Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
SEMA 2017: Which One Of These Machines Would You Rather Race In Optima’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational?
Optima’s Ultimate Street Car Series has long been a battle ground for muscle cars, sports cars, fast imports, and even some exotics. And the battles have been pretty brutal as each group tries...
SEMA 2017 Poll: Cool Or Not Cool Utility Body C10 vs New Beetle
On the surface this is a no brainer for you fine BANGshifters out there. After all, the C10 Chevy pickup is an icon in the hot rodding and truck worlds, and this first generation is a pretty cool...
SEMA 2017 Vehicle Spotlight: The Hellcat Powered Prius From American Racing Headers Is Epic In Every Way
Not every car at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas is designed to impress because of classic styling or epic performance. Some are there just to grab as much attention as possible using pure obnoxiousness,...
Joe Jones’ 1978 Crew Cab Dually SHORTBED, Is A Thing Of Beauty And Can Be Yours…If The Price Is Right.
It is no secret that we love all things dually around here. Standard cabs, crew cabs, extended cabs, super cabs, long beds, short beds, you name it. And we are also quick to criticize one that has...
Chadmouth: Why Is It That Virtually Everyone Selling Something On Facebook Is An Imbecile?
I’ve been shopping for a Square Body Dually for the past few weeks, and have been excited by the fact that never in history has there been more available resources or outlets to explore in...
Project Binky Episode 16 Is Here! We Never Imagined An All-Wheel Drive Old School Mini Cooper Could Excite Us This Much
When we saw the first episode of Project Binky, we felt a certain sense of intrigue for the crazy Brits that thought merging a classic Mini Cooper with a late model turbocharged Toyota Celica was a...
Halloween TIG Welding Fun! A Pumpkin Gets TIG Welded!
We’ve shown you plenty of TIG welding videos where the welder is putting beautiful beads on practice pieces, intake manifolds, elbows, exhaust, roll cages, and everything in between, but this...
The SEMA Show Officially Starts Tomorrow, But Here Is A Spotter’s Guide To Some Stuff We’re Excited To Check Out In Person
The SEMA Show is one hell of a car show…or at least that’s what a lot of people think. In fact, if we had a quarter for all the times we’ve heard someone tell us that they know...
Photos And Fun From Our Daphne Reynolds Memorial Drag-o-Rama Trip, With More To Come!
On September 22, 2017 my wife Daphne, and mother to Cole and Peyton, passed away after a year long battle with cancer. It was her 50th birthday. She was one tough chick, and for most of that year she...
Project De La Vega Is Turning Into One Bad Turbocharged Machine! This Is Going To Be One Of The Baddest Vegas Ever.
(Words by Kaleb Kelley, Photos by David Carroll) It’s been a long time since David and I have graced you with an update on the glorious Project De La Vega… I promise it isn’t...
This 1968 Western Star May Be One Of The Oldest Of These Big Trucks Left
Nowadays the trucks you see pulling containers, boxes, and flatbeds down the highways are swoopy and aerodynamic so as to be as fuel efficient as possible. They pull trailers as long as 53 feet, and...
Dust 2 Glory, The Highly Anticipated Follow Up To Dust To Glory, In Theaters One Day Only!!!
If you like epic adventures, competition, racing of any kind, and specifically the challenges that the off-road world presents, then you have undoubtedly seen Dust to Glory. If not, then you are...
Watch The RTRA Texas Small Tire Throwdown Replay Right Here
It’s the final RTRA (Radial Tire Racing Association) race of 2017 and we’ll be LIVE from a 60 foot boom lift right here at BANGshift.com starting around 6:30 pm Central Time. We’ll...
