eBay Find: This 1948 Ward LaFrance Heavy Hauler Rig Was The Toughest Stuff On The Road Back Then
When it comes to old trucks, I love stumbling over the stuff that isn’t commonly talked about. Take this 1948 Ward-LaFrance truck for example. This was a severe duty big rig back in the late...
Carnage Video: Watch As This Cummins Dodge Runs Away On The Dyno
Excepting very, very few circumstances, a runaway situation is pretty much a death sentence for a diesel engine. Once the oil starts lighting up in the cylinders it takes air starvation to shut the...
Fail Video: Watch A Bentley In Russia Get Covered In Wet Concrete.
Russia isn’t exactly known for their safety concerns, so when it comes to construction accidents, “things happen”. And after this particular screw-up, I’m pretty sure...
Flat Four No More: This VW Beetle Is Powered By A Chevy Inline Six And Is A Complete Frankenstein Hot Rod
So there I was, trolling YouTube for something interesting and fun to show you on this Sunday and I stepped right into this video accidentally. The car is called “Flat Four No More” and...
Roadkill: Watch Freiburger And Finnegan Take On The Subaru Legacy
Subaru of America decided that the best car to use to take on two of the more twisted minds in automotive journalism was their Legacy sedan. Not the WRX. Not the STi. The Legacy. They believed their...
Take A Listen To Kawasaki’s New Supercharged Superbike Engine
Kawasaki’s Ninja series of street bikes are legendary for their speed and are right up there with the Suzuki “Gixxer” and Yamaha R6. Recently Kawasaki have been teasing up their...
Gallery: A Collection of Cars and Trucks With Patina From Events Spanning The Country
(Photos from the BangShift photo archive) – With the continuing ground swell of love for barn finds, traditional hot rods, and neat old junk in the car hobby, “patina” is going...
Project Raven: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss
It was destiny that a dyno was sitting at LS Fest. Ever since the 323ci motor was built, I have found myself wondering if the engine builder’s claim of 300hp at the crank was legit or not. The...
A Couple Of Favorite Cars From LS Fest Friday
For a one-engine event there is a lot of variety at Beech Bend. Fords, Nissans, Mazdas, at least one Mopar, and a couple old-school hot rods spread the love of the LS around. These are just a couple...
Holley LS Fest From Beech Bend: Friday Gallery
Day one of the Holley LS Fest saw any and every thing to offer come out to play. Nissans, Fords, Miatas and all things GM…so long as it had a GM LS heartbeat, it was allowed. The temperature and...
A BangShift-worthy Gift For The Young Gearhead: Their Own Car To Work On!
When you have a young child in the house, some traits become apparent quickly. Do they pull out the pots and pans and use the stirring spoons to beat them into submission? You might have a drummer....
The Great Labor Day Cruise: Our Freshest Photos From The SoCal Event
Over the last couple of days we have been showing you trucks from the Great Labor Day Cruise which was held in Orange County, California last weekend. Today we’re spinning our guns back toward...
BangShift Question of the Day: Which Character Would You Be?
I’ve watched Two-Lane Blacktop. And I enjoy it for pretty much the same reasons most everyone I’ve ever met has enjoyed it: cars, the right noises, the nostalgia of that time...
