Gallery: 50 Photos of Slingshot Dragsters
The first age of the front engine dragster was a long one. Until Big Daddy Don Garlits got the whole rear engine situation sorted out, the front engine “slingshot” dragster was the hot...
Video: The Most Insane Thing You’ll See All Day — Para-Sledding Or, How To Potentially Die From High Altitude On A Snow Machine
We have to thank BS tipster Toni Scholz for the lead on this video featuring a guy named Eric Oddy who has seemingly created a new adventure sport called para-sledding. The concept seems fairly...
eBay Find: A Pro Touring 1966 El Camino That We Want Bad! (And That We’d NEVER Paint)
As we pay more and more attention to the Pro Touring scene we’re recognizing that for every mega-buxo, ocean trench deep pockets build there are 10 home built cars on reasonable budgets being...
100% BS Approved: 2012 Video Highlight Reel From The Wild Postman Pat Kiddie Ride Drag Car! Insane!
Back in September we introduced you to the awesome British creation that melded a custom chassis, hot little motor, and the body from a stationary kiddie ride into a drag racing machine. Tom Armitage...
BS Daily Tune Up: Reverend Horton Heat – Galaxie 500
The hard rocking sounds of the Texas based trio known as The Reverend Horton Heat are tough to classify. Parts punk rock, surf band, rockabilly, and big band, these dudes can totally jam. We’ve...
Project Buford T Justice: We Go On Hot Pursuit Of Horsepower-Our 9C1 Caprice’s 350 Gets A Slap!
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Buckle up kids, ’cause we’re going for a long ride. If you remember a couple of months back, we had a grand plan of hitting the drag strip, and then the...
Question of the Day: Do You Care About the New Corvette Stingray? Do You Like Its New Look?
Unless the rock you are living under is completely disconnected from the outside world, you know by now that the brand new Corvette Stingray was unveiled by General Motors yesterday in Detroit. The...
Ford Fans Rejoice: Trick New Billet Serpentine Belt Systems For Small Block Ford From Eddie Motorsports
All you Ford guys are used to being left out in the cold lately as everyone develops new bolt-ons for LS and tradition Small Block Chevy engines, but Eddie Motorsports has pulled out all the stops to...
Video: The 1960s Crash Test Footage – They (Thankfully) Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To!
There’s certainly something to be said for the safety features of modern cars. Sure, they’ve caused said modern cars to balloon up in the weight department, but they also keep people from...
Gallery: An Unexpected Treasure Trove Of Weirdo Roadside Finds! We Love Mechanical Freaks!
With the kids out of school the week between Christmas and New Year’s, we took a bunch of little day trips to places we had always been meaning to visit in about a 100 mile radius of home. One...
Event Coverage: Pomona Swap Meet Photos From The First Event Of 2013! It Was Cold, But It Was Packed!
When I rolled out of bed to head down to the first Pomona Swap Meet of 2013, it was almost 30 degrees outside. Yep, it gets cold here in California sometimes too. Too damn cold for me, but 28 degrees...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Record Run” by the Pyramids With Great Old Drag Racing Footage
We hadn’t even heard of this song until Ed Hohenberg sent us the link to this video, but it turns out that the song “Record Run” wasn’t the only hit from the Pyramids, but it...
Gallery: 50 Photos of Ford Mustangs From the BangShift Photo Archive
Over the years, we have amassed a pretty incredible photo archive here at BangShift so we’re going to start sticking together galleries like this one to bring you some specific photos of...
Craigslist Motherload: A Junkyard Owner Is Selling 40+ Cool Cars In California!
Here’s one that make your eyes bug out. A junkyard owner in California is apparently getting out of the business after more than three decades in operation and with his departure, he’s...
