BangShift Test Drive: 2012 Ford Shelby GT500 – No Crowds Were Harmed In The Testing Of This Vehicle
Oct 12, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift Road Tests, FORD
It’s interesting to think that we live in a time where 550 horsepower is actually middle-of-the-road, borderline average grunt for a factory offering. Ever since the second Supercar War turned...
A Couple Cars Or An Intake Manifold? You Decide! This Vintage AMC Piece Is Big Bucks
Oct 12, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, eBay Find
My manic love of searching up rare and expensive intake manifolds has yielded another wacky find. This is an Edelbrock STR-11 cross ram that was manufactured in 1970 in apparently VERY small numbers....
2018 Cynthiana Rod Run Burnout Contest Action Photos: Tire Smoking Fun in Kentucky!
Oct 11, 2018Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Very few municipalities will allow this kind of tomfoolery to take place not only within city limits, but definitely not down town. We know that if...
Texas Early Day Tractor and Engine Association State Show Gallery: More Tractors And Cool Old Rigs!
Oct 11, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Event Coverage, Gallery, OTHER, Truck / Tractor Events, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with more photos from the 2018 Texas Early Day Tractor and Engine Association State Show in...
The “WTF?” Files: Who Built A Diesel Dodge Aspen Wagon Using A Chrysler-Nissan Mill?
Oct 11, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, Craigslist Find, MOPAR, XL Online Find
Just when I think I’ve heard about every possible thing that could be done with a Chrysler F/M/J platform, something even weirder comes around and I have to file away another bit of trivia in...
Awesome Old Junk Gallery: The Trucks and Buses On Display Outside At The Seashore Trolley Museum In Maine
Oct 11, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Gallery, Museums, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – While the main reason for our recent visit to Maine was for the trolleys at the Seashore Trolley Museum, I was pleasantly surprised at the other collections...
Heave Ho: Side-Launching Ships Is Still A Spectacle To Watch!
Oct 11, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, MISC, Videos, XL Videos
One of the things I got to see while on vacation was the Bath Iron Works in Maine, from a boat on the Kennebec River. We got to see one of the new Zumwalt-class destroyers as it was being finished...
RacingJunk Find: This 1968 Corvette Is A 4-speed, 427ci, Tri-Power Equipped Blue Beast
Oct 11, 2018Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, Racing Junk Find
Yeah, the L-88 1968 Corvette was the baddest of the whole bunch of the reality of the situation is that for anyone who was not a full on racer, THIS car was the one to have if you wanted to take on...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Sincerest Form Of Flattery Or Not? What’s Your Thoughts On The Mitsuoka Rock Star?
Oct 11, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
Yeah, I’m seeing it, you’re seeing it, we are all seeing it together. That is, depending on how you view things, either a tribute to or a rip-off of a C2 Corvette, one of the most...
How It Should Be: A C1 Corvette Gasser That Anyone Should Be Proud To Own
Oct 11, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Work backwards in the Corvette lineage for a moment. The current generation is technologically advanced, surgical on a track and can knock down 30-ish MPG if you keep your foot out of it. The C6 had...
Self-Sufficient: Who Needs An RV When Your 1975 Oldsmobile Omega Has A Tent?
Oct 11, 2018Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
True story: the one time I went out to Bonneville, back in 2009, I had nowhere to sleep. And I was fine with that. I didn’t get a hotel room, didn’t know anyone who had a room, but that...
This 1979 Jeep CJ5 Is Not Exactly Our Taste – The Seller Is Hoping It Is Someone’s
Oct 11, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, Craigslist Find, XL Online Find
There are certain things we find on the internet that make our souls hurt and this 1979 Jeep CJ5 is one of them. Looking past the purple chassis and suspension components below the blue body, looking...
