Category Archive: Videos
Asking Martin Truex, Jr. To Do A Burnout At A PR Gig Is More Successful Than Asking Santa For Stuff!
If you followed NASCAR at all this year then you know that Martin Truex, Jr. had “his year” this year. The dude had a monumental season and clenched the championship this year. But the...
Retired From The Daily Grind, This Chrysler Valiant Ute Is Now A Viper-Powered Cruiser
The work truck isn’t supposed to be pretty or potent. It’s entire role is based on utility: how much can it haul, how reliable is it, and how long will it last before the transmission...
Video Bonanza: Seven BangShift Approved Christmas Tunes!
We’re 100% certified Christmas dorks here at BangShift and we love our Christmas music. We have discerning standards as to what qualifies as a “great” Christmas song. You’ll...
The Relaxing Camper Of Your Dreams Or Just Another Resto Nightmare?
The Buick Super 8 was produced from 1940 through ’58, but its unlikely that any of them rolled off the Detroit assembly line with a chassis mounted camper shell. This Minnesota...
The 12 Tanks of Christmas! 12 Sweet Aeromotive Stealth Performance Tanks To Check Out!- One You May Need!
Aeromotive’s expansion of their Stealth Performance tank line with 12 models that fit popular applications means that here’s a better than average chance they’ll something for your...
The Texas Invitational: Vipers, Lambos And Corvettes…And A Couple Of Ruined Race Suits
You can have your opinion about dig versus roll racing all you want, but here’s where I stand: once you start making four-digit horsepower figures, starting off already moving is probably your...
Go Karts On Steroids: It’s The Pro UTV Knockout Racing World Championship!
I’m not that old. I grew up with three types of go-karts: the kind you found in a tourist trap that were asphalt-based and might have done 25 MPH on a good day, the ones with three-wheeler...
Morning Symphony: The Unholy Thrashing Of A Group A Subaru Legacy
When Group B racing got closed down at the end of the 1986 racing season, the Group A category became the next wildest category to watch. More cars were required for homologation and the mental power...
The 2017 Summary From BS Mid-West: Where Do Our Project Cars Stand?
It’s about time to start taking stock in what we’ve managed to accomplish this year with the project cars in the stable here in Kentucky. This year has been…well, I guess you could...
Unhinged: Junkyard Finds On An Otherwise Unsuccessful Day At The Yard
Of all of the cars that inhabit BangShift Mid-West, it was the two “daily drivers” that got me to haul my butt back down to the LKQ yard in Nashville yesterday in the pouring rain....
A History Note: Wally Parks’ Hot-Rodded WWII Jeep, “Sigue Na”
Prior to being the man whose name became tied to statues won by the hardest of the hard-charging drag racers in the world, prior to his titular role as the founder of the NHRA, and prior to leading...
The Skid Factory: The Toyota-Swapped Ford Fairlane Is Up, Running, And Blowing The Tires Off (As Well As The Tailshaft…)
If you missed our initial introduction to the YouTube series called The Skid Factory, let us bring you up to speed: it’s a Mighty Car Mods spin-off that skips out on the Japanese cars and the...
Rough Start: This 1972 Ford Gran Torino Four-Door Is Cheap Fun Beater Material – Can You Rebuild A Carb For A $1,000 Car?
The cogs are turning on this one, readers. A 1972 Ford Gran Torino for $1,000. Yeah, it’s a crew cab…so what. It’s a one-year-only body that has the open grille, the thin bumpers,...
