Category Archive: Apex Car Feature, Apex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
The 2020 Porsche 911 Turbo and Turbo S Are German Strongmen Who Continue To Adapt To The Times
Mar 05, 2020Brian Lohnes4
(Words by Tom Lohnes – Photos by the Manufacturer) –The Porsche 911 Turbo is an icon of the 80’s. Its turbocharged flat six-cylinder was a very potent engine at the time of its...
Chew ‘Em Up and Spit ‘Em Out: The 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk Is An AWD, Family Hauling Version Of Thor’s Hammer
Mar 04, 2020Brian Lohnes6
There are many, many things one could spend $99,500 on in this life. Homes, boats, jewelry, companionship in a city filled with casinos for, well we guess that depends, but nothing you can spend...
The Huracan Sterrato Is The Most Oddly Interesting Lamborghini Ever Built – 200 Car Production Run Already Sold Out
Feb 27, 2020Brian Lohnes3
(Words by Tom Lohnes – Photos by the manufacturer) – You’d probably never think that the same company that made the record-setting Aventador SVJ, the car that shattered the Nurburgring...
Random Car Review: The Chrysler Kit Car Program – The Original Saturday Night Special
Nov 21, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
It is strange to picture just how incompetent management inside of Chrysler actually was during the 1970s. Lynn Townsend, who had been a strong benefit to Chrysler after the disastrous 1957 model...
SEMA 2019: Arrington Performance’s 1984 Dodge Rampage – All The Stops, Gone.
Nov 06, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
Apparently my tastes in cars are more well-known than I initially suspected. Within five minutes of getting my press badge and starting off my SEMA 2019 experience, I was pulled to the side....
Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: The 2005 Mustang GT With War Wounds
Oct 12, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
In a sea of show-worthy cars and pretty race machines, a 2005 Mustang GT wearing some wrinkled body panels on one side didn’t seem right. In fact, when I first saw the Mustang rip through the...
The Bodywork Is Happening On The Mongrel Project, Check Out Everything That’s Being Done Before Paint
Oct 03, 2019Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Bodywork Is Happening On The Mongrel Project, Check Out Everything That’s Being Done Before Paint
The Mongrel Project, from Matt at Urchfab, is one cool project that we’ve been having a great time following. It’s the melding of a cool, old, English Ford 100E and a Mazda Miata. If Ford...
Hate The Idea Of Self-Driving Cars? Blame Charles Kettering, It Is All His Fault
Sep 06, 2019Brian Lohnes1
The foundation of the self-driving car, which has become a reality that snuck up on most of us over the last couple years was laid 103 years ago and it is all Charles Kettering’s fault....
Project Binky Is Almost Done And Ready For Paint! Finishing Up The Final Details Is All That’s Left
Jul 02, 2019Chad Reynolds1
That’s right, the beloved little Mini called Project Binky is nearing completion and man is this thing going to be cool as hell. The boys have been busy getting it ready for the final few...
The Story Of The Surfin’ Bird: 3 Strangers, 1 ’75 Abandoned Firebird, and 2000 Miles to Glory
Mar 25, 2019Brian Lohnes2
(Words and photos by John Bunger) – Meeting strangers from the internet to revive a forgotten muscle car and drive it 2000 miles across the country might just be the worst idea I’ve ever...
Destroyer: The Merc9 Is A 555ci Kaase Ford Powered 1971 Mercury Cyclone That Started In NASCAR And Now Mangles Road Courses (Video)
Feb 22, 2019Brian Lohnes4
(Photo credit: Merc9.com) – BangShifter Todd Staege gets the credit for tipping us off to one of the most awesome road racing cars we have ever seen in the form of the absolutely evil Merc9, a...
2019 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Winner: George Poteet’s 3-Penny 1936 Ford, built by Pinkee’s Rod Shop
Jan 27, 2019Brian Lohnes6
Big news tonight from Pomona, California as George Poteet’s 3-Penny 1936 Ford has won the 2019 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Award. The car was built by Colorado’s Pinkee’s...
Best of 2018: MCR Tuning’s 1998 Ferrari 550 Maranello Is Ready For It’s Debut At LS Fest Bowling Green!
Dec 27, 2018Bryan McTaggart7
The drive from MCR Tuning’s headquarters in Horse Cave, Kentucky to the park we had chosen to shoot the car at is about thirteen miles. For thirteen miles, I was having one of the best shows...
Best Of 2018: This 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS Ex-Stock Car Is Now Roaming The Streets!
Dec 24, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Best Of 2018: This 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS Ex-Stock Car Is Now Roaming The Streets!
From stem to stern, there is no denying that this Chevelle has led one hell of a hard life. Virtually every last body panel shows some kind of wear and tear. The old paint flakes, as does some of the...