Happy 3/24 – Let’s Fondly The Remember The Oldsmobile 324ci V8!
Mar 24, 2022Brian LohnesENGINE, Tech Stories
We’re back with some more fun old engine stuff today in the form of the Oldsmobile 324ci V8. This engine was basically an enlarged version of the little 303ci we talked about earlier this...
Iron Trap’s Sweetheart Roadster Is Finally In Bare Metal! See How It Got There
Mar 23, 2022Chad ReynoldsFORD, Metal Fabrication, OTHER, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
We’ve really loved watching Matt get his sheetmetal work going on the Sweetheart Roadster, but the original paint and patchwork was really starting to get old. Apparently it wasn’t just...
This Miniature 1956 Buick Is Going To Be Rad! Watch Karl Make It Into Something Special
Mar 23, 2022Chad ReynoldsBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, CAR FEATURES, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, Metal Fabrication, Project Cars, SUSPENSION, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Karl Fisher at Make It Kustom has been answering lots of questions about a little miniature car that has been sitting in the background for the past few weeks and finally decided to share with us all...
Powershift Replay: Our BANGshift Podcast Is Back And We’re Talking About The Ridler!
Mar 23, 2022Chad ReynoldsFUNNY STUFF, MISC, Videos
Powershift is back! The Original online “podcast” that we started nearly 10 years go is back live here on BANGshift.com every other Thursday! If you missed us live, don’t worry, you...
Last Of The Barges: This 1977 Olds Toronado Is An Amazing Example Of GM’s Last Gasp Of Largess
Mar 23, 2022Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, eBay Find
We all know what happened at GM for the 1977 model year. The cars all got smaller. They got lighter, more efficient, the lines got more taught, the company was adjusting its lineup to meet the...
Champions Forever: This 1974 F1 Documentary Is The Greatest Film About The Deadliest Era
Mar 23, 2022Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Nearly half a century before F1 released it’s now famed “Drive to Survive” series, this film was the most amazing, realistic, and breathtaking account of what life was like to be a...
2022 NHRA Gatornationals Photo Coverage: A Sopping Wet Weekend Turned Into One For The Record Books
Mar 23, 2022Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Gallery, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, BangShift News, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by David Whealon) – Good things come to those who wait, right? Well, anyone that waited through the sopping wet hell of Gainesville Wednesday though Saturday was rewarded with 1.5 days...
Come One, Come All: Maserati Introduces The Grecale Into An Already Packed Premium Crossover Class
Mar 23, 2022Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift Road Test
(By Tom Lohnes) – Maserati isn’t in great shape as of right now. Sure, they’re slowly reinventing their brand with the MC20 supercar and various new EVs, but the sales of their volume...
No Big Mountains: This Film Celebrating The Life and Genius Of RG LeTourneau Is Awesome – An American Original
Mar 23, 2022Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos, XL Videos
When it comes to people who have literally helped shape the world we live in, RG LeTourneau may loom as the largest figure in the story. An Earth-moving contractor with a genius mind for developing...
Small Town Car Show: The 49th Tri-City Street Rods Auto Exhibition
Mar 23, 2022Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
Last summer, our reporter in the Great Plains, Scott Liggett, hit up several car shows in small towns across the middle of Nebraska. He is at it again already with an indoor show held just a couple...
American Export: This Early 1960s Video About Proler Automated Car Dismantling Plants Is Awesome!
Mar 23, 2022Brian LohnesBangShift XL, HISTORIC, Videos, XL Videos
Up until Hymie, Izzy, Jackie, and Izzy Proler came up with the idea of creating a massive plant that would take junk cars back down to their base elements, the process was draconian. Junkyards would...
Quarantine Cruise Photos: More Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, And More From SoCal
Mar 23, 2022Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Wes Allison) This is our third gallery from the March 2022 Quarantine Cruise and we’ve got a few more to share this week thanks to Wes. The weather was gorgeous, the cars were cool, and...
Unhinged: The Twister And The Little Red Truck
Mar 23, 2022Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Unhinged, Videos
I have had my fill of the word “tornado” for a lifetime. In December 2021, a tornado outbreak brought a total of 71 confirmed twisters across the Midwest, in a span as far west as the...
Nothing Like A Twin-Engined Toyota Camry To Beat The Boring Reputation!
Mar 23, 2022Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
The Toyota Camry…a car that isn’t bad, but suffers due to an issue with it’s reputation as a safe, secure, and absolutely BORING car. I don’t like to pick on the Camry too...
