Best of 2019: Rust Avengers Part 3 – The Pontiac Engine Built In A Hotel Room!
Dec 26, 2019Bryan McTaggartENGINES, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
It’s a shame that I only got one day to spend with the YouTube collective now known as the Rust Avengers, because the next day I started getting texts and photos sent to me of one of the best...
Best of 2019: This Gears and Gasoline Video About NHRA Drag Racing Is Ridiculously Well Made – Good Watch
Dec 25, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Now THIS is a cool video. Made by the Gasoline and Gears YouTube channel it features the top fuel dragster and nitro funny car of the Force sisters. We’re guessing this thing was bankrolled by...
Best of 2019: This 1/6 Scale 1961 Dodge R/C Build Is Jaw-Dropping!
Dec 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, TECH, TRUCKS, Videos
It’s been a bit since I’ve built a model car of any kind. The last one I put together, a 1980 Plymouth Road Runner, came out ten times better than any I built as a kid, due to my improved...
Best of 2019: 2018 Mercedes-AMG S63 – Beyond Indulgence
Dec 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift Road Tests, OTHER
Sampling all that life has to offer should be a goal of every man, woman and child, right? Works well for food, works well for music, travel and literature, so theoretically it should work for the...
Best of 2019: This Free-Fall Lifeboat Launch Turns Into The Vomit Comet In One Quick Motion!
Dec 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
About this time last year, I rode a full-size ship for the first time when we went on a cruise on Royal Caribbean up the Northeast Atlantic. I wasn’t sure what to expect…the last time I...
Best of 2019: The Buzzin’ Half-Dozen – Six-Cylinder Opalas Cutting Loose In Brazil
Dec 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, RACING & ACTION, Videos
There are two ways to view the Chevrolet 250ci inline-six. There’s the way that most people I know see them: the base-model engine of many a GM product, solid and robust, but about as exciting...
Best of 2019: Watch Petter Solberg Rip His Subaru Through The Fench Alps – Insanity
Dec 25, 2019Brian LohnesApex Racing News, Apex Video, BangShift APEX
(By Eric Rood) – The 2016 World Rally Championship kicks off this weekend as it usually does with the monumental Rallye Monte Carlo and what better way is there to prepare than to watch this...
Best of 2019: A 1978 Plymouth Fury A38 With A Modified 440 Under The Hood
Dec 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, MOPAR
Before any one of you makes the comment, yes, I’d donate body parts to science for this car. Unhesitatingly. What is a 1978 Fury’s draw for me? Why is the prototypical 1970s blah-mobile...
Merry Christmas from BangShift.com – We Hope Everyone Has A Great Day!
Dec 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
A Merry Christmas to you, BangShifters! We hope that you are enjoying the magic that this day brings, whether young or old. Regardless of whether it’s presents, family time, or the time away...
Best of 2019: Watch This Dragster Perform A Massive Fire Burnout In Ultra-Slow Motion. This Is Neat!
Dec 25, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Santa pod’s annual “drag-stalgia” event is a huge gathering of vintage drag racing fans from all over Europe. We’re going to venture to say that it is the largest nostalgia...
A VISIT FROM ST. GARLITS – A BangShifty Adaptation Of The Classic!
Dec 24, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift News
Back in 2005 I adapted the famous poem, “A Visit From St. Nicholas” by Clement Clark Moore into the drag race themed “A Visit From St. Garlits”. The adaptation was a pretty...
Best of 2019: FoxKart – How An Ohio-Rotted 1986 Mustang Convertible Got A Second Lease On Life!
Dec 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartCar Features, FORD
The first words that came out of my mouth once I exited the car were as straightforward as it gets: “How the hell do you have a car like this in a neighborhood that has to have the HOA from...
Best of 2019: This 1981 Mercury Cougar Keeps The Sleeper Vibe Going!
Dec 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, FORD
A quick question for you, readers: which was worse, the Ford LTD II-based Cougar or the square-Fox version that was built from 1980-82? If you are asking me, I’m going to go with the Fox...
Best of 2019: Hell In A Handbasket: This Fiat 600 Is A Center Steer, 9-Second Quarter Mile, Argentinean Sensation (Video)
Dec 24, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, BangShift 1320
There are people who think that the internet will be the ruination of us all one day and those people are probably right, but the thing sure has its upsides, too. Take Pablo Diaz and his incredible...
