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Unobtanium For Sale: This 1963 Z-11 427 Top End Is Original, Complete, and Rare As Rare Car Be

When it comes to the cool, rare, stuff we have seen bubble up over the years on eBay this right here is upper crust. What you are looking at is a set of cylinder heads, intake manifold, and valve...

Drag Racing History: Watch Sportsman Eliminations From The 1983 NHRA Gatornationals – Young Legends!

This weekend the NHRA Gatornationals will be contested at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Florida as they have been every year since 1970. It will be the first time that the race is run in late...

Timeless Beauty: This Profile Of A 1967 Lamborghini Miura Is A Loving Look At A Game Changing Supercar

There have been all kinds of landmark cars over the years. Cars that for some reason have changed not just their genre of automobiles but changed the game overall. The Lamborghini Miura is one of...

Historical Footage: Police Pursuit Training From 1974, Narrated By SGT. Joe Friday Himself!

Police pursuits are just about a thing of the past. You aren’t going to outrun the radio, you aren’t going to outrun the helicopter, and the cameras that are just about everywhere...

French Art: Jay Leno Rolls Out His 1972 Citroën SM For A Review

I first saw one of these rotting away in a woodline near Sequim, Washington. The shape, from the front to the back, was something I hadn’t seen before…the nose looked dramatic, the...

This Video From The 1994 Sunoco Racing Fuels Pro Mod Shootout At Atlanta Is Awesome – John Force, Al Tucci, More!

Here’s some great video for all those pro mod fans in the crowd. We’re taking you back to the 1994 Sunoco Racing Fuels Pro Mod Shootout at Atlanta Dragway where Al Tucci was calling the...

Do Not Try This At Home: The Skiing General Lee From Holley MoParty!

First thing’s first: breathe, it is only a 1969 Dodge Charger on the surface. Underneath, this is a Ford Crown Victoria, but regardless of what it actually is, what it actually does is worth...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Ever Bring One You Sold Back?

One of the cars that visited “the yard” quite often was a car I genuinely begged for. I remember it clearly: 1979 Chevrolet Malibu two-door, primer gray with red gut, redneck lowered,...

On This Day: The Lindal Railway Incident, or How To Make A Locomotive Disappear Forever

“There’s a hole, there’s a hole…there’s a hole in the bottom of the sea…” It was one of my favorite cadences in the Army, about a hole that fit damn near...

Install Video: Check Out The Process Of Installing A Ridetech StreetGrip Suspension On A 2004-2008 F150 Truck

We’re definitely fans of the RideTech StreetGrip line of suspension systems. We have installed them here at BangShift we have driven cars with them installed and we have come away understanding...

Game On: Here’s Our BangShifty Review Of WRC Championship 9 For Xbox, Play Station, and PC – Worth The Dough?

(By Tom Lohnes) – The kind folks at Kylotonn provided a review copy of WRC Championship 9, their biggest racing title and a game I was excited to try out. My excitement was not wrong, because...

A Bad Night At The Pull: Watch The Weight Box Fail On This Sled And The Tractor Head Off The End At Speed

To me the most terrifying thing that can happen if you are a puller is the scenario that comes to pass here. At a small pulling course in Pennsylvania last weekend a driver and team experienced...

Pro Touring Vs Germany: A Killer 1966 Mustang Takes On A Porsche 911 Turbo S At The Streets Of Willow!

Well this is a fun surprise! A couple years back, I was part of a show for Motor Trend called “Put Up or Shut Up”. It went for two seasons and the idea behind the show was simple. Race...

Nitro Time Machine: The Day Don Campanello Tasted Pro Stock Glory At The 1986 Gatornationals

Don Campanello was a 1980s pro stock racer from New Jersey who was a stalwart on the tour, especially for the eastern parts of it. He was not a guy who necessarily had the raw horsepower of someone...