Battle Barge: This Supercharged, Big Block 1970 Impala Kingswood Wagon Is BangShift Approved
Feb 11, 2015Brian Lohnes2
If you have ever had the urge to assume the roles of both Clark Griswold and Mad Max at the same time, boy do we have the car for you! This 1970 Impala Kingswood wagon has a roof rack, a sweet...
A Superbike On Studded Tires, A Snowmobile, And A Rally Porsche Drifting In Snow And Ice – Welcome To Finland!
Feb 11, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
Being as near to the Arctic Circle as Finland is, it’s no surprise that the locals can handle snow and ice. Whereas Brian has been dealing with a pattern of snow/shovel/repeat, the Finns simply...
Ebay Find: A Simple, Basic, Useable 1986 Dodge D-150 Ram That Is Cleaner Than It Should Ever Be
Feb 11, 2015Bryan McTaggart7
When it comes to trucks, my choices break down into two types: either I want a badass diesel truck that is oriented towards work, or I want a simple and clean half-ton that has decent power and...
55th NHRA Winternationals – Professional And Sportsman Champions Repeat
Feb 11, 2015Darr Hawthorne2
The first race of the 2015 season for NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series brings with it a surge of optimism for all the race teams. With a clean slate in a new year to build upon most teams...
This Awesome 2.0L Turbo Pinto Engine Is So Old School It Hurts – History Anyone?
Feb 11, 2015Brian Lohnes12
Potent, angry, temperamental, and not all that common, the turbo Pinto engine became a frightening force to be reckoned with in the hands of guys like Ohio George Montgomery, Buddy Ingersoll, and a...
Pro-Touring Tuesdays: This European Camaro Is A Tire Frying Drift Machine
Feb 10, 2015Dave Nutting1
Here at BangShift we put in the hard work of scouring the internet to bring you the coolest automotive news and content of the “Hey, you gotta see this” variety from around the world....
Rally Perfection Video: Watch An Amazing Driver And Co-Driver Dominate A Sloppy Stage In A Finnish Forest
Feb 10, 2015Brian Lohnes2
Racer Juha Kankkunen is a legend in Finland and while watching the video below you will figure out why. The guy is manhandling his car though a rainy, muddy, and otherwise sloppy stage during the...
Racing Footage: Outlaw 10.5 Drag Racing At Sydney Dragway – Small-Tire Door Cars Down Under!
Feb 10, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
We love small-tire doorslammer racing around here, and the Aussies love it too, and for good reason: It’s exciting drag racing. Watching high-power cars put the power down on small tires is a...
This Old Ford N-600 Truck Needs A New Home And A New Paint Job Stat
Feb 10, 2015Brian Lohnes7
1960s era Ford N-series trucks are some of my personal favorites. They have an almost cartoonish style about them that you can’t help but smile when you look at and they were used to haul...
Good News: British Touring Car Racing Is Coming To U.S. Television!
Feb 10, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
This is happy news for anyone who used to watch Speedvision when it first came on: British Touring Car Championship racing (read: angry Europeans in violent race-prepared road cars) is coming back to...
These Multi-Lane Tow Plows Are The Winter Innovation Every State Needs
Feb 10, 2015Brian Lohnes4
This video has kicked around for a couple years but it is something that every person in a cold weather state should see. These tow plows being used by the Missouri DOT (in this film) are brilliant...
Historical Footage: Torture-Testing A Plymouth The Old-Fashioned Way, By Using Stunt Drivers!
Feb 10, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Historical Footage: Torture-Testing A Plymouth The Old-Fashioned Way, By Using Stunt Drivers!
Nowadays, vehicles are subjected to torture tests in laboratories that can duplicate some of the most violent conditions that an automobile can possibly expect to endure. They are frozen, cooked,...
This 1976 Pacer Was “Customized in the 1970s” and “Struggles With Highway Speeds” – Saddest Thing Ever
Feb 10, 2015Brian Lohnes8
Now before you gets your shorts all in a knot, we are not ripping on all AMC Pacers. We have highlighted far more cool Pacers here than we ever have ripped on horrid ones. With that being said, this...
This Oldsmobile-Powered “Go-Kart” Just Might Be The Most Frightening Piece Of Backyard Engineering Ever
Feb 10, 2015Bryan McTaggart12
Performance comes via two methods: make more power, or lose more weight. Most of us go for the first option and proceed to build engines that crank power well beyond what the manufacturer expected....