BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Trampled Underfoot” by Led Zeppelin 1975
May 06, 2013Chad Reynolds2
Led Zeppelin’s “Trampled Underfoot” is all about cars. Or love. Hmmmm. Or is it? The song was supposedly written during a jam session sometime in 1972 and then later recorded on the...
VIDEO: GIMMICKY TRUCK ADS NEVER GET OLD
May 04, 2013Brian Lohnes3
Before the modern day towing and payload capacity wars between truck makers, the big selling point was how good the trucks rode. All kinds of different “tests” were use to illustrate this...
EFFING AWESOME VIDEO: A VINTAGE AUSSIE XY GT FALCON RALLY CAR IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE
May 04, 2013Brian Lohnes3
If this video doesn’t spin your crank, go ahead and leave your badge at the door on the way out! The car featured here is the XY GT Falcon of Aussie racer Dave Thompson. It was a rally car from...
WRECKAGE VIDEO: A DRAG CAR BURNOUT GOES VERY WRONG – CAR EATS WALL
May 04, 2013Brian Lohnes5
When you see a high powered drag car completing a burnout at the strip, especially one with a short wheelbase, realize that the person behind the wheel is busy working to keep the car in a straight...
CRAZY VIDEO: A RUN AWAY GOLF CART WIPES OUT A CROWD OF PEOPLE!
May 04, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on CRAZY VIDEO: A RUN AWAY GOLF CART WIPES OUT A CROWD OF PEOPLE!
This video is totally insane. When you press play, you’ll see a driverless golf cart flying through Cowboy Stadium, ultimately smashing into a crowd of football coaches and officials after a...
VIDEO BONANZA: PEOPLE FAILING AT LOADING MOTORCYCLES INTO TRUCKS AND TRAILERS
May 04, 2013Brian Lohnes5
There are lots of reasons that neither Chad or I own a motorcycle. Both of us are roughly as coordinated a David Hasselhoff after an all-night drinking binge, in Chad’s case, no one makes a...
Dyno Video: Watch An Aussie Mitsubishi Scorpion With A 420ci Ford Cleveland Small Block Make Nearly 600 N/A Horsepower At The Tires!
May 03, 2013Brian Lohnes14
Big motor plus small car always equals fun but when the small car is a cool little old school Japanese job and the engine is a 420ci Cleveland headed Ford small block, we’re talking real fun!...
Jet Hot High Performance Coatings Hits the ASCS Southern Slam – Great Pro Touring Photos Inside!
May 03, 2013Brian Lohnes1
Our pals at Jet Hot have been racing their brains out this year and spreading the word about their trick new custom high temperature coatings. Recently they attended the Detroit Speed Southern Slam...
The Mass Cruisers Association Bass Pro Shops Cruise – May 2013
May 03, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on The Mass Cruisers Association Bass Pro Shops Cruise – May 2013
We once again pointed ol Buford T Justice south and headed to Foxboro, Massachusetts yesterday for the bi-monthly Mass. Cruisers Association Foxboro Bass Pro Shops cruise. As we’ve told you in...
Canadian Man Busted Drunk Driving…..A Backhoe…Should We Mention He Was Speeding?
May 03, 2013Brian Lohnes4
There’s nothing quite like a good wacky news story on a Friday and we have to thank Timmins, Canada city employee Richard Page for providing the fodder. Richard, who had been in the employ of...
eBay Find: A 1969 Mustang Based Cord 812 Kit Car – So Wrong!
May 03, 2013Brian Lohnes9
The Cord 810 and 812 stand as some of the most beautiful and technologically advanced cars of the late 1930s. Like lots of good ideas though, their production run was short and just several thousand...
Video: One Of The Most Violent, Flaming, Engine Explosions We Have Ever Seen – Parts Everywhere!
May 03, 2013Brian Lohnes4
Oh this is one for the books! The Blazer you see with the blazing fire under it (see what we did there?) suffers what may be the single most violent engine explosion we have ever seen that...
Celebrity Car Death Match: The Nefarious Car From “The Car” VS The Goblin Big Rig From Maximum Overdrive!
May 03, 2013Brian Lohnes24
This could be our most dastardly, evil, and murderous pair yet! Two truly awful and bloodthirsty vehicles will challenge your very moral fiber today as we continue to weed out the weaklings in this...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have Any Gearhead Plans For This Weekend?
May 03, 2013Brian Lohnes21
Outside of some places in the midwest, it is automotive fun time season in the rest of the country. Have you gotten your junk in gear yet? We’ve been hitting cruise nights, the drag strip, and...












