Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
BangShift Question Of The Day: If You Could Own ONE Famous Car Or Truck, Which One Would It Be?
This BangShift Question of the day should be good! I happened to be having a chat with my sons the other day and the topic of favorite cars/trucks came up (like it does every day). They asked me what...
Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: Floor Patching, Subframe Connectors, And More!
It’s been six months since we put up any kind of word on the Great Pumpkin, our 1980 Ford Mustang Ghia, and that’s actually a good thing for the most part. The car didn’t die and...
BangShift Tune-Up: “My Best Friend’s Girlfriend” by Nirvana (1994)
Recently, we ditched our satellite television service here at BangShift Mid-West and instead went all-internet entertainment, with one notable exception: a Bluetooth sound system for the house. We...
Try And Rust Me Now! This Fiberglass 1980 International Scout SSII Needs A New Home!
While I have more experience with the Scout 800 series, the Scout II is no less of a desirable machine. International Harvester’s small-truck lines aren’t well known and useable examples...
That Won’t Buff Out: Check Out This Footage Of BMC Crash-Tests From The Early 1960s!
Watching a car crash into a stationary object will always result in a cringing moment where you look at what was a perfectly serviceable vehicle and mutter to yourself, “Jeez, look at where...
How Would You Build It? We Found This 307-Powered 1968 Chevelle Hardtop Sedan Up For Grabs In Vegas!
Gearheads are grown best in an environment that supports and nurtures the hobby. Or, in straightforward terms, the kid who is driven to school in the street machine is probably going to grow up...
Crew Cab Dirt Runner: Kibbetech’s Ford F-350 Is A Bitchin’ Behemoth!
The last time I paid attention to a Kibbetech build, it was the car known as the Trophy LTD: a Ford Crown Victoria turned full-deal desert runner. Everything about that car was both all wrong...
Crash And Burn: Helmet Cam Footage From The Fifteen-Car Pileup At The Nurburgring On An Open Day
The Nurburgring’s famous touristfarhten days draw people the world over for the chance to drive the monsterous Green Hell track for themselves. It’s a semi-open procedure that requires...
The Yetti: Watch This Twin-Turbo Ford Lightning Romp And Stomp At The World Cup Finals!
The Ford Lightning was always meant to be a runner of a pickup truck. A shortbed, stepside, supercharged beast of a pickup, it’d rock more than it’s fair share of competitors in...
Declare Your Hot Rodding Independence – SUPPORT THE RPM ACT TODAY!
The Fourth of July is one of America’s greatest days and we hoped you enjoyed it this year. It is a reminder about the roots of our country and the fight that would ultimately change the world...
The Imported Pony Car: This 1977 Toyota Celica GT Is A Neat Little Coupe!
The credit goes to the 1964 Ford Mustang. Like the Chevrolet Camaro, the Pontiac Firebird, the AMC Javelin, the Dodge Challenger and the second-gen Plymouth Barracuda, Ford’s pony car was the...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Young Is Too Young To Race?
The little girl you see in the picture is eight-year-old Anita Board. She raced a Junior Dragster, and on November 12th, 2017, was involved in an incident on-track at Perth Motorplex that claimed her...
Classic YouTube: The Finnish Drag Racing Oldsmobile Delta 88
I’m of the mindset that the spritual successor to the musclecar era Oldsmobiles isn’t the G-body Cutlass, but instead the Oldsmobile Delta 88. They are comparable in size to the old...
