Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
Farm Truck And AZN Finally Race Each Other! Dung Beetle VS Farm Truck Baby!
Farm Truck and AZN are the best of the friends, and are always side by side setting each other up for races on the street and on the track. At the recent Outlaw Armageddon no prep race, AZN and Farm...
Watch This Guy Try To Stop A Runaway Diesel Using All The Common Myths…And Blow It Up!
There are a few different schools of thought on how to stop a runaway diesel engine, but once one is on a tear like that it does not want to stop for anything. We’ve seen different ways of...
BangShift Candidate Endorsement: Scott Palmer Needs Your Votes To Race In The Traxxas Shootout At Indy!
So here’s the deal, we like all three of the guys up for the 8th spot in the Traxxas Top Fuel shootout at the US Nationals. Terry McMillan, Troy Coughlin Jr., and Scott Palmer are the three...
This Is Still Our Favorite Lamborghini Video Ever: You Can Keep The New Models, We’ll Take A Countach
In 1987, the year I turned 15, Morley Safer did a 60 Minutes piece on the Lamborghini Countach. It featured Valentino Barboni, a little red, little white, and little black model, and a who lot of...
Cause Who Doesn’t Want A Street Legal Class 5 Baja Bug To Race AND Drive!
Try doing a search on Craigslist using just the words Race Car and you will end up finding some pretty cool stuff, at least here in SoCal anyway. And when I did that search yesterday, I found this...
This 1970 Dodge Challenger Is Mopar Perfection: Hemi, 4-Speed, Black On Black, With A Dana 60.
In 1970 everyone was buzzing about the new Mopars, but it was the Cuda that was the star of the show. With that said, Dodge’s new Challenger was one hell of a hot rod and shared the same E-Body...
This 1966 Chevrolet Beaumont, AKA Canadian Chevelle, Is Awesome And We Want It!
I have a soft spot for convertibles. I know that not everyone likes them, but growing up with a 1969 Corvette Convertible in the garage and my 1969 Camaro Convertible means that I like soft top cars....
How To Destroy A Nissan Maxima Via Backyard Dirt Track, Demo Derby, And A Pond Jump!
Whenever we see videos of people destroying “good” running junk cars in the name of fun and excitement we get super duper jealous. In case you were wondering, super duper is a verifiable...
Which GM C10 Makes The Best Hot Rodder’s Shop Truck?
While I can’t afford one at the moment, I keep looking at GM C10/20 trucks thinking that some day one of these will make the perfect shop truck. You know, the one you use to haul engines to...
For Sale: The 1934 Chrysler Airflow Was WAY Ahead Of Its Time, And This CY Is A Rarity With Only 445 Ever Built
The automotive industry is full of history lessons that teach how the best product isn’t necessarily the one people will buy and therefore make successful. Names like Chrysler and Tucker have...
By This 1977 Funco Buggy And Go Vintage Off-Road Racing
I’ve raced a lot of cool cars, but my list of things I still want to drive is pretty long. With that said, over the past few years racing something off-road has moved further and further up the...
This Restored 1970 Ford Econoline Pop Top Camper Van Is Road Trip Perfection
Any regular reader of BANGshift will know that I have an addiction to motorhomes, camper trailers, and vans among other things. I don’t personally own a van, but I have wanted a cool window or...
This Video Of An Intake Elbow Being Welded Will Either Inspire Or…Well You Know.
TIG welding is fun, but definitely more difficult than MIG welding for example. Putting together perfect welds takes time, patience, and practice. The latter clearly something that the guy in this...
