Auto Trader Classics Find: 1988 Buick Park Aveamino
Dec 09, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
One of the best parts of this gearhead universe we all live in is diversity. We all think differently and have different interpretations of what “cool” is. Due to that we all get to bask...
Caption This Photo: A Corvette Convertible in Abnormal Surroundings
Dec 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’re all about using our stuff all year long, and apparently the owner of this Corvette rag top is of the same mind. The more we looked at this photo the more we became more aware that...
Powercruise Events Coming to America in 2011
Dec 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
If you are a long time dilligent reader of BangShift, you’ve seen videos or photos from the famous Powercruise events in Australia and New Zealand. The events are held at race tracks and...
Racing Junk Find: A 1933 Ford Dump Truck That Proves We’re Not As Weird As We Think We Are
Dec 08, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
If we knew the guy who commissioned the building of this totally awesome 1933 Ford dump truck racer, we’d give him a bear hug. Why? Because it proves that we’re not the total freak job...
Snooky’s Vintage Originals Steps Up With Awesome Holiday Offer For BangShifters!
Dec 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Proud BangShift sponsor Snooky’s Vintage Originals has stepped up to the plate with a kick ass holiday offer aimed squarely at BangShift.com members and readers! There’s not a cooler...
15-Minutes in Vintage NASCAR Heaven: Darlington 1972
Dec 07, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
Big blocks, big cars, high banks, wreckage, Junior Johnson with a rag on his head, there’s nothing this video doesn’t have. Taken at the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1972, this...
Camaro Will Outsell Mustang in 2010, 5-600hp Z28 on Tap for 2012
Dec 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
When the 2010 chapter of the pony car book is written, Chevrolet will be crowned the victor of the round. The Camaro is on pace to outsell the Mustang by about 7,000 units through the end of the year...
BangShift Project Spotlight: A Serious V6 Firebird Build
Dec 07, 2010Brian LohnesBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Project Cars
The mere mention of a 2000 Pontiac Firebird conjures immediate thoughts of LS-series engines. In the case of BangShift member WarShrike, it doesn’t. Instead of going down the well worn path of...
Humongo Rally Crash Video With Bonus Fire!
Dec 07, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
This is some truly nutso in-car rally crash video. Like virtually all rally videos it shows two guys crammed into a little car driving way to freaking fast through the countryside. All goes...
Company to Develop Flying Humvee Chopper for Pentagon
Dec 07, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
A Massachusetts company called Terrafugia has been chosen by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to lead the development of a bad ass flying 4×4 vehicle for the military. The specs...
Barnstormin’: In With the Outlaw
Dec 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
A recent trip to the Tampa, Florida area gave me the chance to visit a drag strip I had never been to before. The strip is Lakeland Dragway, an eighth-mile track that runs as an outlaw, or...
Cool Project: How to Build a Modern AMX in Your Home Garage
Dec 06, 2010Brian LohnesAMC, Apex Car Feature, Project Cars
While wrenching on Goliath recently, a dude pulled up in a minto Lucerne blue Trans-Am and asked if we had any trim pieces on the Javelin in our backyard. We invited him back to take a look, but that...
Question of the Day: Have You Ever
Dec 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
A couple weeks back out pal Dave contacted us and asked if we wanted an old rear end that was sitting in the woods behind a family member’s house that he was helping to get ready for sale....
Crazy Photos: The Entire Sideways Smoking Nova Burnout Sequence
Dec 06, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Last week we dared you to try and caption one of the coolest drag racing photos we had seen in some time. The Nova in the photo was in the middle of a monster burnout but was completely and...
