Celebrity Car Death Match: Lincoln Edition – The “Deathmobile” From Animal House VS The Original Batmobile!
When I set about thinking of two Lincoln celebrity cars to put into the celebrity can death match battle ring, I didn’t understand how tough it would be to find a pair of good ones. My list was...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Scares You More? The Thought Of Painting A Car Or Building An Engine?
There are lots of things that require a ton of skill when building a hot rod. But the top four are probably welding, paint and body work, building an engine, and building a transmission. So for...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Two Black Cadillacs” by Carrie Underwood 2012
Carrie Underwood is one of the most successful American Idols ever, and has become an ultra huge country and pop star. Her latest single, “Two Black Cadillacs”, is a great song with a...
Car Show Gallery: The First Annual DICE Alliance Car Show – Prescott, Arizona – All Kinds Of Neat Stuff!
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – If there’s one thing we love it is all inclusive shows and cruises. While everything that rolls in may not be our taste, we dig the vibe that everyone is...
Breaking News: TCI And Ridetech Announce Exciting Deal BangShift Has First!
BangShift has learned that on Wednesday TCI and Ridetech will announce a deal that brings these two icons in the hot rod industry together like no other suspension companies in our industry. It will...
LSR Gallery: The East Coast Timing Association April 2013 Meet – Fun On The Ohio Mile!
(Photos by Tony Maffini) – The East Coast Timing Association started its 2013 season in grand style with a big meet at its Wilmington, Ohio home. More than 175 racers competed last weekend in a...
Wild Video: Watch A Lakester Spin Off The Ohio Mile At 170MPH – In Car Video!
One of my favorite cars at the ECTA’s season opening meet at the famed Ohio Mile in Wilmington was the belly tank lakester of Ron San Giovanni. Powered by a flathead V8 that appears to be...
Celebrity Car Death Match: Violently Dead Mopar Edition – Kowalski’s 1970 Challenger VS The 1969 Charger From Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Today we’re probing some sore wounds on the Mopar side of the fence by pitting two cars that died violent cinematic deaths, the 1970 Challenger R/T of Kowalski in Vanishing Point and the 1969...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Who Has Or Had The Coolest Nickname In Racing?
Names like Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins, Glen “Fireball” Roberts, Warren “The Professor” Johnson, Ivan “The Iron Man” Stewart, Don “The Snake”...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Hot Rod Poppa” by Marsha Hunt 1969
This is one funky song and we dig it. Anthony Castillo sent us this suggestion, and it’s cool as hell. The song was written by Marc Bolan, of T.Rex, who is known for being the glam rock god of...
Celebrity Car Death Match: The Monkeemobile VS The Munster Koach
So I am writing this after a marathon 15-hour drive home from the ECTA meet in Wilmington, Ohio. The idea came to me as I was watching the sun rise in some state east of the Mississippi. I honestly...
Car Show Gallery: The 26th Annual City Of Seal Beach, California Classic Car Show
For nearly 30 years the city of Seal Beach, California has been holding a yearly car show on their picturesque main street. This year, hundreds of cool cars attended the show which gets the local...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Bad Did It Turn Out When You Didn’t Listen To Mom And Dad?
Everyone’s Mom and Dad has told them at some point not to go street racing, or cruising, or whatever. And while we all got away with it most of the time, there were those times where the cops...
BangShift Daily Tune Up And Great Video: “Ballad Of Thunder Road” By Robert Mitchum 1958
Like Steve Earle’s “Copperhead Road”, “The Ballad of Thunder Road” is about running moonshine and is the theme song from the 1958 movie titled “Thunder...
