BangShift Question Of The Day: What Phantom Tuner Car Would You Love To Be Real?
Jun 11, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
Check this out: a fan of Shelby American approached the company with a request: would they be willing to take his 1997 Ford Mustang GT and, effectively, “Shelby-ize” it? Remember, Shelby...
Awesome Video: Check Out The 1959 Studebaker NAPCO Demonstrator Truck – Huge 4×4 Perfection
Jun 11, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Late 1950s Studebaker trucks are awesome to begin with because of their styling. The rounded cabs and fenders that most manufacturers had abandoned were still front and center on the Stude trucks and...
The Grand Tour’s Richard Hammond Escaped This Monster Crash With A Fractured Knee
Jun 11, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, CRASH & BURN, Videos
The Grand Tour presenter Richard Hammond must be part cat, because he’s using up spare lives rather quickly. The former Top Gear presenter, who in 2006 very nearly bought the farm after a jet...
Vintage Photo Flood Continues: It Is More 1970s Funny Car, Door Slammer, And Dragster Greatness
Jun 11, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, Historic Photos
(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – By now you know what’s going on with these photo galleries. Canadian photographer Bob Boudreau has been rummaging through his old negatives and producing the...
Gallery: Jungle Pam, Rocket Cars, Carnage, New Historic Photos From New England Dragway
Jun 10, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races
Bob Boudreau’s seemingly endless archive of bad ass photos from the early 1970s at New England continues to yield more epic gold. In this installment of photos, you’ll see Jungle Pam hard...
Running This Honda Powered Go Kart On Ice Looks Like High Speed Fun!
Jun 10, 2017Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Well this thing is just awesome. A man-sized go kart with a Honda Interceptor V4 engine that makes about 100hp, a six speed transmission, full suspension, and all the robust quality you can get when...
Morning Symphony: The Bisimoto Odyssey Burning The Tires Down With Only 4/10ths Of Power On-Hand!
Jun 10, 2017Bryan McTaggartVideos
You know this Honda Odyssey. This is the Bisimoto creation that still, years later, is the most wicked minivan that we’ve ever known about. 1,029 horsepower out of an extremely worked over...
Rear-Mounted, Air-Cooled V8, Anyone? This 1989 Tatra 613 Is Up For Grabs!
Jun 10, 2017Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, OTHER
Outside of the Lane Museum in Nashville, where in the United States would you ever expect to see a Tatra automobile? Built in relatively small numbers until 1999, when the Czechloslovakian...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Surprising Engine Swap You’ve Ever Seen?
Jun 10, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
A yellow Lamborghini Gallardo. Woo. Look, we wouldn’t shut down the chance to let one of these wedgy Italian jobs feel the wrath of our right foot on the pedal, but overall…we...
Mack Truck History! A Collection Of Historic Macks For You To Enjoy
Jun 10, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Gallery
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we told you that we wold have more images from the awesome Allentown, Pennsylvania Mack truck welcome center and we were not lying. Joe Grippo recently hit...
In Memoriam: Vic Edelbrock, Jr. – Racer, Pilot, Businessman And Friend To The Gearhead
Jun 10, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Earlier today, I went up into the storage attic of my shop and drug down the intake system that had been on the Raven Imperial’s 323ci engine (and several others before it). I removed the...
Looking To The Sky: The “Blackhawk” Pontiac Firehawk Can Grip Any Surface!
Jun 10, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
“Blackhawk”, the 2000 Pontiac Firebird you see here, is known for it’s party trick: it’ll hang the front wheels high anytime, any place. With enough nitrous to run several...
“A” For Effort: This 1971 AMC Matador Has A Goal…But Needs Some Help To Reach It
Jun 09, 2017Bryan McTaggarteBay Find
This starts off interesting, doesn’t it? A black 1971 AMC Matador sedan, looking surprisingly clean and vibrant, and dare we say it…angry. It’s a nice break from the normal, a big...
