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Event Coverage: Viva Las Vegas, The Road Trip, The Cars, The Girls

BangShifter Newell Ruggles sent us some great photos from Viva Las Vegas 2013, along with his adventure in getting there behind the wheel of the “Black Widow” 1960 Plymouth Valiant with...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have Any Cool Shop Art? (Otherwise known as neat stuff you won’t ditch but will never use)

This cool little Stromberg WW carb came off of the Studebaker I technically still own but have neither the means or resources to do anything with currently. The carb is super cool looking and while I...

Turbo Video: A Cool Explanation Of How Wild Pulling Tractors Run 4-Turbo Compound Setups For Huge Boost And Power

While we all like to marvel at cool twin turbo setups on drag cars and stuff, the guys who run professional level pulling tractors have been doing insane things with turbos for decades before the...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Call Me The Breeze – Lynrd Skynrd (1974)

It’s a Skynrd kind of day in BangShift land today. We dug up this freaking awesome live concert footage of the band playing one of the great driving tunes of all time “Call Me The...

Awesome Video: Bubba Watson’s New Hovercraft Golf Cart – We Want One!

Bubba Watson is one of the best golf players in the world. He’s sponsored by Oakley, which is one of the coolest companies in the world because they commission stuff like a freaking hovercraft...

Barnstormin’: Confessions Of An Automotive Schizophrenic

So yesterday I drove a 2013 Ford Taurus SHO and my Buford T Justice Caprice, loving them both. I have a severe problem called automotive schizophrenia and there is no known cure. That’s a fact...

Video: Take A Tour Of The Cool Holley 1967 Chevy Shop Truck

Lots of aftermarket companies have neat company cars. The range from mild street machines that display their products at shows and events to hard core race cars. Holley has one of the coolest with...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Ever Driven A Slow Car Fast?

While the may sound like a dumb question on its face, lots of people are discovering the joy that is driving a slow car fast through racing like ChumpCar, The 24 Hours of Lemons, and it has been...

Show Gallery: The 2013 Rat City Rukkus Hot Rod Show – Fun In Vegas!

(Photos by Colin Johnson) – Colin Johnson is our man on the street in the greater Las Vegas area. Recently, he attended the Rat City Rukkus car show that is held at the same time as Viva Las...

The War Horse: A 1966 Straight Axle Mustang Fast Back That Punches All The Right BangShift Buttons!

(Photos by Charles Wickam and David Reese) – When Charles called and asked if we would be interested in doing a feature on a totally kick ass 1966 Mustang fastback done in the gasser style that...

Buford T Justice Update: We Install A First Gen Chevelle Flowmaster Kit On Our 9C1 Caprice!

Well I celebrated Buford’s one year anniversary in fine style last week by finally getting back to wrenching on the car. The weather has broken, Spring is here, and I found both of my kids when...

eBay Find: A 1969 COPO Camaro With Dealer Installed L88 Power, Ultra Rare Options, Perfect Paint, And A Big Price Tag

This could be the single coolest car for sale on eBay right now! When we first stumbled upon the ad that had the words Camaro and L88 in the title we assumed it was a project someone built as a clone...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose (1973)

Ronnie Montrose and Sammy Hagar were the two most well known parts of the first version of the band Montrose that emerged in the early 1970s and became stadium hard rock gods by the time the decade...

Show Gallery: The 2013 Space City Cruisers Car And Bike Show – League City, Texas

(Photos by Jerrica Burke) – The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in the Wickam house! Charles was stuck at the office last Saturday so his daughter Jerrica scooped up the camera and...