MATS 2017 Gallery – Inside The Mid-America Trucking Show In Louisville!
The Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky is mecca for anyone who has looked at an eighteen wheeler or a dump truck as a kid and wondered what it must be like to sit that high up, looking...
Watch AJ Foyt Tear His Team To Shreds On National TV And Then Have The TV Crew Defend The Team
If there was one thing hotter than AJ Foyt’s exhaust headers during this race at Michigan International Raceway, it was the man’s temper. At the time this was filmed, Foyt was on the...
Watch This Modified Prison Bus Hook Up, Pull The Sled, And Yank A Wheelie While Smoking Like A Locomotive
Prior to seeing this video, the only school bus I had ever seen pull a wheelie was the late Ken Nelson’s “Cool Bus” wheelstander. Not to take anything away from one of drag...
This Video Of The Massive, and Ill-Fated Penguin Antarctic Exploration Truck Is Spectacular
Between the years of 1937 and 1939 engineers and fabricators toiled to design and build a vehicle that would affectionately come to be known as “The Penguin” and in 1940 the massive beast...
Never Quit: In 1997 Dale Earnhardt Rolled At Daytona, Had His Car Taped Back Together And Finished!
This is one of those videos that I ran across and immediately had a smile come across my face. Why? Because I remember watching this as it happened on a couch in Florida during a family vacation. I...
This 1983 Jaguar XJ6 Has Resto-Pretty Looks And A Chevy Under The Hood
If there is one game I hate to play, it’s “Pick a car from the year you were born”. How the hell do you look through the offerings from 1983 and pick a winner? You start at the top...
Watch This Monster 1918 Vintage Hit and Miss Engine Fire Up And Run – Chuff, Chuff, BANG
We have shown plenty of videos of hit and miss engines here on BangShift over the years but we have never, ever seen one like this. A truly giant example of a working stationary engine, this thing is...
Prototype Teaser Or A Missed Opportunity? Check Out MotorWeek’s Test Of The 1992 Camaro Heritage Edition Prototype!
The fact that the Chevrolet Camaro made it to twenty-five years was surprising…the car quite nearly got the ax in the early 1970s, and if it wasn’t for pony car competition drying up by...
An Old Friend: This Is The Most BangShifty Short Film Ever – History, Friendship, And As Massive An Engine As You’ll Ever See
This is the best three minutes you will spend all day. With regard to short films we’re going on record as saying this is one of the best we have ever watched because in the amount of time for...
Rough Start: When There Is An Airborne Toyota In The First Picture, You Know You Are Making The Right Choice!
You’re ballin’ on a budget and you want to pick up a project car. Smart money says to pick up something that only needs minor touches or something easy to build, like a Fox body or a...
Roadkill! Freiburger and Péwé Dive Into The Deep End Rescuing A Flatfender Willys Project!
My first introduction to David Freiburger was via reading my stepfather’s 4Wheel and Off Road magazines as a kid. Since he was deep into lifted trucks at that point in time, we had an abundance...
Chris Alston’s Chassisworks Tin Kits Literally Have You Covered From Front To Back – Options Galore
When it comes to building a race car, there are so many elements involved between the physical welding of the tubes, the wiring of the car, drivetrain installation, and let’s not forget the tin...
Question Of The Day: What One Non-Real Car Would You Have In Real Life?
Ok, we admit that the title might be a bit off, so let us explain what we mean by “non-real car”. Between cartoons and video games, there is a plethora of vehicles that are purely made...
A French Supercar And A Sketchy Dyno Run – What’s Not To Love?
Yes, a French supercar. It does exist, and it’s known as the Alpine GTA. Or the Renault-Alpine GTA. What is it, exactly? It’s the PRV V6 you know and love in such cars as Volvos and the...
