BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Drive My Car” by The Beatles (1965)
Since everything the Beatles touched turned to gold, the tune “Drive My Car” was an instant hit. According to Paul McCartney, “Drive My Car” was code for sex back in the early...
Video: Big Nitro Funny Car Fire In Australia. John Force Eat Your Heart Out! This Is “Crash and Burn”
For a long time it seemed like John Force owned the rights to big Funny Car fires that got all the TV exposure. Well John, you are going to have to step up again big boy cause this video from...
Win Thousands In Prizes From American Powertrain In “Get Your Shift Together For The Ride Of Your Life” Contest
This may be the biggest giveaway, outside of a car, that we’ve heard about on Hot Rod Power Tour in years. American Powertrain is giving away an ALL expense paid trip to the Richard Petty...
Barnstormin’: Old Airports Are A Hot Rodders Best Friend And A Largely Untapped Resource
I have recently caught an affliction that lots of gearheads seem to suffer from. I have become obsessed with old airports and airfields now being used by hot rodders as racing facilities. It started...
Gallery: More Great Photos From The Wheels And Keels Concours D’Elegance – Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We promised you more photos from the incredibly Wheels and Keels Concours D’Elegance from Seabrook, Texas and here they are. Charles Wickam had great access...
Eargasm Video: Listen To A 357CI Super Stock Engine Pull From 8000-9400 RPM On The Dyno
It has been a good long while since we supplied you with some serious dyno scream video. Today we’re getting back on the wagon with that by telling you to click on the video below and listen to...
Event Gallery: The 2013 NSRA Nationals – Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Tons Of Cool Stuff!
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – The NSRA Street Rod Nationals South has been around for a long time and it’s generally held on the first weekend of May in Knoxville, Tennessee. It’s...
Celebrity Car Death Match: The Camaro From The Gumball Rally VS The Ambulance From Cannonball Run
Today’s match up will pair a couple of cross country high speed outlaws against each other. The famed Camaro from the funny movie Gumball Rally and the Dodge ambulance from The Cannonball Run...
Show Gallery: The 2013 Keels and Wheels Coucours D’Elegance – Incredible Variety Of Cars!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Charles Wickam was our man on the inside of last weekend’s Keels-n-Wheels Concours D’Elegance in Seabrook, Texas. This is one of the coolest car shows...
Video: Watch A Drag Racing Photographer Nearly Get Decapitated By A Flying Hood!
Drag strips are generally leery about letting people shoot photos on the top end of the track. Just about every experienced photographer that has shot big end photos can tell you a harrowing story of...
Gallery: The Connecting Rods Car Club Cruise Night – May 2013
Last Friday night, the Lohnes clan loaded into Buford T Justice and headed south to attend the first of the weekly Connecting Rods cruise nights of the 2013 season. This is a Friday night tradition...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Show, Cruise, or Race? What’s Your Favorite Thing To Do With Your Junk? Why?
So last week was a good one in the life of ol’ Buford T Justice, our BangShift 1987 Caprice project. I think I drove the car about 500 miles over the course of the week. I hit two cruise nights...
Gallery: 9th Annual MSD Employee Car Show – Tons Of Cool Cars And Trucks At MSD HQ!
(Photos by Justin Oney) – There are certain signs that you work for a cool company. One of those signs is that the business shuts own for a whole day so that the employees can all show up with...
Freiburger And Finnegan Are RoadKillin’ Again – This Time In The Biggest Friggin’ Death Trap We Have Ever Seen
Finnegan and Freiburger have been one some wacky fun adventures since they started the Roadkill series on YouTube some time ago. They’ve wrecked cop cars, driven to Alaska, driven to the bottom...
