2018 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels: More Photos From The Show!
Feb 07, 2018Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – As promised, we’re back with more Mike Brooks photos from the 2018 Pittsburgh World of Wheels. This is the latest in the World of Wheels series that weaves its...
Sub Zero: Watch As John Bonner’s Small-Block SN-95 Mustang Steps Out For 2018
Feb 07, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
There are a lot of Mustangs out on dragstrips around the world that are the devil. They shouldn’t be able to do what they do…the contact patch they run is too small, the cars are wound...
Classic YouTube: Bob Mayer’s Independent Review Of The 1980 Chrysler Cordoba
Feb 07, 2018Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
I’ll let you in on a little secret about testing cars for manufacturers: they don’t like it when you are nice and honest with the cars you drive. Nowadays, the main bitches of testers...
Watch The 1983 NHRA Winternationals In All Of Their Glory Right Here – Fun Race, Strange Broadcast Crew
Feb 07, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Yup, that lead photo shows the Christmas Tree falling over! The 1983 NHRA Winternationals closed with jet cars and the wash from the jets sent the tall Christmas Tree smashing to the ground, ending...
Nitrous Oxide Systems And MSD Now Have A Complete Nitrous Kit For Your Late-Model Hemi-Powered Mopar LX!
Feb 07, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Sponsor News, Sponsor News
As we’ve shown here with our Project Angry Grandpa Chrysler 300C, the Mopar LX platform is a great all-around vehicle. With good grunt from the V8s, rear wheel drive and all-wheel-drive...
Unhinged: The Beauty And Snark Of The Falcon Heavy Launch
Feb 07, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, Unhinged
It’s probably the biggest news story going: the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch was a complete and total success and among all of the things going on with the event, the one thing everybody seems...
Celebrating 207 on 2/7 – Watch These 207ci Engines Make Power and There Are Some Weird Ones!
Feb 07, 2018Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Normally we do the whole “displacement celebration” stuff during the months of March and April. Makes sense as many of the engines we love around here range from 300-400 cubic inches,...
BangShift Tune-Up: “On Parole” by Motörhead (1975), With Bonus Police Chases!
Feb 07, 2018Bryan McTaggartBS Daily Tune Up
The police chase is a staple of good car movies. What a natural fit: a good side and a bad side (you determine who is who), engines screaming, cars sliding, and a completely open rulebook for how...
This 1966 Jeep Super Wagoneer Is A BangShifty RestoMod Done Perfectly – Neat Truck!
Feb 07, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
So we’ll start by telling you that this 1966 Jeep Super Wagoneer is in Norway of all places at the minute but when you learn about its coolness you’ll understand why shipping it...
NHRA Nitro Spring Training In Phoenix Looks At Record-Setting 2018 Drag Racing Season!
Feb 06, 2018Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320
(photos by Big Bob Snyder) The 2018 NHRA Mello Yello season has begun with completion of Pro Nitro Spring Training at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park over last weekend. Many new cars, or maybe new...
The 1966 Winternationals Highlights, Powershifts, and A 1960s Steve Evans Doing Voice Over
Feb 06, 2018Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
There are cool old drag racing videos and then there’s THIS! We dug up this footage from the incredible drag racing archive known as YouTube. We’re not sure where the film first ran but...
Pittsburgh World of Wheels 2018 Photo Coverage: The Steel City’s Coolest Cars Came Out Of Winter Hiding
Feb 06, 2018Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Now this is the kind of winter break we can get used to. Thanks to Mike Brooks we have our first installment of photo coverage form the 2018 Pittsburgh World of...
The Incredible Eddie’s Chop Shop Built 1948 GMC Cabover Hauler Is For Sale – Showstopper
Feb 06, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
There are some rigs that you see once and never forget. I remember a few years ago when we saw the first photos starting to emerge of this truck and it looked like something straight out of the...
Rough Start: This 1987 Dodge Dakota Is Simply Meant To Go As Fast As You Can
Feb 06, 2018Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
I love the simplicity of this 1987 Dodge Dakota. For one of our budget-hunt finds, it’s as smooth and as simple as it gets: good stock paint, black aftermarket hood, stock interior augmented by...
