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Best of BangShift 2013: Watch The 12V71 Powered Cornfield Corvette Big Rig Run 13s At the Strip And Tear Down The Road!

(Editor’s note: The sweet sounds of a 12 cylinder turbocharged Detroit Diesel are unmatched in any realm. This truck is BOSS) – There are many things to love about the videos below....

Best Of BangShift 2013: A Wheels Up ‘Cuda Climbs The Wall At Half Track And Takes Down Poles Along The Way

Launching Larry is one of these guys that comes out to events and pulls big giant wheelstands with his Barracuda without the aid of wheelie bars or any trickery. He competes in the power wheelstand...

Best Of BangShift 2013: An Alaskan Woman’s GMC Truck Ad To End All Truck Ads

Just when you thought you had seen all the funny Craigslist ads, here comes another from Alaska. Yes, Alaska. As in Anchorage. And we would love to take credit for finding this, but lets face it, we...

Best of BangShift 2014: Two Guys Perform The Worst Trailer Loading Operation In History

(Editor’s Note: We’ll be slipping in some of our favorite, most popular, most hated, and fun items from 2013 as we speed to 2014. This one ran just after 2013 started and it became an...

Sneak Peek: The New Solid LS Engine Block From RHS. Taking Power Potential To The Limit

We ran a photo of this bad boy in our PRI coverage and not one of you made a comment about it. We’re waiting on all the details from Racing Head Service, but from what we could see, and the...

Doesn’t The Vehicle In This Craigslist Ad Look Like A Reject From Top Gear? The Real One, Not The Rejects One.

When Brian Dehart sent us the link to this big beast, the very first thing that popped into my head was BBC’s Top Gear. Maybe that’s because I had just been watching the Top Gear Top 41,...

Wild Video: Crazy Head-On Collision on “Closed” Rally Course!

I’ve seen plenty of rally crash videos, but this one may take the prize for this month due to the “Holy $%*&, I did not see that coming!” ending. Without ruining anything, let’s just say...

BangShift Highlight Reel: Bad Brad Klaassen’s Year Of Drag Strip Action!

(Photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – Brad Klaassen shot a TON of drag strip photos in 2013. Brad was at places like Tulsa Raceway Park, Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma, and even...

Barnstormin’: Prepare For The Brave New World

A couple days before Christmas I went on a 1,000 mile road trip to deliver three pounds of bacon to a location just outside the Quantico military base in Virginia. It was a fun adventure that...

Charles Wickam’s 2013 Photo Highlight Reel – A Diverse Year In Photos!

(Photos and words by Charles Wickam) – 2013 wasn’t kind to me in regard to shooting pictures. Work and/or weather hampered just about every weekend so I lacked ALOT at the beginning of...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Ever Sold Your Car To The Wrong Buyer?

::Typically our Question Of the Day blog items are shorter, but I’m in a bit of a story-telling mood with the holidays and all. Hopefully you guys are as well:: As anyone that knows me will...

Great Video: Watch A 1928 Ford Speedster With A Wild Overhead Conversion Attack A Swedish Hillclimb – Screaming and Sideways!

We watched this video and immediately wanted a dirt road, an ancient race car, and plenty of opposite lock steering input. Alec Lif is the owner, builder, and driver of the race car you’ll see...

Thing I Wanted For Christmas But Didn’t Get: A Kettenkrad WWII Motorcycle Tank (w/Video)

There’s so much weird and cool stuff out there to look it in the world of BangShifty vehicles. My urge is to own virtually all of it but a few things like finances and a wife that refuses to...

Feature: This 1964 Chevelle Combines Pro Touring Form AND Function In One Bitchin’ Package

It was a (literally) breathless phone call from Dave Nutting a couple months back that got the ball rolling on this feature centered around Scott Carey’s fantastic 1964 Chevelle. As you well...