http://www.bangshift.com/forum/ en Wed, 22 May 2013 09:56:52 GMT vBulletin 60 http://bangshift.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.bangshift.com/forum/ http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43439-BangShift-Daily-Tune-Up-Walk-Don’t-Run-–-The-Ventures-(1960)?goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 09:40:19 GMT The Ventures are the largest selling instrumental group of all time. According to most sources, since the early 1960s the group has moved something... The Ventures are the largest selling instrumental group of all time. According to most sources, since the early 1960s the group has moved something like 100-million albums. The song that really launched them into the big time was this tune called, Walk Don’t Run. I have been jamming to it while rolling in the Hot [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43439-BangShift-Daily-Tune-Up-Walk-Don’t-Run-–-The-Ventures-(1960) http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43438-Video-Home-Movie-Footage-From-The-1960s-Showing-An-Altered-Being-Push-Started-On-A-N?goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 09:40:19 GMT This is video that’s sure to put a big smile on your face! We saw this posted on Facebook and thought that the BS readership would totally be into seeing a group of guys in the 1960s push starting their altered on a residential street where they live. They apparently had just installed a brand [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43438-Video-Home-Movie-Footage-From-The-1960s-Showing-An-Altered-Being-Push-Started-On-A-N http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43437-Mini-Feature-A-1957-International-Welding-Truck-That’s-The-Same-As-It-Was-When-It-Le?goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 09:40:19 GMT (Words and photos by Greg Rourke) -#We sometimes see a guy at car shows with a 1957 International Harvester pickup. He tells us his grandfather... (Words and photos by Greg Rourke) -#We sometimes see a guy at car shows with a 1957 International Harvester pickup. He tells us his grandfather bought the truck brand new, and converted it for his job as a pipeline welder. The welder/generator is belt driven off the driveshaft, there is a gearbox# that allows either [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43437-Mini-Feature-A-1957-International-Welding-Truck-That’s-The-Same-As-It-Was-When-It-Le http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43436-BangShift-Question-of-the-Day-If-You-Were-Building-a-Bonneville-Car-What-Would-it-B?goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 09:40:19 GMT With all the hot and heavy action ready to get fired up in Wilmington again in a couple weeks and Speed Week looming on the horizon, we got to... With all the hot and heavy action ready to get fired up in Wilmington again in a couple weeks and Speed Week looming on the horizon, we got to mentally bench racing with ourselves and started dreaming about the LSR rig we would build. There’s the side of us that would want to build something [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43436-BangShift-Question-of-the-Day-If-You-Were-Building-a-Bonneville-Car-What-Would-it-B http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43418-Celebrity-Car-Death-Match-The-1982-Jeep-J10-From-Twister-VS-The-1963-Jeep-Gladiator?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 15:40:00 GMT (Editor’s note: Obviously the events surrounding the Oklahoma tornado are horrible and we’re sending our best to everyone effected by the disaster. We certainly didn’t plan on referencing the movie Twister on the day after a major tornado swept through and caused the destruction that it did yesterday. We’ve had this one in the blog [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43418-Celebrity-Car-Death-Match-The-1982-Jeep-J10-From-Twister-VS-The-1963-Jeep-Gladiator http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43417-Russian-Dash-Cam-Insanity-Watch-An-Out-Of-Control-Van-Fly-An-Incredible-Distance-Thr?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 15:40:00 GMT We were tipped off to this video by multiple BS readers were were left as slack jawed as we were once viewing it. We have no idea what the hell... We were tipped off to this video by multiple BS readers were were left as slack jawed as we were once viewing it. We have no idea what the hell caused this car to hit a barrier at an amazing rate of speed and launch skyward like it is part of a movie stunt. We’ve [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43417-Russian-Dash-Cam-Insanity-Watch-An-Out-Of-Control-Van-Fly-An-Incredible-Distance-Thr http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43415-Magnante-Speaks-Here’s-the-True-Story-Of-The-Bad-Seed-Chevette-–-The-Inside-Dope-You?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 13:40:01 GMT (Words and photos by Steve Magnante) – It has been over a decade since the April 2000 issue of Hot Rod magazine appeared on newsstands across the nation. The main image depicted an austere white Chevy Chevette Scooter riding on skinny front tires and plain steel rims – emerging from a dense cloud of tire [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43415-Magnante-Speaks-Here’s-the-True-Story-Of-The-Bad-Seed-Chevette-–-The-Inside-Dope-You http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43414-COMP-Performance-Group-Maintains-Huge-Presence-On-Power-Tour-In-2013-–-You-Could-Win?