Category Archive: BangShift News
Must Attend Show: Haddick’s Hot Rod And Custom Car Show. This Weekend In So Cal
Just a couple years ago Newell Ruggles, the first BangShift.com contributor ever, decided that he was going to put on a car show at his families Haddick’s Auto Body and Towing facility. It...
Former Shelby Designer John Chun Passes At 84 – Instrumental in Late 1960s GT350/500 and Famed Company Logo
For many years, John Chun was known simply as the guy who ran the Chinese food restaurant in his small Minnesota town. Outside of his wife, no one ever really knew that Chun was a great designer who...
Video: Munster’s Drag-u-la Dragster Racing For Pinks
Yesterday we got an interesting email from a BangShifter asking about this video of Grandpa Munster driving Drag-u-la. The video shows Grandpa trying to win back the Munster Koach after Herman lost...
News: GM’s Holden Brand May Shut Down Production In Southern Australia THIS YEAR!
With our continued reports on the fate of Australia’s auto industry, the future looks dimmer and dimmer. It was announced yesterday that Holden’s Elizabeth plant in Adelaide could close...
Trar Sighting! What The Hell Is This? Plymouth Meets What? Help Us Identify The Chassis
You know how much we love, okay and hate, TRARS (cars on truck chassis’) around here, so when Greg and Bob sent in photos of this one that they saw in DuQuoin while shooting the Street Machine...
Bangshift Daily Tune Up: “Shirley” by L7. The Punk Rock Tribute To Shirley Muldowney
Whenever resident underground music afficionado Anthony Castillo sends Brian and I an email with a list of prospective Daily Tune Ups, I’m always intrigued. This week he sent us a few different...
Hilarious Sleeper: A Geo Prism With A Turbocharged, Nitrous Injected Toyota Heart (And A Dora Window Shade)
Ok, so we’re running a blog item about a damned Geo Prism, but give us a second and you’ll be on board with it…we think. This is obviously not a stock GEO Prism, because if it was...
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics – The Incredible Story Behind ChumpCar’s 36-hour Endurance Race!
(Words John Condren – Photos by Alicia Glubrecht) There’s always something cold and heartless about statistics. Raw numbers. Basic facts that rarely tell the whole story. For example,...
Comp Cams Engine Builder Duels Happening At Columbus Goodguys and Car Craft Summer Nationals. Sign Up Now!
That’s right BangShifters, you can sign up for the Comp Cams Engine Builder Duels at Columbus Goodguys or Car Craft Summer Nationals! We were just informed by Comp that there are a few spots...
Don’t Try This At Home Video: Watch A Dude Drift The Full Length Of A Highway Off Ramp Like A Pro
Even though this guy clearly has great car control skills and seems to have completed this maneuver before, we don’t see it as being all that bright a thing to do. He could have easily wadded...
Video: Watch One Of The Cleanest And Fastest Side By Side Outlaw AA/FA Runs Of All Time!
The Outlaw Fuel Altered Association is no stranger to the pages of BangShift. We’ve featured these guys a time or two getting after it on eighth mile tracks in Texas and this is some more of...
More Donut Derelicts Cruise In Photos Of Hot Rods, Customs, Street Machines, And More!
Donut Derelicts unofficially started in 1986 and has been a staple of Southern California Hot Rodding ever since. And the only thing that is keeping it from growing any larger is the lack of parking...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s One Thing You’d Change About Your Car This Instant?
Today’s question is all about snap decision making. We want to know what one thing you’d change on your car this instant. No long protracted debate, no consideration for price,...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Driving Down” by My Early Mustang (2006)
I wanted to find a song that had something to do with Camaros or Mustangs for today, and after doing a search on the wonderful world wide web, I came up with a band who’s name is My Early...