BangShift Project Files: It Started As A $500 Disco Vette, Now It’s A Rat-Powered Stomper…All Under $5,000!
Oct 24, 2015Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Project Cars
Our $5,000 Project Challenge has provided us with some bad-ass low-buck pieces that we envy, but this late-C3 Corvette owned by Forum member “fatguyzinc” is one that we’d love to be...
Craigslist Weirdness: A Mid-Engined “1964 Camero” Project Car… Huh?
Oct 24, 2015Tony Sestito1320 Online Find, Craigslist Find
So, I’m minding my own business, perusing my usual online haunts, and I see someone post up an ad for a cheap “Camero” that they found on good ol’ Craigslist. Yes, we all know that it’s a...
Southern Showdown Truck and Tractor Pull: Big Engines, Flying Dirt Our Last Action
Oct 24, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
(Photos by David Whealon) – Here’s our last load of pulling action photos from the 2015 NTPA Southern Showdown at the North Carolina State Fair. As Dave told us earlier in the week when...
Have An Urgent Need To Go? Then This Hot Rodded Outhouse Should Help You Move It Right Along!
Oct 24, 2015Bryan McTaggarteBay Find
Yes, folks, that’s an outhouse with a 383 stroker Chevy powering it. Don’t bother with asking why, because we have no earthly idea, but when you have to go in a hurry, you would be...
More California Hot Rod Reunion Testing Photos And Video With Pat Austin
Oct 23, 2015Chad Reynolds1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, 1320 Spotlight
This is our final batch of photos from the California Hot Rod Reunion Monday Nitro Test Session, but it’s a good one. It’s our biggest gallery and we also have video with Pat Austin who...
Wow! This Is One Crazy International Harvester Rat Rod Pickup!
Oct 23, 2015Chad ReynoldsXL Online Find, XL Spotlight
We are not always the biggest fans of the cartoon “Rat Rods”, but there is something about this one that we dig. In fact when I sent the link to Brian to check out his comment was...
Southern Showdown Truck and Tractor Pull Coverage: Farm Tractors, Minis, Multi-Engine Beasts, Trucks
Oct 23, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
(Photos by David Whealon) – Yesterday David Whealon told us about the good time he had blasting photos of the NTPA sanctioned Southern Showdown Truck and Tractor pull at the NC State Fair....
US-60 Dragway Late Season Nostalgia Action: All Burnouts All The Time! Gassers, More
Oct 23, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Vaporized carbon. One of the best uses for tires I can think of. In the old days they just let it rip from the drop of the flag. Then came the...
Would You Buy A Viper For Under $25,000? If The Answer Is Yes, You Actually Can!
Oct 23, 2015Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
Maybe it is because I was 13 when they started making them or because the Dodge Viper is still a pretty big middle finger to every other exotic car in the world but I do really like them. I have...
The Grassroots Motorsports $2015 Challenge Is This Weekend! Cheap Speed!
Oct 23, 2015Tony SestitoApex Event Coverage, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
One of the great budget-oriented motorsports events of the year is this weekend: The Grassroots Mororsports $20xx Challenge, presented by our friends over at Grassroots Motorsports Magazine down in...
Sunday Nostalgia Coverage: The Last Blast Of Photos From Lancaster’s Old School Throw Down
Oct 23, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Well we have finally made it to the end of the massive collection of photos Mike Brooks blasted during the Sunday Nostalgia event at Lancaster National Dragway in...
This 1964 El Camino Is One Bad Ass Ride, And Certain To Get You Noticed
Oct 22, 2015Chad ReynoldsApex Online Find, Apex Spotlight
When we first saw the little picture of this El Camino on eBay, we thought it was a slammed Pro Touring machine, but upon opening the ad we quickly realized we were wrong. This is one built to the...
2016 Jaguar F-Type R Convertible: The Topless Monster That Roars
Oct 22, 2015Brian LohnesApex Car Feature, BangShift APEX
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – I’ve never been a guy to seek out two-seater cars. Maybe it is because I am from New England, maybe it is because I’m on the larger boned side, or maybe...
