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Roadside Find: A 1954 Ford Customline That’s Barely Aged And For Sale, And More!

BangShift contributor Scott Liggett has an eye for finding some neat iron that most people haven’t seen outside of a car show in decades. We simply can’t explain why he is able to find...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Video With Telemetry On Screen!

When we found this 1979 Camaro Autocross video with telemetry on screen, we found ourselves staring at the data on screen and then having to watch again to see all the action. The driver in the video...

Watch Robby Gordon Flip A Stadium Super Truck During Testing

We had the chance to hang out with Robby Gordon and Sheldon Creed this weekend during Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car, where the two of them were putting on a show competing with...

NHRA Announces Significant Pro Stock Changes To Teams – Reaction Varied In Pits, Fans See Benefits

So by now you know that there have been huge rumors floating around the NHRA world over the last couple weeks regarding the future of the pro stock category and its ever decreasing number of...

The Gixxer Snowmobile Motorcycle Conversion Is As Awesomely Crazy As It Sounds (Video)

Leave it to our man stationed in Norway, Arild to find and forward this insane creation for us to share with BangShifters worldwide. Yes, that is a GSX-R motorcycle with a ski in the front and a long...

A Close Look At A Drop-Dead-Gorgeous Piece Of Rolling Art In The Form Of A 1960 Pontiac, Courtesy Of Speedhunters

(Photos: Mike Garrett/Speedhunters) While I prefer stock or simple paint jobs on my vehicles, I’m drawn to the intricate paint jobs that low riders and some kustoms sport. Lacing, airbrushing,...

Mighty Car Mods Test Their “Mod Max” Nissan Against Their Built-Up “Super Gramps” Subaru On A Dirt Track

If you want to see what’s “breaking the Internet” this year, forget Kim K.’s giant greasy buttcheeks. Look no further than to our friends at Roadkill and the challenges that...

How In The…?! Balancing A Camaro On A Subaru In Tennessee

The photo kind of says it all. Somehow, some strange series of events caused this late model Camaro to wind up as an oversized hood ornament for this unwitting Subaru in Maryville, Tennessee. While...

BangShift Project Files: A BMW, A V-12, And The Biggest Shoehorn You’ve Ever Seen…

BMWs normally don’t appear on our radar here at BangShift. They can be fast, they can handle, and some of them can look good, but when it comes to something we’re interested in…not...

UTV Racing In Arkansas – These Are The Go-Karts We Dreamed About As Kids!

The go-karts I rode as a kid were basically a K-mart shopping cart with steering and a 5hp Briggs and Stratton motor to propel me around. That was fine and good when I was five years old and getting...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: This Week, Audi Neuters The TT, One Expensive Ford And Fiat Shows Up Mazda!

It’s been another week in the office. The grind has worn you thin, and you partied like a rock star on Friday night, and maybe even into the early hours of the morning. But now you’re...

Would You Rather, The Big Boy Special: Take Your Pick Between The Nitrous Mud GMC And The Twin-Turbo Dune-Running Chevy!

1973-1987 Chevrolet trucks are just plain awesome. They straddled the gap between a working man’s pickup and a comfortable family truck nicely, they were simple enough to work on, they could...

Carnage Video: This Poor Chrysler Limousine Is Another Victim To The Still-Undefeated Freight Train

Freight trains and limousines have one thing…and only one thing…in common: they are long. And that is only a matter of scale. A freight train has thousands of horsepower on tap, weighs in...

Money Can’t Buy Everything, Round Two: Ferrari Vs. Brown Wagon – Can A Diesel Volkswagen Maul A 458 Italia?

Oy, this one hurts me. On one hand, you have a pedestrian, ordinary station wagon that is more than able to whoop the ass of Ferrari’s 458, one of the most lauded super cars in recent memory....