Cruise Coverage: The July 2014 Somernites Cruise – A Fun Weekend In Kentucky
Aug 04, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY DOUG GREGORY) – The July Somernites cruise was another smashing success. Between the huge numbers of cars and all the people checking them out, this was a fun weekend in...
All Signs Point To The Closing Of The GM Oshawa Plant By 2016
Aug 04, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
The Oshawa car line plant looks doomed again, if the writing on the wall gives any indication. Originally the plant was scheduled to close in 2012, then again this year, but increased sales of...
Bonneville Speed Week 2014: This Is The Most Dominant Production Pickup Ever And It Is Going For A Clean Sweep Of The Record Book This Year
Aug 04, 2014Brian LohnesLAND SPEED RACES
Other than the lowered stance and the air dam up front, that looks like a pretty typical 1988-1998 Chevy pickup, right? In some sense it is because SCTA rules for the Production Pickup class in which...
The Most Amazing Automotive Metal Working Project In America Is The Recreation Of An Ill-Fated 1939 Porsche Racer In A Old North Carolina VFW Hall
Aug 04, 2014Brian LohnesLAND SPEED RACES, OTHER, Project Cars
There are few things that impress us more than metal craftsmanship and we have never seen, nor will we probably ever see again (in person) the level of artistry and incredible talent that we saw this...
Straight Axles, Ladder Bars, Blowers & Chrome: Photos From The SoCal Gasser Tribute
Aug 04, 2014Darr HawthorneBangShift 1320, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery, SHOWS & EVENTS
We’ve all known that gassers have been around drag racing since the beginning and they were mostly raced on gas, blown or injected or some with a tunnel ram and carbs, but the idea of a gasser...
The Worst Email I Got Last Week: No, I Am Not Interested In A Chinese Segway Rip Off – I Can Fall Down On My Own
Aug 04, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
There’s few things more aggravating than being ripped off. Every once in a while it happens to us here where we’ll have a cool story and then it’ll be copy and pasted to someone...
eBay Find: This Edelbrock Y-Block Intake Topped With A Holley 4000 Teapot Carb Was Tough Stuff In Its Day
Aug 04, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
The history of the aftermarket industry and speed equipment is fascinating if not just for alleyways and side roads alone. When we think of a Holley four barrel carb, we default to a 4150 style piece...
This Video To Introduce The 2015 Indian Scout Motorcycle Calls Back On The Company’s History And Focuses Around The Wall Of Death
Aug 04, 2014Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
The Indian Motorcycle company’s legend was built between the years of 1901 and 1953 when the first iteration of the company built some of the most romanticized and (now) valuable motorcycles...
RideTech Releases New HQ CoilOver System For 5th Generation Camaros – Bolt On And GO!
Aug 03, 2014Brian LohnesApex Sponsor News, BangShift APEX, New Product Spotlight, New Products
RideTech has introduced its latest new product and it is good news for all of you 5th generation Camaro owners out there who are looking for a bolt on suspension package that will take your capable...
Ebay Find: A Turbine-Powered T-Bucket-Insanity Taken To A New Level, And Yes, It’s For Sale!
Aug 03, 2014Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, FORD
It takes quite a bit for us to stop what we’re doing and just stare at a picture of a car, more so when the car is a Ford T-bucket. This one did it. A Ford T-bucket powered by a Boeing 502...
Autocross Video: Ride Along In A Fast And Fantastic International Scout II Corner Burner!
Aug 03, 2014Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
When we saw the title to a video that suggested an International Scout II was on the autocross course we had to click it. Why? Mainly because the video was either going to show us a vehicle totally...
Cars And Coffee In Bowling Green Kentucky: Yawn, Stretch, And Wake The Neighbors As You Go To Breakfast And A Car Show
Aug 03, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
I love the premise behind a Cars and Coffee get together: Wake up, drive your hot ride to a parking lot adjacent to a great breakfast location and spend the morning hanging out with a variety of gear...
Rough Start: Heading To Guam, Sailor? I’ve Got Just The Car For You
Aug 03, 2014Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
Picking this Rough Start’s location was literally throwing a dart at the map. Guam is an island in Micronesia and has a sizable contingency of U.S. military personnel stationed there at any...
This Rabid FWD V8-powered Ford Festiva Is Severely Violent And Totally BangShift Approved!
Aug 03, 2014Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
How much head scratching did you do when you read that headline? We did plenty ourselves. When we searched “World’s Fastest Festiva” we expected to get a Shogun, the Festiva with a...
