Category Archive: BangShift News
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Please Pull Into A Parking Space And Eat Inside!
This week at BangShift Mid-West, we have been celebrating all things related to the red paper wasp. No, wait…scratch that. We’ve been battling those angry little monsters while trying to...
In 1965 Ford Thought They Had A Better Idea Than The Steering Wheel – They Didn’t (Poorly Edited Video!)
Ford had a missile engineer design them a modern replacement for the steering wheel in 1965. As it turns out, we’re still using those pesky wheels but the “Wrist Twist” idea that he...
Just Nosing In: It’s Time For Another Shop Tour At Jay Leno’s Place
Every now and then Jay Leno puts out a vlog on what’s going on inside of his garage, and if nothing else, it is never just boring stuff. Leno might have the money to do whatever he wants,...
Project Raven Imperial: Ditching Some Sketchy Junk With Help From Lokar! New Throttle Cable And Kickdown Cable!
In the last update, we got Raven, the 1983 Imperial that is doubling as my penance for something I did in a past life, up and running after the 367ci small-block Mopar ate a camshaft keyway. Happily,...
Finnegan’s Death Metal Charger Finally Hits The Streets. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!
After a heap of work and realizations, Finnegan has finally got the Death Metal Charger on the road and driving. It is a miracle in many ways, considering the battles they faced just to get it...
Our Bonneville Photo Coverage Just Keeps Coming. Check Out Photos From The Salt Right Here!
If you don’t keep up with our Bonneville coverage each year then we have to question your standing as a gearhead. After all, there is something so pure and special about this place, that...
Rough Start: 1968 Chevrolet Corvair – The Last Of An Ambitious Experiment
Another day, another cheap car hunt and today, I’m raising the limit for the Rough Start search in a one-time rational decision. Here’s the thing…as buddy Luke Finley pointed out in...
Wake The Neighbors: The Blower Whine From This 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Is Glorious!
During my teenage years in Colorado Springs (around the year 2000), I lived in a neighborhood filled with old people. Like, I’m seventeen, they’re mainly in their seventies kind of...
In Memoriam: Peter Fonda – The Easy Rider And The Aspiring Driver Has Left The Building
Peter Fonda’s career in Hollywood stretches back to 1962 and includes westerns and the like, but for the majority of readers who visit here, two characters stand out above the rest: Wyatt from...
More Bonneville Speed Week Photos From The Salt! Check Out What All We Found!
Here we go again. We told you we’d have more photos coming and we weren’t kidding. In fact, we have even more coming as we’ll be bombarding you with them throughout the week from this...
Snowmobile-Powered Triumph: Mating The Engine To The Car And Maybe A Test Drive
Honestly, we weren’t expecting you to take to this project as well as you did! It sounded like pure heresy: take a Triumph Spitfire, gut the original running gear out of it, and re-power the...
Prize Thoroughbred: The Bullitt Mustang Is Going To Be Auctioned Off By Mecum
At the beginning of 2019, the lone 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake became the world’s most expensive Ford Mustang, hammering at $2.2 million dollars at Mecum Auction’s Kissimmee 2019...
1,200hp Naturally Aspirated Pontiac Horsepower Dyno Power – McCarty Racing Ram Air V Headed Monster
If you’re a fan of Pontiacs, you need to stop, sit down, take a deep breath or two and then watch this video…400 times. You are going to see a Pontiac engine, built by the McCarty Racing...