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 13:40:01 GMT In 2013 the COMP Performance group will maintain a big presence on the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour and that’s great news for anyone planning on making the trip in their hot rod. Why? Because between the nightly giveaways that they’ll be offering up on the main stage, to the killer engine builder battles that [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43414-COMP-Performance-Group-Maintains-Huge-Presence-On-Power-Tour-In-2013-–-You-Could-Win http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43411-Video-Watch-Chris-Evans’-Massive-X275-Wheelstand-From-MIR-Last-Weekend!?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 11:40:05 GMT It has been a while since we’ve shown you a good old fashioned, all four wheels off the ground wheelstand video. This is racer Chris Evans competing in his great looking X275 Mustang at the always fast Maryland International Raceway. As you’ll see, the car hooks and starts climbing the ring gear very quickly. It [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43411-Video-Watch-Chris-Evans’-Massive-X275-Wheelstand-From-MIR-Last-Weekend! http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43410-Drag-Gallery-The-ADRL-Spring-Drags-2013-–-Cordova-Illinois?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 11:40:05 GMT (Photos by Sean Smyth) – While Chad was up on the scaffolding in Cordova, Illinois during the ADRL Spring Drags last weekend, BangShift contributing photographer Sean Smyth was at ground level blasting away with his still camera. He captured some great images before coming down with something and having to leave the track in a [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43410-Drag-Gallery-The-ADRL-Spring-Drags-2013-–-Cordova-Illinois http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43408-BangShift-Daily-Tune-Up-“Racing-In-The-Street”-Bruce-Springsteen-(1978)?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 09:40:15 GMT The description of the car, the strip, the girl, the dream…all of it romanticizes street racing just like all our own old stories. It’s not that the details are more or less real from one story to the next, it’s just the delivery that changes the mystique, the feel, the emotion. This is one of [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43408-BangShift-Daily-Tune-Up-“Racing-In-The-Street”-Bruce-Springsteen-(1978) http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43407-3-Angle-Plus-In-Car-Crash-Video-7-second-Turbo-RX3-Rolls-and-Crashes-Bad-At-APSA-Syd?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 09:40:15 GMT This is one of the gnarliest crashes we have seen in a while, and we’ve seen a lot. Here is three videos, including in-car, of Sam “The Godfather” Sadek, in his stunningly beautiful, and scary fast, Mazda RX3 Turbo car as it blows an intercooler at about 1000ft at the last Australian Pro Street Association [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43407-3-Angle-Plus-In-Car-Crash-Video-7-second-Turbo-RX3-Rolls-and-Crashes-Bad-At-APSA-Syd http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43406-BangShift-Question-Of-The-Day-What-Would-You-Do-With-This-Racing-Junk-Find-J-79-Jet?goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 09:40:15 GMT Calling on a jet engine must be super cool. I mean just saying “Yeah, I’m calling about the jet engine you have for sale?” LOL That would rule all! I totally want this. I don’t know what I would do with it, other than bolting it to my back patio and lighting off the afterburner [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43406-BangShift-Question-Of-The-Day-What-Would-You-Do-With-This-Racing-Junk-Find-J-79-Jet http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43394-Screaming-Video-Watch-A-2008-Mustang-With-A-358CI-NASCAR-Engine-Make-A-Dyno-Pull-–-B?goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 15:40:05 GMT The Mustang Shop in Washington state is in the final stages of completing a 2008 Mustang the likes of which we have never seen for the NASA American... The Mustang Shop in Washington state is in the final stages of completing a 2008 Mustang the likes of which we have never seen for the NASA American Iron Extreme class. What was their build plan? Essentially it was to take a Mustag road race car and shove a 358ci NASCAR Sprint Cup engine into [...]

More... ]]> BangShift Blog admin http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43394-Screaming-Video-Watch-A-2008-Mustang-With-A-358CI-NASCAR-Engine-Make-A-Dyno-Pull-–-B http://www.bangshift.com/forum/showthread.php/43393-Big-Weekend-For-RideTech-In-Nashville-–-The-Big-Sweep!?goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 15:40:05 GMT Have been in the catbird seat announcing the action at the 8th Goodguys Nashville Nationals I was there to see the guys and girls at RideTech have a... Have been in the catbird seat announcing the action at the 8th Goodguys Nashville Nationals I was there to see the guys and girls at RideTech have a banner weekend in competition. Lots of their shocks and components were in use throughout all of the autocross classes that I witnessed but it was the Pro [...]

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