BangShift Question Of The Day: What Old Nameplate Should Be Slapped Onto A New SUV?
Apr 24, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
Apparently, the way to jump-start vehicle sales at Mitsubishi is to take a storied name from the past and slap it onto a new crossover. The first shot was fired with the Eclipse Cross…the...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Could You Get Down With A VW Beetle-based Roadster?
Apr 23, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
I’ve often said that the only vehicle series I cannot tolerate is the Ford Granada/Mercury Monarch/Lincoln Versailles trio, and I haven’t wavered yet…still don’t like...
Pro Street Perfection: This 1969 Camaro Has A Blown 632ci Big Block, A Jeffco, and The Fit and Finish Of A Show Car
Apr 23, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
Sweet sassy molassy. That’s the non-profane version of what I said when I laid eyes on this 1969 Camaro that is currently for sale for just under $70,000. Yeah, we know. It is another pro...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Hindsight Is 20/20, Isn’t It, Cadillac?
Apr 23, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Racing is going on EVERYWHERE! Pick a track, drive to it, and enjoy the sights and sounds of machines getting pushed to the limit. Or you can look up a road trip…Chad’s out on Cars and...
If It Is Standing On The Bumper, It Must Be Good! This 3rd Gen Camaro Has The Coolest Listing Photo On Craigslist
Apr 23, 2018Chad Reynolds1320 Online Find
Check this out! When was the last time you saw a car standing up like this in a Craigslist ad? Not often, and that is just one of the reasons we dig it. Of course we’re suckers for good 3rd Gen...
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MAHLE Piston Tech Video: Checking Out Skirt Wear and What It Can Tell You About Your Engine
Apr 23, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift XL, ENGINES, Sponsor News, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories
Engines tell stories. They tell stories by how they run and what type of wear that they have. That being said, you need to be able to read the story to understand what the engine is telling you and...
9.90s And Plated: SRTMush’s Challenger Demon Was Whipping Up At ChallengerFest 9!
Apr 23, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, MOPAR, RACING & ACTION, Videos
With ChallengerFest in the books until next Spring, we have time to reflect a bit on what we saw. We didn’t see too many Jeeps out playing this time…we can only assume that some WKs were...
A Later-Model GTO: This 1979 Pontiac Grand Am Is A Pro-Touring Build Ready For Action!
Apr 23, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, eBay Find
I have said it before and I’ll say it again: Pontiac’s bi-polar nature in the 1970s might have been the first step towards the brand’s retirement and was certainly visible to the...
More Awesome Historical Photos From The Detroit Public Library: America On Wheels From The ‘Teens To The 70s!
Apr 23, 2018Brian LohnesApex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Gallery, Historic Photos
(Photos from the Detroit Public Library Digital Archive) – My favorite thing to do on the internet when I have time is to hit the Detroit Public Library website and search random words in...
Outlaw Street Car Reunion V: Where The Wild Children Play!
Apr 23, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
Outlaw Street Car Reunion V was a wild affair…for the last few days Beech Bend has been rocking with the sounds of some of the heaviest hitters out there right now lighting up the strip as they...
Screaming Detroit Commuter Video! This 1951 Dodge M37 Has A 3-53 Under The Hood – BangShift Approved
Apr 23, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
BangShifter Ken Melrose has us all beat by a mile. The man recently restored a 1951 Dodge M37 truck with his dad which makes him a boss but the fact that he repowered the sucker with a 3-53 Detroit...
Dyno Video: Watch And Listen To This 427ci (Modern) Chevrolet LT1 Go Through A Daytona Dyno Simulation – Cool!
Apr 22, 2018Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
It is amazing to think about the tools that modern racing organizations have at their disposal. We like to think about what the Harry Millers and Duesenbergs of the world would be able to achieve...
This Promotional Film For The 1974 Pontiac GTO Is Retro Cool, But Still Highlights The Lameness Of The Car
Apr 22, 2018Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
The 1974 Pontiac GTO was the final gasp of the GTO nomenclature from Pontiac (before the revival in the 2000s) and it certainly was a shell of the car that arrived on the scene in 1964 and set the US...
Fantastic Vintage Drag Video: The Highlights of the 1966 NHRA World Finals in Tulsa – See Greats Like The Grump, Pete Robinson and More in Action!
Apr 22, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There are cool old drag racing videos and then there are those that words fail to properly describe. This one is all time. Produced by Bob Peterson (THAT Bob Peterson) with race announcing by Steve...
