This Aussie Charger Is Packing A Turbocharged Hemi-6 That’s Good For Low Nines In The Quarter
Some cars just can’t be a sleeper anymore, and the Australian Valiant Charger is one of them. Chrysler Australia’s main Mopar muscle car, the Charger and it’s 265ci Hemi-6 was a...
Ebay Jaw Dropper: The World’s Only 33 Window VW Bus Is For Sale In Hawaii And The Price Is As Long As The Thing Itself
I am not a “VW person” per se. I like cool old VWs as much as the next guy but I don’t live and die by them. That being said, I was blown away by this cool VW bus which has been...
Buy The Book? Blood, Sweat, And Gears: The Story Of The Gray Ghost And The Junkyard Firebird By David G. Barnes
When author David G. Barnes stumbled on a story I had written about the famed “Gray Ghost” 1964 Pontiac Tempest that Herb Adams and a group of talented Pontiac engineers had built to...
Ebay Find: Former Hooker Header Project Car Chevette, Featured In Hot Rod Magazine
It ain’t the Bad Seed Chevette, but it’s a nice runner-up prize. This 1976 Chevrolet Chevette was featured in the November 1982 issue of Hot Rod Magazine as part of an engine-swap...
Embracing Utter Madness While Building An Oldsmobile 5.7 Diesel For LeMons – Our Kind Of Engine Build!
There is no being frank about it: the Oldsmobile 5.7L diesel V8 was a turd from the word “go”. If the damn thing worked right, you could expect to accelerate just a tenth or two faster...
NAIAS 2015: We’ve Shown You The Best, Now Here Are Six Of The Rest
Any new car is worthy of press, but let’s face it: we here at BangShift are a picky lot. Just because a car is new doesn’t mean it is worthy of being placed here, right? Well…yes...
Nurburgring Has Lost The 2015 German Grand Prix To Hockenheimring
This is a bit of an eye-opener. After Capricorn took over the operations of the Nurburgring, it seemed that the infamous track’s problems were finally starting to be taken care of. However, it...
If We Could Buy Any Hemi Car On Earth, This 23,000 Mile, Four Speed, 1966 Plymouth Satellite Would Be It!
You can keep your Chargers, ‘Cudas, and other “glory” style hemi Mopars because this is the one WE want. The unrestored, plain-Jane looking, boxy cool 1966 Plymouth Satellite. This...
Hot Rod Hoarder: The Koepke Collection Is Going To Auction – From Early Fords Through Late ’70s Exotics, It’s Here!
(All photos courtesy Yvette VanDerBrink) The latest in a recent string of collection auctions isn’t just a random collection of vehicles that were left to fend for themselves. No, instead this...
Ebay Find: This Turbocharged Big-Block Dodge A100 Is The Fine Line Between Sleeper And Insanity
Seeing a Dodge A100 isn’t a common event outside of a car show. If you do, you might see a dead stocker puttering along somewhere in the Southwest, or maybe someone held onto their ’70s...
Watch A 94-Year Old Man Drive Through A Car Wash At Full Throttle And Performs The Most Violent Perfect Parking Job Ever
There’s an on-going discussion about testing older drivers every few years to make sure that they are still OK to be driving. This video will surely add to that debate as it features a 94-year...
Project Whistling Death Update: Cutting, Welding, Fixing, And Using OPGI Parts To Bring The Chevelle Shell Back To Life
(Since we are going to be cranking up our detailed coverage on the Project Whistling Death again next week, here’s a look at the car as it looked during our last update when sheet metal from...
Would You Rather, The Military Pickup Truck Edition! Will It Be CUCV or M880?
When the restrictions were lifted late last year on the sale of ex-military HMMWVs, we were excited for a moment, only to have our excitement dashed at learning that there was absolutely no possible...
Historical Film: The 1969 U.S. Nationals At Indy…Nearly An Hour Of Footage From The Nats!
Woody Jordan sent us the link to the entire “Tournament of Champions” film on YouTube, and if there ever was anything that made me wish I was doing this gig in 1969, this is it. You have...
