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Ebay Find: This Dusty 1939 Lincoln-Zephyr Is On That Fine Line Between Restore And Modify – What Would You Do?

My knowledge of cars falls off of a cliff when discussing pre-1955 cars, so bear with me a little bit here, but I’m certain I can say that the Lincoln-Zephyr is at least one of the most desired...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Best “Help Wanted” Ad I’ve Ever Seen – Y’all Know A Guy?

I’ve seen plenty of Help Wanted ads…mostly while I’ve been digging through newspapers and Craigslist while muttering something about “needing experience to get the experience...

BangShift Adoption Services: These Two RideTech Test Cars Need A New Home!

Our good friends at RideTech have garages full of cool toys that they have used for construction, racing and testing purposes, the likes of which we’d quite happily pay for the privilege to...

Goodwood, Be Warned: Nissan Is Building A Juke-R Nismo And Will Debut It At The Festival Of Speed

Remember the Nissan Juke-R, the frog-eyed SUV that had the underpinnings and tasty bits of a Nissan GT-R implanted, creating a 545hp all-wheel-drive psychopath? Of course you do…if you...

Friday Excuse To Go Home Early And Drink: Another Prius Is Coming.

The Toyota Prius. Is there any other car out there that more BangShifters wish, hope and pray would disappear from car lots everywhere? We doubt it. We first saw the car in 2001, looking like a...

24 Hours Of LeMans: #63 Corvette C7.R Is Out Of Competition After This Huge Wreck In Qualifying

When the flag drops on the 24 Hours of LeMans today, one car that will not be in the running is the #63 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, which was slated to be driven by Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia and...

Scrapple, Your Weekly Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: Virginia’s Autonomous Highway, Shell’s New Level Of Gasoline, and ENOUGH, MARCHIONNE!

Whoever decided to bring in a dump truck’s worth of middle-of-the-road news to our driveway, you can feel free to take all but the bits and scraps we’ve decided to keep. This week has...

This Mercedes C63 Is A Ten-Second Stomper With A Bellowing Exhaust Note

“Wait a minute,” you might be thinking, “the Mercedes C-class…isn’t that the small one? Why does it sound like Hell’s own guard dog growling?” That,...

Unveiled: The Ford GT LM-GTE Pro Race Car – They Will Be At LeMans For 2016!

(Photos: Ford) We knew it was coming, and it is everything we hoped it would be and then some. At a press conference this morning at LeMans, Ford unveiled the racing variation of the upcoming GT...

Al Unser Jr. And Robby Unser Take You Through The Midwest Muscle Car Challenge

This video is awesome. Not only because you see cool action from the Midwest Muscle Car Challenge, but also because your tour guides are none other than Al Unser Jr. and Robby Unser. We’ve...

Aarik Gault Shows How It’s Done On The Goodguys Autocross At Indy

Aarik’s Camaro is a cool piece that he definitely knows how to wheel around an autocross course. He isn’t afraid to hang it out based on this video from the Goodguys Autocross at Indy...

This Old Ford Rollback Tow Truck Is Awesome! You Need It!

I have to say that when I saw this 1978 Ford Rollback Tow Truck the only thing I wished was that it was a crew cab. Rollback trucks are awesome, if not as popular with the hot rod crowd as a ramp...

Hit Up Lucas Oil Speedway For Drag Boat Racing And Dirt Track Action This Weekend!

Looking for something fun to do near Wheatland Missouri this weekend? Well here it is! On Friday and Saturday the John Haas Memorial Classic is going to be tearing up the WATER, yes WATER, at Lucas...

BangShift 1320 Question Of The Day: Street Outlaws, NHRA, Or Throwdown in T-Town?

Which one would you rather watch? With all the success that the Street Outlaws TV show has seen, and with an ever increasing diversity in the world of Drag Racing, we wondered which you would rather...