Category Archive: Unhinged
Unhinged: Remember, You Are A Special Little Sunfish…
Recently the International Consumer Electronics Show wrapped up at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Normally, this would barely register on the radar here at BangShift, but then we started noticing...
Classic YouTube: The Fort St. John Rally Race Of 2010 – $200 Beaters Romping In British Columbia
Fort St. John, British Columbia is a little north of the center of the province and on the eastern edge, parked along the Alaska Highway at Mile 47. Other than being a transportation hub of sorts,...
The Auction Mistake Corvette Has A New Heartbeat! See Cleetus Get Dirty Putting The New Mill Together!
The last time we nosed around Cleetus’s neck of the woods with the Auction Mistake Corvette, it was right about the time he absolutely and utterly fragged the engine while on a dragstrip pass....
Resolved Issue: This 1971 Chevy Vega Wagon’s Biggest Failing Has Been Fixed
You want to say that GM tried with the Vega. You really do. And I’m sure that someone, somewhere, in a corner office that had no windows fully intended on building a good compact car....
Unhinged: Revenge Of The Malaise At The 2019 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction!
If the numbers that Barrett-Jackson themselves are putting out on social media are true, then 2019 might as well be the year that 1970s and 1980s cars and trucks finally get their chance to shine in...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Does A Dual-Clutch Overrule A Manual Transmission?
It would figure that something would be complaint-worthy about the 2020 Ford Shelby GT500. Moments after the presentation had happened at the North American International Auto Show, you could see a...
Extra Crispy: Anybody Interested In Some Roasted Superbird?
Chances are good that if you’re a die-hard, dyed in the wool Mopar geek, that you’re looking at that picture and are screaming to yourself in utter agony. That is…was…a 1970...
Bomb Blast: This Chevelle’s Transmission Detonates As If The Pin Was Pulled!
The automatic transmission’s job is highly underrated. Scratch that…the transmission’s job is underrated. Converting the force from the engine’s crankshaft that is being...
Frequent Flyer Miles: J.Malcom’s G-Body Wheelie Collection Of 2018
Title pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? Down South, racers adore the GM G-body. A decent sized package with a bit of wheelbase to it, with an engine bay that will swallow up just about any...
Money No Object: A True GOAT – Clean Body, Clean Interior, 428 Pontiac Power!
The kid in me wants to go out to the nearest store and see if he can locate the scale version of this 1970 Pontiac GTO. It shouldn’t be too difficult…restored body, redline tires with...
No Margin For Error: This 1968 Film From Autolite Follows Road Racing, NASCAR, Desert Racing, and More
There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned promotional film from the late 1960s to brighten our day around here and this is one of the best. The opening sequence alone is freaking awesome with...
Synergistic: An SN-95 Mustang Packing A Toyota 2JZ Inline-Six. Cue The Hate Mail!
Some people can’t survive on watching the world burning alone. They have to stand next to the flames with a can of Jet A and insist on throwing cupfuls of fuel onto the fire just to make sure...
RideTech Introduces TruLink Adjustable Rear Suspension For 1964-1972 GM A-body or 1978-1988 G-Body
RideTech has really been amazing in its ability to crank out new products over the years and the trend continues today with the introduction of the RideTech TruLink adjustable rear suspension...
Cheap Racing LUV Still In Progress With Days To Go Before The $3K Hooptie Challenge…And They Shortened The Frame!
Dude. I understand that dropping a small block into a Chevrolet LUV isn’t as straightforward as dumping the same small-block into a Camaro and hitting it with enough nitrous to stun an African...