Category Archive: Apex Car Feature, BangShift APEX
Best of BangShift 2014: Crazy Story – 36 Neglected And Abandoned Corvettes Saved From NYC Parking Garages – The Legendary Peter Max Collection Is Being Restored
Back in 1989, I was nine years old and happened to see a television commercial on the VH-1 music video channel for a crazy contest they were running. The gist of it was pretty simple. You dialed a...
This 1937 Packard Hot Rod Is Among The More Jaw Dropping Things We Saw In 2014 – Simply Stunning
(Words and photos by Kaleb Kelley) – There are some cars that just peak your interest the instant you see them. This 1937 Packard by G3 Rods of Rapid City, SD is one of those cars. I spotted...
Simeone Museum Demo Day: A Look At The Beautiful 1956 Jaguar D-Type Up Close And Personal
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we told you the twisted tale of the Simeone Museum’s Shelby Daytona Coupe, which is the first one ever built and has had some amazing racing and...
Pure Perfection: Mike Cavanah’s 1966 Chevelle Makes White The Sexiest Color Ever
Mike Cavanah’s 1966 Chevelle is NOT the norm. With quarter panels as sexy as that spot on a woman’s lower back, just above their hip, you wouldn’t expect it to be this white. Red?...
Simeone Museum Demo Day Part 2: The Wild History Of Shelby Daytona Coupe CSX2287 – Phil Spector, Bonneville, More
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The story of the Shelby Daytona coupe is one of the more amazing in American automotive history. They were built as an all out effort for Shelby to stand toe to toe...
We Play Middleman Helping A Buddy Score This Cherry 1976 Datsun 280Z 2+2 – Is There Anything More Fun?
Recently, I got to help out BangShift web guy Scott Payton by being the middle man, bag man, pickup guy, final line of defense, or whatever you want to call it in a long distance automotive purchase...
One Of None: The Supercharged Prototype 1953 Corvette That Never Saw Production – Lingenfelter Collection
As we’ve been telling you, there are stacks and stacks of photos and stories yet to be written from our extensive visit to the Lingenfelter Collection in Michigan. We’re planning on...
Feature: A 1973 Chevelle That Personifies Working Man’s Pro Touring
There were some truly incredible rides at the 2012 Run to the Shore event held at New Jersey Motorsports Park in April. We oogled the likes of Billy Utley’s all conquering Nova and Jeff...
1969 Chevelle Body + NASCAR Chassis + 700hp Small Block = One Of The Coolest Projects Ever
If you think that the 1969 Chevelle in the lead photo looks like a stock car, you’d be right…because it is. The body has been dropped over top of a 1999 Winston Cup chassis and will be...
BangShift Readers, Do You Know Anything About The Lincoln Mark VII That Raced Trans-Am?
Alright, readers, I come to you requesting help. See, while doing research on Trans-Am cars for a different story, I accidentally slipped and entered “Trans Am L” into Google and the next...
Pro Touring Find: The RideTech Equipped Blackened 1973 ‘Cuda Is Up For Sale – Evil Looks, Late Model Hemi Power, Tough Suspension
The old “Lord Vader, your car is ready” joke is totally beaten to death at this point but we couldn’t help but think that as we gazed upon the evil glory that is this car. Called...
Going Fast With Class: Watch The Evolution Of This Pro Touring Buick From Lowered Stocker To Hardcore Cornering Machine
Hot rodding is about evolution and like evolution in people it is a bunch of small stuff that ends up leading to big changes to the species. That’s kind of the story with this great looking...
Cadillac Introduces The ATS-V.R Race Car – 600hp Twin Turbo Motor FIA Legal For GT3 And 30 Different Series Around World (W/VIDEO)
Well this looks about 20 different shades of awesome. Cadillac has debuted their brand new ATS-V.R road racing car that will compete on a global level in the FIA’s GT3 category. In addition to...
Check Out “Recoil”, An Insane 1966 Chevelle Built By The Ring Brothers
When we were asked to be at the Royal Purple booth here at SEMA yesterday for the unveiling of a new car from Ring Brothers, we were most certainly excited, but we had no idea just how bad ass this...