This Look Into The Crazy Busy Cockpit Of An Alky Funny Car Is Spectacular – Jason Rupert Getting It Done
Mar 16, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Lots of BangShifters know the name Jason Rupert through his success in the nostalgia funny car world, but Jason has a long history in alky cars out on the west coast and this video shows him...
Cause Who Doesn’t Need A Nova Wagon Gasser In Their Garage?
Mar 16, 2019Chad Reynolds1320 Online Find
We think everyone should have one! Just look at this thing! Sure we’d do some more stuff to it, but it sure is a hell of a start to the project. The nicely fabricated rectangle tube front clip...
Unhinged: This 1977 Chevrolet Camaro Is Giving Me Bad, Bad Ideas
Mar 16, 2019Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Monday Shopper, Unhinged
One of the biggest misconceptions I deal with when it comes to readers, friends, and the like is that I’m all-Mopar. Yeah, I’ve owned a pretty sizable roster of Chrysler products so far...
The View Of The 1955 Chevy Match Race, From Finnegan’s Eyes!
Mar 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
By now you pretty much know the story: Jon Chase from Hoonigan and Mike Finnegan had a best-of-three match race at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California. The first race, Finnegan straight-up...
Skin Grafting: Replacing A Rotted Trunk Floor In Two Steps: Cut Out Bad, Weld In Good
Mar 16, 2019Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, TECH, Videos
If there is one thing that bothers me about living in the Midwest, it’s rust. Remember, my roots are further west than Kentucky…Colorado has plenty of good metal to work with, Arizona has...
Pomona Swap Meet Photos Continue! Check Out All The Cool SoCal Iron For Sale!
Mar 16, 2019Chad Reynolds1320 Gallery, Apex Gallery, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Event Coverage, SWAP MEETS, Swap Meets, XL Gallery
(Photos by Chad Reynolds) The rain that had fallen the day before, and the mild threat of continued showers early in the morning, kept some away from the Pomona Swap Meet, but not us! And thank God...
Tojan Horse: Take A Ride In The One Pontiac Tojan That Had Sincere Supercar Power!
Mar 16, 2019Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Videos
The Pontiac Tojan is one of those cars that you hear about, see, and immediately write off as a kit car…especially if you see one with the rear spoiler that looks to have been stolen off of a...
Just A Hop And A Skip: STOL Competition From Valdez, Alaska!
Mar 16, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
For those that don’t know, for a few months I attempted to get my pilot’s license back in 2011. Several days a week for six months, I was in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk trying to learn the...
How To Make Cool Stuff With A Cheap Bead Roller And A Plan
Mar 16, 2019Chad ReynoldsTECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Bead rolling is one of those things that really does make a huge difference in both the strength and appearance of sheetmetal parts for your projects. Do it half assed and you can still get the good...
Watch Allen Johnson Suffer an Insane Pro Stock Wreck At The 1999 Gatornationals – He Walked Away (somehow)
Mar 15, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
NHRA Pro Stock is one of those classes where not much happens…until it does. In this case the guy the stuff was happening to was pro stock racer Allen Johnson and the devilish aerodynamics of...
Five Minutes Of Engine Failure Carnage – Drag Racing Engines Biting The Dust At Races And Tracks All Over The Country
Mar 15, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Engines fail in every form of motorsports, that’s not a big shocker to anyone, right? We’d argue that in our experience, drag racers do a better job of killing them in spectacular fashion...
Ride With Mike Hawthorn As He Laps Le Mans In A D-Type Jag Circa 1956! With Commentary
Mar 15, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
This could be the single coolest video we have ever posted here at BangShift and we have posted literally thousands. Shot in 1956, this is 1955 Le Mans champion Mike Hawthorn, then a factory Jaguar...
The Gee Bee R1: A 1930s Airborne Hot Rod From Hell And The American Hero Who Tamed It
Mar 15, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift News
This was the fastest machine in the world in 1932. It had 45-mph on Sir Malcom Campbell’s land based monster, it had 172-mph on Gar Wood’s boat that packed four massive Packard airplane...
Crash And Burn: This Mustang’s Throttle Hung Wide Open At Middle Georgia
Mar 15, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CRASH & BURN, Videos
Have a plan for every last possible event that can happen. Plan each movement that you need to make. I was taught these lessons when I first started riding bikes for more than fun, how to properly...
