Ebay Find: A 1971 Solid Axle Vega With BangShift History, Celebrity Status, And Dougan’s Horsepower
If you don’t recognize this little Vega Wagon from our March Meet and California Hot Rod Reunion coverage, then you haven’t been hanging around here very long. The little “Passin...
Buy The Book: Steve Magnante’s 1001 Muscle Car Facts
When Steve Magnante recently told me that he had a muscle car facts book coming out, I was both excited and a little worried. Being a guy who reads lots of lots of books, many of which are about...
Event Coverage: Great Photos And Results From The Pro Mod vs. Fuel Altered Showdown In North Texas
(Photos and Text by Chris Graves, MaxCacklePhotos.com) After over a decade, the rivalry between the Texas Outlaw Pro Mods and Painless Performance Outlaw Fuel Altered Association was revived as...
Drag Gallery: The Pro Street Racing Association Invades Thunder Valley Dragway!
(Photos and words by Brad Klaassen) – Thunder Valley Raceway Park near Noble, Oklahoma pulled out all the stops for this month’s edition of their Pro Street Racing Association event this past...
BangShift Question Of The Day: It’s Illegal, Dangerous And Exciting. Street Racing. What Do You Think?
Let me start off by saying that here at BangShift.com we do not support or condone street racing. It is illegal and dangerous, and we know that. With that said, from the late ’80’s...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Detroit Made – John Hiatt
For whatever reason, there seems to be way more songs about giant Detroit iron than anything else. The good thing is that most of them are pretty good, this one included. In the tune you’ll...
Drag Video: Three Minutes Of Killer In-Car Action From 422 Motorsports Team Cars – Wheels Up And Gear Jamming Fun!
Jim Amos has been creating killer drag racing video for longer than just about anyone on planet Earth. He tipped us off to some of his latest clips that will be made into a DVD soon that features...
Must Attend Show: Haddick’s Hot Rod And Custom Car Show. This Weekend In So Cal
Just a couple years ago Newell Ruggles, the first BangShift.com contributor ever, decided that he was going to put on a car show at his families Haddick’s Auto Body and Towing facility. It...
Former Shelby Designer John Chun Passes At 84 – Instrumental in Late 1960s GT350/500 and Famed Company Logo
For many years, John Chun was known simply as the guy who ran the Chinese food restaurant in his small Minnesota town. Outside of his wife, no one ever really knew that Chun was a great designer who...
Video: Munster’s Drag-u-la Dragster Racing For Pinks
Yesterday we got an interesting email from a BangShifter asking about this video of Grandpa Munster driving Drag-u-la. The video shows Grandpa trying to win back the Munster Koach after Herman lost...
News: GM’s Holden Brand May Shut Down Production In Southern Australia THIS YEAR!
With our continued reports on the fate of Australia’s auto industry, the future looks dimmer and dimmer. It was announced yesterday that Holden’s Elizabeth plant in Adelaide could close...
Trar Sighting! What The Hell Is This? Plymouth Meets What? Help Us Identify The Chassis
You know how much we love, okay and hate, TRARS (cars on truck chassis’) around here, so when Greg and Bob sent in photos of this one that they saw in DuQuoin while shooting the Street Machine...
Drag Gallery: More Great Action From Rumble At The Grove 2013 – Doorslammer Do-See-Do!
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – As Joe told you yesterday in the intro to his first gallery, the Rumble at the Grove event is about cars with doors in all of the various shapes, sizes, models, and...
Bangshift Daily Tune Up: “Shirley” by L7. The Punk Rock Tribute To Shirley Muldowney
Whenever resident underground music afficionado Anthony Castillo sends Brian and I an email with a list of prospective Daily Tune Ups, I’m always intrigued. This week he sent us a few different...
