$1500 Beater Challenge: Cleetus And His Buddies Have A Good Ol’Fashioned Throwdown!
May 25, 2020Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
You can almost fully blame this on Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May: the cheap-car multi-challenge event. The concept is fantastic: You prove that you are smart with little money, you...
Video: Watch A Bad Ass Sand Drag Truck With Slicks On The Back Rip Mean Donuts At The 4-Wheel Jamboree
May 25, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
In our continuing effort to stoke the flames of the (friendly) burnout war between Australia and the USA, we’re lobbing a donut grenade at the land down under with this video, shot at the...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Are There Still Car-Related Family Activities That Can Be Done Without Someone Calling The Authorities?
May 25, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, Videos
Let’s set the scene for you: Nice, sunny day in late May, just a couple of puffy clouds in the sky. It’s late spring in Colorado Springs, the air is sweet, the mountains are gorgeous, and...
Memorial Day Weekend Movie: John Wayne Classic – The Fighting Seabees – 1944 (Entire Movie)
May 25, 2020Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
If you’ve never seen 1944’s The Fighting Seabees, today would be a good time to familiarize yourself with it. Starring John Wayne along with a raft of construction equipment including...
Unhinged: The Line Between The Bothered And The Botherer
May 25, 2020Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
I learned early on that it was best to get along with your neighbors instead of pissing them off. I wasn’t a little a-hole kid…the worst thing I did was usually raid the neighbor’s...
A Piece Of Racing History: The Letter That Killed Group B Rally
May 25, 2020Bryan McTaggartApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
Group B rally was brutally fast, highly exciting, and exceptionally dangerous. Not because of the cars so much…there were many talented drivers who could wrangle these psychotic vehicles with...
Crazy Taxi: An Update On The Turbo 4200-Swapped Checker Marathon
May 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartOTHER, Project Cars
The guys behind Fuel Injection Sucks have been dormant for a few weeks, and not for the reason you would expect. Yeah, being in the Northeast during the pandemic isn’t ideal, for sure, but the...
You’re Embarrassing Yourself: Tulsa, Oklahoma Is Thirsty For Tesla To Show Up
May 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Over the last few weeks, Elon Musk has made it clear that he’s just about up to the brim with California’s rules and regulations, especially in the wake of COVID-19, where he has become...
Kenosha Street Sweeper: 1960 Rambler Cross Country Wagon
May 24, 2020Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, OTHER
American Motors products always seemed to have a little bit of this and a little bit of that in their parts, in their design language, and in their attitudes. They built smaller economy-minded cars...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Engine Swap Were You Too Afraid To Try When You Were A Kid?
May 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
Hey, would you look at that…the oldest picture I have of any of my cars! In this picture you see three from back in the day. Front and center are two of my Olds Cutlasses, the green 1978 (then...
The Challenger Revival, Part 16: Finishing Up The Stance And Tending To Details
May 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, Project Cars
The devil is in the details, you were taught as a child. It was one thing to wash the car for attention, but did you just soap and water the car, or did you actually clean the wheels, scrub off the...
Classic YouTube: HEMTT Burnouts – Boredom And A Detroit Diesel Make For Some Downtime Fun
May 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
By far and wide the biggest vehicle I have driven to date is an Oshkosh HEMTT, in various forms. These 34 feet long, 20-ton 8×8 monsters are one of the most unsung workhorses of the military...
Kick The Pig: Stirring A Sitting 6.5L Diesel To Life In A Chevy 3500HD
May 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
You ever notice how you can pinpoint an engine just by it’s sound? A deep, almost rhythmic bassline with just a bit of pop to it sounds like a big-block Mopar at idle. That raspy rise through...
Unhinged: Does It Feel Like Project Rush? It Does To Me!
May 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
From the jump, let’s be honest: given what I do for work, the pandemic and the lockdowns were going to affect me differently than if I had any other job. I write from home most of the time....
