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Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??

BangShift Question Of The Day: Is This The Coolest Automotive Desk Ever?

We dig automotive furniture, artwork, etc., but when Scott from Route2Media sent us this picture of an almost completely intact Mini Cooper built into a desk we were blown away. Of course we had to...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Today’s Challenge (With a Twist!) and Yesterday’s Freak Identified!

Once again, the BS readership has made me proud. I posted the photos of an odd looking inline four cylinder engine yesterday and it was the very first comment from Speedy that nailed it right out of...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Answer Plus Today’s Challenge and It Is A Tough One!

Once again, the BangShift readership knocked it out of the park with yesterday’s identification challenge. The engine in question was in fact a Studebaker R4, which is one of less than 10 known...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Name This Interesting Block and Cylinder Head!

Last week’s run of block and cylinder head identification challenges was such a big success, we went back to Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts for more material. Thankfully...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Best Roadtrip Food?

We’re getting ready to start our road trip up to the California Hot Rod Reunion today, and it made us think. What is the best roadtrip food? It could be your favorite thing to munch on while...

The Answer To Yesterday’s Test Of Your Gearhead Knowledge and a Few Extra Photos You’ll Want To See!

Once again, the BangShift readership nailed the gearhead challenge we threw down yesterday cold. After the weirdo Lincoln engine, the old Model A block, and the Willys Jeep engine, a famous V8...

Caption This Bitchin’ Photo: Bill Mitchell, The Thunderbug, and An Unknown Set of Legs

(Photo by Martyn Schorr) – These days most people know Bill Mitchell because he runs a Top Fuel dragster, operates World Products and Bill Mitchell Hardcore Racing Products but back in the...

Another Test of Your Gearhead Knowledge – Yesterday’s Answer and Today’s Challenge!

Once again, there was no stumping the BangShift readership as Jim Forbes knocked it out of the park yesterday nailing the little four cylinder block we showed as an old Ford ‘banger out of a...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge – Yesterday’s Answer And A New Challenge!

Yesterday I threw a tough one out there in this string of parts identification blog items. Basically I gave you two photos of an interesting looking engine block and asked you to identify it. Well...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge – The Answer To The Last Question and A New Challenge!

Last week I told you about my stop by Custom Auto Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts and challenged you, the vast readership of BangShift to identify an interesting block and cylinder head that were...

What Would You Build? Big or Bigger? We Keep Drooling Over The RHS LS Aluminum Race Block

We have several engine builds that are about to start here at BangShift, and they will range from 400+ to over 1000 horsepower, but every time we talk engines we can’t seem to get the super...

Comp Cams Question Of The Day: What Car Do You Hate To Admit You Love?

We have to admit that the guys over at Comp Cams come up with some pretty interesting photos and questions each week on their Facebook page. And somehow we always get suckered into reading all the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Rather See An 8 Second Bumper Dragger Pass OR ?

With the Byron Power Wheelstand Championships happening last weekend, and all the cool drag racing photo galleries we’ve got up, the question about what kind of drag strip pass you most like to...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Why Don’t Hot Rods Get Driven More Often?

We’ve all seen it. Hell, most of us have been this guy at one point or another. The dude that makes a short drive, or trailers his car, to a car show and then sits around all day in a  lawn...