BangShift Question Of The Day: Is There Any Kind Of Racing You Won’t Do?
Jul 28, 2018Bryan McTaggart6
By and large, I’m more than willing to take on a challenge if it involves racing. I’ve drag raced, road raced, autocrossed, canyon-carved on roads with Wile E. Coyote drops on the side,...
Our Blue Suede Cruise Drag Racing Coverage From Norwalk Continues
Jul 28, 2018Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Our Blue Suede Cruise Drag Racing Coverage From Norwalk Continues
(Photos by Martin Libhart) Thanks to Martin, we’ve got several galleries worth of photos from Norwalk’s Blue Suede Cruise and race event. There were tons of cool gassers and period correct...
Money No Object: It Might Not Be The Street Racer Special, But This 1959 Chevrolet Biscayne Is Still A Hot Ticket!
Jul 28, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Last year I found footage of what I believe to be this very car running…and the noise alone it makes is worth it. Could it be a cop car? Who knows. For all anyone knows, there was just a hot...
Classic YouTube: Car And Track’s Review Of The 1969 Avanti II – Of Course A Blown 327 Was Going To Be Fun!
Jul 28, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Studebaker had been dead for three years when this Car and Track test took place. The car, an Avanti II, had roots that dated back to 1962 and had been in and out of production…Studebaker...
The Full Kit: A Solid Old Land Rover That Has Everything You’d Ever Need
Jul 28, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Land Rover and Jeep have both followed similar paths: war horses turned off-road legends…that somehow morphed into luxo-tanks that people spend stupid money on. Look at vehicles like the Evoque...
A Supercharged 1978 Cadillac Seville! Yes! This Is So Wrong It Might Be Right!
Jul 28, 2018Chad Reynolds2
Thank you Rocco for this one!!! When was the last time you saw a centrifugally supercharged 1978 Cadillac Seville, powered by the Olds 350? Yeah, that’s what we thought. We can’t make...
The Swan Song: The Corvette ZR1 Is The Final Form Of The C7 Platform
Jul 27, 2018Bryan McTaggart4
The ZR1 is the final form of the C7 Corvette. GM admits this freely, though they won’t say squat about what’s coming down the pike. (The tours through Bowling Green Assembly are still a...
Again, Really? A Chrysler Lot In Detroit Has Seven Cars Swiped Off Of It With Security Present!
Jul 27, 2018Bryan McTaggart8
In the third time in half a year, an FCA vehicle lot has been hit by a gang of vehicle thieves, who this time were targeting Dodge Chargers. In the early hours of Sunday morning, the group broke...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Did You Race Your Parents’ Car When You Were A Teen?
Jul 27, 2018Bryan McTaggart13
I was on cloud nine when the DMV lady looked at me and said, “I’ve never given anyone a 100% score on their first driving test and I’ll be damned if I give you one. I’m going...
BangShift Project Files: Build Your Own Trailer! Check Out A From-Scratch Build Here!
Jul 27, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
We have ambitious folk in the BangShift forums. Most of them are spinning wrenches on their own cars and trucks, but rather often we see a project that falls under “ambitious”, be it a...
Clone Job: Check Out This 1969 COPO Camaro Clone With A 5-Speed Stick And A ZL-1 Engine!
Jul 27, 2018Brian Lohnes2
Ok, this thing is pretty awesome. Back in 1969 there were two varieties of the famed COPO Camaro built. There was the 9560 car with the ZL-1 aluminum big block and there was the 9561 with the iron...
Just Drive It! Nothing Is Better Than Putting A Dodge Viper GTS To Work!
Jul 27, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
The Dodge Viper GTS…when the original RT/10 roadster showed it’s face in production form, it was simply a great nod to the AC/Shelby Cobra and Carroll Shelby’s legacy. It was also a...
Morning Symphony: The 1987 Volkswagen Golf II – Double The Engines, Double The Fun!
Jul 27, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: The 1987 Volkswagen Golf II – Double The Engines, Double The Fun!
Picture this: it’s 1987, and Pikes Peak is coming up quickly. Everybody and their mother is running recently orphaned Group B rally cars. The mountain still has dirt stages, drivers have more...
2018 Goodguys PPG Nationals: More Cars From The Indoor Portion Of The Event
Jul 27, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on 2018 Goodguys PPG Nationals: More Cars From The Indoor Portion Of The Event
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Here’s yet another load of great images from the Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. Tis time we are showcasing more cars from the indoor portion of the...












