Rough Start: Don’t Want To Work On Your Project? This 1977 Ford Ranchero Is For You!
Sep 12, 2016Bryan McTaggart6
Remember your first car and how you couldn’t afford to have it down for anything longer than an weekend at most? Sure, you had dreams of swapping engines and all sorts of stuff, but in reality...
Watch 9-Time Le Mans Winner Tom Kristensen Absolutely Cane a Priceless Ferrari at Goodwood
The Goodwood Road & Racing provides possibly the world’s most visible venue for racing priceless antiquities. While there were so many great moments from last weekend’s racing at the Goodwood...
Ever Wanted Your Own Mobile Shop? This 1984 Flxible Metro Ex-City Bus Could Be Your Jam!
Sep 12, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
First things first: seeing a Flxible Metro in any condition that isn’t a museum piece is pretty rare in it’s own right. The Metro was a problematic design, especially shortly after...
A Nitro Powered Pencil Sharpener? Now We’ve Seen It All.
Sep 12, 2016Chad Reynolds2
We’ve seen nitro powered blenders, snow cone machines, and even food processors, but a pencil sharpener? Yeah, this one is creative, and funny, and was done for no other reason than because...
Drifting Action From Holley’s LS Fest Right Here! Tire Smoke And Carnage Baby
Sep 11, 2016Chad Reynolds1
We’re not huge drifting fans here at BangShift.com, but we do have to admit that being sideways and smoking the tires is a good time no matter who you are. And the drifting action at...
Ha Ha, We’re At LS Fest And You Aren’t: Check Out What You Are Missing!
Sep 11, 2016Chad Reynolds1
Wow, we just went there. Sorry. It’s hard not to give you a hard time about LS Fest, because it happens every year in September and you should know that by now. Plus, did you see this stick...
On His Own Terms: The Owner Of This 1999 Pontiac Firehawk Is Living The Gearhead Life As It Suits Him
Sep 11, 2016Bryan McTaggart7
After the black late-model Camaro Z/28 came off of the dyno, the next car up was a silver 1999 Pontiac Firehawk. The owner, a tall, lanky gentleman in surprisingly colorful clothes, shoes and...
Watch The Crazy Swedes In Their Monster Of An Opel Ascona Drag Week Car Pull A Huge Wheelie At Orlando
Sep 11, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch The Crazy Swedes In Their Monster Of An Opel Ascona Drag Week Car Pull A Huge Wheelie At Orlando
If there is a hallmark of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2016 that has already kind of showed itself before the beginning of the event, it is the large number of international entries that will be...
Aussie Burnouts Baby! Brasher Nats 2016 Cause Everyone Needs Tire Smoke On Sundays
Sep 11, 2016Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Aussie Burnouts Baby! Brasher Nats 2016 Cause Everyone Needs Tire Smoke On Sundays
The Aussie Burnout, or Skid, is world renowned. And Brasher Nats has become one of the premier events to show off your skills if you are an Aussie fond of destroying tires. So whenever we find good...
Watch The Quickest Pass Of Drag Week 2006 – Guess The Elapsed Time Before Pressing Play
Sep 11, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch The Quickest Pass Of Drag Week 2006 – Guess The Elapsed Time Before Pressing Play
This is kind of a fun game. Below we have video of the Hinson Supercars RX7 packing a turbocharged LS1 engine. This was the car that made the quickest pass of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2006 and we...
This Uber-Retro, Mini Japanese-Market Panel Van Is For Sale Stateside
In the U.S., Ford’s Transit Connect seems a bit small for a delivery and utility van, but as always seems to be the case, the Japanese have gone considerably smaller and have done so more than a...
Roadkill! It’s The Rescue And Thrash Of The Dirt-Track Dodge Challenger!
Sep 11, 2016Bryan McTaggart5
The life of low-rung race cars isn’t a pretty one. They are hacked, thrashed, beat on, and the cycle repeats until the car is so worn-out and used-up that the only option is to try with...
Welding Tech: Spot And Rosette Welds That Will Make Your Restoration Look Mint
Sep 11, 2016Chad Reynolds2
Welding isn’t hard. Sure it takes practice, like anything you want to be good at, but a lot of the techniques and skills you need to weld on your hot rod or restoration project can be honed...
Jiffy-Tite Tech: How To Properly Spec Fittings With The Right Seals For Your Application
Sep 11, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Jiffy-Tite Tech: How To Properly Spec Fittings With The Right Seals For Your Application
Last week we cruised up to Lancaster, New York and spent the day at Jiffy-Tite’s world headquarters. While we are going give you a behind the scenes look at one of the more incredible...












