Rare Find: Would You Be Interested In Buying A 1962 Corvette Fuelie Drag Racer?
Feb 23, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, CHEVY, Craigslist Find
I don’t know what it is, but 1956-62 Corvettes just make for badass drag cars. In my viewpoint, they do a better job than any other generation of Corvette at properly conveying a dragstrip...
Natural Aggression: Banger Racing Brutality Straight From The Brits!
Feb 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, CRASH & BURN, Videos
We’ve addressed the difference between demolition derby events in the United States and banger racing in the U.K. before. In America, we put a bunch of violent, nearly apocalyptic-looking tanks...
Fun, Squared: Kill Some Down Time Building This Lego 1967 Ford Mustang GT Kit!
Feb 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
What in the world happened with building a car out of Legos? It used to be that you took one flat rectangle, added a couple of beams at each end, plopped on four tires mounted on square blocks, and...
Classic YouTube: The Last Run Of “TV” Tommy Ivo And The Four-Engined Wagon Master
Feb 23, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Far as I’m concerned, there isn’t a more impactful sight that the four Buick V8 engines attached to the four wheels of “TV” Tommy Ivo’s magnum opus. Originally known as...
Money No Object: 1973 Ford Torino IMSA – The Loud American That Was Meant To Take On LeMans
Feb 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, FORD
At first blush, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you are actually looking at a NASCAR racer from back in the day. There, you aren’t exactly wrong. This looks like a 1973 Ford Torino...
The “WTF?” Files: UK Police Caught A Tractor Street Racing Motorcycles!
Feb 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Living in the cornfields outside of Bowling Green means that I’m no stranger to tractors. I’ve known what the tractor is all about ever since I was a kid living in Illinois: they are work...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Best Bit Of Gearhead Reading You Know?
Feb 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
If you managed to not get sick this far into 2019, pat yourself on the back. BangShift Mid-West got absolutely leveled by something that didn’t test positive for the flu, but you will have a...
Reminiscing At Length: Looking At A 1976 Cadillac Eldorado In A Different View
Feb 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, MISC, Videos
It is amazing to think that in the 1970s, having a two-door coupe as long as a Chevrolet Suburban was not only a good idea, but a great way to tell everybody who saw you driving down the road one...
Squarebody Shopping: This 1977 Chevrolet C10 Is Over-The-Top And Well Done
Feb 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Monday Shopper, TRUCKS
We love our square-body GM trucks around here. How can you not? General Motors might have made some serious false steps along the way, like killing the Fiero when it got good, killing the F-body when...
Morning Symphony: Thrills! Chills! Spilled Beers! Spectator Drags From Seekonk!
Feb 22, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
Spectator drags…you have to love ’em for the simple fact that it doesn’t take much for two guys with egos to step up and come out onto the track to play. There is always the risk...
Destroyer: The Merc9 Is A 555ci Kaase Ford Powered 1971 Mercury Cyclone That Started In NASCAR And Now Mangles Road Courses (Video)
Feb 22, 2019Brian LohnesApex Car Feature, Apex Video, BangShift APEX
(Photo credit: Merc9.com) – BangShifter Todd Staege gets the credit for tipping us off to one of the most awesome road racing cars we have ever seen in the form of the absolutely evil Merc9, a...
Rough Start: Here’s How You Go Over The Budget Properly: Big Block Blazer!
Feb 22, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, CHEVY, Craigslist Find, TRUCKS
It isn’t everyday I choose to bypass the budget part of the Rough Start series. Five thousand dollars should be plenty of coin to find and fix up something that will, at the very least, make...
Sleeper Fun: Watch A 1980s Dodge Ramcharger Pull a Massive Wheelstand!
Feb 22, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There are sleepers and then there are sleepers. We got tipped off to a thread over on YellowBullet that started off featuring a wild Dodge Ramcharger truck down in Louisiana and quickly filled up...
