Ebay Find: Who Needs A Giant 1980’s Chevrolet Dump Truck?
This was just too cool to pass up. Oddly, I found it while hunting mid-80s El Caminos, so someone at eBay has a sick sense of humor. This is a 1981 Chevrolet C-series dump truck with all of the...
More Auction News: The “Easy Rider” Chopper Is Headed To The Block
Apparently this year’s theme at the major auctions is “celebrity attachment”. First there was the John Wayne Pontiac wagon, then the Rolls-Royce that was given to Johnny Cash by...
Some of Nissan’s Employees Turned a Leaf Into a Ute, And It’s Not As Bad As You Might Think
The Nissan Leaf is pure electric, pure environmentalism, and pure birth control. I can give credit to the company for not half-assing about and going full electric, and making the car useable. But...
An Austrian Police Officer Found Out Just How Much The Locals Loved The Speed Trap
Ever know a particular stretch of road that is used frequently as a speed trap? It’s got the fencerow that’s overgrown and perfect for hiding a Crown Victoria and a donut muncher who has...
BangShift Test Drive: The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Eco-Diesel – A Throwback To The Future
This was my second go around with a Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Eco-Diesel in 2014. Earlier in the year Criag Fitzgerald, Dave Nutting, and I had taken one on a 2,000 mile weekend road trip that saw...
Aeromotive Introduces The Dual Phantom – That’s Right, 2,000hp Fuel Support From Your Stock Tank
Yesterday we ran a story about the crazed engine that carried Larry Larson to a 6.16 elapsed time at Drag Week and set the world of street legal performance on its ear. The funny thing is that while...
This In-Car Video Of The Speed Demon Streamliner Crash At 370 MPH Is Incredible – George Poteet Is OK
By now you have no doubt heard that the Poteet and Main Speed Demon land speed car crashed and was largely destroyed on the Bonneville Salt Flats while Chad and I were out on Drag Week. The car has...
Rough Start: A Lincoln Mark VII LSC For A Grand-How Can You Lose?
The entire reason behind the Rough Start segment was to maximize the fun-for-the-dollar ratio. That means different things to different people and I think I’ve tried to spread that around as...
The 42nd Annual Ty-Rods Car Club Old Timers’ Reunion – Great Cars and Cool History
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – For more than 40 years the Ty-Rods car club has been getting together in the late summer to host their “Old Timers’ Reunion”. This year the show...
Craigslist Find: V8 Swapped Early Celica
The first couple generations of Toyota Celica were great examples of Japan copying the styling of muscle cars and pony cars and transferring the look onto a sporty chassis. The first-gen Liftback...
eBay Find: This 1969 Ford N600 Is Like A Big Red BangShifty Hope Diamond
I was scouring eBay last night for car haulers because those as things that I really want, cannot afford, and have no room to keep. Those are the key elements of any successful eBay searching...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Random Requests And More “The Customer Is Always Right” Quotes
The only thing better than what I end up seeing with my own eyes is what you see with your own eyes and share with all of us. Real life is better than any story writer, because at the end of it all...
What’s It Take To Run 6.16 In A Street Truck? Look Inside The ProLine Racing Engine That Propelled Larson On Drag Week 2014
When Larry Larson and I decided we were going after a 6th Hot Rod Drag Week Title for him in 2014, we also wanted to be the quickest and fastest street car in history. And while Andy Frost’s...
Watch Gene Newton’s Turbocharged Olds Powered 1967 442 Romp Down Into The Deep 8s At Nearly 175mph In Early Testing
We’ve been following the story of Gene Newton’s killer 1967 Olds 442 for some time now. Last time you saw it on BangShift, it was spinning the dyno rollers in THIS VIDEO at DMC Racing in...
