Beauty And A Beater: Is There A Better Combination Than A Junkyard LS Engine In A Ford Fairmont?
It’s strange to think that LS swaps really took off because of one Ford Fairmont. The “Leroy Brown” 1982 Fairmont sedan built by Matt Happel was known for clubbing unsuspecting...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: NO TOUCHY! UPCG Takes On The Strangest Corporate Policy Yet!
By nature, retail work is nearly robotic. On my end, I make sure the item you need is present and ready for you to acquire…for a fee, of course. I facilitate the purchase, I provide you with...
Andrew Comrie-Picard, Chris Komar, and Brad Lovell To Take On Alcan Rally In Stock Jeep On BFG KO2s!
It is the craziest automotive event you have likely never heard of. The Alcan Rally is a 5,000 mile sojourn into the arctic that combines elements of a Time Distance Event with challenges, special...
Question Of The Day: Are There Cars That Just Shouldn’t Be Modified?
The question is simple: Was there ever a car made that, if modified or deviated from stock for any reason other than reliability or safety, would be absolutely ruined? Normally, I’d say no. I...
Morning Symphony: The Sounds Of Audi Quattros Driven In Anger!
Audi’s four-wheel-drive coupes took motorsports by story when they debuted in 1980. Rally racing and road courses alike echoed to the sound of pissed-off five-cylinders and all sorts of fun...
Bizarre News: Con Man Sent To Jail For Passing Himself Off As The “Mercedes F1 Chief”
Are you familiar with the movie “Catch Me If You Can” or the story of Frank Abagnale? The movie was based on real events: Abagnale, between the ages of 15 and 21, became one of the most...
Classic YouTube: Tuff Truck Racing From The Pacific Northwest, Complete With Thrills, Spills, And A Celebration Injury!
We joke about thrashing the life out of a beater often, but how many of you have actually done it? We’re not talking a mild romp on a dirt road, either…we mean thrash, with extreme...
Go For A Ride With Formula Drift Drivers Through The Lens Of GoPros – Where Inches Of Space Is A Luxury!
I love watching drifters do what they do best. To some, it’s engines beating up on the rev limiter while another set of tires vaporize into nothing and potential body damage with a flick of the...
Here’s A Fun Look Back At The Best NHRA Winternationals Funny Car Finals In History
The NHRA Phoenix event is underway as you are reading this but we wanted to share this recently dropped NHRA video that looks back at some of the most memorable funny car final rounds in...
What Dreams Are Made Of: This 1960 Ford Starliner Is Drop Dead Gorgeous!
The words I uttered when I saw this 1960 Ford Starliner can’t be printed here. Long, low, black and red, and gorgeous from just about every angle in the pictures provided, this qualifies as one...
Meet “Turtle”, A Vauxhall Victor With A Blown, Methanol-Swilling Four Banger That Cranks Out V8 Power!
The other day we showed you a Holden Ute burnout machine that was powered by a blown Holden inline-six, and admired the fact that being two cylinders down compared to the normal tire-fryer...
2016 Dallas Autorama Coverage: T-Buckets, Customs, Muscle, And A Load Of Wallys!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Between a t-bucket with a Ford Indy car engine in it and a drag car surrounded by an absolute pile of NHRA Wally trophies this round of 2016 Dallas Autorama...
eBay Find: The 1972 Ford Ranchero From “Leepu And Pitbull” – If You Wondered Who Would Replace Barris, Wonder No More
One of my more recent automotive kicks is to take a 1972-79 Ford Ranchero and build it up into a muscle ute. Not like a hot rod, but like a badass shop truck: clean, restoration look body, beefed up...
Go! vs Woah! – Les Mayhew Tackles The Great Debate Of Tradition Versus Progress In Nostalgia Racing
As you diehard BangShifters well know, we’ll be LIVE from the 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet at Bakersfield next weekend. That is one of the largest and most prestigious nostalgia drag races...
