Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
2015 Buffalo Motorama: We Pound The Floor And Show YOU All The Great Stuff At This Show
(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – For over 60 years, downtown Buffalo has hosted a custom car show to bring people together to welcome springtime in Western NY with high doses of paint and...
Ratty Gassers, Bare Metal Customs, and Pinstriped Beauties At Viva Las Vegas 2015
One of the cool things about a show like Viva Las Vegas is that there’s no shame in anyone’s game. It is not about judging the most perfectly restored, nut and bolt perfect muscle car. It...
Tail Dragging, Pinstriped, Fat Fendered Goodness From Viva Las Vegas 2015
We have long been of the opinion that virtually any car can be made cool and in today’s world of hot rodding more and more people are getting on that bus. Case in point, look at the Chevy...
Viva Las Vegas 2015: Flowing Forms From The 40s and 50s (With some 1930s Stuff Thrown In For Good Measure)
By now you have figured out that we’re on a mission to show you every possible car and truck from the massive Viva Las Vegas 2015 hot rod show that went down in the famed adult playground last...
Kemah Cruise Coverage: Cool Cars, Big Trucks, And Some Interesting Iron In Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Last week we showed you some of Charles Wickam’s photos from the Kemah Cruise in Kemah, Texas. Today we’re bringing you the last blast of the photos...
EVENT GALLERY: Round Two From The 2015 Northwest Rodarama In Puyallup, Washington
(Photos: David Matyjasik) Our coverage of the Northwest Rodarama continues, with more of the gems that were on-hand at the Washington State Fair Event Complex in Puyallup, Washington. With plenty of...
Our Photo Landslide From Viva Las Vegas 2015 Continues: Traditional Hot Rods, Kustoms, Coupes, Buckets, More
The trucks got their due a little earlier today and now it is time for the cars to get theirs. This latest group of photos from the 2015 Viva Las Vegas show feature multiple build styles and body...
Event Gallery: The 2015 Northwest Rodarama In Puyallup, Washington
Bangshifter David Matyjasik recently made the cross-country move from North Carolina to the Puget Sound region of Washington State and from the moment he arrived has been nosing around the area,...
Vivas Las Vegas 2015: More Cool Trucks From the Nevada Hot Rod Invasion
There are probably lots of old ladies and tourists wondering what they’re seeing the streets of Las Vegas clogged full of old iron, shiny iron, and rumbling hot rods from all over the western...
Viva Las Vegas 2015: From Hot Rods To Drag Caskets We’ve Got You Covered At This Show!
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside…we’re back with more Viva Las Vegas 2015 photo coverage. This show is cranking and as you will see from these photos, people have made it a...
Viva Las Vegas 2015: Cool Cars, Kustoms, and Stuff We Don’t Have Names For Yet
Viva Las Vegas 2015 is going full bore and we’re there among the cars, the trucks, the crazy people, and the hot rodders that have gathered every year off the strip to make this show one of the...
2015 Piston Powered Autorama – More Muscle, More Shine, and More Awesome From The Show Floor
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Contrary to popular belief, we will not have show photos from the 2015 Piston Powered Autorama which was recently held in Cleveland, Ohio every day for the next year....
Texas Cruise Photos: We’re Back With Kemah Cruise Coverage!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – In a couple of weeks, Wickam and I will be hanging out in his neighborhood at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas as the NHRA Mello Yello tour swings into tow....
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...