New Parts: RideTech Announces New Rear Coil Over Conversion for 1978-88 GM G-Bodies
The venerable General Motors G-Body platform was an amazingly popular run of cars from the late 1970s right throught the 1980s. Being rear wheel drive, having a frame and of svelte weight, they are a...
eBay Find: A 600-HP Ford RS200 Evolution Group B Rally Rocket
We’ve written lots about the Group B rally cars of the 1980s. The so-called “Killer Bs” were machines so far ahead of their time, the FIA banned them after only a couple of seasons...
eBay Find: A 1968 Ford Fairlane That Comes With a Free Elephant in the Room
Drag Illustrated Magazine’s Ian Tocher is wholly responsible for this lime green, mega-winged, four door 1968 Fairlane ending up here on the front page. He sent us this eBay ad tip and we could...
Car Show Gallery: The 2011 Pumpkin Run – Vintage Junkyard and Hot Rod Greatness
One of the coolest shows that I’ve never been to is the annual Pumpkin Run that is held at Fleming’s Junkyard in New Jersey each Fall. The show encompasses everything from tractors to...
BangShift Says Thank You To All Veterans on This Veterans Day 2011
We here at BangShift.com would like to extend our sincere thanks to all of the veterans who have served our country through the years. The sacrifice of time, sweat, and blood have preserved our way...
Video: Jay Leno Checks Out the Hand Built Magnolia Special at his Big Dog Garage
JT Nesbitt is a guy who defines what it means to be a BangShifter. After seeing a video on the Leno’s Garage website years ago, he decided to take up the challenge personally of building a sexy...
Car Show Gallery: Goodguys Charlotte – 2011 (With Bonus Detroit Speed Shop Photos!)
Our man Doug Garrison ventured out of his native Pennsylvania to the southern climes of Charlotte to take in the Goodguys Rod and Custom show at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The sprawling facility...
Video Alert: Stolen Race Car – 40K Reward Offered To Find It – Help Needed!
Thieves are the worst level of human scum. Unfortunately some struck recently and they stole an entire drag racing operation that was parked in Aiken, South Carolina. The brazen jerks made off with a...
Cool or Not: A 1974 Mazda RX4 Powered by a 2JZ Engine
A Toyota powered Mazda on the front page of BangShift?! Sure, as we continue our “Cool or Not” series we’re challenging you yet again with an unusual machine that will make some...
In-Car Wreckage Video: An 8-Second Integra Eats The Wall at 150-Mph
Evans Tuning is a high performance shop that focuses on the import side of the car hobby. They have a wicked little race car in the form of a highly modified Acura Integra. The video you are about to...
Racing Junk Find: A Corner Burning, Strip Scorching, LS Powered Lotus Seven Replica
Don’t think for one second that Chad and I have not been privately scheming on a car that we could take on Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week and the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational....
Barnstormin’: Blown Cadillacs, Big Jeeps, Big Wheels, Big Beers, Crappy Pizza, and A Splash of Whiskey
There are certain things I have learned can be expected no matter what during our yearly sojourn to Las Vegas to cover the SEMA show. The first is that I will, at some point, drink a lot of whiskey....
In Car Video: The 680hp Lingenfelter Performance Engineering L-28 at the Optima Invitational
Over the next few weeks you’ll be seeing lots of awesome video from the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational. This is the opening salvo and we were tipped off to it by LPE’s Mike...
EBay Find: A Street Legal 1959 Anglia Gasser
This little bastard jumped right off eBay and attacked us! With a nose high stance, straight front axle, tunnel rammed small block, and wheelbase that seems a hair shorter than the average go kart it...
