Aerospace Components Dual Rear Brake Systems Delivery More Stopping Power, Control, and Holding Ability
Jan 29, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Drivetrain Tech, 1320 Tech Story, BangShift 1320
(Words and photos by Mike Galimi) – Some things just go well in double servings like two scoops of ice cream instead one or a Double-Double for those who enjoy In-N-Out Burger. But when it...
Ebay Find: Is This 4-Valve Head One Of The Sold-Off Chrysler “A-925 Project” DOHC Hemi Heads?
Jan 29, 2016Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, MOPAR
When Chrysler took first, second and third at the 1964 Daytona 500, two things happened: it immediately put Bill France on high alert, and it gave the competition…namely, Ford, since GM...
Mammoth Orange County Choppers HQ Building To Be Auctioned – Bike Shop, Cafe, Bowling Alley, More
Jan 29, 2016Brian LohnesBangShift News
Seven years after it was built, the mammoth world head quarters for Orange County Choppers will be auctioned off in February. Located in Newburgh, New York the building was commissioned by and built...
Every Photo We’ve Posted So Far From The Grand National Roadster Show 2016 Is Right Here
Jan 29, 2016Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Car Shows
Hot Rodding is on! It’s Grand National Roadster Show 2016 time, which means America’s Most Beautiful Roadster contenders and a ton of other bitchin hot rods. We made the rounds during...
BangShift Speed Records: In My Merry Oldsmobile – One Of The First Car Tunes Ever
Jan 28, 2016Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
(By Eric Rood) – The hot rodding world is familiar with car-related pop songs and even with Oldsmobile-themed songs like “Rocket 88,” but it may be news that one of the first popular...
Gearhead History Lesson: What’s a Q-Ship?
Jan 28, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
We run lots of blog items about sleepers here on BangShift and on occasion, I refer to them as “Q-Ships”. As people find these stories on their own thorugh web searches or they run...
Kevin Tetz Shows You How To Replace The Wood In Your Pickup Truck Bed At Home
Jan 28, 2016Chad ReynoldsXL Tech Stories, XL Videos
How many times have you seen a bitchin patina’d pickup that has a completely rotted out wood bed in it, or a finished pretty truck that has wood that is present, but not pretty at all? It...
This 1971 Hemi Cuda Project Is Only $35,000 Which Sounds Like A Screamin’ Deal
Jan 28, 2016Chad ReynoldsApex Online Find
First off, this is not an original Hemi Cuda, but it is a pretty bad ass ride that comes with all kinds of coolness. The Hemi it comes with is a Mopar Performance based Hemi that measures 478 cubic...
Get An Ant’s Eye View Of What It Is Like To Be Run Over By A Junior Fuel Dragster
Jan 28, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
This is one of those videos that simply couldn’t exist before the days of “action sports cameras” like the Replay xD, GoPro, and all of the others on the market today. Back in the...
There’s More Than Just Burnout Contests! Watch As This Holden Caprice Competes In “Driving Events”!
Jan 28, 2016Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
There’s a reason that I’m so enamored with Australian motorsports, even at the grassroots levels: these guys don’t baby their cars! We’ve seen their drag racing, which is...
Wanna Beat The Snow Once And For All? Then Look At This Chevrolet Blazer…uh, Plymouth Acclaim?
Jan 28, 2016Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, eBay Find, MOPAR, TRUCKS
The midwest is finally past that cute little snowstorm that struck last week. Most of the snow and ice has melted away and what’s left isn’t anything to worry about. That couldn’t...
Good News! The DeLorean DMC-12 Is Going Back Into Production! All-New 1982 Stainless Steel Wonders For Sale!
Jan 28, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
I wish I could see the look on Brian Lohnes’ face when he gets to see this news, I really do. The DeLorean DMC-12, the car immortalized in the Macklemore music video for “Thrift...
Craigslist Find: This Beautiful Cadillac Seville Is Packing A Huge Surprise Under The Hood…And It Isn’t A GM Piece.
Jan 28, 2016Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Some people aren’t bothered by cross-breed engine swaps. Others take a strong personal offense to seeing a Hemi in a Ford, or a Chevy engine jammed into any and everything possible. The GM...
This 1979 Ford Fairmont May Be The Ultimate Sleeper Project
Jan 27, 2016Chad Reynolds1320 Online Find
The best street sleepers are always the ones that look so simple and plain that nobody would ever see you coming. We think this 1979 Ford Fairmont just might be the perfect candidate for a street...
