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Money No Object: The Dodge Demon That We’d Take In A Second!
May 22, 2018Bryan McTaggarteBay Find2
Everybody makes a big deal out of the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon…and rightfully so. The car is an absolute monster when it’s doing exactly what it’s meant to be doing, which is...Oooh, Pretty Clouds: Watch At Michele Kato’s Licensing Run Turns Into The Big Show At Throwdown in T-Town!
May 22, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, VideosComments Off on Oooh, Pretty Clouds: Watch At Michele Kato’s Licensing Run Turns Into The Big Show At Throwdown in T-Town!
From the second the RPMs came up, so did the nose of the SN-95 Mustang in the left lane. Up, up, and dragging it’s ass end while carrying down the track like this was normal, and then with a...NMCA Bluegrass Nationals 2018: Shots From Saturday’s Qualification Sessions!
May 22, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, GalleryComments Off on NMCA Bluegrass Nationals 2018: Shots From Saturday’s Qualification Sessions!
The rain passed on for Saturday, and every minute that we managed to stay away from those happy little clouds, the better off we would be at Beech Bend for the 2018 NMCA Bluegrass Nationals. Nobody...Blow Over Video! Watch A/Fuel Racer Steve Collier Suffer The First Blow Over In 11 Years At An NHRA National Event
May 21, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, HISTORIC, VideosComments Off on Blow Over Video! Watch A/Fuel Racer Steve Collier Suffer The First Blow Over In 11 Years At An NHRA National Event
There were certain truths I held to be self evident when I started traveling on the NHRA Mello Yello national event tour. One of them was that I would never see a blow over when I was calling a race....Edelbrock Tech Video: Here’s How To Adjust The Pushrod Guide Plates On A Small Block Chevy Head
May 21, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift XL, ENGINE, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech StoriesComments Off on Edelbrock Tech Video: Here’s How To Adjust The Pushrod Guide Plates On A Small Block Chevy Head
Knowledge is power, right? Hell knowledge when it comes to engines, makes power so that means we should all try to be as smart about this junk as possible In this case we’re talking about the...This 1985 Olds Toronado Rides High, Has A 455, and Is Still Front Wheel Drive!
May 21, 2018Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, eBay Find10
This is an interesting car. It may not be a great car but it sure is an interesting car, right? I mean how can we not look at a 1985 Oldsmobile Toronado that sits like a four wheel drive truck, has...BangShift Question of the Day: What is the Most Bone Headed Automotive Thing You Have Ever Done?
May 21, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??18
Part of being a gearhead is learning hard lessons, that’s true for us as well. We have all done something really dumb to or with a car at some point in our evolution in the hobby. Maybe it was...Rough Start: Please Let The Ad For This Sleeper 1978 Ford Thunderbird Be Truthful…
May 21, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, Craigslist Find2
Considering just how gargantuan they really were for a two-door car, the late 1970s Ford Thunderbird somehow nailed the buying public just right. Ford managed to move 352,000 Thunderbirds for 1978...Project Angry Grandpa: The Hemi Shootout At The NMCA Bluegrass Nationals
May 21, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Project Cars, Angry Grandpa Chrysler, BangShift 1320, Project Cars1
At the end of last year, I made a decision: Project Angry Grandpa, our in-house 2006 Chrysler 300C, was going to take an off year after three solid years of use and abuse. With over 50,000...Truckin’ Through Time: These Images From 100+ Years Ago In Detroit Are Really Cool
May 21, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Gallery, Historic Photos, XL Gallery, XL SpotlightComments Off on Truckin’ Through Time: These Images From 100+ Years Ago In Detroit Are Really Cool
(Photos from the Detroit Public Library Digital Archive) – See? I knew the smiling 1933 Stirling truck would pique your interest and send you clicking into this latest stack of moldy-oldie...Buicks Show Off At The Original Parts Group Spring Summer Series Opener!
May 20, 2018Darr HawthorneApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, Apex Sponsor News, BangShift APEX, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Car Shows, Gallery, Sponsor NewsComments Off on Buicks Show Off At The Original Parts Group Spring Summer Series Opener!
It’s springtime in Southern California and our awesome BANGshift.com sponsor; Original Parts Group officially kicked off their Spring Summer Car Show Series over the weekend at the OPGI...We’ve Got The Goods On OPGI and Their 2018 Corvair Catalog – If You Have One, You Need This!
May 20, 2018Brian LohnesSponsor NewsComments Off on We’ve Got The Goods On OPGI and Their 2018 Corvair Catalog – If You Have One, You Need This!
Anytime OPGI decides to expand their product line, everyone takes notice. Why? The company’s unassailable history of releasing big quality parts that help men and women restore their cars and...From The Sublime To The Ridiculous: We’ve Got It All Going Down The Strip At LVMS
May 20, 2018Chad ReynoldsBangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag RacesComments Off on From The Sublime To The Ridiculous: We’ve Got It All Going Down The Strip At LVMS
(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Seeing a Fox body Mustang on the starting line of a drag strip sporting a 275 Drag Radial, 28-10.50 slick, or just about any other tire on earth isn’t weird. Either...If Lohnes Doesn’t Lose It For This Ford F-800, There Is No Hope Left! Check Out That Bed!
May 20, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, eBay Find, XL Online Find8
Brian Lohnes’ big truck kink has been exploited over and over again here on the pages of BangShift, and I’m not about to stop the fun. He can join Chad in making fun of the cars I like...