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Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??

BangShift Question Of The Day: Who Has Or Had The Coolest Nickname In Racing?

Names like Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins, Glen “Fireball” Roberts, Warren “The Professor” Johnson, Ivan “The Iron Man” Stewart, Don “The Snake”...

BangShift Question Of The Day: How Bad Did It Turn Out When You Didn’t Listen To Mom And Dad?

Everyone’s Mom and Dad has told them at some point not to go street racing, or cruising, or whatever. And while we all got away with it most of the time, there were those times where the cops...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Vehicle Would You Want During An Apocalypse?

Zombies, aliens, left or right wing radicals, or mutant wart hogs could at any point take over the world. Or at least that’s what the “experts” on the subject say. And since a...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Song Brings Back Your Favorite Road Trip Memory?

Today’s BangShift Daily Tune Up is Willie Nelson singing “On The Road Again”, which always makes me think of the family trip around the country we made in 1982 in a motorhome. Other...

Should They Build It? Our Take On What A Street Going Retro COPO Camaro Would Look Like Today

(Rendering by Stu Wotypka/ID Motorsport Design) – Every year on April Fool’s Day we run a cool rendering from our buddy Stu up in Canada who is the brains and talent behind ID Motorsport...

Question Of The Day: Has A Racer’s Switch Of Brand Ever Broken Your Heart?

In today’s racing world, brands are mostly defined by headlight stickers and whichever patch is ironed on to the fire suit of the meat in the seat driving. There’s not real love or...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Road Course Would You Most Like To Make Laps On?

After attending the Long Beach Grand Prix this weekend, and having driven on or visited amazingly famous road courses all over the world, it struck me that there are still a ton of them I want to...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Drive It? A Blown Nash Metropolitan

The guys at Comp Cams pulled this photo off of Competition Plus, and asked the question whether or not you would drive it. And so we are stealing their question for use here as the BangShift Question...

BANGSHIFT QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT WAS YOUR CLOSEST CALL IN A CAR OR TRUCK?

After watching all those little Euro-mobiles wreck on the ‘Ring in that blog item yesterday you are probably thinking about a time or two where you found yourself a little short in the talent...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Hanous Cross Brand Violation You Have Ever Seen?

After the Mustang photo that we posted yesterday, with the Chevy Rally Wheels on it, I got to thinking about other weird cross brand violations. Of course engines are a big one that get people all...

Guess What’s Wrong: What Is Wrong With This Mustang? Tell Us For Fame And Glory

We hit the Pomona Swap Meet yesterday and, as usual, saw some weird stuff. A van with a whacky body lift that was like 30 inches tall, and other strange stuff, along with tons of cool cars and parts....

Question of the Day: Is it OK to Spec a new Camaro or Mustang With a V6?

We recently read some stats that suggested half of new Mustangs and Camaros sold leave the lot equipped with a V6. The V6 motors that Chevy and Ford are offering in the cars are certainly stout for...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Which Smells Worse? Burnt Gear Oil Or Burnt Clutch?

This is a debate we have at almost every pro touring event I announce. Why? Well at least once during the event, and usually several times more, someone will smoke the clutch on their hot rod and I...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Dream Garages…The What If Game. How Big?

We’ve all played the “What If…?” game, and any good hot rodder has played it with regards to their dream garage or shop and had a huge list of things they would want to see in...