Category Archive: Craigslist Find
Craigslist Find: Either The Most Hilarious Or Bull Puckey Laden V6 Mustang Ad Of All Time
The V6 Mustang is no longer the sad wheezing pile it was for many years. You can get yourself a V6 pony car these days with 300+ horsepower and enough suds to blown virtually anything but their V8...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: A Blow By Blow Account Of The Busiest Day Of The Year….So Far
(Words: Unknown Parts Counter Guy) – It’s nice to see the reaction to this little bit of writing by everyone, and especially the ones who understand all too well the fun that I go through on...
Video: Check Out Rick’s Tanks First Gen Nova EFI Compatible Tank – Stainless Steel, Hand Made, And A BangShifter Stars In The Video!
You are used to seeing Justin Oney’s name here on the pages of BangShift as a photo contributor but in this blog item, the tables have turned! Oney is the host for a cool, quick video that lays...
Many BangShift Sponsors Hosting Seminars At The Detroit Autorama – View The Schedule And Sign Up Here – FREE Gearhead Schoolin’
The Hot Rod Industry Alliance’s Education Day at the 2014 Autorama is must attend stuff for any gearhead wanting to learn more about virtually any aspect of this car. We’re very proud...
Watch The First Sinkhole Rescue Corvette, The ZR1 Blue Devil Fire Up And Drive Out While Leaking Oil Like The Exxon Valdez
In what can only be described as a fantastic moral victory for all the Corvette enthusiasts and lovers of American automotive history out there, the first car has been plucked successfully from the...
Watch LIVE Streaming Video Of Corvettes Being Pulled From Museum Sinkhole NOW!
As you read this a crew of riggers using a couple of cranes, lots of safety gear, and all of their expertise are working on extracting the infamous “sinkhole Corvettes” from their pit of...
No Comments….DON’T PANIC! Here’s The Story And When They’ll Be Back
Hey everyone, sorry about the lack of commenting ability this morning. Many of you have asked what the story is so here’s the deal. We have a new version of BangShift’s front page that we...
Tom Medley Dies At 93 – Original Hot Rod Magazine Staffer, Cartoonist, Publisher, and Hot Rodder
(Photo Credit: Hot Rod Magazine) – The story of Tom Medley is like so many stories surrounding the early influencers of the hot rodding world. He was a smart, talented, driven, funny guy who...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Most Dangerous Production Car Ever Built?
We realize that this kind of an odd question because like guns, a car in itself is not inherently dangerous. It is when said car is placed in the hands of a human being that all bets are officially...
Craigslist Find: A 1989 Camaro Is Being Parted Out One Questionable Decision At A Time
Third generation Camaros seem to be in an interesting time with regard to people’s opinion of them. They have moved from the “open mockery” phase to the “kind of cool”...
Bottom Dollar Blazer Project – Episode 3: Starting the Bodywork
When last I wrote and you read, I had fixed up a bunch of the mechanical issues on the ’79 Blazer, to make sure it ran ok, and could stop safely without killing myself and all those around me....
BangShift Question Of The Day: Ever Had Your Day Made By Seeing “That Guy” Get What He Deserves?
Today’s BangShift Question Of The Day is inspired by an old video that I found while rummaging through the hard drive of one of the computers that I have lying in various states of disrepair...
Motorized Freak of the Week: Weird German Propeller Train – The Schienenzeppelin
This is the weirdest thing we’ve ever seen. It’s an experimental train built in Germany during the early ‘30s. Not so strange until you realize it went 130 mph and was shoved along by a...
Here’s The Amazing Details And “Rest Of The Story” About The 6 And 9 Year Old That Drove Across America In 1910 – Very Cool Stuff
(By Bret Kepner) — (Editor’s note: Yesterday, Bret Kepner dropped me a note after seeing the story of the Abernathy brothers and their amazing feats of travel as kids in the early 1900s....