Best Of 2014: Watch This Mustang Mechanic Use Jackie Chan Like Skills To Save It From Certain Death
When our buddy Jay sent us the link to this video of a Mustang being saved yesterday, I watched it twice, about fell out of my chair both times, and then forwarded it to Brian immediately. 30 seconds...
Best Of 2014 Video: Big Tire Nova Does The Longest Power Wheelie You’ve Ever Seen (We Promise!)
(By Jason Sands) – With the advent of tire-limited racing, it’s not uncommon to see fast drag cars teeter on the back wheels for hundreds of feet before setting it down and rocketing off...
Best Of 2014: Man Fells Massive Tree Trunk Into Old Ford – Wrecks Old Ford And Causes Bonus Collision
I used to work for a guy who drilled the “5 P’s” into me. Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance. I always though that was a rock solid mantra until I watched this video and saw a...
Best Of BangShift: Watch An Angry Tow Truck Driver At A Circle Track Chase Down A Rogue Racer And Force Him Into The Pits
You’d think that a clapped out looking Dodge tow truck would be no match to catch a stock car on an oval track but you’d be wrong if the tow truck is being driven by a really pissed off...
Know Your Volatile Race Fuels: A Look At The Happily Violent Nitromethane Molecule
It is the liquid that’s killed more engine parts, singed more fire suits, and caused the most havoc of any single substance in drag racing history. It is an indispensable fuel in the modeling...
The Incredible Rise Of The Dodge Brothers Was Matched By Their Tragically Early Deaths – Here’s What’s Not In The Dodge Ads
Dodge has produced some pretty neat ads recently which feature “John and Horace Dodge” playing the roles of speedy drivers, caring factory owners, and mavericks of the early automotive...
Best Of BangShift: Is This The Worst Welding Job Ever? One BangShifter Got The Job To Fix This Disaster
Last night, I was cruising the BangShift forums and came across a thread titled, “You should not be welding anything”. Naturally I was pretty interested to see what that was all about and...
Best of BangShift 2014: Crazy Story – 36 Neglected And Abandoned Corvettes Saved From NYC Parking Garages – The Legendary Peter Max Collection Is Being Restored
Back in 1989, I was nine years old and happened to see a television commercial on the VH-1 music video channel for a crazy contest they were running. The gist of it was pretty simple. You dialed a...
Best of BangShift: The Most Powerful Snow plow Ever?
We think we’ve located the most powerful snow plowing apparatus in the world. If you know of something with more grunt than two locomotives hooked together, please share. Keeping the tracks...
Best Of BangShift: The Twisted Tale of the Great American Truck Racing Series
Our quest for answers regarding a long-forgotten race series that featured massive big-rig trucks on asphalt and dirt ovals started with a thread on the Bangshift.com forum section. One of our...
Best Of BangShift: Watch A Wicked 1980s Crown Vic Wagon With Wood Paneling On The Side Tear Up An Autocross Course!
You know us, we love big stuff that turns. This 1980s boxy style Crown Victoria wagon that is all decked out in wood paneling hauls some serious mail around an autocross in this video. The wagon...
Best of 2014: Watch A Master Metal Worker Literally Hand Form A Rear Quarter Panel From A Flat Piece of Steel
There’s bad ass and then there is BAD ASS. Australian Peter Tommasini is a master level metal worker and gearhead who runs a restoration shop down under and his skills are in full display...
BangShift.com Re-Writes The 12 Days Of Christmas
While Brian and I cannot carry a tune in one of Brian’s dream dump trucks, we can hum a Christmas tune with the best of them. We’re going to ask you to do the same, as we present to you...
Actual Two Lane Blacktop 1955 Chevy Movie Car To Hit Block At Barrett Jackson Scottsdale 2015
How’s this for a scoop? One of the actual 1955 Chevys used in the making of the gearhead cult movie hit Two Lane Blacktop will hit the auction block in Scottsdale come January at the giant...
