Cruisin’ For A Cure 2018 Photo Coverage: The World’s Largest One Day Charity Car Show Is Beyond Huge
Sep 25, 2018Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Photos by Wes Allison) – There are certain events that we love brining you photo coverage in each year. Cruisin’ For A Cure is one of them. This show is a SoCal institution and it is...
Rough Start: A Smooth Late B-Body Wagon With An LT-1 Swapped In. Nice!
Sep 25, 2018Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Craigslist Find
I’m in a bit of a longroof mood today. I daily drive a sedan, have plenty of trucks and SUVs to deal with locally, and every now and then I hop into a vintage ponycar to tool around in when the...
2018 Cynthiana Rod Run Coverage: The Little Kentucky Town That Hosts The BIG Kentucky Show
Sep 25, 2018Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If/when this article runs it will signal my return to BS after some months of quiet while I dealt with a recurrence of my cancer. I do have some backlog...
Non-Standard Equipment: Yes, That’s A Track-Ready HMMWV, And It Rules!
Sep 25, 2018Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
Why, hello, old friend. For years, the AM General HMMWV was a consistent pain in my hindquarters. For someone who was meant to work on helicopters, I spent more than my fair share of time dealing...
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...
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...
