Rough Start: The Under-Appreciated Fox Body Thunderbird
Jan 02, 2019Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, FORD
I wanted to start off this year’s Rough Start hunting right: a decent price, a platform that has tons of potential, a car that could be driven as-is without any mods whatsoever if you so chose,...
A Year In Photos: Benoit Pigeon Shares His Favorite Images From 2018 – Great Stuff!
Jan 02, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Gallery, Apex Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Gallery, XL Gallery
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re pounding you with the killer 2018 year in review photo blogs from our contributors and that’s the way we drew it up. Coming back off of our...
Underdog No More: This 1975 Chevy Vega Is Every Flaw, Fixed
Jan 02, 2019Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Monday Shopper
If you are forced to pick just one car to illustrate every last possible thing wrong with General Motors, most people will point the finger directly at the Chevrolet Vega. The compact car had a lot...
1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, Apex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Car Shows, Drag Races, Gallery, XL Gallery
A Year in Photos: Joe Grippo Shares His Favorite Images Of 2018 – Great Stories As Well!
Jan 02, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, Apex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Car Shows, Drag Races, Gallery, XL Gallery
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – It is a few days before Christmas as I tap out this post which means we have BangShifted our way through another 12 months. Now it’s time to take a glimpse...
Best of 2019: This Awesome Chart From COMP Cams Compares Valvetrain Life Cycles In Different Applications
Jan 02, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, ENGINE, Tech Stories
Hot rodding is a numbers game, right? Whether we are talking horsepower, drag strip numbers, heck, even the price of parts. Numbers rule our lives when it comes to cars. But there are some numbers we...
Morning Symphony: Six In A Row Will Make This Nova Go
Jan 02, 2019Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Videos
Are you a V8 or die kind of gearhead? I’ll admit I am. I’ve had great experiences with a supercharged Buick V6 that was a riot to wheel around in, but I still regarded that car as a a fun...
Crushing Video: Watch A Varied Pile Of Old Cars Meet Their End With Hydraulic Pressure – Ouch
Jan 02, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift XL, CRASH & BURN, MISC, Videos, XL Videos
Ya know, a part of me really struggled with this. Should I share a video from a channel that has a load of them that depict the workings of a wrecking yard car crusher? Does this run against every...
Don’t Mess With A Good Thing: Regular Car Reviews Looks Over A K5 Blazer
Jan 02, 2019Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, TRUCKS, Videos
Behold, the true basis for every sport-utility vehicle that is on the road today. Look, nit-pick all you want about Jeeps and Jeep variants like the Willys Jeep station wagon, or even the...
What Does A 200,000-Mile Truck Engine Like About Big Boost? NOTHING! Cleetus KILLS The Auction C6 Corvette!
Jan 02, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Following the story of the “Auction C6” Corvette that Cleetus bought at the end of last year has been kind of fun, actually. What started out as a knee-jerk impulse buy that left a strong...
Photo Highlight Reel: Mike Brooks Picks His Favorite Photos From The Year That Was
Jan 02, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Gallery, Apex Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Car Shows, Gallery, XL Gallery
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Mike Brooks is one of BangShit’s most stalwart contributors. He and his Cadillac 500 powered C10 really get around during the season and when it is snowing and...
Best of 2019: Watch The Awesome ‘Ole Tater Hauler 1951 GMC Wheelstander Make A Wheels Up Rip At The Dragstrip
Jan 01, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
There are some things that are better left unchanged. Your grandmother’s recipe for mashed potatoes that requires three pounds of butter, and original hemi engine inside a 1960s muscle car, and...
Worst of ’18: England’s Shakespeare County Raceway To Be Razed For Housing Development
Jan 01, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
(Photos by Osmond Maguire) – For more than four decades, Shakespeare County Raceway has provided a facility and a racing surface for drag racers looking to have some fun and test their mettle....
Best of 2018: James Brolin Racing An AMC Spirit AMX At The 24 Hours of Nurburgring In 1979
Jan 01, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Two AMC Spirit AMXs on the starting grid of the 1979 24 Hours of Nurburgring in the Group One class. Six drivers would run the two AMXs: Gary Witzenburg, a journalist; James Brolin, an...
Best of ’18: Watch Conway Witten’s Incredible Comp Eliminator Crash From Topeka 1993
Jan 01, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos
While we have been telling you about some of the crazy things that happened at Topeka in 1993 because of the fact that the NHRA tour is racing there this weekend, there’s one story that’s...
