Category Archive: BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
Wee-Woo, Fun Police Are Here: A Toyota Yaris Ad Got Banned For Showing Speeding And Dangerous Driving
Three cylinders, 257 horsepower, all wheel drive and brakes from the new Supra…it might say “Yaris” on the body, but Toyota’s latest little psycho rally knockoff is exactly...
The Price of Freedom: Cleetus Goes Through The Costs, Repairs, and Investment In The Freedom Factory – Track Repairs Begin!
There are plenty of people who don’t “get” Cleetus McFarland and his influence on the youth movement in hot rodding these days. They see a goofball guy who does stunty things with...
How Strong Is It Really? Will This Giant Press Be Able To Smash This Steel Hammer?
I don’t know why we have such an infatuation with seeing stuff getting smashed, but there is something cool as hell about putting something in a press and then squashing it to see what will...
Bolt A Snow Plow To The Front Of A ’55 Chevy And Throw Some Chains On It And Who Knows What Will Happen
DD Speed Shop is known for doing some fun stuff with a Tri-Five Chevy, but this one takes the cake and makes plowing snow cool. In this video you’ll see that a snow plow and chains does in fact...
Video Bonanza: Indoor Burnouts!
Blame my son Tom for this blog item because it was his idea. Being that it was really cold at BangShift eastern world HQ yesterday morning and we were trolling YouTube together he mentioned that it...
Best of 2020: The Social Distance Bike, Courtesy Of The Mad Inventor
Six feet apart. That’s the current rule, ain’t it? Be six feet apart or you’re going to catch the 21st century plague of the moment. Six feet apart or Brenda there is going to give...
Stocking Stuffer: The Absolutely Epic Jason Plato/Matt Neal Interview Inside Of Renault Williams
For a kid with a strong racing fascination in the mid-to-late 1990s, you essentially had two outlets if you wanted to see good action on television: TNN and Speedvision. (I’m sure ESPN showed...
Best of 2020: Digging Out An Old Ford Cement Mixer From The Grasp Of The Canadian Cold
Mark my words, if I am anywhere in the world that has a frost layer that can be measured in inches, I am not a happy human being. I’ll roast my ass off in the desert before I freeze my bits in...
Here’s The 12 Days of Burnouts 2020 In Their Entirety! See All 12 Smoke Shows Right Here.
Burnouts are great no matter what time of year, but there is something extra cool about burnouts during the holidays. Maybe it’s the Christmas trees on the roofs of high powered hot rods, maybe...
Best of 2020: This 1972 Ford Truck Commercial Is Crazier Than You Think It Was To Make
This tv commercial for 1972 Ford trucks is pretty good. There’s the requisite goofy premise and storyline to follow but there is also vintage dirt bikes, jumps, sideways action, and a whole lot...
Incredible: Jack Bally Built A Flying 1/3 Scale B-17 Bomber From Scratch – Video and Info Here!
(By Scott Liggett) –We at Bangshift.com have such respect for the generation of WWII. Part of that respect includes the machines the men and women used to fight a world war against enemies...
Story Time: The Good, Bad, And Downright Nasty Side Of BTCC With Legendary Driver Jason Plato
The best part of living life are the stories that you get to share with others along the way. I can say it for just about every single solitary year of my life: the stories that I have defy belief, I...
This Hilarious Video Mocking The Lexus December To Remember Sales Event Is Great
Beyond the spiked egg-nog, the hearing of the same damned stories over and over again, and kids asking for stuff, one of the great traditions during the Christmas season are the ridiculous ads run by...
