The Entire Story Of The Very First Chevrolet Camaro – From Pilot Test Program, To Dragstrip Terror, To Restored, This Video Shows It All
Feb 27, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
There’s always “the first”, no matter what happens. In the case of a typical new model of automobile, the first is a beta, a test of sorts. You have to build one to set up how the...
Testing A Jet Powered, Homebuilt, 2,700hp Land Rover Truck On A Dirt Road Is A Bad And 100% BangShifty Program
Feb 27, 2015Brian Lohnes6
Generally speaking, we’re in favor of jet engines on pretty much all the things. Why not, right? A little thrust never hurt anyone. That may be 100% incorrect and misguided but we’re...
Freiburger Builds Up Hot Rod Garage’s Late-Model Mustang Into A Budget Autocrosser!
Feb 27, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
If there is one car in my recent history that is near and dear to my heart, it’s the 2005 Ford Mustang GT that I traded in for the Angry Grandpa Chrysler a couple of years ago. The Mustang was...
Dallas Autorama 2015: Our Photo Coverage From The Show Continues
Feb 27, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Dallas Autorama 2015: Our Photo Coverage From The Show Continues
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – As we told you the other day, Charles Wickam was the man on the scene at the 2015 Dallas Autorama. His photos cover every square inch of the giant facility that...
The Real-Life Bravado Banshee And The 56-Year-Old Grandmother Who Won The Custom Viper [Video]
Feb 27, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Real-Life Bravado Banshee And The 56-Year-Old Grandmother Who Won The Custom Viper [Video]
We covered the eBay auction of the Dodge Viper SRT-10 Bravado Banshee when the car was on eBay last July. It wasn’t too surprising that the car didn’t sell, even with the bidding cresting...
The Scaled Composites “Roc” Is In It’s Construction Phase And The Scale Is Ridiculous
Feb 27, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
Currently the largest aircraft in the world is the Antonov AN-225 Mriya, and it’s a freaking monster in a world of giants. Designed originally to haul the Soviet Buran spacecraft, the...
Would You Lay Out $2,500 For This (Claimed) Original Camaro Cowl Air Cleaner?
Feb 27, 2015Brian Lohnes10
Of all the muscle car stuff that I am interested in, rare parts are pretty close to the top of the list. Not necessarily because I know everything about them, where they came from, who invented them,...
Big 3 Swap Meet 2015: A Last Collection Of Killer Truck Photos – From RVs To Mini-Trucks They Are In Here
Feb 26, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Big 3 Swap Meet 2015: A Last Collection Of Killer Truck Photos – From RVs To Mini-Trucks They Are In Here
We went car and truck shopping on the parking lot of Jack Murphy stadium in San Diego last weekend at the Big 3 swap meet, which has been going on for some 49 years now. No, we didn’t buy...
Teaser Video: The RideTech 48 Hour Corvette Is Following In Its Famous Older Brother’s Footsteps
Feb 26, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Teaser Video: The RideTech 48 Hour Corvette Is Following In Its Famous Older Brother’s Footsteps
March 10, 11, 12 from 8am until midnight each day, you’ll watch a team of experienced wrenches, industry experts, and escaped mental patients take a pretty decent little Corvette down to the...
Someone Hand Built A Two Door 1965 Buick Sportwagon Hard Top And Now You Can Buy It
Feb 26, 2015Brian Lohnes11
BangShifter Matt Munger sent an email the other night that suggested we may be interested in showing a Buick wagon he had stumbled upon for sale on CL in Arizona. Because our readers are just like...
Merrill Ice Drags 2015 Coverage: A Second (Arctic) Blast Of Photos From The Wisconsin Ice
Feb 26, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Merrill Ice Drags 2015 Coverage: A Second (Arctic) Blast Of Photos From The Wisconsin Ice
(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – Intrepid BangShift contributor Jacob Marshall really crushed it with his photos from the Merrill Ice Drags which we first showed you yesterday and are back with a...
Another Competitor Enters The Ring: The Aston Martin Vulcan Has Arrived To Do Battle In The Track-Only Hypercar War
Feb 26, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
Ferrari FXXK. McLaren P1 GTR. Both of these sociopathically-fast hypercars have one thing in common: they are track-only vehicles. Ferrari pretty much rents the FXXK, much like it did the 599XX, to...
Look Out Below! Boston Driver Launches His Toyota Tacoma Off Of Interstate 93
Feb 26, 2015Bryan McTaggart7
A Boston driver had better be thanking any and every deity possible for seeing him through this crash. Early Sunday morning 33 year old Vannak Sao launched his 2006 Toyota Tacoma off of a raised...
This Is How A Four-Cylinder Should Sound: The Lancia 037 – Screaming Supercharged Violence
Feb 26, 2015Bryan McTaggart7
We aren’t exactly kind to four-bangers around here, and you can blame a lot of that on the “fast and furious” crowd that made every Honda Civic sound like an armada of Asian Giant...












