Category Archive: Apex Car Feature, BangShift APEX
Ford’s 1962 Mustang I Concept Car May Be The Coolest Thing At The 2014 Detroit Auto Show
Of all the neat stuff to gawk at inside Cobo Hall at the 2014 North American International Auto Show, Ford gets the nod from us for having the coolest vehicle…and it was built in 1962. This is...
Mission Meat: We Go 1,000 Miles In America’s Best Sedan To Deliver America’s Best Bacon
This was a trip of supreme importance, a trip that required the right kind of wheels to make sure that the job would be completed and everyone would end up happy. You don’t transport...
Korean Rocket: We Cruise The $70,000 Hyundai Equus – Old School Luxury With Big Power
When the question begins with, “Interested in driving…” I usually cut the person asking the question off and blurt out yes before they can finish. That’s what I did when the...
Feature: This 1964 Chevelle Combines Pro Touring Form AND Function In One Bitchin’ Package
It was a (literally) breathless phone call from Dave Nutting a couple months back that got the ball rolling on this feature centered around Scott Carey’s fantastic 1964 Chevelle. As you well...
The Humbler: Five Buddies Built This Cheap Turbo Jeep To Go 12s And Destroy On The Autocross
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – This could be the most BangShifty vehicle we have ever featured before. Built by a group of five smart friends and raced at the Grassroots Motorsports $2,000...
Double Down by Fuller Hot Rods Is Stealing The Show At SEMA 2013
You’ve seen plenty of photos of the awesome “Double Down” all wheel drive 1932 Ford roadster built by Fuller Hot Rods here at SEMA 2013, but we really cannot get enough of this car....
We Drive The 2014 Mustang GT – Coyote Power, Six Speed Stick, No Roof And Lotsa Green!
Over the last couple of months, I pestered the fine people at Ford so much and so often about getting my mitts on a Mustang GT with a 5.0L engine and stick shift transmission, I was left with two...
We Drive The 2013 Camaro SS Hot Wheels Special Edition – Full Road Test And Review!
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – When the 2013 Hot Wheels Special Edition Camaro SS made the left hand turn into our driveway, my six year old son had eyes the size of pie plates and then literally...
Run Silent, Run Deep: We Drive America’s Best Sleeper, The 2013 Ford Taurus SHO
(Photos by Dave Nutting) This is the kind of car that can get you both into and out of trouble very quickly. With sedate styling that blends seamlessly with its surroundings and power enough to run...
The AMX/GTO: 1969 AMX + 2006 GTO + Home Garage = BangShift Appproved Tire Melting Awesome
If you give a hot rodder three things: a welder, creativity, and time, you are guaranteed some type of cool result. Such is the case with my neighbor (literally about a 1/4 mile down the road) Scott...
SEMA 2012 Featurette: The Pure Vision Martini Mustang T5-R — An Incredible “What If” Of Ford Racing History
Steve Strope and his Pure Vision company have created some amazing cars over the years but this could be his master stroke. Dubbed the T5-R, the 1966 Mustang you see before you is a product of...
SEMA 2012 Featurette: Mark Stielow’s 1967 Camaro “Mayhem” – Greatest Pro Touring Car Ever?
Mark Stielow’s name has been and will forever be connected to Camaros and for good reason. His awesome string of 1967 and 1969 Chevys have helped to both birth and revolutionize the Pro Touring...
Car Feature Re-Run: An Original-Owner 1987 Buick GNX
Gary and Pam Beineke have a stable of awesome cars. We invaded their privacy to shoot and video several cars a couple of years ago and we featured those cars a while back. Most of the cars in their...
