Category Archive: Apex Car Feature, BangShift APEX
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...
SEMA 2014: The Jet Hot Double Down Roadster Half Naked! The Car Runs, Drives, And Even Picked Up Some Style Points
The Jet-Hot High Performance Coatings Double Down roadster has gotten a lot of electronic ink on our pages since last year at SEMA when the the car appeared at the show while it was under...
Volvo X: A 1967 Volvo 122 That’s Not At All What It Seems, Unless It Seems Like An Ass Kicker
(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Last fall I pulled up in my Scamp at a local car show with my dad on a dreary Saturday morning and looked around only to see a very small group of cars. Even if...
SEMA 2014: The Roadster Shop Rampage 1970 Camaro Is As Polarizing As It Is Aggressive – There’s No In Between With This One
Race car? Street Car? Both? Those are the tip of the question iceberg when we were looking at what could be one of the most aggressive 1970 Camaros ever built as it sat in the Go Pro booth at the...
Project Violent Valiant SEMA 2014 Thrash: The Final Prep Before The World Sees This Angry Mopar!
It was EXACTLY one year ago today when we showed the body of what has not become Project Violent Valiant getting sand blasted and prepped before being sent back to Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle for Kevin...
In 1964 Ford Built A Shorty Two Seater Mustang Show Car – The Story Of How It Avoided The Crusher And Who Owns It Now Is Greatness
Ford has done a really good job in 2014 telling all kinds of great Mustang stories. The 50th anniversary of the car has been handled with amazing prowess by the company from the way they interacted...
The Goodguys G/RS Camaro Is One Bad Hombre, And We Have The Pictures To Prove It
(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) At the recent Goodguys Lone Star Nationals, I had the opportunity to see some of the best builds in the country. I’m not normally a big first generation Camaro...
BangShift Road Test: 2015 Corvette Stingray Convertible – We Flog GM’s New 8-Speed Automatic
(PHOTOS BY DAVE NUTTING) – We’ve been chomping at the bit to get our hands on a C7 Corvette since they started rolling off the line in Bowling Green and our ticket finally got punched...
Random Car Review: Lancia Delta HF Integrale, Italian Insanity On A Low Dose Of Medication
(HF Integrale photos: eBay/thebarnmiami) Lancia and rally racing: together it’s a beautiful thing. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s Lancia could do no wrong in rally, even if the odds...