Video Bonanza: The Sound And Fury Of Bad Ass Diesel Air Starters – Loud, Proud, And Scaring Old Ladies For Decades!
(Words by Greg Rourke) – Cranking over big diesel engines takes a lot of power. Plants of 850 plus cubic inches and over 15:1 compression are common in semi trucks. Imagine trying to spin...
Swap Meet Gallery: Photos From The Car Corral At The Big 3 Swap Meet – San Diego, California
The 48th annual Big 3 antique car and parts exchange meet is going on right now in San Diego, California. Held in the parking lot of Qualcomm Stadium, this is a massive swap meet and car corral that...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Most Significant Automotive Performance Accomplishment?
This is one of those questions with a scope about as wide as the Pacific Ocean so it should spark some good debate. Yesterday we were watching the live feed of the Lights Out race from Georgia,...
eBay Find: This 1964 Chevy Truck (With A GMC Face) Is Lifted, Has A Stick, And Packs Detroit Diesel Power
This is a proud moment at BangShift Eastern World HQ because my seven year old literally found this truck for sale on eBay. We were chatting yesterday and he mentioned that he had seen an old truck...
WINNING: A 1960s Cragar Blower Off An Early Top Fuel Car Has Blown Life Into This Willys Truck
(Words: Brad Klaassen – Photos: Klaassen and Shane Carson, Mar-Car Photo Collection)- It’s no secret drag racers have been reusing performance parts for decades. One man’s trash is...
No Love: The Iconic “Love Boat” Is Being Cut Up For Scrap – Where Will Issac Point From Now?
I have no idea why I find this story interesting, but I do so bear with me here. The Pacific Princess was operated by Princess Cruise Lines for many years. While that little tidbit is virtually...
Honda Owner Finds Loose Part Under Seat – Inquires About It On Internet – Hilarity Ensues
Last week we ran a story called Threads of Infamy which highlighted some of the more famous automotive “fail” threads and we’ve had a fresh addition to the internet that will be...
Lights Out 5, “The Baddest Small Tire Drag Race In The World”, Is LIVE NOW!
That’s right folks, if you like small tire drag racing, and all the fun and excitement that comes with crazy on the bumper drag radial action, you are not going to want to miss Lights Out 5 at...
Crazy Drag Photos: The Chicago Indoor Drags of 1962, 1963, and 1964
If we told you that in the winter of 1962,1963, and 1964 an enterprising racing promoter in Chicago, Illinois, hosted indoor drag races at a massive building once used by the stockyards to move...
Historic Video: A Trans-Antarctic Voyage in Tucker Sno-Cat Trucks Circa 1955
Man has always strived to create devices and machines to traverse all kinds of harsh environments. From dog sleds to huge “tundra trains” the frozen ice caps of planet Earth have always...
Saturday Website Of Win: AKH Vintage Wheels
You know you are a true gearhead when you can look at page after page of ancient automotive wheels and not only be entertained, but enthralled. When we got tipped off to a the website of AKH Vintage...
Carnage Video: Top Fuel Reverse Burnout and Guardrail Smash, OCIR, 1980
Driving a Top Fuel Dragster is no easy feat. It wasn’t any easier back in the early 1980s as this video will show you. Filmed at the now defunct Orange County International Raceway in 1980,...
Video Fail Break: Why TV Reporters Don’t Drive Dump Trucks
There are few things we love more than good television news bloopers. When over-zealous, smarmy reporters get a dose of their own medicine on camera, it is pure gold. In what could be the single...
