Category Archive: BangShift News
Book Review: Super Stock: Drag Racing the Family Sedan
We thought of Super Stock: Drag Racing the Family Sedan, by Larry Davis, when we heard the news of the John Calvert driving a new Cobra Jet Mustang to the win Stock Eliminator at the 2009 NHRA...
The Lohnes Wreck Files: Norwegian Drag Racers and Rain Don’t Mix
This one qualified as an actual nightmare unfolding right before my very eyes. It was one of those nights at the drag strip that just wasn’t going all that great from the git-go and this...
Toyo Introduces New Drag Radials
Hot off the presses is news that Toyo Tires is making drag radials. The new Proxes TQ is a DOT-approved drag radial aimed at the muscle car and street machine market. With Toyo’s history of...
Barnstormin’: Were the Big Three Really That Good?
While the current crop of auto executives are getting flayed at every turn, us “car guys” look back lovingly at the famous leaders and executives from the past. The problem of course is...
eBay Pick Counter-Attack: 4.3-Mile IROC Camaro!
While Chad is betting Daphne’s jewelry and his kid’s piggy bank account for that hill-climbing Mopar, I’m going the classy route and throwing my bank at an IROC. But it’s an...
eBay Pick of the Week: Pikes Peak Hemi Cuda
Someday I’d love to be able to run the Pikes Peak hillclimb, ass-out in an old musclecar like they did in the old days. Don’t believe they ran stuff like Hemi Cudas up that cliffhanging...
Monday Time Killer: One Man’s Lifetime of Cars
The next time your wife is griping about how many cars you have, just point her to the website of Bill’s Place in Lebanon, Connecticut. You see, Bill Brauch has a problem much like someone else...
Event Coverage: March 2009 Long Beach Swap Meet
Did you just read the blog item about how we hit the Big 3 swap meet in San Diego on Friday? Don’t go thinking that wore us out. Nope, we were ready for action again this morning (Sunday, March...
Event Coverage: The 2009 Big 3 Swap Meet in San Diego, 110 Photos
On Friday, February 27, we took a drive down to San Diego to have a look at the Big 3 Parts Exchange, an annual swap meet in San Diego, California. It’s called Big 3 because it is run by three...
Crane Cams May Be Reopening Soon
Autoweek.com is reporting that Crane Cams will be reopened after restructuring as early as next week, but most likely the plant will be open in a month. Although all 280 company employees have been...
Chadmouth: My Journey from Then to Now
It’s been a long tough road, but Bangshift.com is here, and we are so excited. The name change has been quite an endeavor. Dealing with lawyers and trademarks and all the crap that goes along...
Unbelievable Wrecked 1969 Mustang Mach 1
Man, we had to share this with you. It’s from our pals over at CarDomain.com and their blog. Believe it or not, these photos were actually once a very sweet Mustang fastback. No, it was not at...
It Came from the Fab Shop: The Project Wagoneer
(By Loren Krussow) – The common Jeep Wagoneer, as produced from 1963 to 1991, could quite possibly be one of the homeliest vehicles on the road (or sitting in backyards, or lined up in the...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Camaro Killed For the Right-Hand-Drive Crowd!
Chevrolet, in an effort to curb spending, has announced that it will not be making right-hand-drive 2010 Camaros. Ha ha ha! I know it’s not nice to poke fun at the Brits, and all others...