Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
If I Gave You $3,500 And A Goal Of Building Something That Will Peg Your Fun Meter, What Do You Build?
Recently my friend Doug Cook from Motion Raceworks posted this on Facebook. “If you are a racer and want to be reinvigorated about hot rodding more than ever, I highly suggest building a...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Would You Sell A Car In Today’s Age?
Car advertisements of late make me feel ill to my stomach, readers. I won’t even lie, I almost miss the “Real People” ads from GM. Between Ford’s conviction that you need...
BangShift Question Of The Day: When Did You Last Teach Yourself A New Driving Technique?
Nobody was home. Our nearest neighbor wasn’t home. Even my pain-in-the-ass tattletale of a brother wasn’t home yet. And the yard was pretty much loose turned dirt with a bit of moisture...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Ever Introduce A Non-Car Person To Some Real Live Action?
I’ve been lucky in life to have had a wide range of awesome experiences. I’ve flown five feet off of the ground at over 140 miles per hour in a helicopter before going just about straight...
WTF!!!! Why Can’t Anyone Just List The Correct Price On A Marketplace Ad?
You know what makes me mad? You know what makes me want to list someone’s FB Profile on BANGshift and tell everyone to blast them into oblivion? You know what makes me want to contact people...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Car Would You Leap Into Infamy With?
The moment when Memphis Raines starts ripping gears towards the rollback wrecker, the Dixie horn as yet another Charger is offered up to the altar, the next stunt for a Fast and Furious...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Would You Hop Up Your Lawn And Garden Equipment?
I reek of plant bedding. And cut rosebushes. And blood…because, rosebushes. It’s not spring yet at BangShift Mid-West, but when you have a clear day of weather, you do what you can and I...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Keep A Tally On The Cost Of Your Project?
When I first started building the 1981 Dodge Mirada I scored for $650 in the fall of 2009, I decided to keep a running total of the money I spent on the car. I didn’t have any reason to…I...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Much Fun Have You Had With Rolling Garbage?
In the grand scheme of things, what does a few hundred bucks buy you? Be fair now…no family deals, no wink-wink-nudge-nudge “trades” with your friends. You’ve got a couple...
BangShift Question Of The Day: You Get Your Hands On A 1974 Capri…What Do You Do With It?
On one hand, I’ve been fascinated with what the world over knows as the Ford Capri, the car that was a captive import for Lincoln-Mercury dealerships for the 1970s. They’re smaller, a...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Much Of An A-Hole Driver Are You?
Anyone who asks me how I would personally describe my own driving style will get the same answer: in the typical day-to-day I’m conservative borderline prudish, but get me in the right moment...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Origin Story Of Your Dream Machine?
This Question of the Day is going to be a strange one for me, because…well, except for the couple of months I actually had a 1975 Camaro in my possession, I have never owned one of my dream...
Question Of The Day: What’s The Best Hole-In-The-Wall Joint You’ve Found On A Road Trip?
When roaming around the highways, byways, state roads and random paths, sooner or later you are going to need two things. One is a bathroom, and the other is food, and if you are a smart traveler,...
