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Our Pre-COVID 19 Autorama Photos Just Keep Coming! You’ve Never Seen These Photos Before!

Right before everything got shut down for the COVID 19 pandemic, our man on the street Scott Liggett hit the Omaha Autorama and got a ton of great photos. The place was nearly empty, because everyone...

The Ironing Board: What Happens When 1.5 Tons Of Concrete Land On An E30 BMW?

For years, scientists predicted that the Puget Sound region of Washington was due for a quake, and on February 28, 2001, they got it. The Nisqually earthquake measured out as a 6.8 on the Richter...

Sign Up To Win Your Dream Car! Bandit T/A, Bronco, Mach 1, Corvettes, Hellcat, Shelbys, And More!

There is nobody like the Dream Giveaway crew. These folks put awesome hot rods, customs, trucks, street machines, and more in the hands of grateful hot rodders while supporting awesome charities at...

Do You Know How To Get The Right Shifter Position On Your Tremec Transmission? Watch And Learn How To Change It.

Tremec transmissions have some cool features that aren’t just about handling huge amounts of power and providing a great driving experience for your engine. Nope, a lot of what makes driving...

Unhinged: A Toast To The Good Ol’ Truck

The Spring of 2020 brought enough problems with it, but here at BangShift Mid-West, we’ve been on a roll a bit longer than that. The fun really kicked off late last year, when an uninsured...

Driving Movie Slapfight: Going 2-0 In The War With “Death Proof”!

Not a peep? Not a squeak? Not even a crack about “only picked it because it had a Mopar in it”? Color me shocked, I figured Lohnes would’ve fired back with some virtually unknown,...

This 1979 Squarebody Chevrolet Suburban Is Retro Greatness And We Want It!

I’ve been a Suburban fan since I was old enough to say Suburban. Our family has had one almost continuously since I was 6 and I personally have owned several as well. The square body Chevrolet...

Now This Is How You BANG Some Shifts! Driver Is So Thrilled You Get A High Gear Fist Pump Too!

I grew up with a dad drag racing a stick car, that was shifted somewhere north of 7,500 rpm, so I’m used to someone grabbing gears like a champ. What’s always made me intrigued by stick...

SNOWBOUND! – How The US Army And American Industry Dug Out Several States During The Winter Of 1948/49 – Narrated By Paul Harvey

A couple of years ago, Buffalo got hammered with one of the all time record short term snowfall totals in American history. The seven feet of snow they got over the course of a day or two brought the...

Project Isolation Restoration: Time To Tackle The Walbro LME Carb Rebuild! Small Fuel Mixers Are Fun

Project Isolation Restoration has turned a fun corner. I’m now in the mode of actually putting stuff back together and making it nice rather than taking stuff apart, cleaning it, and mending...

Ate Up With Grille: These Are The Nominees For Biggest, Weirdest, and Most Visually Controversial Grilles Out There

(By Tom Lohnes) – Having a giant grille on a car is a love-it-or-hate-it thing. Some automakers pull off the giant grille, and some miss by a longshot. Today we are going to be going over the...

Classic YouTube: The 1964 Daytona 500 – Ford Versus Chrysler, Richard Petty

The 1964 Daytona 500 was the moment that Chrysler Corporation dropped the H-bomb on the world of Grand National racing: the 426 Race Hemi was unloaded in full force in retaliation for Ford’s...

Mahle Motorsport Annoucnes Return To Racing Rebate – May 15 to July 15th – Buy and SAVE!

We love the fact that the aftermarket is stepping up to help races get back racing, especially now that tracks and events are starting to kick back up again. MAHLE Motorsport announced return to...

Bangshift Question Of The Day: How Do You Justify The Risk Of Racing?

In the last few weeks, the concept of risk versus reward have become seriously tested. Is the reward of that cheeseburger that you’ve been missing worth the risk of the sickness? It’s a...