2018 Cruisin’ For A Cure Photo Coverage: Our Last Shot Of SoCal Photos
Oct 09, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on 2018 Cruisin’ For A Cure Photo Coverage: Our Last Shot Of SoCal Photos
(Photos by Wes Allison) – After a few hundred images we are finally at the end of our run of photos from the 2018 Cruisin’ For A Cure car show. This time it is hot rods, muscle cars,...
Timeless Angles: A Full Field Of Pre-1966 Race Machines At Imola’s Motor Legends Festival
Oct 09, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Curves that let the air roll around the car instead of meeting it like a barn door at speed. Deep air intakes meant to emulate jet aircraft intakes, directing massive amounts of much-needed air to...
AutoMeter Sizzling Summer Savings: Get 10% Off All AutoMeter Branded Gauges Until October 31st
Oct 09, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on AutoMeter Sizzling Summer Savings: Get 10% Off All AutoMeter Branded Gauges Until October 31st
Now’s the time! The time for what? The time to shop for new gauges for your hot rod, truck, race car or cruiser from AutoMeter as they are having their Sizzling Summer Savings sale which is an...
Saying Goodbye To The Ford Falcon At Bathurst The Right Way…Racing It With A Mustang And A GT!
Oct 09, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Put the final nail in the coffin, the Ford Falcon is utterly dead as a new car goes in Australia. When the folks at Bathurst are saying their final farewells to a car that has deeper roots than it...
2018 Cynthiana Rod Run Coverage: More Photos From The Packed House In Kentucky
Oct 09, 2018Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Though I missed a bunch events through the summer many of those were either rained upon or rained out. Our area has gotten more than usual thus far in...
2018 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: Raindrops Were Falling But The Cars Still Came
Oct 09, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on 2018 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: Raindrops Were Falling But The Cars Still Came
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – By the time the droplets of liquid stopped falling from the clouds we were getting pretty hungry. Good thing this year the Hullabaloo had three food...
Project Candidate: How Would You Finish Up This Straight-Axle 1971 Ford Maverick?
Oct 09, 2018Bryan McTaggart9
Just my personal opinion: not many cars built after 1965 can, or should, be made into gassers. For the most part, it just doesn’t look right. You hear “gasser”, and you see Willys...
Classic YouTube: Teaching The Press How To Drive A Rally Car In 1974
Oct 09, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Classic YouTube: Teaching The Press How To Drive A Rally Car In 1974
For those who are lucky enough to make a living writing about cars, the pinnacle highlight is being cut loose with someone else’s car and doing a touch more than just putting about from Point A...
BangShift Sound Check Video: Crank The Speakers And LOVE These Sounds From The Classic 12 Hours Of Sebring
Oct 09, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Sound Check Video: Crank The Speakers And LOVE These Sounds From The Classic 12 Hours Of Sebring
The HSR Classic 12 Hours of Sebring is one of the coolest vintage races that happens in North America each year. We often share videos from events like this because they are awesome and the cars are...
Killer Video: How To Fix, Free, and Otherwise Keep A Sherman Tank In The Fight (Circa 1944)
Oct 08, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Video: How To Fix, Free, and Otherwise Keep A Sherman Tank In The Fight (Circa 1944)
When we think of battle tanks we think of the awesome Abrams and other modern units that make up today’s US fighting force but the reality is that without the tanks of WWII, we’d have...
A Fascinating Look At How A Massive $30,000 Tire Gets Repaired In The Field
Oct 08, 2018Brian Lohnes1
Ever wonder what happens when a huge piece of equipment suffers a tire failure in the field? Of course time is money, so people with these massive machines have spares that they can swap on so that...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have Any Four-Cylinder Builds In Mind?
Oct 08, 2018Bryan McTaggart14
V8 this, V8 that, LS swap the world, all hail the mighty Hemi. Yep, we love eight cylinders doing the right thing, making the right noises, and creating the right kinds of power, but they...
BangShift Project Files: The Altered Wheelbase 1965 Plymouth Barracuda “Almost Funny Car”
Oct 08, 2018Bryan McTaggart8
The rear wheels were moved forward eight inches. The front wheels were moved six inches forward in the fender, and the fenders themselves were extended fifteen inches. That is a real-deal Hemi...
Grand Theft Boogie Van? The “Wild Cherry” Chevy Van Is Now Embroiled In Legal Issues!
Oct 08, 2018Bryan McTaggart15
When we got tipped off to the rescue and revival of the “Wild Cherry” van, a 1975 Chevrolet that had a small bit part in the movie “Van Nuys Blvd.” back in 1979, we were over...












