Great Read: A Short History of the Snake and the Mongoose
Oct 23, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
You certainly do not need to be a drag racing geek to have heard of the great rivalry between Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “Mongoose” McEwen. The two were part of what is...
eBay Pick: 1985 El Camino Sporting a Caddy Bum
Oct 23, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
This is a confusing piece. isn’t it? Normally people turn stuff into El Caminos by adding a truck like bed. Few people actually modify the Elky to be more car like. The seller of this creation...
Criagslist Pick: Vintage Twin Engine Racing Go Kart
Oct 23, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Old go karts are especially neat. First off they weren’t built in China, and secondly, they could have had multiple engines on them like this one that’s for sale in Kansas City. Packing...
Sublime Fail: Man Crashes Self Propelled Recliner Into Car While Drunk
Oct 23, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
This story may actually top them all. A 61-year old Minnesota man named Dennis LeRoy was sentenced to 180 days in jail for drunk driving. Not news, right? We should probably add the small detail that...
Ford Announces Limited Edition 2010 Boss 302R Factory Race Package
Oct 23, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ve been talking special edition Ford Mustangs around here lots, and apparently Ford has been listening as they just announced the release of a limited edition 2010 Boss 302R factory race car...
New Ridetech Project Car: a Factory Five Roadster!
Oct 22, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
BangShift.com sponsor Ridetech always has some cool project going on, and this time company owner Bret Voelkel has picked up one of the hot little Factory Five ’33 Hot Rods for the...
Killer Video: SOHC Ford Floating the Valves at Eight Grand
Oct 22, 2009Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
The is gearhead voyeurism: a look inside the valve cover of a 427 SOHC Ford motor at eight-freakin’-thousand RPM. What you’ll see is valve float. Not wildly bouncing valve float, but a...
Retro-Cool: Drag Racing Online Features Vintage Drag Racing Posters
Oct 22, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
People collect just about everyting. Our habit is weirdo, basketcase cars, but others like to collect all manner of drag race and hot rod memorabilia. Vintage drag race posters happen to be the focus...
Dart Wants Your Input on a New Ford Cylinder Head Design
Oct 22, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Dart Heads has decided to build a fresh, kill-all cylinder head for small-block Fords, and the company is looking for input on design features from racers who really use the stuff. This could be a...
Mustang II: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Oct 22, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Some say I was a little hard on the 1974-78 Mustang II in “The Top 11 Never Made Special Edition Ford Mustangs” that ran earlier this week on the BangShift.com blog. After all,...
Carroll Shelby Will Rebuild Your Engine!
Oct 22, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Ol’ Shel may not drop by your garage with a bowl of chili and a torque wrench, but if you send your mill to his Carrol Shelby Engines company, the place will now rework your exact engine and...
Video: Diesel Fury from the Cornfield Corvette
Oct 22, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Man we’re loving big, fast trucks these days. We stumbled upon a couple videos of a large truck called, the “Cornfield Corvette” and after nearly passing out due to the coolness of...
15 Vehicles Returned So Far in General Motors Buy-Back Program
Oct 22, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
In a program that started September 14, 2009, General Motors offered a 60-day buy-back guarantee on its cars. If you bought a GM product, you could return it between 31 and 60 days after the purchase...
New Zealand Street Racers Risk the Crusher Under New Law
Oct 22, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Normally we’d be writing about how you can add another state to the growing list of places that will crush your junk if your something really stupid in your car. Now we can tell you to add...
