Unhinged: The “Bronco II Incident”, Or How I Managed To Not Land A Truck On A Friend
Apr 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartFORD, TRUCKS, Unhinged
In the summer of 2000, I was living a teenage fantasy: I was living all but unsupervised, had a job at a carpet installation shop, a T-top Monte Carlo to bomb around in, a girlfriend, a couple of...
Stunning Video: This Cinematic Look At The 2020 BFGoodrich Tires Mint 400 Is Beautiful and Breathtaking
Apr 24, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
The guys at Mad Media are up to their old tricks again. The Martelli Brothers have made some of the coolest off-road videos we have ever posted on BangShift (and we have posted a few!) but this time...
Morning Symphony: Turbocharger Heaven On The Burnout Pad
Apr 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
Australian burnout contests are pretty predictable: something with a blower case the size of a small child is going to roll out onto the pad and proceed to give that climate activist from Sweden...
Here’s What It Really Takes To Put Together An Aftermarket Mustang Body
Apr 24, 2020Chad Reynolds1320 Videos, Apex Video, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
With all the reproduction parts available for your favorite muscle cars and trucks, you can fix just about anything. But what about folks that are going crazy with a build or have something that is...
Unveiled: Ford Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 Prototype – 8-Second All Electric Drag machine
Apr 24, 2020Bryan McTaggart1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, FORD
It’s difficult to determine whether or not the electric movement is going to actually permeate into the performance world properly or if it’s just a wish, but there’s no doubt that...
BangShift Blog Battle: Pick The Best Car From My Year Of Birth? I Can Do Better Than Lohnes At This!
Apr 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartSlapfight
Something has been itching at the back of my brain for the last couple of days, and it’s a strange one to think of. What was the best car built during the year of my birth. I’ve said many...
Vintage Race Car History: The Mooneyham & Sharp 554 Fuel Coupe – An Outlaw Before The Term Or Idea Existed In Drag Racing!
Apr 23, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
It’s almost without argument the baddest-ass steel ‘34 Ford ever and it is among a heady group of cars that many point to as being the most iconic drag machinery of all time. A tire-smoking,...
Question Of The Day: What Would Be Your Dream “Phantom” Build?
Apr 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Let’s start this Question of the Day off with a confession: by the time you read this, I’ll probably be in the doghouse. Why? Because I have a confession: I am not a huge fan of my...
Bridge Tables and Cigarettes: How To Sell A Car To The 1973 American Buying Public
Apr 23, 2020Brian LohnesApex Online Find, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos
The recent release of all these 1970s Chrysler sales training videos has been awesome to check out. This time we have a video that was released in 1972 to help salesmen get into gear about the 1973...
Ring This: Monster AWD Audi Action That Was…Left In The File Cabinet?!
Apr 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
Leave it to a pandemic to get people to dig through their files to find old, cool stuff to show off. I’m in no hurry, because pretty much everything I’ve owned (at least since 2001,...
QuarantinePiece Theater: This 1976 Documentary About Mario Andretti Is Absolutely Awesome
Apr 23, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
“Sometimes he tries too hard,” are the words said in about the only critical sentence this documentary has to offer. A 1976 film that follows Mario Andretti through various different...
K, Then: One Turbocharged Honda K-Series Powered Smart Car, Coming Up!
Apr 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Owning a Smart car is…well, not smart. Unless you live in a European city that has the parking situation of a jigsaw puzzle…you know, one of those 2,000-plus piece deals that were made...
Depreciation Is Your Friend: A Look At Performance Halo Cars That You Can Now Afford To Own
Apr 23, 2020Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, eBay Find
(By Tom Lohnes) – It is a rare thing to find a cheap new performance car and even rarer for them to be actually good. But there are a few exceptions that need a good look, especially on the...
