Category Archive: Apex Car Feature, BangShift APEX
Best Of BangShift: Thundering Bastard – The Day A Super Duty Pontiac Tempest Destroyed The World’s Best Sports Cars
One of my favorite movies of all time is the western Pale Rider. After Clint Eastwood’s character mangles a group of bad guys in a street fight with a simple axe handle, he quietly says,...
Bobby Johnson’s Mid-Engined 1970 Mustang With Ford GT Power May Be The Most Awesome Car On Power Tour
(Photos by Jeff Lee/HammerHead IRS) – When people decide to do unnatural things to classic cars it normally doesn’t turn out the way they (or anyone else) wanted. It takes some...
The Lotus Exhibit At The AACA Museum Covers Virtually Every Historic Aspect Of The Winning Brand
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – If there is one brand of car that elicits visceral responses from both fans and detractors it is Lotus. The company was founded and helmed through its greatest days by...
Project Possum: The Scamp Is A Running, Driving, Machine And It Is Headed For Power Tour…Tomorrow!
(Words and photos by Kaleb Kelley) – After many months and hundred dollar bills, my project has finally transformed from a plain slant-6 grandma’s car into a seriously fun street machine....
The Green Needle: Four Days With A 2015 Challenger Hellcat Has Us Addicted To 700hp Blown Hemi Fun
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – If I had never considered speed or horsepower drugs before getting four days with a 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat, I sure as hell do now. It is everything I have in...
The Ugly American: This Hotchkis Built 1976 Dodge Dart Lite Was Completed To FIA Specs Because It Is Going To Need Them
The name Kevin Wesley is no stranger to BangShifters. Wesley is the guy who owns and drove the famed “Autocross Taxi” 1970 Plymouth Satellite. The car has transported hundreds of...
Feature: Here’s How A 2015 Hellcat Charger Gets Broken In The BangShift Way – Photos, Video, Smoke!
(Words and photos by Kaleb Kelley) – Everybody has been talking about the Hellcat since it was first announced last year. Everybody is getting to see the car they’ve been drooling over on...
Random Car Review: 1983 Ferrari BB 512i – My Final Answer To The “Pick A Car From The Year You Were Born” Question
You know that game: “Pick one car from the year you were born!” It’s fine for you older types, because it’s easy to select a cool car. In 1983 the pickings are pretty damn...
With A Custom Frame, Great Components, And LS-Power, This 1959 Nash Metropolitan Pro Touring Build Is Way More Bite Than Bark!
(By Scott Parker) – Ok, the other day we showed you a cool Buick pro touring build from the project section over at Pro-Touring.com and today we’re showing you another and this one is...
This 1960 Thunderbird Has A Vintage NASCAR Theme With Power Tour, Open Road Race, And Cruising Plans
I have made no secret of my opinion regarding Ford Thunderbirds over the years. I have said mean things. I have intimated that parking spaces next to the Titanic are available, and I have generally...
The McLaren P1 GTR – The Age Of Horsepower For The Well-Heeled Shows That Hybrid Tech Can Be Used For More Than Social Posturing
It costs $1.98 million dollars, it isn’t street legal, you already have to own a street-going McLaren P1 to even get your hands on one, and it won’t be seen in the public until the Geneva...
Car Feature: Street Legal Circle Track Camaro Is A Unique, Homebuilt, Corner Burning Monster
(Words and photos by Jim Volgarino) – A true gearhead can point to some seminal moment when he or she was struck by an unexplainable epiphany. That moment when you knew things had changed and...
High School Confidential: The Hilarious Story Of The Psuedosport Monte Carlo – Near Death Experiences And More
(Words by Tony Sestito/Photos Greg Stewart Collection) – Alright… story time. Back in High School, my friend Greg bought a 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo “Sport Coupe” from a...
Kid Running From Cops After Being Busted Doing Donuts At Car Meet Destroys El Camino, Breaks Girlfriend’s Legs
It was earlier this month when we ran the story of the guy leaving the Cars and Coffee gathering in his hot new BMW M4 and while trying to look cool lost control and violently jumped a median. The...