Category Archive: CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
The Uraidla South Australia Car Show: An Aussie Hot Rodding Extravaganza
Jan 14, 2014Chad Reynolds4
(Photos by Darryl Daniels) Every year Darryl Daniels sends us photos from Uraidla Australia’s bitchin car show and cruise, and every year it makes us want to come to Australia and bring some...
Bangshift Question Of The Day: The 2015 Z06, Love It Or Hate It?
Jan 14, 2014Dave Nutting19
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last month or so (If that is the case, Welcome back!), it’s been pretty difficult to avoid all of the fanfare and hoopla around the new...
The Top 11 Cars You Thought Should Have Been On Chad’s Top 11 From 1972, But Weren’t
Jan 14, 2014Chad Reynolds15
Last week I did the Top 11 Cars from the year I was born, which was 1972, and while a ton of you agreed with me, there were just as many who raised their hands via the comments, email, PM, text...
Watch Dennis Anderson Freestyle The King Sling On Three Wheels After One Falls Off – This Man Is Our Kind Of Lunatic
Jan 14, 2014Brian Lohnes4
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina was never the same after Dennis Anderson showed up. The man who brought forth the Grave Digger monster truck into the world and then parlayed that into an...
Dodge and Mopar Coolness At The 2014 Detroit Auto Show — Also, Rumor Mill Has Chrysler HQ Leaving The USA?
Jan 14, 2014Brian Lohnes13
We showed you some cool stuff from Chevrolet in the form of the 2105 Corvette Z06 yesterday and from Ford with the new F-150 and the 2015 Mustang so today we get to shine the light on the Chrysler...
2015 Mustang And 2015 F150 Are Ford’s Big Stories At Detroit Auto Show – Photos Here
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes16
Our photographer on the scene of the 2014 Detroit Auto show continues to send us dispatches from the bustling show floor as hordes of media swarm to whichever display is pouring the free drinks...
2015 Corvette Z06 – Our Photos From The Detroit Auto Show Unveil!
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes9
Just a couple hours ago the 2015 Corvette Z06 was unveiled for the assembled press in Detroit. The bad news is that we weren’t there first hand. The good news is that we had someone in the...
1000 Horsepower LS Turbo Getting The Headers Cherry Red. A Sneak Peek On Our LS 383 Turbo Project.
Jan 13, 2014Chad Reynolds5
Last week we gave you Part 1 of our Cool G: 1000 Horsepower Turbo LS engine build and told you all about how the naturally aspirated combo went together. We’ll be showing you the completed 1000...
Is This The Quickest Big Rig In The World? The Beast Goes 10-teens!
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes8
So this should rile the troops up because for the first time in your lives you’ll find yourselves embroiled in a debate about what a “real” big rig is. Like the never ending,...
Project Violent Valiant Update: The Floor Comes Out And The Cage Starts Going In
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes15
With the holiday season behind us and arctic temps settling in around Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle in Illinois, work has resumed at a feverish pace on Project Violent Valiant. In this update we’re...
There’s A Drag Strip In The Tiny Country Of Malta And They Run Top Fuel Cars There! (Video)
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes3
We mentioned that a BangShifter from Malta emailed us with a video tip earlier today. In his email he intimated that there were lots of cool cars on the tiny island nation and that the hot rodding...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Worst Used Parts Buying Experience?
Jan 13, 2014Dave Nutting14
As a gearhead, shopping for parts can be tough. Sure, in theory most projects should be relatively easy to shop for as, whether or not we’ve all realized it, this really is a Golden Age in regards...
Win Stuff: The RideTech, “Heading To Barrett Jackson” Contest IS ON! You Can Win By Commenting On This Blog Item!
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes47
As we told you earlier in the week, the famed “Grouchy” ’33 from RideTech that has carved up road courses and autocross events all across our great land s heading to be auctioned...
LIVE STREAMING REVEAL OF 2015 CORVETTE Z06 HERE — WATCH!!!
Jan 13, 2014Brian Lohnes4
At 9:30 AM Eastern today we’ll have live streaming video of the reveal of the 2015 Corvette Z06 AND the reveal of the C7.R racing Corvette. It should be really cool and there has been...