See What It Took For Robby Gordon To Get Ready For The Dakar Rally 2015
We’re huge fans of the Dakar Rally around here, and I started watching back in the day when the entire thing was first televised here in the United States. I remember drooling over the Kamaz...
The 2015 Chrysler 300 SRT Has Hit The Middle East And After Seeing This Impromptu “Test”, We Think The U.S. Market Is Getting Shafted
The official stand on the Chrysler 300 from FCA is this: You can get one of two 3.6L V6-powered models, you can get all-wheel-drive only with the V6, and if you want a V8, you get the 363-hp 5.7L...
Polish Drifter Bartosz Ostalowski Drifts His Nissan Skyline Using Just His Feet!
No matter what the circumstance, if you are missing a pair of limbs or the use of the limbs, any and everything you do will be an uphill battle. But saying that, we are willing to assume that if...
Mini Transit Van Jump: We’re Not Sure Why They Did It, But We’re Glad They Did!
Even if this little panel van had a Domino’s Pizza sign on the roof, we’re not sure this video would be better. What possibly motivated the driver of the van, and the people behind...
Ohio Mile Coverage: Unique Cars And Weirdo Engines From The ECTA
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Getting to the site of an event when it first opens is usually a great time to walk around and catch some really good photos as the sun comes up....
American Sleeper Video: Watch A Hammered Looking Dodge Ramcharger Nearly Bust Into The 12s At Englishtown!
Yesterday we showed you a cool Aussie sleeper station wagon that looked like a grandmother left it in the church parking lot but went 10s. Today we’re back on our own shores and looking at an...
Rough Start: This 1983 Honda Civic Looks Like It Would Be A Fun Little Track Toy
Yes, there’s a Honda Civic on the pages of BangShift. Yes, it is bright orange, has a bodykit, and probably makes a noise similar to thirty thousand yellow jackets flying in unison. But I...
Photos: 16 Cool Engines From Bonneville
While lots of people are seduced by the amazing bodies and incredible chassis fabrication at Bonneville, I am a knuckle dragging horsepower loving kind of dude, so motors are my obsession. There are...
Bad Things Are Bound To Happen, But Is It Before Or After The Polaris RZR Lands On The Jeep?
Off-roading has its fair share of risk-taking. If you are adverse to the thought of one of your body panels being bent up or scraped in the least, sell the four-by-four and invest in something else,...
This 1966 Ford Econoline Van Has Big Block (Chevy) Power And Is Totally BangShifty
1960s Ford Econoline vans are pretty awesome. Those bread boxes on wheels were based on the Falcon and sold like hot cakes for Ford. This is a kind of ratty looking Econoline van and Ford people will...
Action Video: Cruising With Six Cylinders Only From Australia’s Winton Motor Raceway!
When Americans say “cruising”, generally that means a few friends in the car, tooling around, nothing too exciting. You are there to see and be seen, not to raise hell. The Australians...
BangShift Top 11: Cars From The 1980s That You Showed Us On Facebook!
In the interest of full disclosure, I wrote the rant about 1980s cars and attitudes while I was seeing red mist. It isn’t the first time I’ve lost my temper over other people’s...
Doing It Wrong Video: How Not to Crane a Boat Into the Water
We’ve often thought that being a crane operator would be a pretty kick ass gig. Commanding such a powerful piece of machinery and completing tough jobs that require skill and a steady hand...
Cool Old Press Photo: Mercury’s 1957 Version of Air Ride
We recently dug up a copy of a technical announcement that highlighted some cutting edge thinking involved with the 1957 Mercury models involving air suspension. The engineers decided that using an...
