Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
Question Of The Day: What Used-Car Lot Refugee Would Make A Great One-Model Racing Series?
Used car lots plague the landscape across the country. I’m not talking the ones ran by dealerships…I’m talking “Honest Mike’s Used Car Emporium! No job? No credit? No...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Why Not Own An Old Semi Tractor?
From the moment that I first saw him walk around the nose of the green Freightliner, I could tell that through and through, my father had every ounce of “trucker” in his bones. Throughout...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have Any Great Wintertime Hoon Stories?
For someone who spent a lot of time growing up in the shadow of Pikes Peak, I am not a fan of snow. At all. Sure, nothing’s prettier than freshly-fallen snow clinging to the trees and...
Best of 2019: What Is The Most Used And Abused Car Ever Made?
Let’s not play nice here: there are cars that seem to exist only to be used and abused in absolutely horrific fashions. Can’t think of one? I can name you a list. How about every 1970s...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Build Something Just For The Fun Of It?
By the time the Sawzall was plugged in, there was no saving the little red Ford Fiesta from fate. Within ten minutes, it would be a ute. The idea seemed like such a good one at the time…people...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Boss Car Audio System From The Good Old Days?
Today’s Question of the Day is a little bit more interactive than normal. Here’s the deal…the other night I was chatting with Kevin (Junkyard Digs on YouTube) about his project 1968...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Is There Really A Justification For The V8?
I hear the buzzing, I see the nest perfectly fine, and yet I’m still picking up the stick and preparing to swing. It seems like the perfect time to smack the hornet’s nest with this...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Should The Next CHP Vehicles Be?
Oh, there’s a good reason for today’s Question of the Day, readers. Here’s the deal: Currently, the State of California and the Federal Government are in a bit of a war over...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Cold Weather Starting Procedure – Do You Remember Yours?
The last time I saw the 1977 Chevrolet Impala I used to own, it was early summer 1999. It was an interesting machine: basic two-door, 250ci inline six, basic black bench seat interior. Other than the...
Would You Rather, The Ute Edition: 1973 GMC Sprint SP 454 or 1979 Chevrolet El Camino Super Sport Four-Speed?
More often than not, the coupe utility body style gets derided as the four-wheeled equivalent of the mullet: business in front, party in the back, and unless it’s around friends and family, no...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Ever Eat Crow On Your Opinions Of A Certain Car?
I talked so much smack. They were “cute”. They were the cars for your little sister. They looked like the well-used bar of soap that I scrubbed my backside with. This was before I had...
BangShift Question Of The Day: EV Hot Rodding…Do You See It As The Future?
It wasn’t the biggest story of SEMA…that had to have gone to the Quintin Brothers’ Challenger theft/pursuit/recovery tale that led to a wicked, 1,000 horsepower Dodge with body...
Would You Try To Paint Your Own Car At Home? Or Is The Thought Just Too Scary?
To build a car or truck at home you have to possess certain skills. Which skills depends on the depth of your project, with some requiring nothing but the ability to remove and replace parts. But...
