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Craigslist Find: One Of The Original Four AMX/3’s Is For Sale In Indiana!

This is far beyond the normal Craigslist find we show at BangShift, because instead of finding a low-buck budget ride or something that pegs the “WTF?” meter, this one is one of the...

Vintage Gallery: Vehicle Delivery Day, Filled With Mopars!

I’m too young to remember the traditional cycle of the new car reveal, but a lot of you remember it well: Come about September, the dealership went into Secret Squirrel mode while the new...

The Revival, Part 2: Our Super Duty Gets Straightened Out And Cleaned Up

The last time we checked in on the nearly-totalled 2001 Ford F-250, it had just rolled off the trailer and into the yard for an assessment of the damage, and there was plenty of it. The rear end had...

Awesome Video: Watch A Dude In Lebanon Driving A 1973 Charger SE Equipped With A 440, Slot Mags, A Daytona Wing, And Side Pipes Own A Gymkhana!

If you ever needed proof that BangShifters live in all corners of the world, than let this video be it. Shot in Lebanon, it features a 1973 Dodge Charger SE that has been modified with side pipes, a...

Watch This Sleeper Dodge Work Truck Run 12.50/100 – Heck Of A Hay Hauler!

Today you literally never know what’s sitting next to you at a traffic light or at the tree at the strip. Back in the day if you wanted a 12 second pickup truck it would have been a pretty loud...

Video: Airborne Mud Trucks! Big Power, Big Air, Big Mud

Check this out. The Trucks Gone Wild crew put on a levee jump at the Louisiana Mudfest with some huge mud trucks catching really big air, and this video shows it all. Gas powered or diesel, whichever...

Epic: Nearly 10 Minutes Of 1950s/60s/70s Drag Strip Footage Featuring Gassers and Altereds From All Corners Of The Country!

Holy smokes is this video incredible! Old school drag racing video master Jim Amos made this promotional clip for one of his videos and it is 10-minutes of pure perfection, featuring action from...

Video: The Chainlink 4×4 – Perhaps The Most Extreme 4×4 Ever?

If you haven’t seen video of the Chainlink 4×4, then you have been missing out. This beast doesn’t sound extreme when you start with the 5.0 Ford, C4, and 9″ with an ARB Air...

Cool Old Press Photo: The First Edsel Teaser Press Release

Of all the neat old press release and photos we have in our collection, we really think that this is the best piece. This photo is the first ever teaser shot of the Edsel. The wording in the release...

Houston Autorama 2014 – Our First Photos From The Massive Yearly Texas Show

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It has become a yearly Thanksgiving weekend tradition around here to bring you coverage from the Houston Autorama which gets the entire Autorama season kicked off....

Backyard Ingenuity Video: How One Man Turned A Totalled Chevy Corsica Into A Snowplow

“Necessity is the mother of invention” is often flung around, but honestly, when you’re snowed in, what is there to really invent? The shovel? Necessity may not inspire invention...

Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Has Black Friday Deals Through Sunday Evening! Tons Of Stuff, Big Discounts

We told you earlier this week that there would be sales all over the flipping place this weekend in the aftermarket world. Lingenfelter Performance Engineering has gotten in on the part with a to of...

A Freak And A Failure: The Sad Story Of The Coolest Tractor Ever Made, The Minneapolis Moline UDLX Comfortractor

A car, a tractor, and an epic fail. All three things describe this motorized freak, the ’38 Minneapolis Moline UDLX Comfortractor. In a twist of irony it is one of the most valuable collector...

The Top 11: Most Dominant Race Cars Of All Time

If there is one thing I have learned in five years of writing these BangShift Top 11 lists it is that nothing gets the Hater-ade flowing harder and faster. Today’s list will probably be more of...