Take A Look At This Rat-Rodded Drifter From Across The Pond: Ford Anglia Body, Saab Powerplant, And A “Build-Break-Repair” Driver!
Either you like rat rods or you don’t. You can nit-pick the definition of what is and isn’t a rat rod all day long, but for simplicity’s sake, let’s stick with a basic...
Pomona Swap Meet Coverage: The Cool SoCal Cars, Trucks And Stuff Just Keep On Rolling
As you can tell by the light in these photos, we’re working our way through the morning at the Pomona Swap Meet. our previous galleries which can be seen HERE and HERE were all a little darker...
BangShift Project Files: A $1,000 Jeep Comanche That Is On It’s Way To Becoming A Jurassic Park Utility Truck!
When Jurassic Park came out in 1993, it set a high standard for what a movie could be. Fans were treated to the sights of a dinosaur park near Costa Rica as Murphy’s Law kicked in, and...
This 1972 Jeep Commando Is The Nicest One Year Oddity You’ll See Today – Buy It!
Is it not often but every time we see a 1972 Jeep Commando we cock out head to the side and squint a little. Why? Well from 1966 to 1971 Kaiser and then AMC had a hot little number on their hands...
This Great Short Video About Ice Racing Features A Nasty Little Jeep With Spiked Tires
Traditions are a huge thing in motorsports. Whether we’re talking about such grand events like the Indy 500 or such humble goings on as the “Our Gang Racing” ice races in Colorado,...
AutoMeter Releases New Wideband Pro Plus Gauges – Data Logging Outputs, More Features
AutoMeter is at it again! The company has just rolled out it new Pro Plus Wideband Gauges and these things are cool. Designed to calibrate every time you fire up your car, they will display in AFR or...
Pomona Swap Meet Coverage: A Load Of Cool Cars And Trucks From The Monster Meet
When it comes to stuff that I am genuinely envious of during these winter months, the Pomona Swap Meet is pretty high up on the list. This massive gathering of cars parts, and general gearhead mayhem...
Like Your Tractors Loud And Fast? We’ve Got A Collection Of Them Just For You!
Brian Lohnes loves tractors, just like he loves big, lumbering trucks and anything else that is utilitarian in nature. I don’t see the draw, personally. They are cool in their own right, but...
Shop Tour: Furches Performance – Springfield, Massachusetts
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Brandon Furches is a name that has appeared several times on the electronic pages of BangShift over the years. Brandon has a successful and growing shop in the...
Rough Start: This Oldsmobile Omega Is Nice Enough That You Won’t Mind Repeating “It’s Not A Nova” Over And Over
When it comes to GM’s platform-sharing and badge-engineering, the normal way things work is that one car shines and the rest are kind of “there”. There are few exceptions. The...
This Is What It Looks Like When 150,000 Tires Catch On Fire – Australia’s Carbon Footprint Is BIG!
There are few things worse than a tire fire. If you have ever seen a single tire burn you know what kind of an acrid smelling, black smoke belching mess that can be. Now multiply that by 150,000...
Nothing But A Scratch! This Suzuki Samurai Goes For A Quick Roll In The Grass!
The Suzuki Samurai is an interesting little vehicle. It is like a scaled-down Jeep CJ in many ways, and that’s not by accident: the Suzuki Jimny was intentionally built by Suzuki to be a...
Unhinged: What Is It About Driving A Car That Is Older Than You Are That Is Great?
Ever since I yanked the engine out of my Imperial, the average age of the vehicles I have driven is roughly ten years old. That isn’t a bad deal at all…my Chrysler, my wife’s truck,...
What Can Possibly Make A Volkswagen New Beetle Cool? A Nitrous-Huffing Big Block Is A Good Start!
As someone who isn’t a fan of the original Volkswagen Beetle, you can only imagine my reaction when VW unveiled the New Beetle back in 1997. Every teenage girl knew one vehicle that year, and...
