BangShift Tune-Up: Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
You can needle-point all you want about where rock and roll music started, but there should be no question that Chuck Berry is one of the fathers of the genre. His blending of showmanship,...
Buy The Book? Timber On The Moon: The Curtis Turner Story by Dr. D. L. Morris (Reprint by Gray London)
I have never been more excited to read a book than I was after finding out that there was a reprint edition of Timber On The Moon available for purchase on Amazon for less than $10. Gearhead...
Challenge Accepted: Watch Mark Higgins Pilot A Subaru Rally Car Down A Bobsled Course!
Mark Higgins has done many great things in a Subaru WRX STI, most notably his monstrous 17:49.75 lap at the Snaefell Mountain Course…you know, the Isle of Man TT loop that is considered one...
Screaming Tank Video: A British Chieftain Tank Bounces Off the Red Line
If we had a tank like the guys in this video do, we’d use it exactly like they do. Crushing stuff has to be lots of fun, especially when you know that every inch of the vehicle doing the...
Watch This Turbo Corvair Powered Sand Dragster Make Wheels Up, Sub 3-Second Runs While Throwing Rooster Tails
We have showed you hot rodded Corvair engines previously running on the dyno and in hot street cars but this may be the wildest application of GM flat six power we have seen anywhere. Using an older...
A Preserved “Day 2” V8 Vega? This Thing Is A Time Capsule!
Lately, I’ve had a thing for the diminutive Chevrolet Vega. Bone stock, they were boring and unreliable, and let’s face it: they weren’t very good at being cars. That’s why...
We Told You It Was Coming! American Powertrain Launches Tunnel Hump For 1960-72 Chevy C10
Bam! A little while back we dropped some knowledge on an upcoming part from American Powertrain and guess what? It’s here NOW. The company is offering a transmission tunnel hump for 1960-72...
BangShift Project Files: The Ballad Of The Little Red Mustang, Now With More Blower Noise
One of the most colorful characters in the BangShift Forums is “pdub”, who was formerly known as Peewee. We don’t mean colorful as yours truly (meaning that every fifth word usually...
Question Of The Day: What One Engine Will Outlive All Of The Others?
The internal combustion engine has, for better or worse, changed the course of human history. And, as long as there are fuels to power them on, they will remain for years to come. But here’s an...
Dirt Power Wheelie: Watch Lachie Abbott Put An Aussie Sprint Car Near Vertical
Of all the feats that various race cars perform, few are more spectacular than a sprint car pulling a massive power wheelie. Why? Mostly because these things are happening on dirt, they have a...
This 1957 Ford F-800 Is A Rare Four Wheel Drive Beast – Ever Seen One Before? We Haven’t!
If you have ever wanted to see what the Holy Grail looks like for fans of classic and historic trucks, you are very well looking at it here. If not the only one, it certainly is one of them because...
Morning Symphony: The Scream Of The LA 318 (Yes, They Can Scream!)
Enough with my usual prose…it’s 3/18 and it’s time for me to dive right back to my roots, to the LA 318 and the cars I usually found them in. If you are unfamiliar with my...
Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs: Muscle Cars From Wall To Wall In This Photo Collection
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This gallery from the main show floor of the Duke Energy Center could be referred to as a muscle car round-up. Being a longtime fan of Chevelles (my...
