The Parting Shift: AMC Edition
This video is pretty neat. The guy driving the car is quite skilled in the ways of the five-speed transmission and has no fear of doing a little no lift boogie down the drag strip. HIs technique...
Upcoming Show Alert: The 7th Annual MSD Car Show – El Paso, Texas
Coming in just a couple weeks, the 7th Annual MSD car show is a much check out event for anyone living in the El Paso, Texas area. Pre-Registration is currently open on the MSD Ignition site, and...
Bob Lutz Advising GM…For Free?!
Bob Lutz the 78 year old former auto industry executive who last served as the Vice Chairman of General Motors told reporters at the New York International Auto Show that he was advising GM but was...
SEMA and Others Form the Save the Salt Coalition
The Bonneville Salt Flats stand as one of the most historic and important places in the history of hot rodding and motorsports in general. The health and long term survival of the place is of...
A BangShift Approved Cake? Hell Yeah!
Apparently there is a television show called, “Cake Boss” centered around the custom cake shop of one Buddy Valastro. While this would be of interest to us exactly 0% of the time, the...
Proof That the Hill Jack Ramp Truck Photo is Real!
The photo we ran earlier today of what can only be called a hill jack ramp truck has really grown some legs. We’ve seen it pop up in a few other places and there are lots of people questioning...
Drag Gallery: Test-N-Tune Action From Byron Dragway
Byron Dragway is one of the legendary drag plants in the USA. Owner/operator Ron Leek is the man that many people credit with fostering bracket racing through the early days of life, as well as the...
Project Goliath Update: The Floors Get Done, The Gas Tank Gets Replaced and We Terrorize Town
Last we left you, Goliath our 1966 Chevy C50 truck, had been dropped off at Tube Chassis Designz to have the cab floors replaced. There were holes literally large enough for a small child to fall...
Bitchin’ Movie Trailer: A Sweet Sickness – The Flathead movie (Coming This Summer)
Just when you thought the, “Fast and the Furious” was the only car movie coming down the pipe, we’ve got a trailer to brighten your spirits. This cool flick, called “A Sweet...
Car Show Gallery: The 2011 Embry Riddle Motorsports Association Car Show
Our second gallery of the day brings us to sunny Arizona and the Embry Riddle Motorsports Association car show. The guys that put on this show are all students at Embry Riddle and they comes from all...
A Photo That Begs the Question: Ballsy or Just Stupid?
This photo was posted in our forum section by BangShift member HPA-Bodies. He said that this potential disaster on wheels happened by him, and since we know he lives in NY and the truck has NY plates...
Shop Tour Gallery: We Check Out Overland Journal’s Arizona Shop
(Words and photos: Bryan McTaggart) A hard core BangShifter can spot Michigan manufacturer plates a mile away. The plate is a dead giveaway for a manufacturer’s mule vehicle, the one they test...
Caption this Photo: Don’t Worry Boys, It Won’t Bite
During our evening with Caswell, we saw a ton of photos and heard a pile of awesome stories. One particular photo stuck out to us, especially after hearing how some of the pro teams and racers took a...
Lame Canadian University Suspends Formula SAE Team for Bikini Photo
For the Formula SAE team at Canada’s Waterloo University, this is a real life version of “Wormer dropping the big one” as their team has been suspended because of a bikini photo...
