Category Archive: MISC, Videos
Thrifty Luxury: The Home-Built 1959 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa On The Streets!
Make no mistake about it, there is no such thing as a “cheap Ferrari” that is worth owning. None. Not even a beat-up Mondial is going to be easy on your pocketbook, so suffice it to say...
Twin Engined Lada Testing: This Straight-Eight Freakshow Runs?!
When Garage 54 slapped two Lada four-cylinders together to create a 2.7L straight-eight, everybody had suspicions…including the hosts themselves. Turning two engines into one isn’t a...
Video: Boost and Nitromethane For The See Through Engine! Hand-chanical Fuel Injection
We have been following the saga of the guy with the YouTube channel and the obsession with Briggs and Stratton engines for some time now. He first kind of burst onto our radar when he ran one of his...
Pinch Buggy: 1320Video Found The Stubbiest VW Beetle We’ve Ever Seen!
We’ve seen numerous shortened cars before. Just off of the top of my head, I can remember a shrunken Nova, a stubby Chrysler Fifth Avenue and a chopped early 1990s Chrysler minivan. In most...
Eight Minutes Of Epic: The Coolest Isle of Man TT Video We’ve Seen…Period.
The Isle of Man motorcycle trials are less a race and more a test of human skill and sheer balls. Since 1907 motorcycle races have been held on the tiny island and for decades, this Isle of Man event...
Glutton For Punishment: The Hoonigan Audi Project Continues, Rusty Bolts Notwithstanding!
It’s the noise that we all hate to hear: that sharp metallic snap that happily informs the idiot holding the wrench that the torque applied was far beyond what was needed and that now would be...
Natural Aggression: Banger Racing Brutality Straight From The Brits!
We’ve addressed the difference between demolition derby events in the United States and banger racing in the U.K. before. In America, we put a bunch of violent, nearly apocalyptic-looking tanks...
Reminiscing At Length: Looking At A 1976 Cadillac Eldorado In A Different View
It is amazing to think that in the 1970s, having a two-door coupe as long as a Chevrolet Suburban was not only a good idea, but a great way to tell everybody who saw you driving down the road one...
Mow Your Own Lawn: These Garden Pulling Lawn Tractors Are Too Cool!
If there is one thing that I’m actually looking forward to with the metric tons of rain that is falling at BangShift Mid-West right now, it’s lawn care season. There is little more I love...
Wanna Play At The Hoonigan’s New Playground? Here’s The Information You Need To Know!
So Hoonigan now has a place to play that is far enough away from the city that they shouldn’t have any more issues with complaining neighbors or the police and fire departments showing up and...
The Grasshopper: This Petrolicious Look At A 1962 AC Bristol And Its interesting Owner Is Cool
If there is one thing that I have learned over the years here at BangShift and everywhere else in the automotive world it’s that every car and every person has their own story. In this case we...
The Post-Event Rundown – Did Cleetus Wound The Third Engine In Ruby The Corvette?
Apparently, there is confusion on what Garrett does for the gearhead. That Cleetus and Cars is nothing more than mindless activities, that you’d be better off setting your money on fire....
The Fiero Revival: Detail Fixes On The 1985 Fiero That Hadn’t Moved In Twenty Years
As a first-timer who is taking on their first project vehicle, it is undoubtedly a scary proposition to learn that a major component of the project car that you are taking on doesn’t work. If...
Lights Out 10 Coverage: The x275 Class Provided One Heck Of A Show As Well, Here’s Every Elimination Run!
While the Radial vs The World category dominates headlines during the Lights Out 10 weekend, the x275 category is not too far behind it with drama and action on the track. The cars are running on a...