Lust-Worthy: This DSE-Built Pontiac Trans Am Is Exactly What Dreams Are Made Of!
Aug 28, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Videos
Ok, so I’m pegged as the guy who is into the really weird stuff. I’m cool with that. I’ll own that title and wear it with pride. But I’m not just about being weird just to be...
Rough Start: A Rowdy Olds Omega In Rhode Island! Is It Worth The Chance?
Aug 28, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
How do you hunt for a project car in a state that’s 48 miles long by 37 miles wide? How many potential candidates could there possibly be in the state of Rhode Island that would cut the mustard...
Gravelrama 48: Our Coverage Of Ohio’s Off-Road Jamboree Begins Now With The Show Field!
Aug 28, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage, Gallery, Off-Road, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
For the last couple of years I’ve known that there is a strong off-road presence near BangShift Mid-West. If you were to draw a circle that at it’s furthest, would represent a six-hour...
Historic Video: Watch Steve Evans And Dave McClelland Call The Finals At The 1978 NHRA US Nationals
Aug 28, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Apologies to anyone who has been thinking that the summer has been speeding by. See, I have been looking forward to late August and early September like nobody’s business. Why? Three of my...
Watch The Most Overly Dramatic Tire Safety Video Featuring Junky 1960s Tires We’ve Ever Seen
Aug 27, 2018Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
We have to hand it to Jam Handy and General Tire and Rubber for their excellent work on this 1960s tire safety video (read: advertisement). The general theme of the film is that you’re pretty...
BangShift Question of the Day: What Is Your Biggest Automotive/Gearhead Pet Peeve?
Aug 27, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
If you watch The Family Guy, you’ll remember the episode when Peter gets a segment on the local news called, “You know what really grinds my gears?” On it, he would tell everyone...
FAST Gen 5 LT1 Spark Plug Wire Sets Are A Snap On Upgrade For Your Late Model Powered Hot Rod
Aug 27, 2018Brian LohnesNew Products, Sponsor News
If there is one thing that history has taught us its that upgrading your hot rod whether it is an old school powered car or a more modern one, is a holistic enterprise. You can get away with doing a...
Watch Dick Smothers Race At The 1968 US Nationals And Then Get Interviewed By A Strapping Young Steve Evans
Aug 27, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Here’s a gem of a video that I literally fell over completely by accident while trolling YouTube for cool US Nationals stuff that I am going to beat everyone over the head with the in weeks...
Classic YouTube: The Impossible Motorcycle Hill Climb From Muhlbach-sur-Munster In France
Aug 26, 2018Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
Muhlbach-sur-Munster is a picturesque location in eastern France, near the border with Germany. It’s known for being the birthplace of Johann Carolus, the man responsible for the earliest known...
Turning The Soil: Fast Mud Racing At The Michigan Mud Jam
Aug 26, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Four-wheel drive never looked so violent as it does when mud racing is the game. I grew up with trail trucks…little big of rocks, little bit of mud, and maybe a Buick to park on at the end of...
After Action Review: The Power Driven Diesel Folks Go Through What Happened With The Engine They Killed!
Aug 26, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift XL, CRASH & BURN, Videos, XL Videos
Back at the beginning of August we got to see what happens when a Cummins engine in a drag truck suffers a catastrophic engine failure courtesy of the guys at Power Driven Diesel. Their engine went...
