Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Cruising Van Nuys Blvd: It’s 1977 in San Fernando Valley Again.
300 plus muscle cars, street machines, and customs cruised Van Nuys Blvd in San Fernando Valley for the first time in decades, and we were there for all the action. What started as a grassroots...
Event Coverage: Pep Boys Speed Shop Grand Opening
On May 30th, BangShift.com attended the grand opening of the all-new Pep Boys Speed Shop on Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles. This is a new deal for Pep Boys where they took a bunch of the brand-name...
Event Coverage: 2009 Michigan Vintage VW Festival
Note: This is an event coverage story and photos that we got from BangShift.com forum member Fast Ed. If you attend a car show or race and have photos and info that you’d like to contribute for...
Event Coverage: 159 Photos from the 2009 Viva Las Vegas Car Show
As promised last week when we posted this gallery of 66 retro custom cars, BangShift.com spent Saturday in Las Vegas for the 12th Annual Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender. The event is now held at...
Event Coverage: 200 Photos from Goodguys Del Mar Car Show
It was another great weekend in California on April 3-5 for the 9th Annual Goodguys Del Mar Nationals at the fairgrounds in, you guessed it, Del Mar. BangShift.com was there all weekend as I once...
BangShift.com Event Coverage: 2009 Goodguys Pleasanton, 351 Photos!
We’ve attended Goodguys shows all across the country, but our favorites are at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California. We are there this weekend, March 27-29, for the 27th...
Event Coverage: 2009 Goodguys Costa Mesa Car Show
How lucky am I? Not only am I spending the weekend at the 2009 Goodguys Orange County Get-Together in Costa Mesa, California, but I’m announcing at the the Street Challenge Autocross where they...
Event Coverage: 2009 Detroit Autorama at Cobo Hall, 66 Photos
Last weekend was the Midwest’s official icebreaker for the car season, the Detroit Autorama at Cobo Hall. While most indoor car shows are not our speed, this one brings out all the real hot...
New Gallery: Straight-Axle Cars From Lead East 2008
We attended Lead East 2008 this past summer on behalf of a print magazine. They decided to let us use the photos that they are not using in the book here on el blog. This is the first of several...
Dave Wallace Does the Grand National Roadster Show
The Grand National Roadster Show is the grand daddy of all indoor hot rod shows as it carries the weight of awarding the title of America’s Most Beautiful Roadster on one entrant. Truth be...
116 Photos: The John Force Holiday Car Show
While a lot of you were getting ready for a white Christmas, here in sunny Southern California we were hobnobbing with John Force and Jay Leno at Force’s Christmas Car Show, Open House, and Toy...