Photo Gallery: The February Long Beach Swap Meet Car Corral
Feb 18, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Photo Gallery: The February Long Beach Swap Meet Car Corral
It takes a lot to get us moving on a weekend morning before the sun begins to rise, but the legendary Long Beach Swap Meet is totally worth the effort. While BangShifters in most other parts of the...
Carnage Video: Camaro Ripped Open Like a Tin Can by a Tire Explosion
Feb 18, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Carnage Video: Camaro Ripped Open Like a Tin Can by a Tire Explosion
Imagine you innocently enter a sanctioned burnout contest and end up totalling your third-gen Camaro without ever moving an inch. That’s what happened to this guy, and his car suffered the most...
Barnstormin’: Mental Notes Just Shy of My 30th Birthday
Feb 17, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Barnstormin’: Mental Notes Just Shy of My 30th Birthday
Well, I’m facing down the reality that my 20’s are fast drawing to a close. In a day or so I’ll officially be 30 years old. That’s a fact that strikes me as both a little...
More Good Stuff From Be Cool: Be Coolant, Super Duty Antifreeze
Feb 17, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on More Good Stuff From Be Cool: Be Coolant, Super Duty Antifreeze
After telling you about the new radiator that adds another piece to an already full product line we knew we had to pass along the information about Be Cool’s new Be Coolant, which is designed...
New Parts: Killer New 2005-2010 Mustang Radiator from Be Cool
Feb 17, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on New Parts: Killer New 2005-2010 Mustang Radiator from Be Cool
As more and more hot rodders start wrenching more power out of late model Mustangs, the limitations of factory parts are becoming apparent. One of those weak links in the chain is the factory cooling...
Killer Video: Stacey David Tools on the Cherry Bomb Dodge Truck
Feb 17, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Video: Stacey David Tools on the Cherry Bomb Dodge Truck
We’re envious of the guys over at Cherry Bomb. First they unveil the kick ass “Disturbing the Peace” Camaro project renderings, and then they drop their newest TV spot on us. It...
Ford to Lay off 900 at Mustang Plant; Camaro and Slow Sales are to Blame
Feb 17, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Ford to Lay off 900 at Mustang Plant; Camaro and Slow Sales are to Blame
Ford plans to cut 900 jobs from its Flat Rock, Michigan, assembly plant soon. The cuts come on the heels of a tough sales year for the Mustang, which saw volume drop 27% amid competition from the...
Caption This Photo: The Instant Convertible
Feb 17, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Caption This Photo: The Instant Convertible
In our never ending quest to get great captions to funny photos, we’re back with another installment of our ever popular caption challenge. To set the scene, this photo was taken at an SCCA...
Video Bonanza: Classic Chevelle TV Ads
Feb 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video Bonanza: Classic Chevelle TV Ads
No conversation about American muscle cars could be considered complete without the mention of the venerable Chevrolet Chevelle. Rolled out in 1964, the mid-sized Chevelle would become the...
Frozen Hell: The Iron Dog, a 2,000 mile Snowmobile Race Across Alaska
Feb 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Frozen Hell: The Iron Dog, a 2,000 mile Snowmobile Race Across Alaska
We here at BangShift.com are all about events that pit man and machine against the elements, but the Iron Dog snowmobile race, held in Alaska, is sado-masochism. Riders traverse 2,000 miles of Alaska...
Blind South African Man Plans to Tackle Road Course (with co-driver)
Feb 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Blind South African Man Plans to Tackle Road Course (with co-driver)
Hein Wagner hails from Cape Town, South Africa. He’s blind but has still managed an amazing list of life accomplishments including the title of land speed record holder for the blind. The man...
Fun Video: A Russian-Sized Pothole
Feb 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Fun Video: A Russian-Sized Pothole
With the world’s most famous pothole now residing in Daytona, Florida, we wanted to scan the globe for gory pothole videos. Sadly, there isn’t much cool stuff out there. We did locate one...
Scottish Guy Busted for Speeding in Worked Over Ford GT, Claims Stuck Throttle
Feb 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Scottish Guy Busted for Speeding in Worked Over Ford GT, Claims Stuck Throttle
Well-to-do Scotsman Richard Billings was recently nabbed by police for doing 127 mph on a supposedly busy highway. Billings claims that he was out testing the car, and magically, when he went hauling...
Speedy Says: Grading Daytona’s Pothole 500
Feb 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Speedy Says: Grading Daytona’s Pothole 500
John Force’s brilliant return to victory in his Castrol Ford Mustang AA/FC at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona wasn’t the only happening in motorsports on Valentine’s Day 2010....