Category Archive: TECH, Videos
Here’s How To Choose The Right Air Compressor For Your Garage Or Shop
We just moved the BANGshift West Coast shop from a commercial space to a new spot behind the house. The size is the same, but the layout is much much better, and we’re working really hard to...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Would You Finish Off This Jeep-Framed Dodge Rampage?
When it comes to domestically sourced coupe utilities, it’s a case of two successful attempts and one very questionable decision. The Ford Ranchero was established and stuck around, based on...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Be Quiet And Drive” by Deftones (1997)
I can tell you exactly when and where I was the first time I heard Deftones: a warm late-spring day in Washington State, laying in the grass underneath the window of my room, with 107.7 The End...
Rough Start: Will This 1973 Ford Gran Torino Sport Scratch The Hot Rod Ford Itch?
The emerald-green 1972 Ford Gran Torino has become an icon of sorts. Blame two movies: Fast and Furious (aka Part Four), where Fenix, the right-hand man to drug lord Braga, uses one that’s...
Here’s How The Shelby Mustang Was Advertised In 1967 – Let The Man Speak, Let The Car Shine!
Manufacturers don’t need to advertise their halo vehicles on television. They can include it as a teaser, for sure, but the goal of any manufacturer is to move the daily, bread-and-butter cars....
BANGshift Question Of The Day: If You Could Attend ANY Car Event In The World, What Would It Be?
With Rocky Mountain Race Week registration opening today, it has me thinking about all the dream events I’ve been lucky enough to attend in my life. And yet there are still some races and such...
Public Service Announcement: Why You Should Drain The Water Out Of Your German SUV!
Ask anybody who is familiar with the words “rust repair” what the one thing you want to avoid is. Go ahead, ask. Ask any Mopar fan, or anyone who lives in the snow belt areas. You want to...
Classic YouTube: Will Hoy’s 1993 British Touring Car Wreck – Punted By His Own Teammate!
Touring car racing in the 1990s ruled. The drivers were unhinged, the cars were just modified street cars, and the racing was mental on a basic race day. When competition, stress and emotions flowed...
Rough Start: A Long-Roof Oldsmobile That Deserves To Be Built Into Something Great
For the second time this week, a Colonnade A-body has crossed my path and has given me pause for thought. The sidepipe-equipped Monte Carlo went over like a wet fart in a church pew, it seems, so...
Unhinged: Yelling “I Can’t Stop!” Won’t Slow The Runaway Car Down, You Genius.
Remember all of the drama that unfolded with the Toyota “unintended acceleration” controversy? It seemed that all of a sudden, Toyota vehicles were killing people left and right via...
Friday Excuse To Go Home Early And Drink: Rest In Peace, Ford Focus RS
(Image: Ford Motor Company) All good things eventually have to come to an end, and sadly, the pocket rocket that is the Ford Focus RS is not long for this world. April 6th, 2018 will be the last...
You Know What You Need? A 500 Horsepower, Four-Door, Four-Wheel Drive Manual-Trans Sedan! This Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4×4 Is One Bad Mother!
If you read the new-car mags or blogs, you’ll see a theme that’s been cropping up a lot lately: the death of the mid-sized sedan. For decades, mid-size four-doors were the way to go for a...
BangShift Project Files: A 1968 Chevrolet Camaro That’s Destined For Drag Week
Halfway through February, and we’re already starting to see the crop of Drag Week 2018 hopefuls getting their rears in gear and getting their projects sorted so that they can make the call when...
So Tesla Sent A Car To Space…That’s Nice. Škoda Actually Sent A Superb To Mars!
Sometimes you have to strike while the iron is hot. Or, in this case, as soon as the 2008 Tesla Roadster is nothing more than a dot in the night sky. Look, make no mistake that what SpaceX did with...