Craigslist Find: A Legit 1970s Built 1969 Plymouth Road Runner Street Freak!
Dec 20, 2012Brian LohneseBay Find
While today we openly roast stuff like “donks” there was a time when jacking your stuff up was cool and that time was the 1970s and the whole street freak movement. This 1969 Road Runner...
WTF Find: A VW Based “Camaro” Kit Car — Absolutely Horrendous In Every Way
Dec 20, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Of all the weird, occasionally heinous, bizarre junk we have highlighted here at BangShift over the years, this thing takes the cake. Chad’s head is going to explode when he sees this. We have...
Atco Raceway Sold – Historic New Jersey Strip Purchased By Len Capone Jr. – Alky Funny Car Racer
Dec 20, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Atco Raceway, located in Atco, New Jersey has been sold to its current ownership partners to Len Capone Jr, a New Jersey native with a long history with drag racing and the historic drag plant...
Video: Rental Car Burnout Extravaganza Thanks To The Guys At Aeromotive
Dec 19, 2012Chad ReynoldsRACING & ACTION
I seriously have to apologize for not having this video up sooner since I was actually at the track when this burnout went down. I knew that a couple of Aermotive Fuel System guys watched it happen...
Video Bonanza: A History of Camaro TV Commercials 1967-1998 — We’ve Got A PILE Of ‘Em!
Dec 19, 2012Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
We’re not sure why we killed an hour looking for old TV commercials, but maybe you can spend half that looking at this compilation of Camaro ads over the years. There are 19 videos here because...
Caption this Photo: How not to Move a Car on a Train
Dec 19, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
This photo had our mind reeling with possibilities of awesome captions. We should give you some background info first, though. No one was hurt in this accident. In fact, no one was even in the...
Video: The History and Awesome Personal Story Behind The Meyers Manx – An American Icon
Dec 19, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News, HISTORIC
It is a little bit ironic that we’s find this killer Hot Rod Unlimited episode about the famed Meyers Manx on the day when we already ran some air cooled VW content, but it would be appropriate...
Show Gallery: The Belair Plaza Cruise – 2012 Daytona Turkey Run – Pro Street, Hot Rods, and More!
Dec 19, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Doug Garrison) – The huge gathering of hot rodder known as the yearly Daytona Turkey Run has its own traditions. One of those traditions is an “outlaw” car show at a...
LIVE 6PM Tonight! PowerShift With Chad And Brian: Dragstrips, Power Adders, Choppers, and More!
Dec 18, 2012Chad ReynoldsFUNNY STUFF, MISC
After last week’s technical issues during our second episode of PowerShift hear on BangShift.com, Chad and Brian will be back at it for Part Deux TONIGHT at 6pm Pacific Time. In this...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Like Christmas Car Art and Cartoons?
Dec 18, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
We just ran a blog item where the Holley Gearhead News featured a cool Pro Touring Vega backed up to the speed shop and getting all loaded up with goodies by some hot rodder wearing his Santa hat. We...
Coyote Den: This Harmless Looking T-Bird Is One Of The Coolest Sleepers We Have Ever Seen
Dec 18, 2012Brian LohnesCar Features, FORD
(Photos by Dave Nutting and Tube Chassis Designz) – We all love sleepers. Whether it is the idea of smashing someone with a flashy ride in the mouth (figuratively speaking) with something that...
Cool Christmas Car Art And More: Holley and Chris Froggett’s Take On Car Guy Christmas
Dec 18, 2012Chad ReynoldsSponsor News
One thing we dig about this time of year is all the funny car guy centric Christmas cartoons that you see depicting car guys decorating a starting line christmas tree rather than a regular green one,...
Car Show Photos: Operation Santa Toy Drive Car Show By La Habra Lions Club
Dec 18, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows
Our SoCal dude on the street Newell Ruggles was back at it this weekend shooting photos at the Operation Santa Toy Drive Car Show hosted by the La Habra Lions Club. He sent us a bunch of cool photos...
Video: Watch A Hyabusa Powered Lawn Tractor Blow Off Cars And Pull High Speed Wheelies
Dec 18, 2012Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, RACING & ACTION, Videos
A couple of weeks back we showed you the awesome Australian V8 powered lawn tractor spinning the dyno rollers down under. We’re back today with another exceptionally overpowered lawn tractor...
