BangShift Power Laggin’ Project Truck Update: Fixing More Hackery And Making Some Improvements!
Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...
Life At Full Speed, An Exhibit On Jessi Combs, Will Be At The Petersen Museum Next Week!
Losing Jessi Combs was a heartbreaker to the entire automotive community. She brought life and light everywhere she went. She was an inspiration to many, including young women and girls who looked up...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Big Power In Big Bodies – How Would You Do It?
Recently, I got a note from reader Andy30thZ in my inbox, directing my attention to a video that simply said, “1,100 horsepower big block into a ’72 Mercury Marquis”. The only ways...
Cool History: A Look Back At GM’s Fremont Assembly Plant In Vintage Photos
GM’s Fremont Assembly Plant has cranked out millions and millions of cars over the years since it was built and started working in the 1960s. We’re talking lots of A-body stuff, trucks,...
Watch The Gnarly Brazil Based Opala Metal Run 7.30/195mph – Turbo Inliner and a Stick!
This is by far NOT the first time that a car known as Opala Metal has appeared on the pages of BangShift. It is however the quickest elapsed time we have ever shown and according to the video it is a...
Are You A Plumber Named Mario? BFGoodrich Wants To Help You Get A Free Set Of Tires!
September 20th, 2019 is National Tradesman Day, and BFGoodrich is throwing a contest in celebration. The rules are actually quite simple: are you an employed plumber named Mario? Then you can enter a...
Rough Start: Snow Eagle – This 1985 AMC Eagle Is The Nicest You’ll Find For The Money!
It’s gotten to the point that I can tell you what color an AMC Eagle will be before I see it. Unless it’s been touched by Rutledge Wood, at which point it’s silver, black trim with...
Ride Along For Some Hot Laps Of Mont Tremblant In A Killer Little Shelby GT350 Mustang
The Mont Tremblant road racing circuit in Canada has been a staple in the world of bendy road competition for decades. It was the scene of perhaps the worst Trans Am crash in history back in the late...
Gravity Always Wins: Motocross Plinko At The Andler Hillclimb!
Over the years, we’ve shown you videos of both rockbouncers and Formula Offroad racers doing their thing. We’ll happily admit that both disciplines are about as mental as it...
Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2019 Photos: A Wet But Fun Monday In Virginia Started The Week
(Photos by David Whealon) – Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2019 got off on an interesting foot at Virginia Motorsports Park last Monday. Mother Nature decided to make the first day a test wills,...
Gas Leak: What Happens If A Leaking LPG Tank Blows Up In Your Car?
In 2004, I tried to buy an propane-powered Dodge Diplomat. The price was right, the car was complete, and the seller claimed that I was able to pick the car up when I returned from Iraq. Care to...
eBay: This 1965 Volvo P1800 Is A Road Racing Champ An It Looks Amazing
There are certain cars that look kind of timid and weird on the street but look completely boss in race form. We’d put the Volvo P1800 in this class. We have seen them are skinny tire equipped...
The “WTF?!” Files: Bel Camino? What Happens When The 1950s Meets 1978?
Have you ever seen a 1994-ish Ford Thunderbird that someone has gone to the trouble to make a 1950 Ford out of? They’re bad. There is no way on this Earth anyone could claim that it’s...
