Category Archive: Car Features, CHEVY
New England’s Newest Pro Mod Is Going To Be A Tim McAmis Lightweight Bad Ass!
Very few classes in drag racing have had the kind of incredible groundswell of development and performance gains as Pro Mod has had over the last 10 years. From the technology in the suspension and...
Steve Magnante’s Bad Seed Caddy Powered Chevette Lives!
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – The public loved it, the magazine company lawyers hated it, Steve Magnante built it, and gearheads still are obsessed with it to this day. The infamous “Bad...
Mini-Feature: The Wildest Paint Job We’ve Ever Seen On A Car That Actually Gets Driven
While walking through the grove at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield last Friday during the rain, BangShifter Randal Burns and I spotted the most amazingly painted 1954 Chevy I have ever seen…and...
Funny Car Forensics: Can You Give Us Some History About This Flopper On The Shelf?
Our buddy Blair is the lead man at the clandestine “bat cave body shop” that we visit from time to time here on BangShift. We happened by the shop the other day and while there was some...
Turbo-Gasm: A Vintage Mustang Fastback: Small Tires, A Big Damn Turbo – Sexy Fabrication!
I stopped by Tube Chassis Designz yesterday to annoy and derail the productivity of my buddy Jon Sandahl and to check on the progress with the Fat Lane t-bolt build that we’ve been following....
Goliath’s Younger Brother! A 1972 Chevy C50 Pickup That Is Cool Truck Perfection
You are never going to believe this one! Jeff Angeleri, GM Design engineer extraordinaire, among other things, sent us a picture of his super cool 1972 C50 pickup which is the brother of Goliath,...
America’s Most Beautiful Roadster 2013 is John Mumford’s 1927 Ford Track T Built By Roy Brizio
We had the opportunity to meet and hang out with Mumford during the Goodguys Rodfather Tour, and can tell you that he is one awesome guy, just like his cars. Roy Brizio did the final assembly on this...
BangShift Exlusive: George Poteet’s, Rad Rides Built, Talladega Inspired ’69 Torino Assembly Pics
(Photos by Rob McGaffin) The famed 1969 Torino, owned by George Poteet, that is being built at Rad Rides By Troy, has been the talk of the hot rodding world for the past couple years. And thanks to...
1962 Plymouth Fury With 777 Original Miles – A BangShift Exclusive!
(Words and photos by Dave Nutting) – Bangshift contributing photographer Dave Nutting here to share an infamous time capsule of Mopar history that Brian Lohnes and I stumbled upon while working...
Best of BangShift 2012: The English Brothers With Their Jag and MG Drag Machines – Feature!
Few classes were weirder and wilder than the old NHRA Modified Sports Car ranks. The Modified Sports classes had their own rules which were similar to the gas classes and the resulting creations...
BangShift Test Drive: The 2013 Ford Raptor – We Drag It, ‘Wheel It, and Jump It!
(Photos by Tom Phair, Kerri Lohnes, and the author) – The most commonly asked question we had during our time with the 2013 Ford SVT Raptor was, “Is that thing fun to drive?” The...
Best of BangShift 2012: The1967 Shelby GT500 Barn Find – Found in Death Valley California
When we got the call from our pal Jon at Tube Chassis Designz that we needed to get down to his shop to see something cool, we jumped in the car and went. We were greeted with one of the coolest...
Coyote Den: This Harmless Looking T-Bird Is One Of The Coolest Sleepers We Have Ever Seen
(Photos by Dave Nutting and Tube Chassis Designz) – We all love sleepers. Whether it is the idea of smashing someone with a flashy ride in the mouth (figuratively speaking) with something that...
PRI 2012 Featurette: The Lucas Oil/MavTV Super Modified Pulling Tractor – Four Blown Elephants!
Of all the booth vehicles that were on display at the 2012 PRI Show in Orlando, none drew a larger crowd than the Lucas Oil/MavTV Super Modified pulling tractor that’s campaigned by Rick and...