Video: A Day In The Life Of Richard Petty Circa 1967
Sep 25, 2018Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
It is hard to conceive of the life professional level stock car racers lived in the 1950s and 1960s. These guys would race many times each week, constantly shuffling from track to track on different...
Roadside Find: This Classic B-Model Mack Wrecker Is Yankee Ingenuity At Its Finest
Sep 25, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Online Find, XL Truck Feature
(By Greg Rourke) – Our recent road trip took us to New England, with Maine being our destination. The land of lobsters and Moxie, a soft drink I don’t understand the appeal of. It was...
MCM Bought A Classic Race Car! Check Out Their Holden HQ!
Sep 24, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, Videos
If there is anything that we can critique about Mighty Car Mods, it’s that they tend to be averse to both Australian and American cars. American cars in general have to be something of a pain...
Rough Start: Two For One Special! A Pair Of Big Pontiacs Are Up For Grabs!
Sep 24, 2018Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
If there is ever a way to get my wife on-board with any kind of purchase, the key is to make sure that the deal has some kind of value to it that can’t be denied. It explains the last two...
Gestalt Therapy: Who Needs A Shrink When Banger Racing Cures All Of Your Stress?
Sep 24, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, CRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Talking only goes so far. You can explain how bad your week was…how work was insufferable, how the kid is being a mouthy little pain in the left cheek and is sanding down your last nerve with...
Dyno Video: Watch An Old School Caddy 331ci V8 Topped With a 4-71 Blower Churn Out Noise and Horsepower!
Sep 24, 2018Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
Cadillac’s 331 ci overhead valve V8 was introduced in 1949 and it was a fantastic engine for the time. Along with the 303ci Oldsmobile engine released the same year, they really paved the way...
BangShift Project Files: No, It’s Not A Mustang. It’s An In-Depth 1968 Mercury Cougar Build, Coming Closer To Being Done!
Sep 24, 2018Bryan McTaggartFORD, Project Cars
First-generation Mercury Cougars are badass cars. In short terms, they are a Ford Mustang that’s slightly longer, certainly more luxurious, and just as capable. And they had style…hidden...
Driving A Slow Car Fast: Hop In For A Honda Civic Hell Ride In Poland!
Sep 24, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, FUNNY STUFF, RACING & ACTION, Videos
The entire time that Piotr Wiecek and “Danger Dan” from Hoonigan are moving in this Euro-market Honda Civic, the laughter doesn’t stop. Not one second. Why is that? Let’s look...
Comedy Revival: Rescuing Two Ford Trucks From The Alberta Woods After A Long Slumber
Sep 23, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, FUNNY STUFF, Videos, XL Videos
“I’ll get to it one day, kid, now f**k off.” That line was spat at me by the owner of a 1971 Plymouth Satellite that I tried like hell to buy in 1999. The car wasn’t in bad...
Riding With Alex Taylor: The “We Almost Burned The Nova To The Ground” Edition. Part 1
Sep 23, 2018Chad Reynolds1320 Videos
As if Drag Week 2018 was drama filled enough, Dennis Taylor tried to burn the Retro Nova to the ground! This is Part 1 of Riding with Alex Taylor the Drag Week Edition, and you’ll see that this...
Muddy Mower Fun! Who Says You Can’t Go Bogging On A Riding Mower?
Sep 23, 2018Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
Fall has barely set in at BangShift Mid-West, but you wouldn’t know it by stepping outside. Almost overnight, temperatures in the 90s and bright sun have been displaced with much cooler...
You Won’t Believe All The Cool Stuff The Barn Find Hunter Found At This Place
Sep 23, 2018Chad ReynoldsVideos
Hagerty’s Barn Find Hunter is a pretty cool show that we often find ourselves wanting to be on. After all, what car guy wouldn’t want access to some of these amazing spots with such...
This 1999 Dodge/Shelby SP360 Was Hot New, But Does It Still Work Today?
Sep 23, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Before the DaimlerChrysler merger really weighed things down, there was a way to tell what the hot vehicle of the moment was at Dodge: white and Code PBE Viper GTS Blue. In addition to it’s...
This Pro Street 1969 Corvette Just Might Be The Ultimate Big Tire C3 Corvette
Sep 23, 2018Chad Reynolds1320 Online Find
The fact that this 1969 Corvette has all the right chassis work, and it is all wrapped in a relatively stock looking shell, makes me love it. And I mean LOVE it. Sure I wish the dash and console...
