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Event Photo Coverage: Wings and Wheels 2018 – Our Last Load Of Photos From The Show

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Vehicles which at one time were more inclined to be worked, but now live a fairly charmed life.  Big trucks, smaller trucks, big tractors, smaller...

Unhinged: Full Of Good Things Or Full Of S#@!…Rate Me Please! Elon Musk Insists!

I am a man who values honesty and loyalty in people. They are two excellent traits to have as a human. Honesty turns into trust, which strengthens the bonds through which individuals relate with one...

Big News: James Hinchcliffe Officially Out Of Indy 500 – Team Has Stopped Searching For Seat To Buy

When a blanched James Hinchcliffe emerged from his race car at the end of bump day to sympathetic faces, hordes of media, and his team, there was still a faint ray of hope. As crummy as his car ran...

Welcome To The Club: Consumer Reports Pans Tesla Model 3 Over Brakes, Controls

We’d like to take a moment to welcome Tesla to the club…the club of car makers who have been taken behind the woodshed by Consumer Reports over the performance of one of their models...

This Vintage Edelbrock X1 Intake Manifold Is Six Carbs Of Heaven Or Six Carbs Of Hell -You Pick

Yes, yes we know that you can still buy a new Edelbrock X1 intake manifold if you are whacked enough to want six two barrel carbs on top of a small block engine but if you can have one, why not get...

Vintage Drag Video: Altered Wheelbase Cars And The Greatest Wheelstander Show Of All Time

This is spectacular video! You are about to see footage from Virginia’s Eastside Speedway. This track is still in operation and in many ways it is a lot like the place you’ll see getting...

BangShift Tune-Up: “Hot Rod Honeymoon” by Jeff Beck (2003)

This one is purely a guilty pleasure, so if you don’t like the song, you can at least enjoy the mid-1960s footage of drag racing. I grew up playing racing games, from Rad Racer on the Nintendo...

Show Photo Coverage: 2018 Wings and Wheels Annual Fly-in/Cruise-in Part 2

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – More from the Cynthiana-Harrison County Airport festivities.  Figuring out how to parse the photos is a task I do not enjoy as I have stated before.  I...

Go-Go-Gadget Bad Ass Golf Cart! Hoonigan Builds A Romping Bag Hauler!

I’m guilty of killing at least three golf carts so far in life. One got swamped when the puddle that it was being driven through proved to be about three feet deep at it’s worst at top...

The Mighty Car Mods RB-swapped Z-Car Is Alive! Check Out The Final Additions Here!

We’ve been watching the work that Mighty Car Mods have been putting into an imported-from-Japan Nissan Fairlady Z (Datsun 240Z to the Americans) and we’ve been impressed with the overall...

Mopar Mashup: Someone Mated An 80’s Dodge Dakota Convertible To A 1955 Plymouth, And We Can’t Look Away!

First and foremost, the fine folks here at BangShift would like to apologize to you, the reader, for any maladies and/or trauma the following photos may cause to your optic functionality. We looked...

Ow, My Spine: Watch These XJ Jeeps Go For Height In The Woods!

AMC might be most fondly remembered for the AMX, but credit really needs to be given to the XJ Cherokee. Conceived as one of American Motors’ last major projects before being purchased by...

Morning Symphony: A Giant Mix From The Ultimate Burnout Challenge In Perth!

Ten straight hours of Australian burnouts. Someone at Greenpeace must’ve been downing their meds like candy, and once they see that someone named McTaggart posted up a video celebrating the...

Perplexing Plymouth: There’s Something Off About This 1933 Plymouth Street Rod, But What Is It?

Do you ever get sick of seeing certain cars? While I may not speak for the majority of the BangShift crew, I’ve grown apathetic to cookie cutter 30’s Street Rods as of late. I know that...