Category Archive: BangShift XL, CAR FEATURES, MISC, Videos, XL Videos
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ripping The Gears In A Detroit Diesel Swapped 1971 Chevy Mini-Rig
We are typically not fans of the “mini-rig” look for trucks where guys try to make a pickup look and act like a big rig but in this case, we’re kind of on board, ok all the way on...
Not So Short, Really Sweet, and Totally Brutal: Watch The Dirty 30 Burn Tires In Downtown Buffalo Leaving The Autorama!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know that burnouts leaving a car show only lead to Mustangs in crowds and all that junk but hear us out. When guys are pulling their bad ass hot rods out of a convention center...
Watch Latisha Wood Hand Etch A Jesse James Built Chopper Tank
Watch this video and you’ll be amazed by how bad ass Latisha Wood is at etching this steel Jesse James built gas tank. In the name of full disclosure, I know Latisha pretty well and think...
The Joys Of The $600 Beater: Watch As This Big-Block Cordoba Gets A New Lease On Life!
There is a generational gap between accepted cars in mainstream gearhead terms. Between roughly 1974 and the late 1990s, there is a pretty large swath of cars that are ignored for one reason or...
Take A Walk Through The Hoonigan Shop And Check Out What’s Just Sitting Around!
Sometimes, you have to stop and take stock of what’s going on in the garage. In my garage, there’s three engines, two transmissions, an engine hoist that is eating up a metric ton of...
Video Bonanza: Seven BangShift Approved Christmas Tunes!
We’re 100% certified Christmas dorks here at BangShift and we love our Christmas music. We have discerning standards as to what qualifies as a “great” Christmas song. You’ll...
Cool Build Video: How To Turn A 1984 Peterbilt 359 Into A Rat Rod – Large Scale Hot Rodding!
While certainly not to the level of a “trend” or “movement” yet, we’re seeing more and more tired old big rigs turned into hot rods or rat rod type creations. Some of...
BangShift Approved Game Review: Test Drive: Eve Of Destruction!
Here at BangShift, we like to kick back every once in a while by picking up the ol’ video game controller and raise hell on the small screen. And of course, since this an automotive-related...
The All Pontiac Showdown From 1973’s “The Seven-Ups” – High Speed Wreckage
The 1973 cop thriller called The Seven-Ups featured Roy Scheider in the starring role as the leader of a group of plainclothes cops that pushed the edge of legality to get the bad guys. The movie was...
Watch One Of The Most Vicious And Awesome Flaming Aussie Burnout Performances Ever
The Holden you’ll see in the video is called UNLOAD as Aussies have this cool habit of naming their cars on license plates. Now, if there were truth in advertising and enough spots on the...
Watching This 1980 AMC Eagle Play In The Snow Is The BangShift Way Of Reminding You Winter Is Almost Here!
It’s official: any vestige of summer is long gone. The leaves are coming down like rain around BangShift Mid-West, the weather has taken a turn for the cooler, the sunset can be seen at a...
Walk Through Jay Leno’s Garage And Take A Look At The Resto Projects: Cunningham, Mercedes And More!
Jay Leno: comedian, television show host and bona fide car nut. Whether you do or don’t like his material, you can’t deny that the man with the gigantic chin has a genuine passion for all...
STAMPEDE! Hundreds Of Dodge Rams Take Over The Nurburgring For A World Record!
When I was traveling through Ireland and the UK a couple of years ago, I noticed one thing among all others in regards to cars: American cars of any kind are such a rarity that it actually catches...
