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Collection Photo Tour: Pennsylvania’s Three Dog Garage Is Literally Ford Heaven

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Not that he needed a recharge of his Ford loving soul, but Joe Grippo sure got one recently with a visit to the amazing Three Dog Garage of A. Ross and Beth Meyers....

Dakar 2016: What You Need To Know And Who You Should Be Watching!

As you read this, competitors from the world over are in South America competing in rally racing’s crucible, the Dakar Rally. Covering a length of over 5,600 miles between Bolivia and...

eBay Find: This 1957 Chrysler New Yorker Wagon Comes Up A Bit Short In Our Eyes

Chrysler’s “Forward Look” lineup for 1957 were gorgeous to look at and were a far cry from just a few years prior. With Elwood Engel on board whipping up designs sharp enough to...

Massachusetts Bomb Squad Responds To Garage – Discover BangShifty Device

(Image: Taunton Daily Gazette) – Some good old fashioned BangShifty thinking brought on a visit from the bomb squad recently in Massachusetts. A garage in the town of Taunton purchased a used...

Burnout Monday: Start Your Day Off With A Drifting General Lee From Italy!

If you’ve seen even one episode of The Dukes of Hazzard, you’d believe that the only way to drive a 1969 Dodge Charger on Vector wheels was sideways on dirt. Well…that and the...

2015 BangShift Photo Highlight Reel: Taylor And Doug Gregory’s Best Snaps

(Words by Doug Gregory – Photos by Taylor and Doug Gregory) – So 2015 is done and its time for a highlight reel from our busy year.  We attended at least 22 events for a total of 34...

How To Build Your Own Chassis Table With The Guys From Eastwood

With my son Cole’s Project First LUV in the grinding phase, we’re looking forward to the next phase after frame cleanup which is suspension design. Following that we’ll be doing our...

Birdman Defeats Kye Kelly For $15k In Texas Some No-Prep Wreckage Along The Way At Redemption 4.0 (Videos)

Lest you thought that there was no big money left to win in the no-prep world at this time of the year, the crew at Texas Raceway proved you wrong. The eighth-mile track in Kennedale, Texas had their...

Best Of 2015: Watch As Marc Marquez Ditches His MotoGP Bike For His Backup During Qualifying For The Grand Prix of the Americas Race In Texas

Og Mandino said, “Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity”, and if you want a visual representation of the truth of his words, then you can thank Repsol Honda rider Marc...

Best Of 2015: Woman Claims This Tennessee Bus’s Taillight Is A Pentagram

(Editor’s Note: Anyone have any ideas as to what could possibly top this gem from 2015? -McTaggart) I’m simply going to state the facts of this particular case: Robyn Wilkins spotted...

This Is What A Top End Interview Should Look Like – John Force Raw, Intense, Semi-Threatening, And On The Chip

This isn’t goofy, this isn’t corny, this isn’t scripted. This is what top end interviews in drag racing should look like. Lots of you may not agree with me here because of some...

Best Of 2015: That’s Not A Tool, That’s A Brick: The Best Video Of Karma Paying Back A Car Prowler You’ll Ever See

(Editor’s Note: And the “Dumbass Of The Year” award goes to…this guy. -McTaggart) You have to be pretty low to find yourself using rocks to break into cars to steal...

Best Of 2015: It’s An Imperial, An El Camino, And A Dually, All In One!

Of all of the weird stuff I’ve seen over the years, this one is in the running for the Top 10. Hell, it just might make the top 3, because I genuinely don’t know what to make of it. The...

Best Of 2015: Plowing Snow Like A Boss Using An Old Honda Three-Wheeler!

A fairly hidden fact is that before I got deep into cars I was deeper into bikes and trikes. I loved my dirt bikes, but without question the one ride that I adored above all others were early 1980s...