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ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Watch This 440 Powered Mid Engine Neon Run Around The Course

At this year’s Grassroots Motorsports $2015 Challenge there are apparently some pretty creative machines running around. We’ve already seen a front engine Volkswagen bug and now there is...

OMG This Could Be The Best Single Cab Dually Ever…Holy Crap This Thing Is Cool!

I’m a little excited about this one. This could be the best single cab dually ever, and I want it bad. If it was a crew cab and looked like this it would be sitting waiting for the...

The Truck Of All Trucks, QUAGMIRE IS FOR SALE!!! Buy This Epic Icon And Wheel It!

If you don’t know Quagmire then we might have to pull your BangShiftXL truck guy card. This truck was featured in all kinds of stuff in the 1990’s and was on the cover of Petersen’s...

Ridetech’s Street Grip Explained In Video: This Stuff Really Works!

When Ridetech founder Bret Voelkel came to me and explained his thoughts on a complete system for muscle car enthusiasts that would come in one box and was focused on ride and handling without...

Take A Look At This! A 1958 Ford C-800 Fire Truck Turned Ramp Truck Car Hauler!

The other day we put up a listing for a fire truck that was up for auction with no reserve and said that someone should get it and turn it into a ramp truck. Well that’s exactly what this guy...

Camaro Summer? Camaro Summer Meets Street Freak Meets Custom

Holy crap! As the owner of a First Gen Camaro Convertible there is a part of me that wants to cry when I see this car. Okay several parts of me. But, you have to give it to the guy that built this...

This 1968 C10 Is A Factory 396 Truck And It Is Immaculate – Do Want!

Woah baby is this thing awesome! Behold this 1968 C10 long bed truck (shush it short bed guys!) with its factory equipped Turbo 400 transmission and factory equipped 396ci big block engine as well....

Watch This Mean Pontiac Firebird Erupt Into A Blazing Inferno After Smashing Both Walls At The Drags Strip – Stuck Throttle And Fire!

There are nightmare scenarios in racing that event the best, most talented, and experienced racers cannot extract themselves from. This video shows one of those horrifying situations when driver Mike...

Question Of The Day: Is The Kia Forte Koup Mud Bogger Cool Or Trying Way Too Hard?

The Kia Forte Koup is one of those kinds of cars that just doesn’t make an impact on you when you think about it. Not that much in Kia’s lineup does, mind you, but where they shine is...

Early Looks From The Tokyo Motor Show: A Yamaha Sports Car, A Miata-Fighting Toyota, And A Potential Mazda Rotary Sports Car?

While our attention is quickly ramping up for the 2015 SEMA show, the Tokyo Motor Show is in full swing and this year stars a couple of eye-raising pieces along the traditional Japanese “what...

Bangshift Checks Out The 24 Hours Of Lemons Halloween HooptieFest!

Last weekend, New Hampshire Motor Speedway hosted the insanity that is the 24 Hours of Lemons, so naturally, we at Bangshift felt it necessary to check it out! The Halloween Hooptiefest is the final...

Forget The Black Hearse…If Death Himself Was Rolling Around This Halloween, He’d Use This 1937 Buick

You know the cars of Halloween: Drag-u-la, the Munster Koach, Christine, The Car, the Peterbilt from Duel. Then there is the car of the Grim Reaper, the hooded one with a scythe who is out doing his...

Rough Start: The Cleanest Plymouth Volaré We’ve Seen In A While For $2800, Complete With The Mighty Slant Six!

Ok, “mighty Slant Six” might be a bit of hyperbole, but hear me out. If you’re ballin’ on a budget, the name of the game is durability: it has to last until you are able to...

Aussie Drag Challenge! Check Out The Scene From Australia’s Take On Drag Week!

The proof that Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week is an institution of it’s own is taking place in two locations : the spinoff Drag Weekend that is going on in the American Southwest, and the...