Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, Videos
Spin-Cycle: Hoonigan’s Caster-Kart Volvo Is Done! Would You Have The Guts To Ride In It?
Apr 05, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Spin-Cycle: Hoonigan’s Caster-Kart Volvo Is Done! Would You Have The Guts To Ride In It?
It’s a known fact: Take a front-wheel-drive car, leave the powertrain intact and hack everything behind the front seats off and you technically still have a useable car. You’ll have to...
Nitro Video: The First Ever Nitro Outlaw Drag Racing Association Race – Big Show Cars, More Reasonable Budget
Apr 04, 2018Brian Lohnes8
Here’s some neat stuff to watch during a mid-week racing lull. What you are about to see is the first race of the new Outlaw Nitro Drag Racing Association which happened at few weeks back in...
Rough Start: This 1984 Mercury Cougar Looks Ready To Party For The Right Price Tag!
Apr 04, 2018Bryan McTaggart6
The “aero” makeover for the Fox-body Mercury Cougar couldn’t come quick enough. Between 1980 and 1982, the Cougar nameplate was applied to three different forms: the base Cougar was...
The Falcon That Never Flew Here: Take A Closer Look At The Ford Falcon XR6, Ford Australia’s Multi-Role Sedan
Apr 04, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
We were right to mourn the loss of Australian automotive manufacturing. Yeah, there were the utes and the properly powerful sedans that we don’t get until they are a few years past drinking...
Wanna Get Away For A Bit? This Ford F-550 Bus Conversion Can Be Your Rolling Home!
Apr 04, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Readers, I have a question for you: have you ever wanted to relocate, even if it’s just for a day or two? I’m not talking camping, per se, I’m talking about packing up enough to...
Zero Frills: This 1983 Camaro Is One Of The Basiest Base Models We’ve Ever Seen!
Apr 04, 2018Tony Sestito7
A car that really needs no introduction to all of you BangShift readers is the 3rd Generation Chevrolet Camaro. As I’m sure you are all aware of by now, these cars were built from 1982 until...
Jay Leno Gets To Drive A Real-Deal K.I.T.T. Pontiac! Doesn’t Look Bad For A Former Display Car, Does It?
Apr 03, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
You might have to be a certain age to appreciate certain vehicles, even more so for custom Hollywood creations. I’m the wrong person to ask…I can find something to appreciate in...
Morning Symphony: The LUV Truck. Not A LUV Truck, THE LUV Truck!
Apr 03, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: The LUV Truck. Not A LUV Truck, THE LUV Truck!
Ever meet a car so wicked that you compare every other example to it? That’s the case with the machine you’ll get to hear in this video, the LUV truck. We are no stranger to this silver...
Day Two Beauty: This 1971 Chevrolet Corvette Is A Beauty Of An Emerald!
Apr 03, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
The C3 Corvette is more than the low-rated disco machine that many remember. When it debuted in 1968, they were almost an entirely different animal. With looks that came straight from the Mako Shark...
Hoonigan Is Visited By A Drift-Build S13 And The Most Violent Cobra We Know. Period.
Apr 03, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Hoonigan Is Visited By A Drift-Build S13 And The Most Violent Cobra We Know. Period.
I’m going to be one-sided on a video about two different cars today. Pablo Cabrera’s Nissan S13 is a monster in it’s own right, but it’s a built pro drift...
SUV-Hack: The Street Machine Guys Carve Up A Ford Territory In The Name Of Less Weight. Try To Not Cry, Please.
Apr 03, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Some of the most inflammatory reactions I’ve ever seen in any kind of auto media involve what are best termed -HACK builds. Made famous by the original, the “Caddyhack” article from...
Flying Bricks: Enjoy Tons Of Volvo Rally Footage From Sweden!
Apr 03, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Flying Bricks: Enjoy Tons Of Volvo Rally Footage From Sweden!
The first car I ever did my own burnout in was a 1975 Volvo 242DL. Mustard yellow, dead-nuts stock automatic, in a grass field…I was taught how to do a power brake burnout and when the Volvo...
Educational Carnage Video: What Happens When a Cosworth DFV F1 Engine Eats a Valve
Apr 03, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Educational Carnage Video: What Happens When a Cosworth DFV F1 Engine Eats a Valve
Engine failures are much better experienced as a spectator sport. Between the potential for wreckage and the financial injury, the only engine most hot rodders don’t mind seeing fail is one...
Video: Talking Shocks With AFCO – Interesting Information On High Performance Shocks
Apr 03, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Talking Shocks With AFCO – Interesting Information On High Performance Shocks
Among the pieces and parts that have seen the most intense development over the last 10-15 years now, shock absorbers are at the forefront. Companies like AFCO, which are rooted in the racing world...





