Category Archive: BangShift APEX, BangShift Road Test, BangShift Road Tests, OTHER
Best of 2018: 2018 Kia Stinger GT AWD – The Jokes Stop Here
Got any good Kia jokes? Yeah, I bet you do. You probably have a good horror story or two, or maybe you just have the acronyms lined up and waiting (“Keep it, asshole”). Or maybe you just...
Best of 2018: How About A Coyote-Powered, RWD Ford Fusion?
The phrase I use to describe stories like the one I put up recently about the possibility of a four-door Ford Mustang is “smacking the hornet’s nest”. It’s not a good...
Best of 2018: The 1967 Shelby “Little Red” Notchback GT500 – Factory Shelby Prototype!
(Photos: Craig Jackson) Until hours ago, this car officially had met the business end of a car crusher after it’s work as a prototype was over and done with. It was a myth, a legend, a phantom....
Best of 2018: This Second-Gen Chevrolet Camaro Is A War Veteran! Check Out The Story Of The Stealth Camaro!
As the only writing member of BangShift who has seen legitimate combat, I can say that the virtues of speed for wheeled vehicles is the most underrated thing in the military fleet. A HMMWV struggles...
Best of 2018: A 1983 Ford Thunderbird That Flies Far Under The Radar – 460, Five-Speed, 4.10s!
First impressions are key. Within the first seven seconds of meeting someone, they’ve already made their mind up about you, regardless of whether or not you have opened up your mouth far enough...
Best of 2018: This 1985 Chevrolet Caprice Is Church-Fresh And Country Boy Wild!
Before I explain anything about the Chevrolet Caprice you are looking at, I should probably explain why I was standing in front of it shooting photos in the first place. We all know that Lohnes has a...
Best of 2018: MCR Tuning’s 1998 Ferrari 550 Maranello Is Ready For It’s Debut At LS Fest Bowling Green!
The drive from MCR Tuning’s headquarters in Horse Cave, Kentucky to the park we had chosen to shoot the car at is about thirteen miles. For thirteen miles, I was having one of the best shows...
Best of 2018: This 1936 Chevrolet Standard Coupe Pick-Up Is A Vision To The Past
I could’ve sat there in the grass for an hour, just staring at what I was looking at. This could’ve easily been the 1930s…there was no noise except for my breathing and a slight...
Best of 2018: This V6, Rear-Drive Converted Dodge Charger Has Been Built Right!
(Photos: Brad Zeidler) What’s the basics of hot rodding? You take something nobody wanted, and you make it faster, better and desirable. It worked for old Fords in junkyards when hot-rodding...
Best Of 2018: 2018 Dodge Durango SRT: A Two-Step Program The Whole Family Can Enjoy
The sports-utility vehicle might have started off as a short pickup with a roof over the bed, but by the time I had become aware of cars, their role as a replacement for the venerable station wagon...
Best of 2018: An Inline-Eight Ford Tempo? That Happened! Check This Freak Out!
Why is a Ford Tempo on BangShift? It’s not a former drag car, or an old Pro Street build. It’s not one of our cheap-car race car ideas, and it certainly isn’t a Rough Start find....
Best Of 2018: This 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS Ex-Stock Car Is Now Roaming The Streets!
From stem to stern, there is no denying that this Chevelle has led one hell of a hard life. Virtually every last body panel shows some kind of wear and tear. The old paint flakes, as does some of the...
Dear Santa, Please Bring Us This Pro Street 1978 GMC Shortbed!
Alright, Nick, let’s get a few things straight between us. Pretty much every year we ask only a few things from you, and every year your rotund bearded Artic-dwelling ass ignores us on every...
