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Great Site: The Automotive Art of Nate Grice

We were told to check out the work of automotive artist Nate Grice while out on Drag Week 2010. Since we move at the speed of slow molasses, we finally got around to doing so. Plain and simple, Nate...

Paris Auto Show 2010 Coverage – Our Favorite Special Edition Mustang Yet

We had no sooner gotten over praising the new Jeep Wrangler when our phone rang with a hot tip on a press conference Ford was going to hold in Paris, Illinois. As it turns out they were announcing...

Vintage Commercial: When Shelby Was Selling Chryslers

The early 1980s was a dark time for fans of domestic high performance cars. Yes, the automotive world was gradually pulling itself out of the performance abyss known as the 1970s, but the rollicking...

BangShifty Bling: Engine Rings – Not Piston Rings, Engine Rings

Well this is a first. Of all the hundreds of items we have ever published here at BangShift.com we have never written anything about jewelery, until now. We were tipped off to the existence of...

Paris Auto Show 2010 Coverage – We Spy the Next Generation Jeep!

After our ground breaking coverage of Diamond Reo truck earlier today, we had to search far and wide to top ourselves and keep this Paris Auto Show momentum rolling. We received word from a shabbily...

Wild Video: Helicopter Touch and Go Landings…on Lake Tahoe!

This is some of the craziest footage we have ever seen. It was saptured by tourists visiting Lake Tahoe. A pair of helicopters hover just above the water and then they both actually set down in the...

Paris Auto Show 2010 Coverage – 1968 Diamond Reo Unveiling

Big websites with stuff like “travel budgets” and “dress clothes” have sent reporters to France in order for them to breathlessly report on a slew of cars that will never see...

Event Gallery: The Vintage Racer Group at New Jersey Motorsports Park

Vintage road racing, like the nostalgia drags, is great. While we’d submit that the competition at the nostalgia drags may be a bit more intense, seeing historic cars from all over the world...

MSD Tech Video: Chad Installs an MSD Crank Trigger

When it comes to getting the most out of your high performance engine, timing is literally everything. Maximizing the efficiency and accuracy of the ignition system on your mill will get the most...

Swedish Nostalgia Nitro Flopper Headed to the 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion

The NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion is right around the corner and already we’re getting flooded with news and information about some of the awesome iron that will be running at the race. One...

Auto Trader Classics Find: A Neato 1956 Talbot-Lago

An admission that we’re not too sad to make is that we really want to someday own an old right hand drive European sporty car. Eventually, said car would probably end up with a blown Hemi in...

Engine Masters Challenge 2010 Coming Next Week: BangShifters Thrashing on an Entry

The 2010 Amsoil Engine Masters Challenge is set to start rocking the dynos at the University of Northwestern Ohio, Lima campus next week. One entry, the team of Hot Heads Research contains a couple...

Cool Shop Tour Video: Be Cool Radiators

There have been some very serious advancements made in high performance cooling systems over the  last 15 years and many of them can be traced back to the people at Be Cool Incorporated located...

Caption this photo: Larry Larson and Jeff Lutz Share a Word on Drag Week 2010

Larry Larson and Jeff Lutz were the two heaviest weight competitors on Hot Rod Drag Week 2010. They had a great battle all week long, with Larson getting the upper hand at the end of the week, but...