Category Archive: Craigslist Find
The First CL Ad We Have Ever Seen Of a Burned Up Car That Shows The Fire AND The Firemen Putting It Out!
Brady Basner from Powermaster Starters and Alternators gets all the credit in the world for this completely genius Craigslist find. The ad is for a 1983 Celica that caught fire and burned up. The...
Racepak Is Hiring! Want A Kick Ass Job In The Racing Industry? This Could Be Your Shot
The guys at Racepak sent me an email yesterday saying they needed to hire a new person for their Southern California headquarters. If you are into off road, road racing, or other motorsports, and...
Car Guy Books: Three Great Car Guy Books To Help You Through A Brutal Winter
I was given a Kindle for Christmas, which is among the cooler Christmas gifts I have ever received because it has totally gotten me back in the reading game again. I have been tearing through books...
Unobtanium: We Get Up Close And Personal With An Ultra-Rare Studebaker R4 V8
The other day we decided to invade the privacy of our pals Dana Hard and Jon Wall at Custom Auto Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts to see what they were up to. It is always fun to drop by a...
Back Road Gold Online Viewing Party Tonight 9:30 Eastern! Click Here To Join The Fun!
WE WILL BE HAVING A LIVE ONLINE WATCHING PARTY RIGHT HERE FOR THE PREMIER OF THE SHOW. IT WILL BE AT 6:30 PACIFIC, 9:30 EASTERN RIGHT HERE WITH LIVE CHAT. TUNE IN TO THE SHOW AND GET OUT YOUR LAPTOP...
Video: The Duke Axial Piston Engine Is Weird And Cool
The ECTA’s Joe Timney sent me this video yesterday and I watched in a couple of times just to take it all in. The video is about the Duke engine which is an “axial” piston engine....
Fenders N More Joins The BangShift Family Of Sponsors And Brings Fun Stuff With Them
We are very proud to announce that Fenders N More, the leading manufacturer of American made fenders, trailer parts, and wheel tubs, has joined the BangShift family of sponsors. When Wes and the guys...
Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop Garage Night 2014 – Awesome Cars, Vintage Engines, BS Approved!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – So my brother and I road tripped up to the Saratoga Springs, New York area last weekend to party with the Rolling Bones crew at their annual Garage Night...
Action Video: Think Drifting Is Lame? Let’s See If this Video From A 2013 Gatebil Event Will Change Your Mind
When I was growing up, I was taught that there were three subjects never to bring up at social events, as discussing them would inevitable result in an argument with neither side having changed their...
A 200 MPH Electric Tether Car?! You Betcha… This Thing Is The Speed Demon Of Tether Cars
When we saw the video of the Vector Electric Tether Car running 202 MPH, we just about fell over. If you have never seen a tether car run up close and personal, we can tell you that it is WAY cooler...
1970s Car Accidents Were BRUTAL – Scenes From A Very Bad Day On A Rural Vermont Highway Circa 1975
The University of Vermont runs an amazing photo archive called the Vermont Landscape Change Program. It’s chock full of photos from every era, a lot of which have contemporary photos showing...
eBay Find: A Fantastic 1970 Mk1 Escort 1600GT – The Want Level Is High With This One
We all have a list, however short, of cars that we love and tell no one about because we’d probably be mocked by our pals. I have two cars on that list and this is one of them. I will some day...
The Tale Of Two Mid-$8,000 Craigslist Finds: The Fake Lamborghini Murcielago Based On A Dodge Stratus (W/Video!)
We know what you’re thinking. You’re like, “Sure I’ve had a few beers this morning before work, but I thought that said a guy made a fake Lamborghini Murcielago out of a Dodge...
Look Ma, No Blower! This 1970 Aussie Valiant Burnout Machine Has A 358ci Dodge NASCAR Engine For Power – Screaming Hell!
Daniel Blok’s 1970 Valiant is one of the neatest cars we have seen in an Aussie “power skid” video because there’s no huffer, four guys in the car, and he completes a two...