Gallery: Our Last Batch Of Cool Hot Rods, Street Rods, and Ratty Rumblers From NSRA 2016
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Last gallery of our coverage from the 2016 NSRA Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, KY. If you haven’t been to one of these I urge you to do so. ...
RideTech Develops StreetGrip System For 1964-1970 Mustangs – Pre Order Now!
RideTech’s StreetGrip systems have proven themselves as great upgrades for hot rodders who want to improve the ride quality and driving experience of their classic cars and the company has just...
Question Of The Day: How Would You Built This Four-Speed Chevrolet Celebrity?
Yes, it’s another 1980s front-driver from McTaggart, the patron saint of automotive lost causes. Bear with me on this one, because this is one of the strangest oddballs I’ve come across...
How Many Cars Went Into This Custom 1973 Porsche 914? Chrysler, Chevrolet, Ferrari…Are We Missing Any?
Happy Halloween! Ok, that might be a bit harsh, but let’s be honest: I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve ever late 1990s Chrysler body panels mated up to a Porsche roadster...
Formal Done Right: This 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ Is One Classy Machine!
You know what a 1970s “personal luxury coupe” really is, right? That’s where the manufacturers took what was a muscle car, stuffed it with the kind of luxury they thought buyers...
Today Would Have Been Marvin “Killdozer” Heemeyer’s Birthday – Remember Him?
(By Greg Rourke) – Today would have been the birthday of Marvin Heemeyer. It’s been said that you cannot fight city hall. That may be true, but Marvin found a loophole. He ran over city...
Ride Along With Matt Farah As He Takes The Detroit Speed Monte Carlo SS Shop Car Out For A Run!
There are plenty of GM G-body fans within the BangShift readership. Aw, who are we kidding…there are two major G-body fans writing: Nutting, who owns two Monte Carlos (that I can remember at...
SEMA 2016 Preview: Hot Rod Garage’s Project FishTail – Tony And Lucky Are Bringing A Drift ‘Cuda!
It’s called the SEMA crunch: it seems that right before the big event that everyone in the automotive world waits for, all of the builders suddenly realize that they are down to weeks in order...
NASCAR Limits Number of Xfinity and Truck Races for Sprint Cup Regulars
NASCAR announced Wednesday that it was placing limits on the number of races in the Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series that Sprint Cup veterans can run, starting in 2017. Effective next season,...
Glorious Overkill: Meet The Whispering Giant – This Is What 11,560 Ft/Lbs Of Torque Can Do!
You would have thought that having multiple blown alcohol-fueled Hemis attached to one Unlimited pulling tractor would have been enough, right? One Top Fueler’s engine is a study in mechanical...
The 908’s Flat-8 Engine Might Make a Porsche Believer Out of You
Classic Porsches: They’re like a weird cult that you either join or you don’t. I tend toward the “don’t” side of things more often than not, but some of the company’s early purpose-built...
Gallery: More Street Rods, Hot Rods, and Memories From A Car Show Filled Summer
(By Doug Gregory) – Didn’t see a lot of cars this year riding high. There were some straight-axle types with a nose-high attitude, but not as many as I’ve seen in previous years. Lots...
Badass Aviator Bob Hoover Has Passed Away at 94
Bob Hoover might not be a household name in the way that Charles Lindbergh or Chuck Yeager has become in the world of aviation, but many will tell you that Hoover was the greatest who ever lived. And...
