Category Archive: BangShift News, Racing Junk Find
RacingJunk Find: A Super Clean 1965 Mercury Comet Cyclone
We have to admit to a strange, macabre fascination involving Mercury Comet Cyclones. When we were just little BangShifters, there was a fatal accident involving one of these cars in our home town....
RacingJunk Find: A Kick Ass 1955 Chevy Pro Mod
After spending the weekend immersed in the WCHRA action from Bakersfield, we thought we’d go door slammer shopping. We found a totally bitchin’ blown 1955 Chevy Pro Mod for sale that is...
RacingJunk Find: A Cool 1969 Buick Sport Wagon
If it seems like the last few RacingJunk.com finds we’ve made have been wagons it’s because they have been. We’re not seeking wagons only, it’s just that we keep finding these...
RacingJunk Find: All-New Boss 429 Crate Engines
The Boss 429 is a legendary powerplant from the epic muscle car era. Some would argue that in street trim, the engine left a lot on the table, but its massive ports and hemispherical combustion...
Racing Junk Find: Killer 1963 Catalina Draggin’ Wagon
We’ve featured more than a couple drag race station wagons on these pages before but none have been as decorated as this killer 1963 Pontiac Catalina Super Stocker wagon. The car ran at the...
RacingJunk Find: A Killer Vintage ’69 Vette Funny Car
With the March Meet coming up this weekend, our thoughts have turned to vintage drag racing. There’s going to be a 32-car field of nitro flops at Bakersfield so naturally we went daydreaming...
RacingJunk.com Find: A 747ci 4-Stage Nitrous Snorting Monster
We’ll be honest, we were really close to blogging about a cool 2.0L Pinto motor we found that was set up for road racing, then we decided to peek around RacingJunk.com a little more and our...
RacingJunk Find: The Most Bitchin’ Mercury Wagon Ever
We got into a pretty good discussion about station wagons with a gearhead buddy this past weekend. He was claiming that the wagon “thing” was over and they were now in the overdone...
RacingJunk Find: Multi-Engine, 8,000lb Unlimited Modified Pulling Tractor
If you’ve ever wanted to get a sneak preview of what the end of the world will sound like, attend a tractor pull where the big, 8,000-pound Unlimited Modifieds are competing. Better yet, buy...
RacingJunk Find: Period Correct 1973 Camaro Vintage Road Racer
There are few cooler things in gearhead history than the Trans-Am wars of the late 1960s and early 1970s. That series in that time combined all that is right and good in the world–Pony cars,...
RacingJunk Find: Wild Rear Engine El Camino Mud Bogger
This mud bogging El Camino is completely BangShift.com approved! Sporting four-wheel drive, a 408ci small-block mounted in the bed, a nitrous bottle located next to the shifter, and 35-inch Boggers...
Racing Junk Find: High Dollar, High Quality, 1953 Dodge Meadowbrook Wagon
When we first saw this cool old Dodge wagon for sale on RacingJunk.com we gave it a cursory look and almost moved onto the next ad. We thought we were looking at an interesting body wrapping up a...
RacingJunk Find: Neat 1965 Altered Wheelbase Plymouth
This killer 1965 altered-wheelbase Plymouth that we found for sale on RacingJunk.com seems to be a recreation as the seller does not mention any racing history nor does he cite any famous drivers in...