Rodders Journal Revival 2014: More Fat Fendered Hot Rods From One Of The Coolest Shows In The Country
One last collection of photos featuring these round mounds of 1940s goodness. I think all of us that are into cars appreciate the evolution of their design. Not just in the mechanical sense but in...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Number You Are Calling Has Been Disconnected
If there is a group of people who I can honestly say I pity more than counter guys, it’s anyone who makes their living on the phone with the customer. Being tech support for a customer is...
Drag Week Uncensored FINALE: What It’s Really Like To Drive A 6 Second S10 Cross Country! – The Aftermath
A 6.16! I still can’t get over that, even though our whole goal with building the truck is to run in the 5’s. And on that last pass, I’m not sure it would have gotten there. It was...
Friday Excuse To Go Home Early And Drink, Part 2: The “Soul Of The EVO” Will Become An SUV
It’s been a given that the Mistubishi EVO’s days are dwindling fast, which is a damn shame for the psychotic rally rocket crowd, as it made a great competitor to Subarus. It always sucks...
Friday Excuse To Go Home Early And Drink, Part 1: Jeep Guys, You Might Wanna Sit Down…
If there is one vehicle in the 50-and-older club that has stuck to it’s roots the best, it is (arguably) the Jeep. Be it CJ, YJ, TJ, Wrangler, Scrambler, Jeepster, whatever, the basic idea...
Ridetech Loves Corvettes, And Here Is Proof. Watch The New Ridetech Vette Commercial And See
When Bret Voelkel and the crew at Ridetech told me that they were developing new suspension systems for early Corvettes, and shocks for a variety of late model Corvettes as well, I thought...
This Motorcyclist Misses A Seat Grab And It’s All Caught With His GoPro.
It takes serious skill to be able to toss a motorcycle around on a dirt course with jumps. It takes even more skill and some brass ones to pull off tricks as you’re doing said jumps. And if...
Buy Eisenhower’s Personal Jeep! One Of The Wildest Historical eBay Finds Ever –
You know that we love history around here and when it revolves around something mechanical, it ratchets up the coolness factory but a HUGE amount. Well, this is one of the most mechanically awesome...
Historical Throwback: With Ads Like These, No Wonder The Mustang II Became A Parody
The Ford Mustang II seemed so promising, at first: a small car that took the Mustang name back to it’s small sporty car roots. Within a few years it was maligned as the worst version of the...
Introducing Project Scamp: Kaleb Kelley’s 1973 Plymouth Scamp
(Text and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) I was already excited to become a contributor to BangShift, but when Chad told me that my car could be added to the BangShift project cars I was ecstatic. In April...
Drag Week Uncensored Part 8: What It’s Really Like To Drive A 6 Second S10 Cross Country!
Holy Crap!!!! Isn’t this week ever going to end?! Why is it that while you can’t seem to remember your own name after a drag week like this, or what you ate for your last meal, somehow every...
Ebay Find: A 1996 XJ Cherokee Owned By Parnelli Jones
Parnelli Jones is one of those drivers that could do no wrong behind the wheel of whatever he was in. Stock car, Indy car, Baja, Pikes Peak…at some point in time Jones had raced it. He caught...
‘Scuse Me While I Whip This Out: Tesla Set To Unveil The “D”
Elon Musk, the CEO at Tesla, has one hell of a sense of humor when it comes to naming his products. The Roadster was kind of safe, but then you got the Model S (sedan), with the proposed “Model...
2014 Rodders Journal Revival: Fat Fender Hot Rods From The Show – Style And Class Aplenty
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’ve been concentrating on earlier hot rods from the 2014 Rodders Journal Revival show so today we’re moving the needle towards “newer” stuff...
