Incredible Shop Tour Gallery: A Peek at the Inventory of Then and Now Automotive
Feb 08, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Editor’s Note: This story ran in April of 2010 — Since it is a Saturday, I decided to drag it out again. This place is absolutely incredible. Hit the link below to skip to the gallery...
Classic Video: Footage From Mickey Thompson’s SCORE Off Road Races At Riverside California In the 1980s
Feb 08, 2014Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The idea of racing off road trucks in stadiums and arenas all over the country was born from the fertile mind of Mickey Thompson. The guys was obsessed with off road racing and even more so, he was...
UPDATE: Capps Suffers Massive Explosion At NHRA Winternationals Qualifying VIDEO!
Feb 08, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News
Minutes ago, Ron Capps completed a 4.01-second nitro funny car lap to grab the number two qualifying position at the 2014 NHRA Winternationals but for obvious reasons he was not all smiles in the...
Awesome Old Video: Ride Along With Aussie Racing Legend Norm Beechey In A 1964 Holden As He Hauls Ass While Banging Gears On The Column!
Feb 08, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Norm Beechey was the 1965 and 1970 Australian Touring Car champ and he is a V8 Supercar hall of famer. Down under, the guy is one of the greats of all time. When you watch this video and see Beechey...
The Island Nation Of Madagascar Has A Drag Strip And Some Pretty Fast Cars! (Video)
Feb 07, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Most people hear the word Madagascar and probably think of the kid’s movie that shares the same name as the 4th largest island in the world. Located off the coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean,...
Buddy Holly + Fuel Altereds, Dragster, and Sportsman Cars Racing At Eagle Field = Another Nitro America Hit Video!
Feb 07, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The Eagle Field Drags are an event we’ve been trying to get to for years now. The race is held on an old airfield and really is an affair that harks back to the days when the sport was about...
Big News: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Joins As Newest BangShift Sponsor!
Feb 07, 2014Brian LohnesSponsor News
We are very proud to announce that Lingenfelter Performance Engineering has joined the ever expanding BangShift family of sponsors. A company that needs nearly no introduction, Lingenfelter...
BangShift Question Of The Day: At What Point Does Modifying A Vehicle “Ruin” It?
Feb 07, 2014Dave NuttingBangShift Question Of The Day??
Today’s Question Of The Day stems from an age-old dilemma that I’ve personally faced many times with many cars and I’m sure that the majority of you fellow BangShifters have faced...
FMC Built These Cool, Wildly Expensive RVs in the 1970s – The Cool Story Of FMCs RV Division
Feb 07, 2014Craig FitzgeraldXL Truck News
In the 1970s, a whole lot of car and truck manufacturers wanted to get into the recreational vehicle game. Instead of just shipping bare chassis to Indiana to have an RV builder throw a 1/4-inch...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy Installment One – An Open Memo To Customers, Auto Designers, And Everyone Else
Feb 07, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
(The axe wielding lunatic you see at the bottom of the page is an actual parts counter guy at an actual large chain parts store. For obvious reasons, he’s writing under the guise of anonymity....
eBay Find: This Dude Put A Hyabusa Engine In The Back Of A Ford Festiva And Now You Can Own It — BS Approved!
Feb 07, 2014Brian LohneseBay Find
Ray Hull gets the BangShift high five for tipping us off to this really cool creation that is currently for sale on eBay. Like we said in the title, a dude in Florida took a 1989 Ford Festiva and...
Eight Minutes Of Vintage Group B Rally Madness – No Wreckage, Just Great Driving and Incredible Cars
Feb 07, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Lots of times when we run rally videos, they contain all number of horrendous crashes and wipe outs but this is not one of those times. Instead you are going to see the greatest fleet of rally cars...
2014 Toyota Tundra Platinum: The Guts With None Of The Glory
Feb 06, 2014Brian LohnesXL Street Truck Feature, XL Truck Feature
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Before last week I had never driven a Toyota Tundra. I have always viewed the Tundra as something akin to a character from a 1980s spy movie. You know the ones...
Trouble Parking Your Massive Cadillac? Not Any More With This Genius Late 1940s Invention!
Feb 06, 2014Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, Videos
This is one of those old timey videos that’ll put a smile on your face for sure. Filmed in the Los Angeles area during the late 1940s, it shows an inventor’s great idea to aid in parallel...
