Jeeper’s Creepers: Is This 1975 Cherokee Chief Different Enough To Be Cool Or Too Weird To Be Acceptable
May 09, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
We like different here. We like it because it shows that there is still a lot of creative thinking going on in the world of hot rodding. Now, not all different is great, right? Some different is...
Rough Start: Here’s A Neat Commuter Build, A 1983 Mercury Marquis Longroof With A Turbo 2.3 And A Five-Speed Swap!
May 09, 2018Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
You say “Marquis”, I say “Zephyr wagon with a nose job”. Neither one of us is really wrong…the station wagon form of the Fox Body didn’t really do much from...
Project Raven Imperial: WHY WON’T YOU WORK?! Fighting The Fuel Gauge Again…
May 09, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift Projects, Raven Imperial
Remember my first day on the job nearly four years ago, when I said that joining the BangShift crew might be the most questionable automotive decision I’ve ever made? Scratch that. I’ve...
Historic Truckin’ Photos: From The Turn Of The Century To The 1960s, These Images Rule
May 09, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Gallery, Historic Photos, XL Gallery
(Photos from Detroit Public Library Digital Collection) – From the earliest test versions of the Bantam Jeep to the slick press photos from the 1950s and 1960s, and the gritty days of the...
Vote For Dr. Jamie: BangShift Officially Endorses Dr. Jamie Meyer For The SEMA Board of Directors
May 08, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
In a first for us here at BangShift, we are officially endorsing a SEMA board of directors candidate. We’e endorsing a man who we have known since this site started and beyond. We’re...
Did You Know That Truckers Have Jake Brake Contests? Seriously – Here’s The Video
May 08, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Event Coverage, XL Videos
(By Greg Rourke) – Truckers are no different than car people. If they can find a way to compete with other truckers, they will. Case in point: A Jake Brake contest! The Jacobs Engine Brake...
Morning Symphony: Alcohol Injected, Supercharged Rat-Powered ’56 Chevy Goodness!
May 08, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Here is your song. The strong, chopping idle. The slight whine of the blower. All you’re missing is the smell of the exhaust and that pulsing hitting your chest like the finger of an angry...
Howell EFI Is Your Source For Engine Transplant Wiring Harnesses – Tons Of Applications!
May 08, 2018Brian LohnesApex Sponsor News, BangShift APEX, New Products, Sponsor News
We all know Howell EFI for their longstanding and widely lauded electronic fuel injection conversion kits that can take virtually any carb equipped engine you can think of and easily turn it into a...
Think Muscle Car Parts Are Stupid? Welcome To The Age of The $41,000 Radiator
May 08, 2018Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
It has often been said that car collecting is a rich man’s hobby and perhaps that has never been more turfier the upper crust cars that existed between WWI and the great depression. There were...
2018 Highway Creepers Car Show Photo Coverage: It Rained In Nebraska And No Cars Melted
May 08, 2018Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – Here’s the funny thing about cars, they are insoluble. Unless you have gone the extra mile and fabricated the body of your hot rod out of...
Fly Like A Brick: Watch The “Bad Company” Monster Truck Do Some Low-Level Flying!
May 08, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
I don’t follow monster trucks like I did when I was a kid. I grew up on the TNN showcases: rows of cars ready to be flattened and two machines going heads-up against one another in a race that...
2018 Seal Beach Classic Car Show: A Last Beautiful Look At One Of The Coolest City Car Shows In America
May 08, 2018Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Photos by Wes Allison) – For decades, the city of Seal Beach, California has been holding a yearly car show on their picturesque main street. This year, hundreds of cool cars attended the...
Spinning Out? Rumors Of NASCAR Being Sold Off Are Starting To Fly…
May 08, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
You know that racing series that uses silhouette cars, for the most part races counter-clockwise in circles and is best remembered for big time crashes and the glory days when the cars were straight...
Viva Las Vegas 2018 Photo Coverage: Our Last Gallery From Las Vegas
May 08, 2018Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX
(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re not sure we have ever had a gallery of photos from an event that featured race cars and step vans in the same collection but this one does. That illustrates...
