All The Smart Cars Shall Be Tipped – God Help Those That Own These Things
On Sunday night, a few Smart cars were flipped over, set on end, or otherwise vandalized on the means streets of San Francisco, not that big a deal right? Wrong. The incident spread like gasoline...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Why The Feng Shui Of A Parts Store Is Enough To Make A Man Drink…Heavily
It doesn’t matter which one of the parts stores you walk into, because they are all the same: Sorted, in a selected pattern that is meant to catch those buying trinkets and air fresheners early and...
We Raided The 2014 OPG Annual Classic Car Show And Found Classic GM Heaven – Photos Galore
For more than 30 years, OPG has been a big part of saving thousands of classic GM cars from certain doom in junkyards or at the unrelenting hands of the crusher. With a product line that spreads...
The 2015 Corvette Will Be Available With An 8-Speed Auto – First Time Auto Trumps Manual In Gears
Automatic transmissions in Corvettes are not a new thing. Since the dawn of the Corvette, they’ve had automatics available for customers who’d prefer that the car shift itself, but this...
Apex Quiz: Has Anyone Participated In The New SCCA Classic American Muscle Autocross Class?
We were one of the first venues to report on the creation and ultimate addition of the Classic American Muscle class to the SCCA (Sports Car Club Of America) autocross program so consider this...
More Photos From Inside The 2014 Omaha Autorama – Big Rigs, Pro Touring, More!
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – The hit parade from Omaha keeps right on rolling as we’re sharing another load of Scott’s photos from the 2014 Omaha Autorama. After returning home to...
2014 Chrysler Performance West Spring Fling – More Photos From The West’s Biggest Mopar Show
Yesterday we dropped our first gallery from the 2014 Chrysler Performance West Spring Fling and today we’re back with our second and final collection of photos from the event. As we told you,...
2014 COPO Camaros Spotted Testing At zMax Dragway
(Photo credit: TheBlock.com) – Here’s the first look the world has had of the 2014 COPO Camaro attacking a drag strip in anger. Recently, GM snuck a couple of the factory drag machines...
Mickey Rooney — star of a lot of crap and two great car movies — died at the age of 93 yesterday
Most of Mickey Rooney’s career was one version of an “aww shucks” kid or another, but for car nerds, two of Rooney’s movies stand out in a big, big way as some of the most...
Bed Wood and Parts Joins The BangShift Family Of Sponsors – American Made Beauty!
We’re proud to announce that Bed Wood and Parts has joined the BangShift family of sponsors. You may have seen their vibrant banners on the site for a few days already and that’s a good...
Someone Modified A 1977 Dodge Ambulance Into A Trailer Hauler And It Pretty Much Rules
BangShifter Tom Loreto send us an email with the Craigslist link to this pretty awesome 1977 Dodge trailer hauler that actually started life as an ambulance. Clean as a whistle, unique looking, and...
Caswell And Crew Win Class At Nurburgring – What The Hell Happens Next?
Early last weekend I received a breathless (OK they’s all breathless) call from Bill Caswell informing me that he was at the Nurburgring in Germany getting ready to make practice laps so he...
The 59th Annual Omaha Autorama – Cars, Trucks, Tractors, Oh My!
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – The Omaha, Nebraska Autorama does not have the prestige the Grand National Roadster Show and the Detroit Autorama have, but to our man on the scene Scott...
We Saw This Awesome 1959 Buick Invicta In Front Of A Junkyard And Want To Know How You Would Build It
There I was, minding my own business driving down the road like the honest, upstanding citizen that I am when this evil son of a you know what started staring me down. I was forced to pull over and...
