BangShift Tune-Up: “This Is Gonna Hurt” by Sixx:A.M. (2011)
Jul 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartBS Daily Tune Up
Do you know how hard it is to type with one finger bound up in bandages and Gorilla tape? I do. I’ve been doing it for the last week. I want to say that the injury was something gnarly in the...
Bring The Rattle: Waking Up A Hibernating V6-Powered Third Gen Camaro
Jul 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartVideos
The top end model always gets saved. Everyone wants the GT, the Trans Am, the AMX, the Super Sport. Nobody gives half a crap about the lower models. Four door? Nope. V6? Not unless it came with a...
Money No Object: 1979 Pontiac Catalina Brown-Bag Special
Jul 24, 2020Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC
Oh, karma. You have decided to visit me once again, I see. Back when I was in middle school, I helped turn a Catalina just like this one in light blue into a ragged-assed demolition derby car. There...
This 1970s Chevrolet Video Is A Weird and Interesting Propaganda Film Against The Foreign Car Invasion
Jul 24, 2020Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
History is of course, just that. We can look back on it and see what happened with a different and sometimes more accurate perspective than the people who were living it at the time. When it comes...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What One Vehicle Seemed Hopelessly Antiquated In Your Eyes?
Jul 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
During my time working in the yard, we had probably hundreds of cars come through that weren’t immediately deemed worthless. Most of the time I was all about bringing them back to life, even...
Unkillable: This Video Talks About And Shows A JE Piston That Lived Through Two Hours Of Racing And 10 Minutes At WOT
Jul 23, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Sponsor News, Apex Sponsor News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, Sponsor News, XL Sponsor News
Racers are a punishing lot, right? During competition they are using their machines to go as fast and as hard as possible, pushing the bounds of physical and mechanical endurance. What do they do...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Is It Time For Coachbuilding To Make A Comeback?
Jul 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
If you dive back into the early days of the automobile, it was common to purchase a running chassis from one make and send it to a body manufacturer for the actual shape of the car. Names that you...
The Maniac’s Truck: Go In-Depth Into Colin Furze’s 1988 Toyota!
Jul 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartVideos
The Toyota Hilux is indestructible. TopGear proved it by trying like hell to kill one and they failed. And they tried, indeed: among other, much more minor abuses, the Toyota was drowned in the...
Watch A Crewman Escape Death By Inches At Byron Dragway – Dragster He Is Standing Next To Nearly Runs Him Over
Jul 23, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
In nearly 20 years of going to the drag strip now (mostly in a working environment) I have learned a few things but the most important thing I have learned is that the starting line is an incredibly...
Morning Symphony: Arias Hemi V6 – An Absolutely Rare Gem
Jul 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
The three parts of the description of the engine you are about to hear individually have merit. Hemi, by itself, needs no introduction. While primarily thought of as a Chrysler mill that has been...
Hard Shot: Here’s What Happens With A Nitrous Crazed Grudge Car Busts The Tires Loose – BAM!
Jul 23, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Grude racing, no time racing, whatever you want to call it is the hottest segment in the world of drag racing today. Seemingly every track across the country is running programs where cars like these...
In-Car Video Perfection: Ride Along In A Real 1966 GT350 At The Classic24 at Daytona – Screaming On The Banks!
Jul 23, 2020Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
This is just one of those videos that we could watch on a loop for hours. Between the course, the car, and the history involved in all of it, you cannot help but love this scene. The video was take...
Home-Grown Paint Job? Yeah…Uncle Tony Has A Thing Or Two To Say About That
Jul 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartTECH, Videos
One of the things that I’m flipping a coin on is whether I’m going to paint the Rough Start Fox or not. Our 1989 Mustang is two different shades of red (mostly Cabernet Red, some Bright...
