Category Archive: BangShift News, OTHER
Georgia Auto Dealers Association Wants Tesla’s One Store In The State To Lose Their License
Tesla’s “sell directly to the consumer” approach has been grating nerves ever since they started operations. The newest case comes from the state of Georgia, where the one Tesla...
BangShift Exclusive: Check Out Our Tour Of Stacey David’s Rattletrap Productions and Gearz Studio!
It’s not like I ever need a reason to go to a car show, but when our buddy Jeff Lee at Hammerhead IRS suggested that I make an appearance at the Fontanel Car Cruise-In, we were intrigued. When he...
This 1941 Willys Is The Last Vehicle You’d Expect To Find For Sale At A Volvo Dealership!
Volvo dealerships pride themselves on selling for a company that believes first and foremost in the safety of their customers. It’s a nice thing, if not a little dull. But Volvos have never...
Chevy Mailbu Trike: Somebody Grafted A Chevy Malibu To The Back Of A Motorcycle Frame And We Have Photos
Someone once looked at a 1997-2003 Chevy Malibu and said, “You know, that thing would be awesome as a propulsion unit for my motorcycle!” That person actually followed through with the...
Bonneville Feature: Mark Warrick’s Flathead Powered, Soncy Road Speed Shop Special, Belly Tank XF/ Fuel Lakester
(Editor’s note: This feature ran back in 2012 and we thought that we’d kick it up here again because the car is flipping awesome and the zero hour when we’ll be living among this...
How Insane Do You Have To Be To Convert A Ferrari Into A Ute?
Ferrari owners are…well, kind of fickle about their cars. They tend to be fastidious about the care and maintenance of their vehicles, even if it’s a full-on race car. They would never...
Hot Wheels Commissioned A Real-Life Darth Vader Car, Star Wars Fans Start Breathing Heavily
“Lord Vader, Your Car Is Ready”. It’s a tagline that originally appeared for the 1987 Buick GNX, and has since applied to anything black, sinister and fast. But for the 2014 Comic...
The Zingers inspired a generation of car geeks, and we talked to the guy who built them
There was a time when custom car culture was as mainstream as professional sports. Back in the 1960s, custom car shows were huge events that hundreds of thousands of people saw over the course...
CraigsList Find: 1972 AMC Javelin Pierre Cardin edition
Javelins are awesome. Not only did Mark Donohue wring them out in Trans Am competition, but they’re the perfect car if you happen to live in a geodesic dome. They’re weird, wacky and the...
Electric-Glide: A First Ride On Harley-Davidson’s Project LiveWire Prototype All Electric Motorcycle
The first thing you think of when you think “Harley-Davidson” isn’t a highly technical, zero-emissions, completely silent motorcycle. The faithful just won’t stand for it,...
VIDEO: Watch this cool Italian cat blow donuts in a $750,000 Iso Grifo Competizione
A few years back, I wrote a piece for another website about my personal issues with “Concours D’Elegance” in America. What started life as an opportunity to see a bunch of cool cars...
This 1964 Beetle Trucklet Is Well-Done, But Is It For You?
I’ve seen many things done to Volkswagen Beetles. Some, like Baja Bugs and the Meyers Manx, are great ideas. Some, like kit-car Ferraris and visual modifications to make the car into a rolling...
History: Steve McQueen’s dunebuggy in The Thomas Crown Affair
We’ve mentioned The Thomas Crown Affair in a few other posts here. Let’s just say this: There is no other movie that ever made me want a dune buggy more. McQueen’s dune buggy was no...
Zorro’s Charger – A Patina’d 1960s Gasser That Goes 10s and Takes Our Breath Away
(Since we’ll be live broadcasting the 2014 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion from Bowling Green next week, we decided to run some of the coolest car features we shot at the race over the...