Watch Mike Lettelier’s Massive COPO Wheelstands At The NHRA New England Nationals
There’s been lots of great action at the 2014 NHRA New England Nationals here in New Hampshire. From the tight competition of the sportsman classes to the thundering fury of the nitro powered...
Craigslist Find: This Bone Stock 1947 Fiat Topolino Will Either Be Restored By A European Car Lover Or Chopped To Pieces By A Drag Racer
Some cars have options. Maybe they get plucked out of a junkyard and turned into a hot rod, or a street machine, or maybe they get restored, or (our favorite) turned into a racing car of some sort....
Not One, But Two, Henry J Gasser Project Cars For Sale In One Place. Package Deal Baby!
Henry J’s are super cool. The make awesome gassers, and with incredibly rare exception, that’s about the only way you see them. But lately almost every one we’ve seen has been...
2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion Feature Car: 1967 Dodge D100 Gasser
I enjoy finding vehicles that turn Lohnes into a drooling idiot. It’s a fun game that we here at BangShift have been playing for a few years now on the forums. The recipe is simple: Find a...
The Texas 12: Wickam’s Favorite Cars From The 2014 Holley Hot Rod Reunion
(Words and Photos by Charles Wickam) – This being my third trip to the Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, I had kind of an idea what I was in for. With over 1500 race and show cars on the...
2014 Holley Hot Rod Reunion Coverage: Tommy Lee Byrd’s Favorite Photos From The Weekend
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – We documented Tommy Lee Byrd’s road trip in his ’64 Corvette coupe, and he blasted a bunch of cool pictures while at one of the biggest nostalgia...
Watch This ProCharged Chevy Caprice PPV Destroy Tires And Scream To The Heavens (Thom…SHIELD YOUR EYES!)
The Chevy Caprice PPV hit the streets a year or two ago as a model intended to be purchased by police departments and other law enforcement agencies. It was not intended to fall into the hands of...
Rowdy Rodders: The Holley Hot Rod Reunion After Party Cruise Turned Into A Burnout Contest Of Epic Proportions
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – During Tommy Lee Byrd’s Bowling Green experience, the destination for Friday night was the Holiday Inn, which is the host hotel for the National Hot...
Magnum Opus: Nitro America’s Feature Length Film Covering The 2014 March Meet Is Beyond Description
Well Les Mayhew has finally gone and done it. Seriously, this guy has really gone and blown up the neighborhood. What do we mean? Mayhew produced and released a feature length and feature quality...
2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion Feature Car: The “Two Timer” 1964 Rambler American
The mark of a great car at a show such as the 2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion is the ability to catch your attention when there are so many other rolling beauties vying to grab your eye as well....
NHRA Bristol Pro Mod Coverage: Peter Farber Goes The Distance For First Time In NHRA Competition
(Photos/words by Benoit Pigeon) – For the first time in his career, pal-o-BangShift Peter Farber left an NHRA Pro Mod race with a Wally. Farber took on all comers at the recently completed...
Roadkill: How The Hemi 1955 Chevy Was Built – In All Of Its Sleep Deprived, Stop And Go Glory
Unless you live under a rock, surely you have heard of the 1955 Chevy build that Finnegan dreamed up decades ago and had begun to actually construct on Roadkill about a year and a half ago. The guy...
Road Trip Recap: A Soggy, Traffic Filled Slog To The Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion…On Slicks
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Last week, we posted a tech article regarding the cooling system and charging system for a hot rodded ’64 Corvette. The goal was to finish the car in...
Holley National Hot Rod Reunion 2014 Coverage: Historic And Just Plain Awesome Old School Race Cars On Display
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart/Charles Wickam) – As weird as it sounds because we are the 100% opposite of the park and polish mentality of hot rodding, we’re never more mentally engaged and...
