Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
Bitchin’ Or Bogus? Would You Drive This Mash Up Of A Firebird and A Superbird? Tell Us Your Thoughts On The Trans-Bird
(Words by Bryan McTaggart – Photo by interwebs) – The Plymouth Superbird is a car that flat-out cannot be ignored. The nosecone, wing,fender scoops and cartoon graphics, not to mention...
This Blown 1973 Chevy Nova Is Bitchin…Or Is It? You Decide.
Usually when someone refers to a car as all motor, they mean that it has no power adders. In this case, all motor means the rest of the car is pretty stock looking, and everything good about it is...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Favor Big Torque Or Big Horsepower?
The video we posted a little earlier today is a good illustration of brutal torque. Torque is the oft discounted and lesser admired brother of horsepower. As the old adage goes, “Horsepower is...
Does Seeing A Restorable Or Hot Rod Worthy Muscle Car Turned Into A Dirt Track Racer Piss You Off?
While perusing Craigslist yesterday we found this 1970 Chevelle for sale that had been turned into a hobby stock or street stock dirt track car. Unfortunately we’ve seen things like this...
Would You Rather…The BangShift Version: Third-Gen Pony Cars Edition
Remember that game called “Would You Rather?” It can be played multiple ways, including making you choose between two unbelievably good, or unbelievably horrible, choices. It’s all...
Settle This Debate: Was The 1964 Pontiac GTO The First Muscle Car? It Has Been Raging For 50 Years!
It sucks that Pontiac is dead and buried because if they were still alive this would have been a rocking year for the brand. Hell, you have seen how far Ford has taken the 50th anniversary of the...
Would You Tear Up This Perfect Car To Make A Hot Rod Out Of It?
Okay, so it’s a Pinto. I happen to dig Pintos. In fact, it’s kind of funny because I would prefer a Pinto, Maverick, or Comet over a Mustang in most cases. Anyway, back to the question at...
Look At All The Cheap Porsche’s We Found! What Would You Do With/To Them?
A couple of weekends ago, while walking the Pomona Swap Meet, we found a clean and straight 944 Porsche that was sitting on a trailer for sale. When I asked how much it was, just out of curiosity,...
Personality Test: Would You Pick A 2014 Chevy SS, A 2014 Ford Taurus SHO, Or A 2014 Charger SRT8?
This question was rattling around in my head after I saw a guy in a Taurus SHO and another guy in an SRT8 Charger leave a traffic light “in anger” last week. They were heading the other...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Answer and Today’s Challenge Revealed!
Yesterday’s gearhead challenge was a good one! We showed you a picture of a unique engine block and asked you to identify it and tell us what kind of racer it belonged in. While no one got the...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Answer And Today’s New Challenge
You guys are good! Yesterday we asked you to identify the mystery crankshaft that we saw at the machine shop the other day. While it took you a few guesses to get there, the masses eventually nailed...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Tell Us What Engine This Weird Crankshaft Is From!
One of the things that is great about having friends that are as whacked out about car stuff as we are is the fact that when they see stuff that’s BangShifty they alert us to it immediately....
We Saw This Awesome 1959 Buick Invicta In Front Of A Junkyard And Want To Know How You Would Build It
There I was, minding my own business driving down the road like the honest, upstanding citizen that I am when this evil son of a you know what started staring me down. I was forced to pull over and...
