Powermaster Teams Up With A Bunch Of Manufacturers To Celebrate The 75th Anniversary Of The 1940 Ford In Style – Freshen Your Forty
Oct 10, 2014Brian LohnesSponsor News
It is always cool when automotive historical milestones come up. The 1940 Ford is set to turn 75 years old soon and a bunch of companies have teamed up to put together a prize pack that any 1940 Ford...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: If You Wanted Easy And Cheap, You Should’ve Found A Different Hobby
Oct 10, 2014Bryan McTaggartUPCG
You’d honestly be amazed at how many people think that working on cars is first-grade simple. It isn’t, and anyone that is stupid enough to ignore that thought is stupid enough to keep...
This Behind The Scenes Look At The Hot Rodding Film “This Is Long Beach” Is Pretty Awesome
Oct 10, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The history of hot rodding needs to be preserved and films like This is Long Beach by Brian Darwas are just the ticket to making that happen. The film tells the story of the Cavilers car club,...
This Crummy Looking Ford Pickup Has A Fun Surprise Under The Hood – A Drag Week Veteran’s Project That We Love
Oct 09, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
(Photos by Keith Lopez) – Without people who can’t leave well enough alone, Bangshift would not exist. See, guys like Drag Week veteran Keith Lopez get something and they just have to...
Thief Steals Camaro Z/28 From Seattle-Area Dealership In A “Gone In 60 Seconds” Copycat Move
Oct 09, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, CHEVY
The opening scene of the 2000 remake of Gone in 60 Seconds: Kip Raines has to steal a Porsche. When he finds that the machine is the dealership’s floor eye-candy, he breaks into the...
More Big Photos From The 2014 Shakedown At The Summit – Awesome Cars, Wild Action
Oct 09, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Dom Damato/DRD Photos) – We’re back with another flipping awesome set of images from Shakedown At The Summit 2014 at Norwalk. As we told you yesterday, the weather for the...
VIDEO: Seven Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Smokey and the Bandit
Oct 09, 2014Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, MISC, Videos
In the history of film, there are probably five movies we can all agree had more influence on our love of cars, and 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit has to be in the top three. Our buddy Craig...
Watch And Hear This 510ci Big Block Spin To 9,500 RPM – Pay Attention To The Distributor, It Has A Mind Of Its Own Up There
Oct 09, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The people who populate the NHRA’s Competition Eliminator class are among the craziest and braniest in the sport. They have not problem looking convention in the eye and spitting. They have no...
Edelbrock Releases Super Victor II Intake Manifold For Serious Big Block Engines – Huge Flow For Huge Power
Oct 09, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Sponsor News, BangShift 1320, New Product Spotlight
We love this time of the year because it is all about new parts, parts announcements, parts rumors, and the ramp up to the 2014 SEMA show in Las Vegas. Edelbrock has been barraging the world with new...
“Cow….” Subaru Rally Team Canada Find An Obstruction Not In The Pace Notes
Oct 09, 2014Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
The pace notes of a rally are significant to the success or failure of a rally team. When followed properly, they are a coded explanation of the stage that will tell the driver exactly what to do....
Drag Action Gallery: More Photos From The Paradise Drag Strip Fall Show-N-Go
Oct 09, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – For more than half a century, Paradise Drag Strip in Calhoun, Georgia has been sending cars, two by two, down the asphalt aisle from the Spring through the Fall...
Watch A 700hp Stadium Super Truck Complete A Lap Of A Drift/Autocross Course Up On Two Wheels – Fun Video
Oct 09, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
The Stadium Super Truck series has provided some of the most fun and impressive video of 2014. From the footage of them flying through the courses that they normally race on in stadiums to attacking...
Watch This Nearly-Stock YJ Wrangler Show The Mud Trucks How It’s Done
Oct 09, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
Mud truck are serious business. Big lifts, strong axles, tractor tires, and a screamer of an engine making all sorts of power are the needed to move a heavy truck through a good mud bog, especially...
This 1950s Velorex Three Wheeler Micro-Car Has The Heart Of A Modern Sport Bike – Sleeper or Creeper?
Oct 09, 2014Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
This is likely the first vehicle we have ever highlighted on BangShift that has a body which actually snaps onto the car. Oh, probably the first we have ever showed that has a body apparently made of...
