The Ultimate Power Move: Formula Offroad Water Skimming Is Brilliant!
Oct 12, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
A simple lesson: deep water plus a four-cycle engine equals bad time and lots of money lost. It’s called hydrolocking and it’s calling card is a bent connecting rod or other major...
2018 NHRA Dutch Classic Action Photos: Stockers Wheels Up and Cool At Maple Grove!
Oct 12, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, Gallery
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The NHRA Division One season ends with an event at Maple Grove every year called the Dutch Classic. This is always an awesome assemblage of Lucas Oil Drag Racing...
The LS Fest Freakshow Parade: Here’s Ten Of The Most Interesting Swaps From Bowling Green!
Oct 12, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, SHOWS & EVENTS, Videos
This year, LS Fest had so much going on, so many things to see, that I didn’t get around to putting together my favorite collection of photos. You know, the one that I pretty much need to end...
History Lesson: The Story Of Tucker, From The Man To The Machine
Oct 12, 2018Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
Only 36 examples of the Tucker 48 were completed before the factory shut it’s doors, amid the SEC trial and questionable at best accusations levied against Preston Tucker. Fifty-one cars total...
Classic YouTube: Running Pikes Peak In An Oldsmobile Toronado In 1966
Oct 12, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
It rises west of Manitou Springs and climbs into the heavens. When you stand on the summit on a clear day, you can see five states’ worth of land and if you look carefully, some of the...
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...
