BangShift Daily Tune Up: Ronnie and the Daytona’s “Little GTO”
Growing up in a racing family, with a dad that listened to the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, and Ronnie and the Daytonas, meant that I listened to as much great surf and car music on Dad’s 4...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Should Pro Street Be Dead?
I’m a big time Pro Street Fan. I love them. Trailer queens, real street drivers, street drivers that run in the 6’s like Larry Larson’s Chevy II, I like them all. And back in the...
Ebay Find: A Pro Street ’86 Pontiac Grand Prix That Can’t Be Far From Drag Week Ready
We love Pro Street, and think it deserves a second chance! So be the first on your street with a new Pro Street car. This one reminds us of Matt and Debbie Hays Olds Ciera for some reason, although...
Rocket Racing Wheels Unveils The Rocket Booster 6 In Hyper Shot- Bitchin’ Style For Your Truck Or SUV!
As we all know, wheels make or break the look of a car, truck, or even an SUV. The market for truck and SUV wheels has been pretty thin on cool options (in our eyes anyway). There’s lots of...
BangShift Exlusive: George Poteet’s, Rad Rides Built, Talladega Inspired ’69 Torino Assembly Pics
(Photos by Rob McGaffin) The famed 1969 Torino, owned by George Poteet, that is being built at Rad Rides By Troy, has been the talk of the hot rodding world for the past couple years. And thanks to...
Video: Victor Bray and Pete Kapiris Crash – Top Doorslammer Wreck Could Have Been Far Worse – Crazy Video
Yesterday we showed you a wild video of an Australian Top Doorslammer racer experiencing a big fire and doing an amazing job of getting the car hauled down without hitting anything or making the...
Barnstormin’: Wooden Blocks and A Diecast Camaro
Those were the two major items that my son Tom asked “Santa” for this Christmas. We…I mean he, happily filled that request and he’s been building garages, bridges, workshops,...
BangShift.com Daily Tuneup: AC/DC “Highway To Hell” A Rock Anthem!
As the resident metal head, I thought it was time to crank this up a notch. Hell, all the way to 11 actually. AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” marked a pivotal moment in rock and roll...
Craigslist Find: David Freiburger’s Hot Rod Magazine Cheap Thrills Dodge Dart – A Low Buck Pioneer!
Thanks to a tip from BangShift forum member Rush, I found the infamous 1968 Dodge Dart Hot Rod Magazine project car known as Cheap Thrills for sale in Arizona on Craigslist. Built in the early...
BangShift Question Of The Day: If You Could Take Any Automotive Vacation, What Would It Be?
With the Grand National Roadster show coming up here in So Cal, we know a lot of people that are coming in from out of town for “vacation” at the Grand National. It seems a little strange...
Watch An Aussie Drag Racer Suffer A Horrifying Top End Explosion and Fire – He Handles It Like A Total Pro
As we have said before, the truly great drivers in drag racing are exposed when the crap hits the fan. Such was the case for Aussie racer Brett Gillespie at an event back in November. As you’ll...
Jet Hot’s New Palette Of Coating Colors Lets You Go Where No Hot Rodders Have Gone Before!
The big news from Jet-Hot during the trade show season at SEMA and PRI was the introduction of their premium color line and their new ability to do graphics, designs, and really artistic stuff with...
Video: Watch A Huge Dollar Lamborghini Get Beat On In The Snow – Oddly Cool
We don’t do a lot of stuff here at BangShift with respect to Lamborghinis because, well, why would we. That being said, it is pretty neat to see a car that costs twice or three times what a...
BS Daily Tune Up: Mach 5 – The Presidents Of The United States Of America (1996)
1996 was a good year for me and it was a good year for the Presidents of the United States of America. The band had launched into the national spotlight with their first album in 1994 and after...
