Category Archive: BangShift News, Event Coverage, OTHER
Barrett-Jackson Previews All-Original Fast Times At Ridgemont High Z28 for Palm Beach Sale
It’s taking “All-original” to the max. Barrett-Jackson today announced that it will be selling the silver 1979 Z/28 wrecked by Sean “Jeff Spicoli” Penn at its April 11th...
More I-X Piston Powered Autorama Coverage: Trucks, Cars, Equipement, Fun Lurking At Every Corner
(Photos by Jose Ferrer) – We like that fact that a few of the guys you see contributing to BangShift actually travel in packs. For instance, Mike Brooks and his buddy Jose Ferrer can be found...
Barrett Jackson Insanity: A 1979 Pontiac Trans Am Sells For $187,000!
(Photos courtesy of Barrett Jackson’s website) For years, the Barrett Jackson auctions that happen every January in Scottsdale, Arizona have been looked to as a premier event for car lovers and...
Performance Racing Industry Show 2015: Cool Cars and Engines We Saw On Day 1
We’re here in Indianapolis at the Performance Racing Industry Show 2015. Think of this event as SEMA’s hardcore brother. PRI is cool because it is about racing and really gnarly high...
SEMA 2015: The Cars (and Trucks) Of The Mopar Display
There are many OEM manufacturers that maintain a solid presence here at SEMA. Obviously people know that Ford and Chevrolet are here each and every year as they maintain huge, sprawling dedicated...
More Elburn Pull Action Photos – Trucks, Tractors, Flying Dirt, and Carnage
(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Here’s another great collection of photos by Greg Rourke that were taken at a pretty intense truck and tractor pulling Elburn, Illinois. This time of the year...
Sinkhole Be Gone: The National Corvette Museum’s Skydome Will Reopen September 3rd!
A year and a half has gone by since the floor opened up underneath the National Corvette Museum’s Skydome, allowing eight of the Museum’s most prized Corvettes to drop into the karst...
Everybody’s Going Nuts Over The Miami Vice Ferrari That Mecum Is Selling, But Here’s Some Other Cars From The Auction We’d Rather Blow Our Non-Existant Money On!
If you’ve been paying attention to news feeds or your favorite automotive sites besides us, then you’d know that the white 1986 Ferrari Testarossa from Miami Vice is going to cross the...
Elephant Hunt: Here’s All Of The Best Hemi Cars That Hit The Block During Mecum Indy – We Were There!
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – The illustrious Chrysler Hemi Engine has been renowned for many reasons, but when the context is an auction such as Mecum, one in particular comes to...
Unveiled: Hyundai RM15, A Veloster With A Mid-Rear Mounted, 296hp Turbocharged Four. Can You Say “Homologation Special”?
I never expected that in my lifetime, I would want a Hyundai. I’ve driven four in my lifetime: a 1988 Excel three-door hatch that fogged mosquitoes out with all of the burned oil, a 1989 Sonata...
Hot Rod Hoarder: The Koepke Collection Is Going To Auction – From Early Fords Through Late ’70s Exotics, It’s Here!
(All photos courtesy Yvette VanDerBrink) The latest in a recent string of collection auctions isn’t just a random collection of vehicles that were left to fend for themselves. No, instead this...
Shop Tours! We Visit Posies Rod and Custom PLUS A Bonus Visit To Worm Inc. Where Dragsters And Funnies Live
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – So the holidays are behind us, spring is still a ways off and we are heading into to bleakest time of the year for outdoor fun car activities. In...
Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2015: Five Potential Low-Price Winners For Sunday’s Action
We know that most people will tune in to the live coverage of Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale to see the big-ticket stuff cross the block for money that runs between “stupid” and “GDP of...
Donut Derelicts January 2015 – More Great Photos From A Chilly Start To 2015 In SoCal
We’re back with our second and final glimpse into the first Donut Derelicts gathering of 2015. It was a cold morning in Huntington Beach, California when we got to the parking lot where the...