Christmas Caroling, BangShift-Style: Fun In The Snow With A Big-Block Buick To Bing Crosby’s “Winter Wonderland”!
Dec 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart5
When we were kids, snow was the best thing ever. It meant that school was possibly delayed or, if the odds favored us, closed. It meant that sledding and snowball fights were options, and it meant...
Big Rig Carnage! Ten Of The Biggest Wrecks From Truck Racing [VIDEO]
Dec 11, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Big Rig Carnage! Ten Of The Biggest Wrecks From Truck Racing [VIDEO]
Of course a car such as a Porsche or a Corvette makes going around a corner look easy…they are set up to do just that in their softest setting. But flinging a heavy truck, the kind you normally...
Rough Start: A 4.6 Thunderbird Begging For The Rude-And-Crude Treatment
Dec 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart2
Fresh off of my quick trip to Kansas this last weekend, I figured I’d troll through the Craigslist to see what is out there for sale. There are all sorts of cars and trucks for sale along I-70,...
Five Minutes Of Drag Wheelies, Wrecks, And Saves From All Over The Country Including Rare Footage Of A Thundering Injected Nitro Pro Mod
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes1
More Urban Hillbilly Action Video perfection here in the form of Sean Melton’s latest YouTube release from his vaults. In this video we see everything from oil pan bashing wheelies at Orlando...
eBay Find: The Drysdale Dryvtech Motorcycle Had Hydraulic Propulsion, Braking, and Two Wheeled Hydraulic Steering
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes4
This is both the coolest and weirdest motorcycle/dirt bike we have ever seen. Constructed by the internationally known Aussie builder Ian Drysdale in 1990 it is an engineering experiment that pushes...
We Play Middleman Helping A Buddy Score This Cherry 1976 Datsun 280Z 2+2 – Is There Anything More Fun?
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes10
Recently, I got to help out BangShift web guy Scott Payton by being the middle man, bag man, pickup guy, final line of defense, or whatever you want to call it in a long distance automotive purchase...
Demo Day At The Simeone Museum – See Four Of The Most Legendary Cars Ever In Action: Daytona Coupe, GT40, Jag D-Type, Porsche 917 – EPIC!
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes6
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a lot like other high-end car repositories, meaning, you pay your admission...
Jaime Sarte, Innovative And Prolific 1970s Funny Car Chassis Builder Has Passed At Age 72 – Built Some Of The Quickest Cars Of His Era
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes6
(Lead photo credit: American Nitro FB page) – We were informed last night of the passing, at age 72 of Jaime Sarte who was an innovative, popular, and well known drag racing chassis builder in...
Watch The Hybrid Rocket Engine That Will Help Power Bloodhound SSC Get Tested In Norway – Will The Extra Boost Push Them To 1,000 MPH?
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes4
We have been showing you some videos of the progress and basic system testing that has been going on around the massive effort behind the Bloodhound SSC land speed vehicle that will attempt to become...
Bad News ISIS: A-10 Warthogs Are Headed To See You – Flying Tractor Of Doom Won’t Be Retired Anytime Soon Despite Earlier Plans
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes24
Back in September of 2013 we reported on news that the A-10 Warthog was going to be retired by the Pentagon in the 2014/2015 time frame. The reasons were many. The role of the airplane had been...
Land Speed Video: Watch Brandon Leggitt Thunder Down The El Mirage Course Setting A Record A 231 And Making Wonderful Noise
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes2
There’s a beauty to this video that gearheads will get an most others will totally not understand. Whether it is the vastness of the setting that the car is racing through, whether is is the...
Crash and Burn: Only The Freshest Rally Wreckage For Your Entertainment!
Dec 10, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Crash and Burn: Only The Freshest Rally Wreckage For Your Entertainment!
The beauty of rally racing is actually it’s ugly side. Sure, it takes talent and brass ones to throw a car around in the woods at high speeds. Yes, there’s a technical side that appeals...
Check Out Our Photos From The Last Pomona Swap Meet Of 2014
Dec 10, 2014Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Check Out Our Photos From The Last Pomona Swap Meet Of 2014
This past weekend was the last Pomona Swap Meet of 2014, and since November was a mad house, we got out there SUPER early. Meeting up at 4am at Crosby’s shop, Cole and I were welcomed with the...
2014 BangShift Photo Highlight Reel: Bob Chiluk’s Favorite Snaps From A Diverse 2014 – Drags, Low Riders, Boats, Mini-Bikes, Pro Touring, More!
Dec 10, 2014Brian Lohnes5
(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – As I enter year number five of contributing content to Bangshift.com, I must say that this year has been the most diverse in the variety of stuff I got to...