Author Archive: Tony Sestito
BangShift Goes Racing! Transforming A Cheap Street Car Into A 24 Hours of Lemons Racer!
Welcome to Bangshift Goes Racing! This is a multi-part series that gives a look into choosing, building, and racing a car on the cheap. Here, you’ll see the misadventures of my friends and I as we...
Strange Bird: Check Out This Super Rare John Fitch Firebird We Found On Ebay!
Years ago, I remember picking up an issue of High Performance Pontiac magazine and seeing a really strange looking 1967 Pontiac Firebird with crazy “flying buttress” wings attached to the...
Craigslist Find: A Cheap Former SCCA Third Gen Camaro That’s Begging For Some Track Time!
Last week, we asked you what you thought the automotive equivalent of a mullet is. A good number of you responded by proclaiming that the Third Generation Camaro was in fact a Tennessee Mud Flap...
Triple Threat Corvette! A Guy Is Using A 1977 Corvette For Daily Driver, Autocross, And Rallycross Duty!
A lot of car guys out there that have a cool race car or toy often have a more mundane and reliable daily driver, which more times than not is a boring appliance or maybe a useful truck or family...
Instant Lemons Team? A Malaise Era Cadillac Package That Could Rule The 24 Hours of Lemons!
By now, you’ve probably heard of “The Malaise Era” of automotive history. If not, here’s a quick refresher. Between the Muscle Car Era of the 1960’s and early...
Stupid Gearhead Stories: What’s The Biggest “What The!?” Moment You’ve Had With Your Car?
Like many of you I’m sure, part of my morning routine is getting up, having a cup of coffee, and hitting the Interwebs to find out what’s going on in the world. One of my stops on the...
Cannonball Van! Someone Built A Replica Cannonball Run Van, And It’s For Sale!
Oh man, now this is awesome! I’m sure all of you have probably seen the classic 1981 movie The Cannonball Run, starring a Ferrari 308 GTS, a Lamborghini Countach, and a sleeper Dodge Tradesman...
Party On I-95! Two Trucks Loaded With Beer And Chips Crash Into Each Other In Florida!
(photos courtesy of NBC News and ABC News) Ever get caught in traffic out on the highway, wondering what happened to cause you to sit there all that time? I know I do. I’m sure you do too, but...
Lincoln Mark VII Motor Home? Yup! Meet The Eldorado Starfire!
As you probably know, the 1980’s were a time of great excess, especially when it comes to road going vehicles. American luxury cars of the time were big, cushy, and broughamtastic. While you...
This Little Airplane Tug Is Weird, Cool, and It’s For Sale! 100% BangShift Approved!
Ever go onto your local Craigslist and type in the word “Project” into the Vehicles for Sale section? If you haven’t done that, try it. It can lead you on an adventure into the...
Here’s One From The What Were You Thinking Files: A Honda Civic Trar!
Some say that necessity is the mother of invention, and that certainly proves to be true. At some point in human history, people needed to create motorized vehicles that could bring goods in bulk...
BangShift Goes Racing! How To Pick A Cheap Race Car And Start Competing!
Welcome to Bangshift Goes Racing! This is a multi-part series that gives a look into choosing, building, and racing a car on the cheap. Here, you’ll see the misadventures of my friends and I as we...
Zoom-Zoom To Another Planet In This Insane LS-Powered Mazda 3!
(Photos courtesy of Leash Electronics and forum member Leashed on LS1Tech.com) I have a confession to make: I daily drive a 2012 Mazda 3. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking…...
Movie Truck Freak! Check Out This Weird Custom Truck Used In The Movie Tango And Cash!
As a kid who grew up in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s, I have a fond appreciation for the great action movies of the era. My friends used to (and still do!) call these films...