Catch a Glimpse Under the Skin of the Railton Special Land-Speed-Record Setter in 1947
Oct 23, 2016Eric RoodBangShift News
In the mid-20th Century, the easiest way to make big horsepower for land-speed attempts was to build a wheeled vehicle around an airplane engine. The post-war era found powerplants like the Allison...
Good Luck Hating This One: A 6.0L LSx-Swapped Kia Sorento – Who Thinks This Stuff Up?
Oct 23, 2016Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
If there is one thing that you readers are good at, it’s delivering your opinions in a very clear format. The clearest opinion of the year? If it’s an LSx swap, for some reason, it...
Project Angry Grandpa: Throwing This, That And The Kitchen Sink At It, Too – We’re Going To Get A Timeslip Out Of The Chrysler, And Here’s How!
Oct 23, 2016Bryan McTaggartAngry Grandpa Chrysler, BangShift Projects, Project Cars
In April of this year, we made the call that come hell or high water, Project Angry Grandpa, our 2006 Chrysler 300C, was going to do one simple trick: run a 13.99 or better and trap over 100 miles...
Work For That Money: Chasing Five Grand Up A Muddy Bounty Hill In Kentucky!
Oct 23, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Normally, when we check in on the rock bouncer types, they are trying to fling themselves up a hill that looks to have been crafted by the Devil himself. There’s airborne rigs, there’s...
Weirdest Chevrolet Newsreel Ever: Man Goes Fishing With His 1936 Chevrolet Sedan – Uses Car As “Net”
Oct 23, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Typically newsreel ads of the 1930s, especially those that showed cars highlighted stuff like their toughness, their robust construction, or their fuel economy. Chevrolet decided to go another way...
One Holey Mother: Freiburger Shows You Just How Bad He Killed The Bonneville Camaro’s Engine Back In 2013!
Oct 23, 2016Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
If you don’t subscribe to Motor Trend On Demand, then chances are pretty good that you aren’t seeing episodes of Roadkill Extra. Basically, it’s a day-by-day quick vlog of...
Get The On-Board Ride Of The “Shadow” Mustang’s Airborne Crash, As Stevie “Fast” Jackson Tells You All About It!
Oct 23, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos
One of the, if not the biggest crashes of the year involve Stevie “Fast” Jackson’s airborne Mustang at Southern Georgia Motorsports Park earlier this month. Paired off with DeWayne...
Copart Cadavers: This 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Needs To Be Saved From The Crusher!
Oct 22, 2016Bryan McTaggartCHEVY
By the time I turned 18, I was already guilty of committing many, many atrocities against cars that didn’t deserve their fate. A 1975 Dodge Coronet was jumped, rolled, driven through trees,...
Pimp My Nova: This 1979 Cadillac Seville Opera Coupe Convertible Is Classy (In A Freak Show Kind Of Way!)
Oct 22, 2016Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Forget opera windows, padded vinyl roofs or opera lights. Will someone who lived through the 1970s please explain how this coach-built Cadillac Seville actually saw the light of day, let alone a...
Insane Video: Watch This (Presumably) Road Raging Truck Driver Bulldoze A Car Down A City Street At Speed
Oct 22, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
When you start to think about the physics and hard math involved in moving a big rig down the road and the energy it has when moving as speed, you’ll either be terrified or respectful when you...
Unhinged: How This Too-Clean 1984 Ford Escort Sedan Brings Up Some Very Bad Memories
Oct 22, 2016Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, FORD, Unhinged
Looks way too clean to be for sale in 2016, doesn’t it? This 1984 Ford Escort L is currently up on Craigslist (CLICK HERE for the link), but seeing the car doesn’t induce thoughts of a...
A Parade Of Power: Check Out These Touring Car Masters Race Cars Line Up At Bathurst!
Oct 22, 2016Bryan McTaggartSHOWS & EVENTS, Videos
The sound of cammed-out V8 race cars idling by on their way to the track to shriek out a noise barely rivaled by any rock concert in existence…is there a better way to start the day? Not in our...
The Top 11 Cars We Wish We Could Have Bought New
Oct 22, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift News
It’s wishful-thinking time for this Top 11. We’re laying out the Top 11 cars that we wish we were around and able to purchase brand new. Sure, hot rodding is about improving stuff, but...
Question Of The Day: Which Car Makes The Best Parts Donor?
Oct 22, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
As rows upon rows of cars in any typical junkyard will tell you, not all cars get to live pampered lives with caring owners. It’s a sad reality. Among the abandoned 1970s tanks, wrecked trucks,...
