BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Coolest Car Or Truck Model Name Ever?
With cool names like Rocket, Spitfire, Mustang, Super Chief, El Camino, Cheetah, and Stingray, along with many many more, the ’50s and ’60’s car model names were all about image,...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “455 Rocket” Kathy Mattea (1997)
Country singer Kathy Mattea was on the expressway to fame in 1997 when she released “455 Rocket” on here just released album Love Travels. It’s a cool tune, and one that was...
Legendary Drag Race Team Owner Paul Candies Dies
One of the great drag racing team owners has passed on to the great strip in the sky. Paul Candies, one half of the legendary Candies and Hughes team that still persists to this day has left this...
Video: The Redneck’s Prevail! How To JUST Fit A Samurai Into A Box Truck.
After all the loading fail videos we’ve had today, plus the cheater who used a forklift, it’s somehow awesome that the rednecks did it best. The fit here is like blonde one close, and...
Video:Tow Truck Loading Gone Wrong. My German Is A Little Rusty But I Know What He Says
I’ve traveled to Germany before, but I’ve never taken German as a language class. I probably know 10 words if I think about it. But universally speaking, this dude right here is saying...
Video: The Quickest Way To Load A Dead Car Onto An Open Car Trailer
Apparently a winch, or some buddies pushing, is not the quickest way to load a dead car onto an open trailer. Not even close. And although there is a part of me that is completely scared to see what...
Video: How Narrowing And Shortening A Cadillac Makes It Fit In The Box Truck Better
We are sure that the gentleman in this video are all perfectly upstanding citizens, and that it’s totally normal in their circles to hid, err transport, a Cadillac inside a box truck. I mean...
Video: How NOT To Load A Jeep Into A Box Truck
Not since I was 8 have I seen cinder blocks, plywood, and 2×8’s used to make a scarier ramp. Like the guy shooting the video I could not suppress my enthusiasm and fear when I saw it for...
Near Wreckage Video: A Heads Up Save That Prevents The Complete Destruction Of A Truck
We’ve showed you crazy videos of competition sand dune climbing from the middle east before and this one fits the bill. The truck is sponsored by the same Al Anabi backing that funds the likes...
Destruction Video: Don’t Mess With Trains
As the Saturday of Destruction continues, we bring you this public service announcement: don’t get in the way of a train, because they always win. Well, not always, as the very first of these...
Destruction Video: The Demo Derbies You Never Thought Of
We tend to think that America holds the sole proprietorship to demolition derbies. The first video below will show that the English are gaining on us and adding their own brand of comedy with the...
Caption This Photo: “Fire, Fire!” The Black Widow Dudes Know How To Put On A Show
Normally my line is “If you can’t win the dough, be the show.” But in this case, the super bitchin Black Widow Tune Exhaust wide body S10 driven by “Big” Bill Speed is...
Awesome Video: Street Machine Nationals History, Pro Street, And What Is Hot Rodding.
Bret Voelkel and the rest of the Ridetech gang were on hand at the recent Car Craft Street Machine Nationals in DuQuion, where Pro Street once reigned supreme, in their own Pro Street Mustang. The...
Project Mini-Max Is Complete! Check Out This Scratch Built, Amazingly Detailed RV Model Big Enough For Dogs To Hang Out In!
Pal O’ BangShift Mike Casella has been featured on these pages many times. He’s the guy who literally makes and saves unobtanium parts every day at his job in the machine shop at Then...
