Random Car Review: The 1981 Mercedes-Benz 500SL, The Teutonic Rally Terror That Could Have Been
May 02, 2020Bryan McTaggartApex Car Feature, OTHER
Mercedes-Benz had a unique take when it came to auto racing at the beginning of the 1980s: If their vehicle didn’t outright dominate, they didn’t want to play ball. That pride put a...
Dream Sleeper: A Turbocharged, LS-Swapped RWD Converted W-body Monte Carlo!
May 02, 2020Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Videos
Peeling paint to the metal, cheap plasticky 1990s interior…no, I understand if you want to have my head examined by a professional for saying that this Monte Carlo would be a dream to own. But...
Rust-Replacement At Home: The Rustoleum Valiant Wagon’s Floor Pans Get Patched And Prepped!
May 02, 2020Bryan McTaggartTECH, Videos
When it appeared that Australia was going to clamp down due to the pandemic, Scotty hustled to get the Rustoleum wagon home just in case that the country went into full lock-down mode. It...
KP Components Trailing Arm Suspension For 1963-1972 C10 Give You Lots Of Options And Awesome Ride And Performance
May 02, 2020Chad ReynoldsApex New Products, Apex Spotlight, XL New Truck Products, XL Spotlight
The Trailing Arm Suspension that came factory on some Chevrolet C10 pickup trucks may not have performed to the level we are used to today, but it was a suspension system from which many race and...
Tank Recovery: Dragging A 1970 Cadillac Sedan de Ville Out Of It’s Muddy Grave!
May 02, 2020Bryan McTaggartVideos
A 1970 Cadillac is extravagant elegance at the maximum. They are large, they are brash, they are opulent and they have a large presence. Not in the 1970s manner where what you drove espoused your...
Rally-Tested, BangShift-Approved: 1974 Ford Maverick Built To Run
May 02, 2020Bryan McTaggartApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
Of all the cars I miss from my past, one that really stands out is the 1973 Mercury Comet that was around during my junior high days. Painted flat black, running trailer wheels and decent rubber, and...
Never Before Seen Autorama Photos From Just Before COVID19 Shut Everything Down!
May 02, 2020Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, XL Spotlight
When BANGshifter Scott Liggett hit the Autorama to snap photos for all of you to enjoy back in March, he sent them to our Dropbox, including his write up, and then told us they were there and ready...
New-Man: 1985 Nissan Skyline Paul Newman Edition – When You Get Your Own Model, You’ve Won
May 01, 2020Bryan McTaggartMonday Shopper
Off the top of my head, I can only think of two vehicles named after people associated with them with certainty: the Mark Donohue-edition AMC Javelin and the Nissan Skyline Paul Newman edition....
Massive Power: Watch The Murder Nova Make 3,700+ HP On A Hub Dyno!
May 01, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, ENGINES, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
There was a time a few years back that the most famous cars in America were owned by a couple of street racers from Oklahoma who became famous beyond their wildest dreams. Shawn and Chief, Chief and...
Morning Symphony: LS1-Powered Subaru Forester Getting Kicked Off The Track At Powercruise
May 01, 2020Bryan McTaggartVideos
As I grew up and grew older, as minivans gave way to Explorers, Grand Cherokees and Tahoes, I wondered what the aftermarket landscape would look like when these were old, beat up vehicles and not the...
Engine Building Zen Video: Watching This 500hp, 12.7L Detroit Diesel Come Together Is Awesome
May 01, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, ENGINE, ENGINES, MISC, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Truck News, XL Videos
There are engine building videos that strike us as cool because of how they are shot, maybe some creative angle about the content, or a gimmick that we love. This is a totally different deal. This...
The “WTF?!” Files: 1999 Isuzu VehiCROSS With A Magnum 360!
May 01, 2020Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
In 1993, Isuzu put out a concept vehicle called the VehiCROSS. It was certainly a product of the early 1990s: gratuitous use of body-side cladding in near-black, blobby shapes…in today’s...
Unhinged: The Story Of The PedoVan – The Strangest Vehicle I’ve Ever Dealt With
May 01, 2020Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
The list of stories I’ve got about vehicles I’ve messed with is long. I’ve bought cars that showed up with interiors that looked like bread left out on a plate for two weeks....
The C8 Corvette Is Set To Become A Monster: Rumors Abound Regarding Huge Horsepower Hypercar Versions In The Works
May 01, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
(By Tom Lohnes) – The newly redesigned mid-engine C8 Corvette is already a fantastic car with the base Stingray models dipping into the 2 second range for 0-60, and some guys are already...
