El Vega-Mino? Check Out This Strange Little Mini Trar From Craigslist!
Here at Bangshift, you know we love weird car/truck creations, so when a reader forwards us a mysterious Craigslist link labeled “Check this weird Vega truck/car thing out!” you know...
Tire Slog: We Test The BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 In Muck, Mire, and Snow
(Words by Lohnes and McTaggart) – Just about a year ago, Nutting and I went into the wilds of Maine with the fine people of BFGoodrich to test our their All Terrain T/A KO2 tire. This is the...
FAST Launches New Ignition Division So They Can Now Provide The Hot Spark To Light Your Fuel!
If there is one thing that manufacturers and end users want with their high performance components it is control. Whether that control comes in the form of dedicated quality programs, testing, and...
eBay Find: This 1967 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Is Mint! This Hardtop Would Be A Killer Cruiser!
When I was a kid, if you hunted around long enough and stayed away from the more desirable model names, you could pick up an extremely nice 1960s era ride for a song. That was in the late 1990s....
Pomona Swap Meet Coverage! We’re Back With More Classics And A Couple Of Ugly Ducks As Well
And we’re back! Yes our unrelenting torrent of photos from the January iteration of the Pomona Swap Meet continues. We’ve got all of the photos we have posted so far below with the...
Hop In The Hot Rod Time Machine And Check Out This 1980s Car Show Action
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Blackwell is where I was born and raised and was also on the 2014 Drag Week path. That route took this impressive band of automobiles right down Highway...
eBay Find W/Video: The Corsetta Is A BMW Isetta Microcar With A Corvair Flat Six Jammed In It!
In this history of crazy ideas and things that are totally bat crap insane, the Corsetta may actually stand alone. A tiny BMW Isetta microcar with a Corvair flat six engine hanging off the back, it...
You Have To Love A Nitrous-Infused Dodge Dakota R/T That Can Stomp All Day Long At The Track!
I love the 1998-2003 Dodge Dakota R/Ts. They are a perfect mix of modern and old-school Mopar muscle that was packaged up and promptly ignored as a sticker package by many. Sure, the original 250...
Watch This 1944 Mack Fire Truck Powered By A Viper V10 Perform A Sweet Burnout!
We have to thank Daryl White for the tip on this awesome video that is short but pretty flipping sweet as it shows a classic 1944 Mack fire truck that has been hot rodded to the hilt and re-powered...
What Would You Do With This 1975 Chrysler VJ Valiant Ute That’s For Sale In Atlanta?
Ever since I’ve figured out how to work YouTube, I’ve been fascinated with the cars of Australia, and not just the Mad Max Falcon, either. Australia gets the concept of the muscle car and...
Zombie Killer: This Marmon Herrington Former Railroad Truck Would Be The Best BS Command Center Ever
It was likely around one o’clock on Monday morning at the Street Car Super Nationals that both Chad and I retired to the Chevy Spark rental car I was driving and actually took a nap. There was...
Dare To Be Different: Blasting 9-Second Quarter Miles In The Luxury Of A Lexus SC300!
Daring to be different…it’s a bit of a cliché in the automotive world, but the idea rings true for many regards. Instead of a 1965 Mustang, why not look at a Falcon or Maverick? Instead...
Can You Make Hellcat Power From A Chrysler 5.7? Engine Masters Slaps A Paxton Blower On One To Find Out!
When it debuted in the early 2000s, Chrysler’s 5.7L Hemi was a stomper. Rated at 345 horsepower in trucks and 340 horsepower in the cars early on, it was a good volley into the horsepower wars....
UPDATED: Gardner Resigns As IHRA President, Schedule Reduced, “Newly Formed Platform” Mentioned In Anticipated Release
For the last few days, the drag racing rumor mill has been cranking over at about 9,000 RPM on the news that major changes were afoot at the IHRA, again. Scott Gardner who was named president of the...
