Morning Symphony: This Gillig Is The Sound Of Elementary School Days Gone By
Mar 13, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
While I don’t really want to think about it, I’m creeping up on the 20th anniversary of graduating high school. It’s a strange thought…you don’t think it’s been...
Watch the 1983 NHRA Gatornationals Here – Records, Wreckage, Legends, and A Looming Future
Mar 13, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Well, 36-years ago the NHRA Gatornationals had a little something for everyone. There were record runs, there were legendary drivers, and there was some wreckage as well. About 2-minues into this...
Re-Engineered Or Just Overbuilt? The “Evolution” Charger Gets A Once-Over With Leno!
Mar 13, 2019Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, Videos
Here’s a conundrum: at what point is a car “overbuilt”? When do you step back and realize that while you won the battle, you lost the war? It’s a question that has been asked...
Nostalgia Pro Stock Option: This 1974 AMC Hornet Is Close To Ready!
Mar 13, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, eBay Find
AMC’s Hornet was never supposed to be as important a car as it turned out to be. It wasn’t meant to be American Motors’ junior supercar (SC/360). It wasn’t meant to become the...
Happy 3/13! Check Out This Export-Only Chrysler 313 A-block As It Sings On The Dyno!
Mar 13, 2019Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
After 1967, tracking Chrysler V8 engine families is easy: LA (small-block), B (low-deck big block), RB (raised-deck big block) and Hemi. Prior to 1967, though, things get a little more complicated,...
The Restored Candies and Hughes 1973 Top Fuel Dragster Is For Sale – Gators Winner #2 In The World That Year
Mar 12, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
We’ve got to thank Erik Andersson for the tip on this awesome piece of drag racing history that is for sale. You are looking at the restored 1973 Candies and Hughes top fuel dragster that was...
RacingJunk: A Hemi, A Stick, No Radio, and No Heater – This 1966 Belvedere Is All Muscle And No Fluff
Mar 12, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, Racing Junk Find
Sometimes you don’t want anything to get in the way between you and your car, right? Clearly that’s what the guy selling this 1966 Belvedere thought when he had it built the way he wanted...
Sneaky Stroker Video: This 427 FE Ford Big Block Is Actually 498ci And It Is Angry!
Mar 12, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, ENGINES, Videos
Being in the engine building business has to be a trip. Like in any other industry, your main job is to serve the customer and give the guy or the girl exactly what they are looking for, whether you...
Build Update: The RideTech Sharon’s Chevelle Build Is Coming Along Nicely – Check Out This ’67!
Mar 12, 2019Brian LohnesApex Pro Touring Tuesdays, Apex Project Cars, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, Sponsor News
If there are things that we can hold as ultimate truths in this life, they center around, taxes, weather, and the fact that RideTech literally will always have an awesome car in the build process....
From The Ashes: Ken Block Tries Out His New Escort Cosworth RS
Mar 12, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
Ken Block has a thing for Ford Escort Cosworth RS rally cars. That’s not difficult to see why…the Cosworth RS was a monster of a little machine, a Group A rally hero, and in street car...
White Widowmaker: This Porsche 930 Needs To Be Rung Out!
Mar 12, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, Monday Shopper
As a car-crazed kid in the late 1980s, there were machines that every adult expected you to like. A 1965 Ford Mustang? Yep, liked it…classic American. 1957 Chevrolet? Fins and a shape that was...
Seven Seconds? Cleetus Takes The Newly Re-Engined Leroy Back TO The Track!
Mar 12, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
A brand new engine, plenty of work to the fuel system, and lots of seat time in the red Corvette have had Cleetus on edge. Nothing against the C6 Corvette that he’s been messing with for a few...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The One “James Bond” Gadget You’d Have In Your Car?
Mar 12, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
“Toyota patents in-car fragrance system that dispenses tear gas on car thieves.” That’s Autoblog‘s own headline for what might be a new feature in an upcoming Toyota product,...
Watch Al Hofmann Win The 1997 Gatornationals And Suffer An Horrendous Funny Car Fire At The Same Time
Mar 12, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The 1997 season got off to a flying start for Atomic Al Hofman. Running as an unsponsored independent he was the runner up at the Winternationals and at the third race of the season he found himself...
