Rough Start: Going Dirt Cheap With A 5.0-Powered 1991 Ford Thunderbird!
Mar 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, FORD
Lohnes hates them, but I love ’em. The MN-12 era Ford Thunderbirds and Mercury Cougars are dirt-cheap platforms that have quite a bit going for them: they are roomier than a comparable Mustang,...
Ride Onboard A Legends Car As It Tracks Around Las Vegas Motor Speedway!
Mar 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
Legends racers are neat little screamers. What doesn’t sound fun about running a 5/8ths scale 1930s or 1940s car powered by a Yamaha bike engine running around a road course? Far as we are...
Craigslist Find: This 1950s Sand Rail For Sale In Texas Is The Grand Daddy Of Today’s 1,000hp Missiles
Mar 15, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
We have run a bunch of videos featuring modern “sand cars” that have massively powerful engines, can run across the dunes at like 150mph, and pull wheelies at an annoyingly frequent clip....
Jay Leno Checks Out Sung Kang’s “FuguZ” Datsun 240Z – This Skyline-Powered Beauty Is Worth Your Time, Trust Us!
Mar 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartCAR FEATURES, Videos
It is easy to dismiss Sung Kang’s 1973 Datsun 240Z. It’s a Datsun with a Rocket Bunny body kit. It’s an import. It’s Sung Kang’s car…you know, Han from the...
Sweptline Goodness: This 1967 Dodge D200 Camper Special Has California Patina And A Heart Transplant
Mar 15, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
I was looking for old trucks on eBay the other day because I had 10 minutes and I didn’t want to do something actually productive. I saw lots of awesome stuff. Trucks with great paint, cool...
Craigslist Find: This 1973 Dodge Charger Is Packing A V-10 And Attitude For Days
Mar 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, MOPAR
Thank you, Joe Haber, for thinking of me when you sent the link to this 1973 Dodge Charger in all of it’s monochromatic black glory. Joe knows that I have a weakness for cars that look like...
Maximim Mini! Ride Along As This Vintage Mini Runs 156mph With A Crazily Hot Rodded Sub One Liter Engine At Bonneville
Mar 15, 2016Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
(By Eric Rood) – We’ve missed Bonneville the last couple years with the well-publicized problems of salt and poor weather, but suffice to say that if we can manage to squeeze in Speed Week...
Rough Start: Begin Your Own Anti-LS Campaign With This 460-powered Ford Fairmont Wagon!
Mar 15, 2016Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, FORD
So you are sick and tired of the “Ford Tough With Chevy Stuff” stickers? Hate the fact that we have Blue Oval products in a lot of the pictures from LS Fest? Have avoided YouTube videos...
Make Your Garage Great Again: This Ad For A 1982 Pontiac Trans Am Is The Best Craigslist Listing Ever
Mar 15, 2016Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
Our own Eric Rood passed this one up the chain and when I read it I knew that every BangShifter worth his or her salt would love it. Taking into account the current political scene in this country,...
Is This The Greatest Crash Testing Failure Of All Time? Watch A Holden Fold Like An Accordion
Mar 15, 2016Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
While new cars are filled with all kinds of bells and whistles and hardcore guys may not necessarily want because they add weight and complexity, there is one undeniable fact about modern automotive...
Ride Along In A Racing Ferrari 458 GT3 As It Blows A Tire And Spins At 175mph And Hits…Nothing!
Mar 14, 2016Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
It’s not every day that you spin a $350,000 Ferrari at 175 mph and the only things that need replacing are a tire and your underwear. For Australian sports car racer Liam Talbot, a tire failure...
Check Out This Great Video From Racepak Announcing Team Racepak 2016! Are You In?
Mar 14, 2016Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, Sponsor News, Videos
The guys at Racepak make the best data acquisition equipment in racing but they are also mastering the art of the video camera as of late. This time the guys are back with an announcement video that...
Ride Along Over The Shoulder Of A USAC Silver Crown Driver As He Hauls Sideways Around A Dirt Oval During Race Practice
Mar 14, 2016Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
The formula for a USCA Silver Crown car is pretty simple if we break it down to the total root and that is essentially this. Take a sprint car chassis, install a NASCAR engine in it and go have fun...
This Mercury Zephyr Is Something To Fear On The Strip – Nitrous-Huffing Small Block Ford And All!
Mar 14, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
It’s brutally fast, it’s pretty enough to show and if it weren’t for the cowl hood, Dzus fasteners and the wheel/tire combination, you’d mistake it for a street car. This 1979...
