Category Archive: ROAD TRIPS, Unhinged
A BangShifter Abroad, Part 5: The Ferry From Hell, The Book Written By Monks, And Seven Minutes In Heaven With A Stone
To read Part 1,Click Here To read Part 2, Click Here To read Part 3, Click Here To read Part 4, Click Here The next morning we boarded the bus and left Edinburgh, driving down to the ferry...
Top 11: The Cars McTaggart Did Not Expect To See On Vacation In Europe
As I headed towards the British Isles for my vacation, first and foremost on my mind was all of the cars that I would expect to see while I was there. No, seriously: after watching bootlegged copies...
BangShifty Stuff At The 2014 LA Auto Show – We Skipped All The Boring Junk
The 2014 LA Auto Show is in full swing and we sent an operative deep inside the caverns of Kias, Mazdas, Aluminum Ford trucks, champagne press parties, and people in comfortable shoes to find some...
Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, and Autocross Action From The Goodguys Southwest Nationals
It was a long weekend out at the Goodguys Southwest Nationals, announcing the autocross, soaking up the sun, and checking out hot rods. It’s a tough life for sure. While many of you in the...
El Mirage Coverage – Great Images From The Final Meet Of The 2014 SCTA Racing Season
(PHOTOS BY TEACH) – When I got a note from pal o’ BangShift Teach telling me that he had some cool photos from the final meet of the SCTA season at El Mirage dry lake bed I got all...
Cruise Coverage: The First Ever Costumes and Cruise In For A Cure – Great Cars And A Great Time
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Let’s face it, Halloween isn’t typically a holiday that invites car guys to get out and play. Memorial Day weekend, sure….Fourth of July,...
Goodguys Autumn Get Together 2014 – Our Last Blast Of Cool California Stuff
Well I have finally worked my way to the end of my copious load of photos from the 2014 Goodguys Autumn Get Together in Pleasanton, California. Ironically in just a day or two, Chad will be traveling...
Greg Rourke Picks His Favorite SEMA 2014 Cars And Trucks – See ‘Em All Here
(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY GREG ROURKE) – This was my first visit to SEMA. I really had no idea what to expect, and I was right. It was huge, wall to wall stuff and people. Bob and I brought our...
More Cool Muscle Cars From The 2014 Boonesborough Boogie Nationals -Neat Stuff Abounds
(Photos by Doug Gregory) – We’re back with more sweet muscle cars from the Boonesborough Boogie Nationals. Doug Gregory pounded out the photos from this show and used his normal strategy...
Goodguys Autumn Get Together 2014 Coverage: The Car Corral, Cool Stuff, And Signs You Are At A California Car Show
Lots of times people will tell me that when I am announcing an event I don’t sound like I am from the Boston area and I usually agree with them because I tend to bury my accent on purpose. I am...
2014 Boonesborough Boogie Nationals – Muscle Cars Of All Shapes And Sizes
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Let me start with I didn’t not shoot more Chevy than everything else in this category. There simply was MORE Chevy stuff than anything else. When you...
Goodguys Autumn Get Together Coverage: More Photos From Our Fun Weekend In The California Sun
Our unrelenting onslaught of photos from the 2014 Goodguys Autumn Get Together in Pleasanton, California continues today with more photos from the show. To give you an idea of how tightly packed the...
A BangShifter Abroad, Part 4: Loch Ness, Whisky, And The Dark History Of Edinburgh
After our free day that we used to go to Bute, we started the actual tour of Scotland and Ireland. This necessitated a hotel change, so we called for a taxi and loaded our bags down to the sidewalk...
Goodguys Autumn Get Together Coverage – Hot Rods, Hemi Engines, And Stuff You’ll Hate
I’m back with more coverage from the 2014 Goodguys Autumn Get Together which was held last weekend at the Almeda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California. This was one of the neatest car...