Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: What’s In A Name?
Ten more days…are you feeling the spirit yet, readers? Are you filling up on the spirits? The Christmas season is in full swing at BangShift Mid-West. The parties are planned, the ingredients...
The Last One Left? 1940 Chevrolet Dubl Duti – How’s This For A Rare One?
The automobile as we know is is over 130 years old, if you utilize the Benz Patent Wagen of 1885 as the beginning point. 130 years…how many makes have gone by? How many models, styles, build...
Rough Start: Classic Fuel Economy Machine? This 1990 Ford Escort GT Is Clean Enough For A Look!
When I was twelve, I was asked what I wanted for a first car. My answer: 1974-77 Chevrolet Camaro. And I got that car…a rusted rot-box whose one other redeeming quality, besides being exactly...
Corn And Broken U-Joints: The Carnage From The Central Illinois Truck Pullers!
The land between Chicago and Interstate 70 to the south are filled with…well, being quite honest, small old towns that seem to be surviving just barely but have character for miles, and corn as...
Wider Is Better: This 1984 Dodge/Wide One Class B Motorhome Is The Right-Sized RV!
Throughout the year, as we go from race to race, show to show and so on and so forth, costs are incurred. That car doesn’t create it’s own fuel, I do not starve myself on the roads, and...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Hard And Loud” by Royal Bliss (2018)
Here’s a dirty little secret about a lot of the gearhead community: we ain’t the country club types. Pressed suits, manicured fingernails free of grease and grime, a shining personality?...
Rough Start: 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass – Always A Good Decision!
For those who were alive when Oldsmobile was in it’s prime, it’s strange to think how such a successful take on GM product sharing went so wrong. The Oldsmobile Cutlass was a benchmark...
The Tokyo Trans Am: This Classic Celica Is Just Tool Cool
In person, this Celica is a dream machine. Yeah, I said it, dream machine. I actually appreciate Toyota Celicas, so long as they aren’t front-wheel-drive. The original first-gen machines were...
Fire Man: Here’s How You Keep A Steam Locomotive Hot And Happy!
The image of the steam locomotive in action is a romantic sight, isn’t it? Puffing and chugging along the tracks, the plume of steam puffing along, the hissing and chuffing of the engine as an...
Morning Symphony: The Wild Rides Of 2019 As Seen By Urban Hillbilly Videos!
Those of us who are willing to stand right next to the track barriers for the sake of bringing you great photos and awesome video coverage have a pretty unique bond. When things on the track go down,...
Makin’ The Clouds – In The Skidpad At Cleetus And Cars!
Alright…you’ve feasted on the turkey, you spent another few days noshing on the leftovers…which are finally gone, right?…and now we are looking at Christmas right in the...
The Challenger Revival, Part 7: Patching Up The Perforated Floor
Work continues on Dylan McCool’s 1973 Dodge Challenger project machine. While it’s been about a month since we’ve last heard from McCool’s garage, it’s also been the...
Money No Object: 1971 Plymouth GTX Hemi – The Most Expensive Hemi-Powered Car Sold New
When you are in the military, and you come to a point in the road where you know that from the next step forward until you return home, your life expectancy has more than halved, it leaves you with a...
Classic YouTube: Take A Look Back At The First Live Televised NASCAR Grand National Race In 1971!
For a racing series that had been operating since 1948, you would have thought that NASCAR racing of any sort would have been a television staple well before the 1980s. It was, but unlike sports like...
