2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Photo Coverage: More Great Cars and Parts From This 40 Year Old Event
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – So I’m back to attempting some categorizing of photos. For this particular event it seemed to make the most sense because there was so much variety. ...
Video: Here’s What Drag Racing In England Looked Like 40 Years Ago – Snetterton Circuit Action
I’ve always been fascinated with drag racing in places like England and Australia because the populations share the love of speed and internal combustion but as the sport is basically...
Strangely Elegant: This 1940 Ford Flower Car Is Unlike Any Other We Have Ever Seen
If the LeSabre was weird verging on kind of bad, this 1940 Ford flower car is unique verging on amazing. Built by the Eureka Manufacturing Company of Illinois, this thing is so different because it...
An Auction Screwup Or A Surprise Score? Cleetus Gets Suckered On An C6 Corvette!
I’ve only bought one car at an auction. The truth was that I was looking to get my then teenage brother a car, I had a budget…and after I got out-bid on everything else I tried to score,...
Rough Start: Does A 19,000 Mile Plymouth Volaré Deserve To Break The Budget?
Over the course of the Rough Start searches, we’ve done our best to stay within the $5,000 and under budget on sheer principle. Five grand is a very approachable number for a running, driving...
The Cadillac Limo: The Final Look At It’s Disgraceful Magnificence Before It Hits The Track!
Well, it’s been a minute since you’ve heard anything about the 1980 Cadillac Fleetwood Formal that I bought in the dead of night at the beginning of the year, and for good reason: not too...
Weirdness For Sale: Someone Once Built An Executive Limo Out Of A 1989 LeSabre T-Type And Only Put 1,500 Miles On It
Somehow, Mike Stolfi who is a dedicated BangShifter found this insanely weird car listed for sale and immediately sent us the link. Like him, we believe that the comma is in the wrong place and like...
Sam Foose Has Died At Age 83 – Amazingly Talented Custom Car Builder and Father Of Chip Impacted Industry
Earlier this week, Sam Foose, a very well known and respected custom car builder and the man who raised one of this generation’s true hot rodding super stars, Chip Foose passed away at 83 years...
Bo’s BACK: Bo Butner Announces Full-Time Return To NHRA Pro Stock with KB Racing
A drag racing class that was in need of some good news got some yesterday with the announcement that Bo Butner will be returning to run the full slate of 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series pro...
Rare Air: This Unmolested Chevy 302 Cross-Ram Intake Is An Awesome And Pricey Part
It’s not a stretch to say that the coolest parts that Detroit ever offered in the muscle car era, did not actually come factory installed on their cars. Take the legendary Chevy 302 Cross-Ram....
Cool New Product Video: The Aeromotive Phantom Apex Keeps You Fueled With Jet Siphon Technology
We love the guys and girls at Aeromotive Fuel Systems because not only have they been a part of BangShift since the day we opened the doors a decade ago, they have been innovating every days as well....
The “WTF?” Files: Who Makes A Trar Out Of A 1986 Chevy Cavalier Convertible?!
I can’t even begin to hide my hatred for a Chevy Cavalier of this generation. As a young kid, we had one as the family car, a miserable turd of a white 1985 wagon with blue interior that I...
The Dodge Phoenix Big-Block Build Continues! A Good Cause Requires A Lot Of Hard Work!
The last time we saw the 1963 Dodge Phoenix that Street Machine was building to take to the Running On Empty festival, an event in the town of Cobar that raises money for a WW1 monument and has a...
