This Old Snow Blower Is Definitely Weird… And Definitely Bangshift Approved!
Dec 30, 2015Tony Sestito11
In the past week, the US has seen some really intense weather. While some parts of the country, like The Northeast, have seemingly skipped winter and gone right to spring, other parts of the country...
Unreal: This Exhaustive List Featuring The Greatest Lemons Cars Ever Is Filled With BangShifty Gold
Dec 30, 2015Brian Lohnes1
From the whimsical, to the weird, to the genius, to the diabolical the 24 Hours of LeMons racing series has inspired hundreds, hell, thousands of car builds over the time it has existed that would...
Tuesday Night With BangShift Chad On The Nitro Report! Get Your Dose!
Dec 29, 2015Darr Hawthorne1
Tonight, watch BangShift’s Chad Reynolds when he joins Donnie Couch and Darr Hawthorne and Bruce Barker on the Nitro Report from the West Coast Funny Car Factory Studios tonight December 29th at...
Wheels And Tires, A Disc Brake Conversion, And An Engine That Won’t Self-Destruct Go Into Hot Rod Garage’s Demon 340!
Dec 29, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
We’ve gotten to see the full transformation of Tony Angelo’s 1971 Dodge Demon 340, from a non-runner that had been in storage for a long time to the moment where the 340 itself decided to...
This 1969 Mustang Was Built As A Drag Strip Terror And Restored To Factory Original Goodness
Dec 29, 2015Brian Lohnes8
When looking at old cars, the options that the original buyer specified from the factory tell a ton of stuff about how the car was intended to be used and what kind of buyer the person was. In the...
Take A Tour Of The Mickey Thompson Operation In Ohio – This Is Cool And The Place Is Huge!
Dec 29, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Take A Tour Of The Mickey Thompson Operation In Ohio – This Is Cool And The Place Is Huge!
This is a cool video for a couple of reasons. For starters we get to take a peek behind the curtain at Mickey Thompson Tires at their massive operation in Ohio. The second reason is the guy giving us...
2015 Photo Highlight Reel: Charles Wickam Looks Back Over A Busy ’15
Dec 29, 2015Brian Lohnes5
(Words and photos by Charles Wickam) – 2015 was a exciting year for me, I was able to photograph a number of items that were on my bucket list. Stuff like land speed racing, truck and tractor...
Best Of 2015: It’s A Turbocharged, EcoTech-Powered, Mid-Engined Chevrolet Cavalier Convertible With Right-Hand Drive, And It’s Wicked!
Dec 29, 2015Bryan McTaggart10
(Photos: BWC Fabrications) (Note: Easily the wildest car I’ve laid eyes on this year, this Cavalier looks like something I would’ve drawn in the middle of math class in junior high....
This Von Piranha AMX Is A Rare And Cool Tuner Piece From The 1960s – Ever Heard Of One?
Dec 29, 2015Brian Lohnes5
While recovering from the Christmas feeding frenzy food coma (prime rib here at Casa de Rourke) I wasted time perusing RacingJunk.com for all the stuff I cannot afford, have no place to put, but...
Craigslist Hilarity: This Ad For A Beautiful Survivor 1964 Impala SS Is Awesome!
Dec 29, 2015Brian Lohnes3
We LOVE a good Craigslist ad and we know that many of you do as well. Know who else is in the club? Voice of the NHRA Alan Reinhart. He’s the gearhead who sent me the link to the ad we’re...
Best Of 2015: Lance Auto Investments Junkyard Crawl, Sweet Springs, Missouri – A Little Bit Of Everything Hidden In The Grass
Dec 29, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
Interstate 70 through Missouri is, as far as I’m concerned anyways, just as interesting as Interstate 70 through Kansas: boring. I’ve driven that stretch of road at least eight times in...
BangShift 2015 Photo Highlight Reel: Nutting’s Favorite Moments
Dec 29, 2015Dave NuttingComments Off on BangShift 2015 Photo Highlight Reel: Nutting’s Favorite Moments
I love writing these “year in review” pieces, mainly because it gives me an excuse to go back through my photos and blog items from the last twelve months and remember how many awesome...
In Memoriam: Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, Cornerstone Of The Band Motörhead, Has Passed On
Dec 28, 2015Bryan McTaggart9
Anyone who knows rock music only needs to hear the name “Lemmy” to know who is being talked about: long black hair, mutton chops, handlebar mustache, a couple of big moles, and a voice...
The “WTF?” Files: Man Tries To Time-Travel With A Dodge Challenger, Takes Out Businesses Instead
Dec 28, 2015Bryan McTaggart13
(Photos: WEAR-3, Florida) In the Back To The Future franchise, Doc Brown and Marty McFly use a DeLorean DMC-12 on steroids to travel through time. In the movie, it looked awesome and sounded...












