Ebay Find: 1969 Jeep Gladiator, Powered By 500 Cubic Inches Of Cadillac Power
Jan 28, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Online Find
You have to love a Jeep truck. M-715, J-10, Gladiator…call it whatever you want, but the basic premise is there: it’s a bulletproof tank of a truck that’s dead simple to work on....
Watch In-Car Video of a Pinto Drag Car Pull a Vertical Wheelie and Taco the Front End
Jan 28, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park (formerly Norwalk Raceway Park) in Ohio is one of the fastest, nicest, and hardest hooking drag strips in the country. We’ve been there back when it was...
This 1950 Power Wagon Will Kill The Purists But It Is One Capable And Gnarly Off Road Machine
Jan 28, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
This is one of those trucks that will have people cranked up pretty wildly in both directions. The purists will bemoan the chopping up and modifying of a sweet 1950 Dodge Power Wagon and the heathens...
Question Of The Day: What’s The Worst Excuse You’ve Ever Heard Anyone Give For Not Liking A Car?
Jan 28, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
The video of the guy from Vehicle Virgins who listed why he disliked the 2005-era Ford GT drew some sharp fire. While I wanted to give the guy the benefit of the doubt, the rest of you went straight...
Wild In Car Video Of What It Is Like To Make A Pass At The Merrill Ice Drags – Full Throttle On The Frozen Eighth Mile!
Jan 28, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
So just because the glaciers come in and swallow everything during the winters in Wisconsin doesn’t mean that hot rodding has to stop. Sure, if someone from California set foot on a frozen lake...
Strip Trip: A Peek Inside The Frozen Remains Of Pocono Drag Lodge – One Of The Best Known Lost Strips In The Country
Jan 27, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
So I am finally getting to this series of drag strip visit stories from our family road trip in December. I am going to run them mostly in the order that we visited but I may mess with that a little...
The Edelbrock Dual-Quad Hemi Manifold Blows The Competition Away And Looks Awesome Doing It
Jan 27, 2015Brian LohnesNew Products, Sponsor News
If we have a common failing here at BangShift it is the complete lack of hemi ownership in our past and present. That’s a sad deal that we need to get handled and we were reminded of our dearth...
2015 Pittsburgh World of Wheels Coverage: Hot Trucks, Hot Rods, Celebrities, Muscle Cars, More
Jan 27, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – With the new year already in full swing, it’s only fitting that the indoor car show season gets going too. While Chad and Brian were on the West Coast...
2015 Grand National Roadster Show Coverage: Cool Cars And At Least One You Wouldn’t Expect To See!
Jan 27, 2015Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
We have been systematically taking you around the 2015 Grand National Roadster show in fine style for the last several days and we’re not letting up be any stretch. In fact, we’re going...
Edmunds’ Road Test Of A 2015 Ford F-150 Starts Out With A Durability Test – With A BFH Straight To The Bed!
Jan 27, 2015Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, FORD, Videos
The idea of a long-term new vehicle test is simple: over the course of 12 months, the vehicle gets subjected to real-world testing that covers everything from daily driving to random acts, like...
Classic YouTube: Tearing A Stuck Geo Storm A Brand New One
Jan 27, 2015Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
Nothing says “perfect winter car” quite like a Geo Storm. Light, front-wheel-drive, and if something should potentially happen to the little coupe, you’re only out about a couple...
Mark Rebilas Publishes His Best Crash And Burn Photos Of 2014 – Breathtaking Stuff From Multiple Forms Of Racing
Jan 27, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 NHRA News, 1320 Spotlight, BangShift 1320
Every driver in every photo featured below is having a bad day. They are either about to crash, crashing, engulfed in flames, dodging parts, or trying to keep a bad situation from getting worse....
This 1969 Oshkosh Plow Truck May Be The Only Thing That’ll Get Me Out Of My Driveway This Week
Jan 27, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
There’s an excellent chance that while you are reading this, I am hunkered down at the office with no power, a couple feet of snow, and sincere regret that I do not own a truck like the 1969...
Rough Start: The Dreaded One-Pic Ad – Is This 1975 Firebird Good Enough?
Jan 27, 2015Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Gaaaah! If there’s one thing I hate when it comes to surfing Craigslist, it’s the one-picture ad. It’s one thing for AutoTrader and the local newspaper where you’re paying for...
