Texas Plumber In Living Nightmare After His Old Truck Surfaces In Syria, Complete With Anti-Aircraft Guns And His Work Phone Number
The last thing that Jeff Olberholtzer and his company, Mark-1 Plumbing, in Texas City, Texas expected were the phones to be ringing off the hook. They certainly didn’t expect the calls to be so...
Watch This Blown V8 Equipped Aussie Daihatsu Charade Do What Every Pro Street Style American Mini-Car Should Be Doing
We’ve all looked and smiled at pro street Nash Metropolitans or Geo Metros, etc but here in the USA those things are basically fairgrounds queens that look and sound all pissed at idle and then...
Simeone Museum Demo Day: A Look At The Beautiful 1956 Jaguar D-Type Up Close And Personal
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we told you the twisted tale of the Simeone Museum’s Shelby Daytona Coupe, which is the first one ever built and has had some amazing racing and...
Textbook: Watch This Aussie Drag Racer Use His Brain And His Skills To Prevent From Wrecking His Fast Torana Drag Car
How many times have we seen drivers whomp the throttle just one time too many or take that one last shot at “saving” a run that has been junk from the hit of the throttle? We’ve...
BangShift 2014 Photo Highlight Reel: Charles Wickam’s Favorite Images From The Year That Was – Mud, Drags, Shows, More
(PHOTOS BY CHARLES WICKAM) – One of the things that we pride ourselves on here at BangShift is the fact that we have a diverse and wide open approach to the automotive world. If it makes noise...
There’s a 1963 Cadillac Station Wagon With A Vista Roof For Sale On eBay Right Now – If The Fat Guy In Red Knows What’s Good For Him….
That thing will be sitting wherever I am sitting on Christmas morning because if not, I’ll send a strongly worded letter to his supervisor. I’ll use words like darn and heck and...
We’re 100% Sure That B.A. Baracus Built This “Armored” Limo That Was Spotted In Manhattan
I cannot take personal credit for blasting these photos. That honor goes to BangShifter Robert Burris who spotted this creation on the street while strolling around Manhattan. He didn’t put the...
Grand Plan: A Big Window 1958 Chevy Pickup For Ten Hundred Dollars!
Okay, it’s listed for $1300, but anyone worth their salt at negotiating can get this big window 1958 Chevy Pickup for a grand! A couple weeks ago, while searching Craigslist, I realized that...
Red Bull Frozen Rush 2014: We Go Rollin’ With Ricky Johnson In A Pro 2 Truck Through The Snow! Big Fun With The Legend Himself
BangShift has afforded me a bunch of opportunities to do neat things with interesting people but I am not sure anything compared to ripping around in the snow with Ricky Johnson last week as a bit of...
BangShift 2014 Photo Highlight Reel: Brad Klaassen’s Fantastic 2014 Season In Action Photos – Great Stuff!
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – 2014 was another incredible racing season for me. I kicked off the beginning of the year with dirt slinging midget action at the Chili Bowl Nationals in...
Ebay Find: This Duramax-Powered 1970 Chevelle Can Give You Speed And Fuel Economy, At A Price
Not everybody is cut out to build their own car, and that’s alright. The engineering and mechanical ability required to put together a high-quality car takes years, sometimes decades, to...
WHEELIE FEST! Cool Temperatures and a Hookin’ Track Bring A Dramatic End to Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip’s 2014 Season
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip has had great success with its 275 drag radial program, as well as weekly bracket races. To wrap up the 2014 season, the...
BANGSHIFT 2014 PHOTO HIGHLIGHT REEL: BENOIT PIGEON’S SPECTACULAR PHOTOS FROM THE STRIPS OF THE EAST COAST
(Words and spectacular photos by Benoit Pigeon) – How to decide what are my favorite shots taken during the year. That’s a tough one! In fact I started early on this year to put thumb...
Simeone Museum Demo Day Part 2: The Wild History Of Shelby Daytona Coupe CSX2287 – Phil Spector, Bonneville, More
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The story of the Shelby Daytona coupe is one of the more amazing in American automotive history. They were built as an all out effort for Shelby to stand toe to toe...
