Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Woodchucks And Melting Roads!
Enjoying the summer? You should be! We’re all busy here at BangShift and are running from event to event! Here at BS Mid-West, we are especially excited, because this week, come hell or high...
2018 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour Photos: Mike Brooks and His Brother Jon Got Great Stuff On The Banks!
(Photos by Mike and Jon Brooks) – One of the thing the guys who like to talk smack on the Power Tour fair to realize is that this is an event about using your car and not just parking it in a...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Opinion On Automotive Restoration Apprenticeships?
(Photo: Wiltshire Times) Within the last few years, there has been a kickback against the “go to college, get that degree, make that money” line of thinking that has persisted for...
A Lesson In Sportsmanship: Checking On The Other Guy After A Big Crash
Sportsmanship is a virtue that tends to get lost in translation when it comes to racing. To the outside perspective, the individuals in the machines are rivals and are locked in a kind of combat...
Driveway Cacklefest: Watch Al Weich Fire Up The Restored Dunn and Reath Rear Engine Funny Car At His House!
(By Greg Rourke) – Most of us here have annoyed the neighbors at some point. I sure have. The angry neighbor lady banging on my door because parts cars in my driveway scared away potential...
Morning Symphony: How Expensive Is A Real-Deal Shelby Daytona? Who Cares When It’s Being Beat On Like A Rented Mule!
$7.25 million dollars. That’s the kind of sum that one of the six real-deal Shelby Daytona vehicles that the chicken farmer cranked out has pulled at an auction. That’s a hell of a lot of...
NEWB: We Sent Tony Sestito To His First NHRA National Event With No Direction And A Camera – Here’s His Report
As you’ve probably seen by now, the NHRA brought their rolling tour of mega horsepower to New England Dragway in Epping, NH for the New England Nationals last weekend. It was an action-packed...
Halfway To China: This Buried Chevy Found Some Of The Nastiest, Grippiest Mud In Arkansas!
One of the biggest fears when going off-road is getting stuck. Yeah, it’s half the fun, but it’s also a problem, especially when you find yourself buried up to the rockers and in search...
Are You More Or Less Likely To Buy A Street Car That Is Doing A Burnout In The Ad Photo?
While looking through Craigslist for something interesting yesterday I came across this 3rd Gen Camaro doing a burnout in one of the photos in the ad. And it wasn’t one of like 10 photos, but...
Shaggin’ Van Restoration? Jeff Dunham Shows Off The Restoration Story Of His Ford Cruising Van!
Van culture is well before my time. And I consider that a good thing. Look, I love a good restored or exceptionally well-kept 1970s era machines, but in the grand scheme of things there is a good...
Purge Welding Stainless Tubing Doesn’t Have To Be Nearly As Difficult As You Might Think. Watch This.
If you are building headers or exhaust or something from stainless tubing you might wonder if you need to purge, or back gas, the tubing so that the welds are stronger and prettier? What we mean by...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Little Crapcan Would You Like To Make Rock?
Yes, I’m still fascinated by the Aston Martin “V8 Cygnet” that showed up at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. The engineering that went into building this one-off...
You Don’t See 1980s Dodge Trucks Done Like This 1984 Ram – Tubbed And Three Pedals!
You can throw a rock and find a well-sorted square-body GM pickup truck, and for good reason: they are simply one of the best pickup truck designs out there, ever. If you hunt around, you might find...
