BangShift Question Of The Day: What Makes A Car A Street Car? What Defines It As Such?
Yesterday I put up an eBay listing for a 1969 Camaro Funny Car that is street legal. I’m not talking a lift up body like Dobbertin’s J2000, I’m talking about a legit 1969 Funny Car...
Gallery: These Cars Put The Classic In Classic Cars. Beautiful Cars From The California Collector Car Auction.
Maybe it’s because we are always looking at heavily modified cars, but going to last weekend’s California Collector Car Auction really had us drooling over some of the classics....
Full Results From Auctions America Burbank California Collector Car Auction: 289 Cobra Takes Top Honors
Here it is folks, the complete list in order by Lot Number. The top honor went to a 289 Cobra that got $825,000 at the auction which is about three zeros more than our budget. The cool thing is that...
UltraVan Adventures: One Man’s Roadtrip Adventure To Rescue One Whacky Machine
Jesse Lamond is a nut job. We know because we have talked to him on the phone and he’s into all the stuff we dig. Of course it’s not his fault, we’ve also talked to his parents and...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Addicted To Bass” The Puretones. Aussie Car Greatness
There is certainly some Mad Maxness going on here, and we dig it. Similar cop cars to Mad Max, but in a much more hot rod Coupe version. John Tearle, one of our favorite Aussies sent this one in and...
Wild Video: Watch A 200hp Polaris RZR UTV Fly, Slide, Jump, and Generally Turn An Abandoned Iron Mine Into A Playground Of Motorized Mayhem!
Call us nuts but after you watch the video you may agree that Ken Block’s “Gymkhana” videos have just been owned by a dude in a wildly hot rodded Polaris RZR UTV. If the look is...
Car Corral And Show n’ Shine Photos From The Long Beach Swap Meet.
When the guys and I got to the Long Beach Hi-Po Swap Meet on Sunday morning, we were already laughing and having a good time. After checking out the cars in the For Sale and Show and Shine areas we...
Machine Porn: Watch A Massive Crankshaft Get Finish Machined On A Bost Machine Tools Crankshaft Grinder
The Bost Machine Tool Company of Spain makes specialized equipment to service the needs of heavy industry. In this video, you’ll see a crankshaft so large that it gets moved into and out of the...
Watch Jon Wall Go On A Wild Wheelstanding Ride In The Fireball Monza Funny Car!
Jon Wall is one of our good friends here at BangShift and we’ve shown you great video before of him racing funny cars. He’s been doused in boiling transmission fluid and put through the...
Photos: The Street Rods, Hot Rods, And Customs Of The Auctions America Collector Car Auction In Burbank
Yesterday we showed you a ton of cool mucle cars, street machines, drag cars, and more bangshifty stuff from the Auctions America California Collector Car Auction in Burbank, just outside of Los...
eBay Find: A Funny Car You Can Drive On The Street! And It Has Real History
When Jim Levesque, of “Alcoholic” ’71 Plymouth Satellite BB/FC fame, sent me this eBay listing I couldn’t decide whether to laugh, cry, or buy it! Okay, clearly I’m not...
Drag Gallery: Geezers At The Grove 2013 – Funny Cars, Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, and More!
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – If there’s hardcore drag racing action at Maple Grove, you know Grippo is going to be all over it like butter on bacon. So when Joe told us that he was racing his...
Be There! Impala SS Club Of America Meet Comes To Charlotte This Week – Show, Drags, Road Course Action and More!
Charlotte, North Carolina is the place to be this week if you are a lover of Chevrolet B-bodies, especially the Impala SS variant of said Chevrolet blood line. The Impala Super Sport Club of America...
CraigsList Find: A Perfect 1956 International Race Car Hauler
While my big truck obsession is often mocked, one common language us hot roddy types all speak is “old race car hauler”. Chris Cabe is a BangShifter who lives in the wilds of Minnesota...
