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Category Archive: BangShift News

BANGshift Apparel Is On Sale Now! Christmas Is On The Way – Time To Stock Up!

Just in time for Christmas! Buy your BANGshift hoodies, hats, shirts, and more for your loved ones this holiday season. Hot Rods by Stith is now the official apparel supplier of BANGshift.com and...

Unveiled: 2019 Chevrolet Silverado – GM Drops An Early Christmas Present

Anybody who was at the Texas Motor Speedway today got a surprise nobody was really expecting: the first un-camouflaged look at the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado. With Ford refreshing the F-150 for 2018,...

Caption This Photo: Cause We Can’t Figure Out Why An Idiot Would Do Burnouts Like This

And before you climb on your front wheel drive short horse, know that I’ve done hundreds of front wheel drive burnouts and only a couple required anyone holding onto the car. Those couple were...

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Worth It Or Not? This 1980 Buick Riviera Type S Looks The Part, But Does The Front-Wheel-Drive Powertrain Kill The Vibe?

Does front-wheel-drive automatically equal run away as fast as you can? No, it doesn’t…the Cadillac Eldorado and Oldsmobile Toronado from the late 1960s are cool regardless of what wheels...

Oddly Satisfying: This Ford Aerostar Romps Through The Tough Truck Course!

Eight years ago, in the guise of helping out a friend (and doing something with the most questionable gift I’ve ever been given), I started to work on a theft-recovery 1990 Ford Aerostar that I...

These Giant Bowling Pins Might Be The Ultimate Shop Or Game Room Decoration

Every year at the Grand National Roadster show they have giant AMBR trophy statues that are painted up all cool. When we saw these giant bowling pins for sale on Craigslist, that was the first thing...

Are Big Rig Wheels, Or Any Big Wheel, Cool On A Dually?

Today’s BANGshift Question of the Day is all about wheels. Big wheels to be precise. Now we’ll be the first to say that we are not about the giant wheels on cars, or even giant wheels on...

Goodguys Announces 2018 Schedule And New Goodguys Autocross Rules

The 2018 Goodguys event schedule is out and it is time for you to start planning for the events you are coming to. And if you are planning to come out and AutoCross at a Goodguys event, we’ve...

5 Minutes With Rich Guasco, Pure Hell Himself. The Icon, The Car, And More.

(Words by Ashely Majeski Smissen, Photo by Justy Productions) Few cars have had the impact on the drag racing industry that Pure Hell has, and few racers have had a career as impressive as that of...

The After-Party: Rockbouncers and Side-By-Sides Go Play On The Hills In Tennessee!

The racers that run the Southern Rock Racing Series are an interesting bunch. They spend all year taking their monster tube frame buggies, modified RZRs and every now and then, a secondhand Power...

Introducing Project Mud Bomber: This 1964 Galaxie 500 2 Dr Sedan Gets A New Lease On Life

(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) Last November when my friend, Carson Jaeger, first texted me pictures of a blue and white Galaxie 500. He was asking me what I thought it might be worth. He was...

Shop Truck Perfection: This 1979 Chevrolet P10 Is A No-Compromise Garage’s Dream Rig!

For most people, a pickup truck or SUV is enough to handle their day-to-day gearhead adventures. You just need enough tie-down straps in the back to keep your cargo safe and you are good to go. But...

PRI 2017 Coverage: New Blocks For Ford, Chrysler, and GM – Something For Everyone In Here

Much like a house, an engine is only as good as its foundation and that foundation is the block. There has been a pretty interesting surge in new blocks hitting the market or at least debuting over...

Properly Restomodded: This 1978 Pontiac Phoenix Is Packing Late-Model GTO Power, IRS And Air Conditioning!

We love a good build around here…no matter the model, if it’s put together well, we are paying attention and can appreciate the work that has gone into the build. Case in point: this 1978...