What Would You Do With This 1978 Buick Electra Flower Car And It’s Long Bed?
Dec 08, 2016Bryan McTaggart5
We’ve gotten pretty used to seeing flower cars here at BangShift. They are some of the fastest ways to find an unconventional American coupe-utility that blends the usefulness of a full-size,...
Buy The Coolest Trailer Wheels On Earth – Vintage Hurst Car Trailer Wheels Used By Jere Stahl
Dec 08, 2016Brian Lohnes3
It has not been too long since Jere Stahl passed away. Stahl left us over the summer and after his passing some of his stuff is being sold as things tend to be. Jere Stahl was an opinionated,...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge! What Is This Thing And What Does it Fit?
Dec 07, 2016Brian Lohnes28
It has been far too long since we have put the collective Gearhead Knowledge of BangShift to the test with one of our tried and true: Test Your Gearhead Knowledge blogs. We have to thank our pal Mike...
2016 O’Reilly Auto Parts Houston Autorama Coverage Starts Now! Photos!
Dec 07, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on 2016 O’Reilly Auto Parts Houston Autorama Coverage Starts Now! Photos!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – If you have been a BangShift reader for any amount of time, you know what happens around here during Thanksgiving weekend, right? That’s correct. Charles...
Perfect Hot Rodder Christmas Gift Idea: A Subscription To The Rodder’s Journal
Dec 07, 2016Brian Lohnes1
The award-winning Rodder’s Journal has been showing hot rods and customs the respect they deserve for more than two decades. With 150+ pages, colorful photography and in-depth stories, it’s more...
Regular Car Reviews Cruises A Used 2012 Chevrolet Caprice Cop Car –
Dec 07, 2016Brian Lohnes6
It is about time for lots of the Chevrolet Caprice cop cars that departments across the country bought when they first hit US shores to be turned out at auction. That means lots of these things will...
More Sportsman Action Photos From Mt. Park Dragway – Wheelies, Hemis, Big Fun!
Dec 07, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on More Sportsman Action Photos From Mt. Park Dragway – Wheelies, Hemis, Big Fun!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Quain Stott was very clear when he told me the two exhibition cars running with the Southeast Gassers were not to be included in the photos with them. ...
Rally Legends: The Marreau Brothers – Private Renaults Against All Comers At Dakar!
Dec 07, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
With the 2017 Dakar Rally looming ahead in less than a month’s time, it felt appropriate to take a look at two Frenchmen whose performances at the beginning of the 1980s earned them a spot in...
Get In Touch With Your Inner War Boy With This 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle – Truck Frame, Five-Speed And Nitrous!
Dec 07, 2016Bryan McTaggart5
For once, I’m speechless. I have nothing to offer up for this 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle. It’s both an affront to everything I know about a Chevelle, and yet unrivaled in it’s...
Morning Symphony: The Call Of The Wild Two-Stroke
Dec 07, 2016Bryan McTaggart4
When I was riding, I wanted to try out whatever anyone had. Not that I didn’t love my Yamaha bikes, but I wanted a variety of reference points to validate what I was experiencing. I rode big...
2016 Bayou Round Up Photo Coverage: More Great Images From Louisiana
Dec 07, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on 2016 Bayou Round Up Photo Coverage: More Great Images From Louisiana
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with more photos from the great and rapidly getting greater Kontinentals Bayou Roundup which was held in Lafayette, Louisiana a little while back....
General Tito: This Yugo Waits Mercifully for the Crusher in a Missouri Junkyard
Bizarre and terrible Dukes of Hazzard-painted cars are easy to find in the world. Nissan Sentras, Suzuki X-90s…You name it, it’s worn the General Lee’s paint. That said, we’re not sure...
This Chrysler Conquest Is Wicked – Dare To Be Different Done Right!
Dec 07, 2016Bryan McTaggart7
The Mitsubishi Starion/Chrysler Conquest sports cars have a cult following, but overall are the automotive equivalent of an endangered species. That’s a shame, because unlike the preceeding...
Is Dodge Coming Back To NASCAR? Sergio Marchionne Says They’re On The Verge
Dec 06, 2016Brian Lohnes9
Motorsport.com is reporting that Fiat-Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne has publicly said that the company is considering a return to NASCAR racing. It was Marchionne who removed the company from the...












