Unhinged: One Out Of Every Five Vehicles Sold Has Been Recalled This Year.
At time of writing, there have been 544 recalls that have affected 52 million vehicles for model year 2014. Think about that: One-fifth of the vehicles sold this year shouldn’t have been sold...
Rough Start: Want To Haul A Lot Of Friends With You? How About A 1971 AMC Ambassador?
This one brings back memories. Right about the time I was trying to get a 1979 Cutlass running and driving…which puts me at about 14 years old…a big red sled came into the yard. Up until...
Here’s Every Angle We Could Find Of The Awesome Houston Club Building Implosion Yesterday
The Houston Club was a pretty ritzy place when it opened up about 40 years ago but as times and real estate values have changed, that formerly luxurious and cool building was looking more and more...
Check Out These Awesome Hot Rods And Historic Race Cars From The Famed Famoso Grove At The CHRR
While the action on the track is hot and heavy at Bakersfield each year during the California Hot Rod Reunion, it is only part of the show. Note that this event is specifically called a...
Video Of Audi’s Driverless RS7 Running The Hockenheimring Track Here!
If you, as a company, expect the public to buy off on any sort of new and previously unknown technology, you have to perform a real-world test to prove feasibility, and that is exactly what Audi has...
Top GM Lawyer Has Decided To Retire After Decades Of Work…Are The Recalls Taking Their Toll?
After about 37 years with the company and five years as the chief legal counsel of General Motors, Mike Millikin will retire at the beginning of 2015. The move is voluntary and the 66 year-old...
Nothing But Wheelstand Photos From The 2014 California Hot Rod Reunion
We love us some wheelies around here at BangShift. Watching cars that weight a ton or sometimes closer to two tons reach for the sky when the throttle is laid flat at the drags has been captivating...
BangShift Exclusive: An Incredible Inside Look At The Restoration Of A WWII B-17 – The Desert Rat Labor Of Love
(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – So BangShift Chicago gets a hotline call wanting to know if we would like to see some old metal that’s being restored locally. Silence for a split...
Hedman Pulling Out All The Stops At SEMA 2014 – Historic Car On Display And Tons Of New Products Introduced
For 60 years, Hedman has been designing, building, and marketing some of the most well constructed and well known parts in the high performance aftermarket. This year at SEMA the company will...
Man Sized Job: Four Rigs Moving Half Million Pound, 200ft Long Tower Through Oklahoma – 100% BangShift Approved Heavy Hauling (Video)
As you read this, four beefy Kenworth rigs are working in teams of two (two pushing, two pulling) to move a massive 186ft, 535,000lb demethanizing tower through Oklahoma to its final resting spot in...
The Ultimate Chevy Stripper Transformed Into An Awesome And Classy Sleeper – Ever Heard Of A 1959 Biscayne Utility Sedan? Now You Have
It is always fun to learn about car stuff that we never knew existed in the first place. Things like the fact Chevrolet produced a version of the 1959 Biscayne called a “utility sedan”...
CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL OF OUR 2014 CALIFORNIA HOT ROD REUNION PHOTOS
IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THE CALIFORNIA HOT ROD REUNION STREAMING BROADCAST CLICK HERE Well the 2014 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion has already provided some awesome action and it ain’t...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: If You Would Just Listen For One Second…
I feel for the dealership guys, I really do. Basically, they have all the fun that most any parts clerk does, but they have the expectation of having a genius-level comprehension of what’s...
Random Car Review: Lancia Delta HF Integrale, Italian Insanity On A Low Dose Of Medication
(HF Integrale photos: eBay/thebarnmiami) Lancia and rally racing: together it’s a beautiful thing. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s Lancia could do no wrong in rally, even if the odds...
