people...
You Could’ve Just Sold It: Elon Musk Is Shooting His Tesla Roadster Into Space!
When the car that you’ve owned for years has become old, worn down, maybe even broke-down, what do you do with it? Sell it to the first sucker who is willing to pay your price? Send it to the...
Insert “Do Not Try This At Home” Clause Here: Airbag, Meet Donut Spare!
Look…we all know that there is plenty of stupid ideas out there that can get you hurt or worse. We also know that a lot of those ideas tend to be some of the most enjoyable things out there....