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Event Coverage: Mooneyes Christmas Party Car Show Photos Up The Wazoo Part 1

The Mooneyes Christmas Party Show is always one of Southern California’s hottest winter events, and one where everyone comes to see and be seen. You can always count on traditional hot rods,...

BangShift Submission Spotlight: Scott Bouwens’ 10-second 1966 Olds Cutlass

We get A LOT of content submissions from folks all over the world, with cool video links, show coverage, and story ideas each and every week, which helps us shape the content on BangShift. But one of...

Larry Larson’s Drag Week Winning Chevy II With The Wheels Up At 1000 Feet

Larry sent us this photo, from Scott Gillean at Boogey Man Artworks, showing his car at 1000 feet with the front wheels at least 3 or 4 inches up off the ground. What’s funny about this to us...

PRI 2012: Moroso Performance Products Rolls Out New Programmable Fuse And Switch Panel

For the last few years, Moroso Performance Products has been rolling out a constant stream of new hard parts. Oil pans, valve covers, oil separators, water pumps, and other pieces along those lines....

eBay Find: A Late 1960s George Barris Creation Fit For the Aging Pimp Looking To Regain His Youth

I have never really pretended to be any fan of George Barris’s work after the early 1960s. His late model “kustom” Camaros and Prius hybrids are the kinds of things that make you...

LIVE TONIGHT: PowerShift with Chad and Brian 8PM EASTERN 5PM PACIFIC — CLICK HERE TO WATCH!

That’s right folks, we’re trying out a new BangShift LIVE presentation and it is sure to be something. Good or bad, we aren’t quite sure yet, but we will be live from SoCal and Mass...

Flying The BangShift Flag! Hot Rod Drag Week Racers Full Of BS In Hot Rod

(Photos of Photos by Hot Rod Magazine) It’s always cool when we go to a race or car show and see someone with a BangShift decal on their car. We’ve been lucky enough to have them on NHRA...

Show Coverage: Even More Great Photos From The Uraidla Car Show In Australia

(Photos by Darryl Daniels) Thanks to Darryl, we’ve got more Australian car show coverage than we can shake a stick at. This is our final photo gallery from the Uraidla Picnic Cruise show that a...

Project El Monte Carvo: An In-Depth Look At Exactly What We’re Starting With

(Words and Photos by Dave Nutting) – We last left off after a brief introduction and history of El Monte Carvo. Now let’s dig into the current condition of the car a little more deeply...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Last Week’s Answer And Today’s Freakish Challenge

Now that I am back home from a brief escape to warmer climes, we’ll get the Test Your Gearhead Knowledge train back on the tracks again. Last we left you, the guys at Valley Head Service had...

Gallery: Drag Cars, Dirt Cars, and Bad Ass Rare Engines At The Eastern Motor Racing Museum

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – As promised, we’re back with another collection of photos from the Eastern Motor Racing Museum and our photo shootin’ Pennsylvania pal Joe Grippo. This time...

Mega Fail Video: How Not To Load A Tank On A Truck – Russian Style

Ok, so we’re not 100% sure that this video was shot in Russia but frankly where else could it be? Bat shit crazy stuff seems to happen in the land of Vodka and mail order brides on a daily...

Movie Review: Black Air – The Buick Grand National Documentary

Like so many people, including the various enthusiasts and journalists featured in Black Air: The Buick Grand National Documentary I plainly remember the first time I rode in the Buick Grand...

PRI 2012 Featurette: The Lucas Oil/MavTV Super Modified Pulling Tractor – Four Blown Elephants!

Of all the booth vehicles that were on display at the 2012 PRI Show in Orlando, none drew a larger crowd than the Lucas Oil/MavTV Super Modified pulling tractor that’s campaigned by Rick and...