BangShift Daily Tune Up: Detroit Made – John Hiatt
Jul 11, 2013Brian Lohnes1
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!
Jul 10, 2013Brian Lohnes2
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
Jul 10, 2013Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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
Jul 10, 2013Brian Lohnes3
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
Jul 10, 2013Chad Reynolds9
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!
Jul 10, 2013Chad Reynolds6
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
Jul 10, 2013Chad Reynolds10
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!
Jul 10, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on 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
Jul 10, 2013Chad Reynolds1
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...
Hilarious Sleeper: A Geo Prism With A Turbocharged, Nitrous Injected Toyota Heart (And A Dora Window Shade)
Jul 09, 2013Brian Lohnes15
Ok, so we’re running a blog item about a damned Geo Prism, but give us a second and you’ll be on board with it…we think. This is obviously not a stock GEO Prism, because if it was...
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics – The Incredible Story Behind ChumpCar’s 36-hour Endurance Race!
Jul 09, 2013Brian Lohnes12
(Words John Condren – Photos by Alicia Glubrecht) There’s always something cold and heartless about statistics. Raw numbers. Basic facts that rarely tell the whole story. For example,...
Comp Cams Engine Builder Duels Happening At Columbus Goodguys and Car Craft Summer Nationals. Sign Up Now!
Jul 09, 2013Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Comp Cams Engine Builder Duels Happening At Columbus Goodguys and Car Craft Summer Nationals. Sign Up Now!
That’s right BangShifters, you can sign up for the Comp Cams Engine Builder Duels at Columbus Goodguys or Car Craft Summer Nationals! We were just informed by Comp that there are a few spots...
Drag Gallery: Rumble At The Grove 2013 – Doorslammers Only! Wheels Up Action!
Jul 09, 2013Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) -The Rumble at the Grove means one thing…..Doorslammers! Not a dragster or altered in sight. The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods came to Maple Grove with a variety of...
Don’t Try This At Home Video: Watch A Dude Drift The Full Length Of A Highway Off Ramp Like A Pro
Jul 09, 2013Brian Lohnes5
Even though this guy clearly has great car control skills and seems to have completed this maneuver before, we don’t see it as being all that bright a thing to do. He could have easily wadded...












