This Dude Loses The Handle On His Car Racing The ‘Ring And He Only Wrecks His Shorts
Nov 07, 2017Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
It has happened to every person who has ever driven a car in anger. A loss of control where the only thing that prevents you from wadding your stuff into a pile is luck, physics, the power of a...
Looking To Build A Real Deal Super Duty 455? This Rare Set Of Factory Heads Is For Sale!
Nov 07, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
We have long sung the praises of the legendary Pontiac 455 engine that was quite literally the last true hurrah of the original muscle car era. The machines were produced in low volume in 1973 and...
Own A Dune Buggy In Texas? Get Ready To Surrender Your Title And Plates!
Nov 07, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Truck News
Dune buggies and kit car owners in Texas are currently facing the wrath of the DMV, and the situation isn’t looking good. According to Hemmings Motor News, the state of Texas has begun revoking...
Watch The All AMC Pro Stock Final From The 1976 NHRA World Finals – Booth Vs Kanners
Nov 07, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
When people think about efforts that AMC put into racing during the 1970s they always default to NASCAR and Trans-Am. People largely forget that the company had a pro stock program the likes of which...
44-Minutes of Crazy: Non-Stop Drag Racing Wreckage From Urban Hillbilly Action Videos Carnage Fest
Nov 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There’s no fake news in the title of this one, kids. We’re taking 44-minutes of crazy. We’re taking non stop drag racing wreckage footage from Urban Hillbilly that has been shot...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Brand New Car – Mungo Jerry (1972)
Nov 06, 2017Brian LohnesBS Daily Tune Up
Most people know the band Mungo Jerry from their campy hit “In The Summertime” but the group has a lot more to offer than just that one unique tune. This song from their 1972 album Boot...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: Monday Truck-Gasm – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly In South Hall
Nov 06, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Car Shows, Gallery, Off-Road, Trade Shows, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
Welcome to this SEMA 2017 Monday Truck-Gasm. A week ago at this moment we were grabbing credentials, getting into hotels and making heads or tails of the fine city of Las Vegas. Today we’re...
CL Find: This 1978 Trans Am Trar Could Be In The 2018 SEMA Battle Of The Builders If You Finish It!
Nov 06, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
(By Greg Rourke) – I have a good amount of spare time which I often waste on Craigslist looking at stuff I don’t want or need. I recently ran across this creation and made the decision...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: The Malaise Uprising? This Year’s Post-1972 Finds Were Surprising!
Nov 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
The 1973-1996 era of automotive production that is typically lumped in as the “Malaise Era” is a section of time that, for the most part, the automotive aftermarket has willingly chosen...
SEMA 2017: Cool New Blocks Ford Ford and Chevy Diesel Fans, and A Yeoman’s Crate Engine That’s Kind Of Neat
Nov 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 New Drag Race Products, Apex New Products, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift XL, New Products, XL New Truck Products
While there are plenty of mud flaps, bedazzled valve covers, and lame junk at SEMA there’s also loads of cool hard parts that are introduced at the show. In this blog we’re looking at a...
Sport Wagon: A Laguna Nosed, Big-Block 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Longroof That Is SWEET!
Nov 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Craigslist Find
Remember the scene from National Lampoon’s Vacation, when Clark and Rusty go to pick up the brand-new Antarctic Blue Super Sports Wagon? We all know that they wound up with two tons of...
Watch Steve Hamm Record His First Aussie Pro Slammer Round Win In The Most Violent Way Possible
Nov 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Steve Hamm is no stranger to winning rounds. The guy has been a killer in the Australian alcohol funny car ranks and he scooped up a national championship down there in 2014. He’s now an Aussie...
Unhinged: SEMA Isn’t For Hack-Ass Comedians Who Screw Over Others For Fame.
Nov 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
While I was roaming through the SEMA show on Friday, I came upon a the very well known Plymouth Air Radial Truck…you know the one, the 1939 Plymouth pickup truck packing a Jacobs R-755-A2...
