Cooler Heads: Is This Guy Selling A Head Assembly From A Wright R-1820 Engine Off Of A B17 Bomber?
WWII was a war largely fought with piston engines. Trucks, tanks, Jeeps, airplanes, ships, and tractors all used pistons in the first fully mechanized war the world had ever seen. The advancements...
This 1984 Ford Sierra XR8 Gives Us An Idea: Merkur 5.0!
The Ford Sierra was the world car that just didn’t quite make the cut in the United States. It might have had more to do with it’s name change than anything else…while “Ford...
2018 East Coast Indoor Nationals Photo Coverage: Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks, and No Snow indoors!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – The deep freeze is upon us here in the North East. The race cars are winterized and tucked away and our road going Hot Rods are huddling around the shop...
Edlebrock ‘s New Year-New Carb Promotion Is A Great Way To Upgrade AND Save!
We’ve got more great news for anyone out there doing their winter parts shopping. Edlebrock’s New Year-New Carb promotion is a great way to both upgrade your carburation situation. Buy an...
The Swiss Army Knife Of Custom Machines Is Up For Auction – The 2009 Dobbertin HydroCar Can Be Yours!
Rick Dobbertin’s 1965 Chevy II and 1985 Pontiac J-2000 are well-known and appreciated within the automotive community for what they were at the time: builds that were further advanced than...
This 1972 Corvette Convertible Is For Sale And There’s No Mention Made About The Elephant In The Room
Ok, so if you were listing this 1972 Corvette convertible for sale we’re guessing you would point out all of the same stuff that this seller does. The fact that it’s a real convertible,...
Rough Start: Can You Scare Yourself With A Budget Find? This 1973 Omega Might Do The Trick!
Some concessions have to be made when you are playing with a small budget. You aren’t getting a top-tier model name. You aren’t getting a supercharged big-block, you aren’t getting...
Here Is Another Batch Of Photos From Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2018. Check Out All These Cars!
We’ve been at Barrett-Jackson since Sunday and we have shot photos of almost every car hear so far, but we’re not stopping until we get them all. We’ll have galleries posting up...
The 48-Hour Camaro Build Continues! Check Out The Progress We Made Yesterday
The 48-Hour 2nd Gen Camaro is coming along nicely! We’re having a lot of fun, while working hard, to put together one hell of a cool 1971 Camaro that Bret Voelkel from Ridetech is going to...
Bonneville Speed Week Photos: Here Are Some More Unpublished Shots From The Salt This Year
(Photos by the author) – Doing some “winter cleaning” of the ol’ laptop and I managed to find some images from Speed Week this past year that I never ran. Since we’re...
Neat Induction Find: This McFarland TorkLink Intake Manifold Is A Neat Twist On A Dual Plane SBC Application
Just when you think you have seen every small block Chevy intake manifold on planet Earth, this happens! You are looking at a McFarland TorkLink single four barrel intake manifold for a small block...
MAHLE Motorsport Introduces PowerPak Piston Kits for Ford Big Block Super Cobra Jet, Kaase P-51 and Air Flow Research 14º Cylinder Heads
Pistons, we love them around here. Pistons are at the root of all things BangShifty, right? MAHLE Motorsports knows this and they continue to develop new, high quality products to meet the needs of...
More Wintertime Fun: Semi-Truck Donuts In The Snow!
Once again, there’s snow at BangShift Mid-West and I’m not playing in it. Adding insult to injury, I’ve had the fun of trying to extract my neighbor’s pickup truck from the...
