BangShift Question Of The Day: What Car Would You Leap Into Infamy With?
The moment when Memphis Raines starts ripping gears towards the rollback wrecker, the Dixie horn as yet another Charger is offered up to the altar, the next stunt for a Fast and Furious...
2020 Lonestar Throwdown Photo Coverage: The Coolest Truck Show In The Country!
(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – Over the past 9 years, the Lone Star Throwdown has evolved into one of the largest and most happening custom truck events in the country. The truck scene...
Cincinatti Cavalcade Of Customs Photo Coverage: A Collection Of All The Cool Pre ’49 Stuff!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Using the designation ‘street rod’ has almost taken on a negative tone in recent years. Images of lawn chairs, khaki pants, and new balance shoes...
The Ultimate Unloved: 1980 Dodge St. Regis Police Cruiser
At the end of the 1970s, the Big Three were all moving towards smaller, lighter machines. Or, at least, that’s how the story goes. GM actually did move to smaller, lighter machines, starting...
Cool Project Series: Full Boost Is Turbocharging A 351-Cleveland Powered 1976 Ford F-350 Ramp Truck!
We love it when people do stuff that we’ve not seen before. There’s a lot of that these days on the internet and some of it is great while lots of it kind of makes us roll our eyes. For...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Would You Hop Up Your Lawn And Garden Equipment?
I reek of plant bedding. And cut rosebushes. And blood…because, rosebushes. It’s not spring yet at BangShift Mid-West, but when you have a clear day of weather, you do what you can and I...
Holley Sniper EFI Division Releases Mini-Tub Compatible Bolt-In Fuel Tanks – Camaro, Chevelle, Monte Carlo, Firebird
When it comes to bolt-in solutions to upgrade your hot rod, we’re all for them. The guys at Holley are as well and that’s why the Holley Sniper EFI division has released more EFI capable...
Plumbed And Ready: Building The Hydraulic System For The Screw Tank Project
In my prior line of work regarding helicopters, I was an electrician, a technician, an armament tech, a vehicle maintainer, and just in case all of that wasn’t enough, I was responsible for the...
Nitro Time Machine: Let’s Relive The Time That Shirley Muldowney Pulled A Power Wheelie And Nearly Landed ON TOP Of Gary Ormsby
One of the most fun projects I’ve been working on so far in 2020 are these short videos that we’re calling, the “Nitro Time Machine” series. Basically they are all moments I...
Money No Object: A Revisit On The Dirt-Tracker AMC With This 1968 AMX?
In 2009, one of the earliest exploits of the fledgling BangShift.com involved a 1968 AMC Javelin that had been built into some kind of dirt-track race machine of some kind that had changed hands a...
Go Time: Tell Congress to Pass the RPM Act and Save Our Racecars! – DO IT HERE, IT TAKES 30 SECONDS
The RPM Act is in front of Congress as we speak and we need your help to make sure that this act is passed and the ability we have to hot rod our cars lives. This is a vitally important protection...
The Six-Door Ford Recovery, Part Two: Putting Finnegan’s New Milkshake Maker Back Together!
The damn truck is big enough to make two episodes without any problems along the way, you realize that, don’t you? I’ve seen smaller school buses…and no, not the short bus either,...
Big Aftermarket Industry News: Race Winning Brands Acquires Manley Performance
The industry-wide trend of brands consolidating under ever-larger roofs continues! This time it is Manley Performance being acquired by Race Winning Brands. If you are not familiar with Race Winning...
