Embracing Utter Madness While Building An Oldsmobile 5.7 Diesel For LeMons – Our Kind Of Engine Build!
Jan 16, 2015Bryan McTaggartENGINE, Project Cars
There is no being frank about it: the Oldsmobile 5.7L diesel V8 was a turd from the word “go”. If the damn thing worked right, you could expect to accelerate just a tenth or two faster...
NAIAS 2015: We’ve Shown You The Best, Now Here Are Six Of The Rest
Jan 16, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Any new car is worthy of press, but let’s face it: we here at BangShift are a picky lot. Just because a car is new doesn’t mean it is worthy of being placed here, right? Well…yes...
Nurburgring Has Lost The 2015 German Grand Prix To Hockenheimring
Jan 16, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
This is a bit of an eye-opener. After Capricorn took over the operations of the Nurburgring, it seemed that the infamous track’s problems were finally starting to be taken care of. However, it...
If We Could Buy Any Hemi Car On Earth, This 23,000 Mile, Four Speed, 1966 Plymouth Satellite Would Be It!
Jan 16, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
You can keep your Chargers, ‘Cudas, and other “glory” style hemi Mopars because this is the one WE want. The unrestored, plain-Jane looking, boxy cool 1966 Plymouth Satellite. This...
Hot Rod Hoarder: The Koepke Collection Is Going To Auction – From Early Fords Through Late ’70s Exotics, It’s Here!
Jan 16, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, Event Coverage, OTHER
(All photos courtesy Yvette VanDerBrink) The latest in a recent string of collection auctions isn’t just a random collection of vehicles that were left to fend for themselves. No, instead this...
Ebay Find: This Turbocharged Big-Block Dodge A100 Is The Fine Line Between Sleeper And Insanity
Jan 16, 2015Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, MOPAR
Seeing a Dodge A100 isn’t a common event outside of a car show. If you do, you might see a dead stocker puttering along somewhere in the Southwest, or maybe someone held onto their ’70s...
Watch A 94-Year Old Man Drive Through A Car Wash At Full Throttle And Performs The Most Violent Perfect Parking Job Ever
Jan 16, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift News
There’s an on-going discussion about testing older drivers every few years to make sure that they are still OK to be driving. This video will surely add to that debate as it features a 94-year...
Project Whistling Death Update: Cutting, Welding, Fixing, And Using OPGI Parts To Bring The Chevelle Shell Back To Life
Jan 16, 2015Brian LohnesApex Project Cars, BangShift APEX
(Since we are going to be cranking up our detailed coverage on the Project Whistling Death again next week, here’s a look at the car as it looked during our last update when sheet metal from...
Would You Rather, The Military Pickup Truck Edition! Will It Be CUCV or M880?
Jan 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, CHEVY, MOPAR
When the restrictions were lifted late last year on the sale of ex-military HMMWVs, we were excited for a moment, only to have our excitement dashed at learning that there was absolutely no possible...
Historical Film: The 1969 U.S. Nationals At Indy…Nearly An Hour Of Footage From The Nats!
Jan 15, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Woody Jordan sent us the link to the entire “Tournament of Champions” film on YouTube, and if there ever was anything that made me wish I was doing this gig in 1969, this is it. You have...
BangShift Project Files: TheSilverBuick’s 1969 Pontiac Firebird
Jan 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Car Features
Randal Burns, better known as TheSilverBuick around here, is an engineer to the core. His 455-powered Buick Skylark is a Drag Week veteran that can easily be pressed into daily-driver duty with no...
eBay Find: Buy The Front End From One Of The Meanest Early Pro Stockers In The Country – The Canned Heat Camaro’s Nose Is For Sale
Jan 15, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
In today’s world, NHRA Pro Stock is a category that’s in flux. The racing is incredibly tight, the refinement in the race cars is beyond compare in the rest of the sport, and the costs to...
Chaos: Watch What It Looks Like When Two Dakar Rally Participants Wreck HARD In The Bolivian Desert
Jan 15, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
We’ve often talked about the risks and dangers associated with races like Baja, Dakar, and others of their ilk. That being said, we’ve never seen a more stark representation of what...
Rally Video: Chris Harris Takes On An R-GT Prepared Porsche 911 In Wales
Jan 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Sideways, Apex Video, BangShift APEX
Porsche and rally racing actually have a long and successful past, with technological advancements culminating in the creation of the 959, one of the baddest Porsches ever made. If you need any more...
