Best Of BS 2015: This 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis Packs A Frame Swap, Modern Running Gear, And A Style All It’s Own – Meet The Mod Box
Dec 24, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
As the champion of both 1980s restomods and the “dare to be different” guy, you have no idea how taken I was to see a Mercury Grand Marquis coupe in black and chrome, dumped down on...
Best of BS 2015: Watch This Awesome Video Of A Chevy 350 Getting Torn Down, Cleaned Up, And Rebuilt – All In Four Minutes!
Dec 24, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Best of BS 2015: Watch This Awesome Video Of A Chevy 350 Getting Torn Down, Cleaned Up, And Rebuilt – All In Four Minutes!
Hagerty Insurance is behind this great video that shows a greasy, grungy old Chevy 350 being torn down, machined, and rebuilt over the span of just four minutes. The whole thing was shot in time...
Best of BS 2015: Wild Dyno Video: Watch This Screw Blown, Hemi Based Diesel Engine Roar And Fill The Shop With Soot!
Dec 24, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Best of BS 2015: Wild Dyno Video: Watch This Screw Blown, Hemi Based Diesel Engine Roar And Fill The Shop With Soot!
(By Jason Mazzotta) – There are cool dyno videos, and then there are COOL dyno videos, and this fits into the COOL dyno video category. A screw blown 511 Hemi in a Chevy pick-up, converted to...
Best Of BS 2015: Bugs Bunny Lives! Watch This Rabbit Mess With A Delivery Van In Scotland!
Dec 24, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Best Of BS 2015: Bugs Bunny Lives! Watch This Rabbit Mess With A Delivery Van In Scotland!
Nobody wants to run over an animal with a car…well, nobody sane, anyways. But it happens…everything from the deer you never saw coming, to the possum you didn’t see laying in the...
The COMP Brothers Go Christmas Tree Hunting In The Blue Goose – Mopar Men Take Heed
Dec 24, 2015Brian Lohnes2
Yesterday we showed you the video that the guys over at Racepak made and today we’re back with more comedic thrills from the guys at COMP. These are the COMP brothers and they are in their...
Dragstrip Destroyed: Holly Springs Motorsports Seemingly Blown To Pieces By Tornado
Dec 23, 2015Brian Lohnes1
One of the country’s quickest and fastest eighth mile drag strips has been decimated by a tornado. Holly Springs Motorsports in Holly Springs, Mississippi was struck on Wednesday by a very...
This Racepak Christmas Video Combines Santa, Nitro, and Red Lights For Gearhead Comedy Perfection!
Dec 23, 2015Brian Lohnes2
Tim Anderson and the crew at Racepak have outdone themselves with this video because it had us literally rolling when we first watched it…and the second and third times as well. This...
One Of None: This Mashup Of A Mercury Sable Wagon And A Grand Marquis Is Amazing
Dec 23, 2015Brian Lohnes5
When it comes to questions we have always had, the fact that Ford did not make a station wagon model of the Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis to compete against the Caprice, Roadmaster, and others...
BangShift Test Drive: The 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution – We Work The Final Evo Ever
Dec 23, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – It’s over. The longstanding and natural born rival to the Subaru WRX, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution will cease to exist as a production model after...
Ford’s SnoKhana 4: Ho Ho Hokhana Is Cute, Funny, And Really Makes Us Want A Focus RS
Dec 23, 2015Brian Lohnes1
For the last few years, Ford has been putting out a fun video during Christmas time, normally featuring stop action style film making and toy cars. This year they have taken that concept and ramped...
Best of 2015: Jonnie Lindberg Destroys Speed And ET Records In Alky Funny Car
Dec 23, 2015Brian Lohnes2
(Brian note: As we get towards the end of the year we’re going to relive some of the cool stuff we got to see and do in 2015. Jonnie Lindberg went on to become the 2015 NHRA TAFC champ. This...
Gotta Do Better Than That, Old Man: Here’s A Lesson On What Ugly REALLY Is! Meet The Mitsuoka Orochi Evangelion Edition!
Dec 23, 2015Bryan McTaggart11
It wouldn’t be the holidays if someone in the family wasn’t arguing, would it? Well, sorry, kids, we don’t mean for you to see us fight, but it seems that Uncle Brian decided to...
Unhinged: The Year In Review, 2015 – The Highlights From My Year
Dec 23, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Unhinged: The Year In Review, 2015 – The Highlights From My Year
Here we are, facing down the end of another year, and if I thought my first twelve months at BangShift was something to behold, 2015 has been nothing but a whirlwind, both as far as writing here goes...
A Break In The Case? Fitzgerald Has Come Up With Some Cool Info In The Case Of The Junkyard Hot Rod
Dec 23, 2015Brian Lohnes2
Ever been to a movie where two warring factions are suddenly faced with a common enemy so they stop fighting each other and join forces for victory? Neither have we. The point is that Craig...












