Category Archive: Apex Car Feature, Apex Spotlight, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift Galleries, Car Features
Project De La Vega Is Turning Into One Bad Turbocharged Machine! This Is Going To Be One Of The Baddest Vegas Ever.
Oct 24, 2017Chad Reynolds14
(Words by Kaleb Kelley, Photos by David Carroll) It’s been a long time since David and I have graced you with an update on the glorious Project De La Vega… I promise it isn’t...
First Look: This 1963 Rambler American 440 Wagon Is Going To Be Sweet When Done, But We Got To See It Before It Went In For Paint!
Sep 19, 2017Bryan McTaggart4
The frenzy that is LS Fest is over and on my schedule, and in my world that means that the next major event I have to gear up for is SEMA in Las Vegas. I’m always looking forward to the week of...
A Hand-Me-Down Plymouth Duster And A Recycled C6 Corvette Combine Into This Track Monster!
Sep 14, 2017Bryan McTaggart8
A Mopar running around at LS Fest is like seeing a clown run by on fire: you are going to notice, even if you weren’t looking. In the sea of GM products and swapped Fords and Nissans, a...
Carolina Ripper! This E30 BMW 3-Series Is Packing Some Serious V8 Motivation!
Aug 29, 2017Tony Sestito3
One of the things we love here at BangShift are parts-bin specials, or cars built from factory parts that didn’t come that way when they rolled off the assembly line. Whether it’s a...
Video: This 1905 Fiat Isotta Racer Has An Airship Engine, Power For Days, And An Incredible Story
Aug 17, 2017Brian Lohnes4
If there’s an era of racing that we have fallen more and more in love with over the last few years it’s definitely the stuff that happened from about 1900 through 1920. This was the era...
Hauling In Style: Three Pedals’ “Shaken And Stirred” 1989 Pontiac Safari Rules All!
Jul 29, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
(Lead photo: Three Pedals) What do you have to do to prove to any and everyone in attendance at a show like the 2017 Car Craft Summer Nationals that the product you make is the product that they...
Welcome To The Deep End: Randy Kirkley’s 2008 Challenger SRT-8 Wing Car Is A Commitment To Going All-In
Apr 29, 2017Bryan McTaggart9
Opinions on a late-model Dodge Challenger that has been transformed into a retro-modern take on a Mopar Wing Car are going to vary wildly, from love to hate, with very little middle room. On one...
The Beast of Both Worlds: A Guy In His 20’s Built A BMW 2002 With The Heart And Bones Of A Honda S2000, And It’s Nuts!
Apr 07, 2017Tony Sestito1
(Photos by Kevin Adolf and Grassroots Motorsports Magazine Staff) Author’s Note: Recently, our buddies over at Grassroots Motorsports Magazine asked me if I’d like to help them out with...
Cool Old Press Photos: Beauty and the Beast, the 1957 Lincolns
Apr 06, 2017Brian Lohnes4
If there were ever two cars produced by the same brand in the same year that were on complete opposite ends of the styling and beauty spectrum, the 1957 offerings from Lincoln were them. Yes, the...
Project De La Vega Update: The 1973 Vega GT Gets A Cage And The LTG 2-Liter Turbo Four Shows Up!
Apr 03, 2017Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Drake Maroc) – It’s been awhile since David and I have made an update for Project De La Vega and we apologize for that, but I think you’ll agree that it was worth the wait....
A Preserved “Day 2” V8 Vega? This Thing Is A Time Capsule!
Mar 18, 2017Tony Sestito6
Lately, I’ve had a thing for the diminutive Chevrolet Vega. Bone stock, they were boring and unreliable, and let’s face it: they weren’t very good at being cars. That’s why...
Cool Car For A Good Cause: Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle Reveals The Dagger Fairlane
Feb 05, 2017Brian Lohnes1
Many of you are familiar with our pals at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle, the Illinois based shop that cranks out some of the coolest cars of all shapes and sizes in the country. From their Craftsman...
Wanna Win A Truck? Classic Car Liquidators Has A 1971 C10 Up For Grabs
Feb 02, 2017Brian Lohnes4
(By Kaleb Kelley) – A few weeks ago, we showed you our 1969 Camaro from our Win A Classic Sweepstakes here at Classic Car Liquidators. Well, we have a winner! We brought our winner Paul Riffe...
Huge Aftermarket News: MOMO and Weld Racing Join Forces – Weld To Maintain Kansas City Manufacturing
Jan 24, 2017Brian Lohnes3
Some very significant news has broken this am in the high performance aftermarket. MOMO, the internationally known high performance wheel manufacturer and Weld Racing have joined in a partnership...