Category Archive: Apex Sideways, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, CHEVY
Classic YouTube: We Celebrate Throw Back Thursday With Our Favorite, The Ice Monster Camaro!
One of the most infamous cars we have ever had the privilege of showing on these pages is the battered second-generation Camaro from Sweden known as the Ice Monster. What little we do know about the...
2015 Year In Review: We Take A Look At Our Two In-House Mopar Projects And The Progress…And Lack Thereof…We Have Made!
The sun is setting on 2015, and what a year it has been. From the moment the weather hinted at warming up…and the second Lohnes finally dug himself out of ass-deep snow…we have been...
This Ford Fairlane Is Just The Way We Like ‘Em: Durable, Fast, And Driven Often
Sometimes you need the right inspiration to understand why someone likes the car that they do. Case in point is Colin Sebern’s 1964 Ford Fairlane, which has a Thunderbolt look, but is...
Late-Model Nastiness! This ProCharged Dodge Challenger Is Good For A Six-Second, 200+ MPH Blast Down The Quarter!
The capability of today’s engines can’t be denied. The base models are running twelves and thirteens bone-stock with the hotter versions running elevens. The computer tuning might turn...
Rough Start: Could This 1972 Ford Maverick Be Your 1/2 Scale White Lightning Replica?
We all have a soft spot for the Ford Custom 500 in the movie “White Lightning”. That big brown bomber screaming around dirt roads with Burt Reynolds at the wheel makes us wish that we...
Ebay Find: A Full-Race Plymouth Duster That Is An Engine Away From Drag Strip Heaven
Often times, when you search for a “race car” on eBay, you end up looking at homebuilt projects that may or may not be worth the time and money. For some of the prices you see on eBay,...
What’s It Like To Drive A Stripper Chevy Colorado That Has Been Jammed Full Of Everyone’s Favorite V8? Mr. Regular Finds Out!
Pulling off a sleeper is actually pretty difficult nowadays. Most older iron is immediately suspect simply because it exists, most modern stuff driven to the track is known to be capable. The only...
This Sinister Ford Galaxie Looks Ready For A Starring Role As An Evil Villain’s Ride!
Big, black, low and nasty…all words that come to mind seeing this 1972 Ford Galaxie two-door. There isn’t much that the ad does say about this nearly monochromatic coupe –...
Speed Shop Shenanigans: Watch As Australia’s “FarmUte” Holden Repaves The Lot At Castlemaine Rod Shop!
The Drag Challenge is Australia’s take on Drag Week, and as much as we’ve been able to learn from our counterparts on the other side of the Pacific, it’s pretty much a...
This 1977 Ford LTD II Trar Is Ready To Handle Whatever Winter Throws At You This Year!
It’s December, which means that winter is just about to set upon us in earnest. That isn’t something we look forward to…the cold weather does not help our aching bones, the sun...
What In The…?! We Weigh In With Our Opinions On This 1986 Ford Ranger That Has Been Converted Into A Lincoln Pickup!
What does it take to shock the guys behind the keyboard here at BangShift? Find something we have never seen before and would have never, ever thought of, even at our most intoxicated moments, and...
Toasty! Ford Everest SUV Self-Immolates During Press Drive, Ford Australia Looking Into The Cause
When we are lucky enough to get our hands on a brand-new vehicle to test out, we may be looking for issues, but we aren’t expecting to find anything that can’t be written off as either...
Question Of The Day: Could You Bring Yourself To Desecrate A Survivor Car?
There is a certain aura to a car that has managed to survive thirty, forty or more years on the planet and yet still looks so close to new that you’d swear you were being lied to. Low mileage...
Rough Start: A Jack-Of-All-Trades 1979 Ford Ranchero For Under Budget? Who Needs A Truck?
The 1977-79 Ford Ranchero strike me as the most truck-like of the utes offered for sale in America. Seriously…the 1973-77 GM trucklets were close, but felt more like the Chevelle than the C-10,...