Gallery: 50 Photos of Station Wagons
Dec 13, 2013Brian Lohnes13
The station wagon has an interesting place in the modern world of hot rodding. As you’ll see in this gallery they can be built to burn up the drag strip, warp corners, scrape the ground, and...
Killer Video: A BangShift.com Approved Trail Recovery
Dec 13, 2013Brian Lohnes4
Anyone who reads the four-wheel-drive mags or scans YouTube for videos of guys rock crawling, mud bogging, or snow wheeling, will absolutely love this piece of video. Hell, any gearhead worth his or...
BangShift Question of the Day: What Motor Would Santa Run in His Sleigh?
Dec 13, 2013Brian Lohnes16
Santa is gearing up to make his yearly lap of the Earth in just about two weeks. We all know that the power is provided by a pack of flying reindeer, but let’s play a game of “what...
National Drag Racing Association Launches As Doorslammer Drag Racing Series – Assumes All Dates And Tracks Of 2014 ADRL Schedule
Dec 13, 2013Brian Lohnes2
News broke yesterday at the 2013 PRI show that a new drag racing series called the “National Drag Racing Association” will have a run of events in 2014 for Pro Mods and mountain motor pro...
Gallery: 31 Photos of Studebakers!
Dec 12, 2013Brian Lohnes8
(Photos from the BS Archive) – We’re getting back on the horse with our random specific galleries of different cars and trucks. Today, it is Studebaker getting the spotlight. The long...
Watch This T-Bucket Run 6’s In The 8th: Driver Wearing Shorts And A T-Shirt. Brilliant!
Dec 12, 2013Chad Reynolds11
By now all of you know how much I hate T-Buckets, which has been the subject of many “spirited” discussions between Brian and I. Well, here is a video of some dude in his 1927 T-Bucket...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Are Baja Race Cars Cooler Than Baja Race Trucks?
Dec 12, 2013Chad Reynolds10
We love Baja race stuff around here, and are planning on some cool prerunner upgrades to the $200 Hauler, which has had us looking at a bunch of prerunners and Baja race trucks for inspiration....
Watch An Idiot Filming A Moron Wreck His Car – Stupidity Hurts
Dec 12, 2013Brian Lohnes11
Sure, that title is pretty harsh but let’s be honest. If you are driving down the highway and see a truck purposely driving with two wheels up on the center divider barriers and you decide to...
This Pro Street 1961 409 Impala Could Be Yours, If The Price Is Right.
Dec 12, 2013Chad Reynolds12
Every once in a while we find something on Craigslist that surprises us. When doing a search for Pro Street stuff on Craigslist we found this clean old school 1961 Impala Pro Streeter and then we got...
Top 11 Current automotive trends that have jumped the shark
Dec 12, 2013Dave Nutting31
The video posted yesterday of a stretched tire exploding on a dyno got me thinking about all of the fads that develop in automotive culture. Whether or not we want to admit it, there’s a fair...
Extreme Downhill Barbie Jeep Racing Is Highly Entertaining To Watch But Painful To Do (Video)
Dec 12, 2013Brian Lohnes7
Have you always wondered what would happen if grown men decided to race plastic Barbie Jeeps down a steep incline in the woods? We’ve spent hours on end pondering the outcome of such a...
Dragway 42 Is Hosting The Legendary Hangover Nationals On New Year’s Day – A Drag Race With A Great Twist! BE THERE!
Dec 12, 2013Brian Lohnes1
For 15 years Dragway 42 in West Salem, Ohio has been hosting the “Hangover Nationals” on New Year’s day. This race goes off whether there is rain, sun, or snow! Nothing stops the...
These Images From A 1930s Era Boston Buick Dealership Are Breathtaking –
Dec 11, 2013Brian Lohnes18
1932 wasn’t exactly a banner year in the USA. While it was the year that the iconic ’32 Ford came out, it was also the year when the Great Depression reached its bleak crescendo (along...
Failure Video: Why Running “Stretched” Tires On Your Car Is A Recipe For Disaster
Dec 11, 2013Brian Lohnes33
Of the current popular automotive trends among “the kids”, weirdo camber and stretched tires are two that we don’t understand and outside of looking weird have some pretty bad...












