Best of 2020: This 1972 Ford Truck Commercial Is Crazier Than You Think It Was To Make
Dec 24, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift XL, FUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, Videos, XL Videos
This tv commercial for 1972 Ford trucks is pretty good. There’s the requisite goofy premise and storyline to follow but there is also vintage dirt bikes, jumps, sideways action, and a whole lot...
Video: This Feature On The Summers Brothers Goldenrod Is Mandatory Must Watch Stuff
Dec 24, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
In the pantheon of legitimately amazing hot rods, there are cars that stand above the crowd. Machines that represent the pinnacle of achievement for their age. Machines that represent the pinnacle of...
Best of 2020: Flogging A Hemi Daytona At Mont Tremblec With Extreme Prejudice
Dec 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
In some road tests, the video will start off with some basic driving, or maybe some clean beauty shots of the car parked up, perfectly polished, looking like you hope your potential dream machine...
Which Would You Rather Get For Christmas? A New Project, Or The Money To Finish An Old One You Still Have?
Dec 24, 2020Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
I have multiple project cars sitting waiting to be finished or even started. In my defense, I have a shop that we are currently building that when done will allow me to work on these projects, but...
Best of 2020: Subaru’s Forester Special For The Singapore Motor Show Is One For The Books!
Dec 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
(We’re still disappointed this didn’t happen. -Ed.) Outside of a couple of STi-swapped examples that I’ve seen courtesy of Pacific Import Auto in Tacoma, Washington, a hot-rodded...
Old School Video: This Footage Of A British Firefly Racing Dinghy Boat From 1958 Rules
Dec 24, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift XL, HISTORIC, Videos, XL Videos
The English have always been pretty proud of their boat building skills and rightfully so. From the battleships that lead them to be the world’s first super power and effectively rule the...
Best of 2020: New C8 Corvettes Busted Street Racing In Bowling Green
Dec 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
(Editor’s note: One word, folks. OOPS. -ed.) The stories from back in the day are legend. On streets like Woodward Avenue and Telegraph Road in Detroit, teams of engineers from the...
Best of 2020 – Historic Video: The Race Of Two Words Was Run At Monza in 1957 and 1958 – USA vs The World!
Dec 24, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
It is an event that has all but been forgotten by history. An international race so wild that during the first running, most of the teams pulled out of competition after qualifying. An event that...
Best of 2020: Cleetus Takes Toast, The Camaro To The Skidpad At Summernats For The First Time!
Dec 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
It’s a brassy move to go meet someone on their home turf with their own rules with the goal of showing up and showing off like you own the place. That’s why we had our eyebrows raised a...
Best of 2020: Watch This Large Barge Of A 1970 Cadillac Eldorado Hit The Chassis Dyno And Groan
Dec 24, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Things like the chassis dyno and the drag strip do not always give us the answers and numbers that we want but they also don’t really lie to us either. That can be painful at times but it is...
Best Of 2020: The “WTF?!” Files: 1994 Ford Taurus SHO Truck
Dec 24, 2020Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
When Ford gambled on the Ford Taurus, there was a very strong concern about whether or not the flying potato shape would find success in the marketplace. Ford hadn’t been on the greatest streak...
Best of 2020: Remember The Weird Turbo Pontiacs of The Early 1990s? This Grand Prix Review Re-Sparked Our Interest
Dec 24, 2020Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos
Journalists, enthusiasts, and car buyers are a fickle bunch, right? We complain and yell at the car companies to try things, to do things, and to make the stuff we want them to make. More often than...
Watch Buddy Baker Break The 200mph Barrier On A Closed Course In A Hemi Daytona Charger Circa 1970 – Screaming Elephant At Talladega!
Dec 23, 2020Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
The world had literally never seen the likes of anything similar to Talladega Superspeedway when it opened in September of 1969. Immediately thrust into controversy when NASCAR drivers, led by...
