Racing Junk Find: A 1933 Ford Dump Truck That Proves We’re Not As Weird As We Think We Are
If we knew the guy who commissioned the building of this totally awesome 1933 Ford dump truck racer, we’d give him a bear hug. Why? Because it proves that we’re not the total freak job...
Snooky’s Vintage Originals Steps Up With Awesome Holiday Offer For BangShifters!
Proud BangShift sponsor Snooky’s Vintage Originals has stepped up to the plate with a kick ass holiday offer aimed squarely at BangShift.com members and readers! There’s not a cooler...
15-Minutes in Vintage NASCAR Heaven: Darlington 1972
Big blocks, big cars, high banks, wreckage, Junior Johnson with a rag on his head, there’s nothing this video doesn’t have. Taken at the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1972, this...
Camaro Will Outsell Mustang in 2010, 5-600hp Z28 on Tap for 2012
When the 2010 chapter of the pony car book is written, Chevrolet will be crowned the victor of the round. The Camaro is on pace to outsell the Mustang by about 7,000 units through the end of the year...
BangShift Project Spotlight: A Serious V6 Firebird Build
The mere mention of a 2000 Pontiac Firebird conjures immediate thoughts of LS-series engines. In the case of BangShift member WarShrike, it doesn’t. Instead of going down the well worn path of...
Humongo Rally Crash Video With Bonus Fire!
This is some truly nutso in-car rally crash video. Like virtually all rally videos it shows two guys crammed into a little car driving way to freaking fast through the countryside. All goes...
Company to Develop Flying Humvee Chopper for Pentagon
A Massachusetts company called Terrafugia has been chosen by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to lead the development of a bad ass flying 4×4 vehicle for the military. The specs...
Barnstormin’: In With the Outlaw
A recent trip to the Tampa, Florida area gave me the chance to visit a drag strip I had never been to before. The strip is Lakeland Dragway, an eighth-mile track that runs as an outlaw, or...
Cool Project: How to Build a Modern AMX in Your Home Garage
While wrenching on Goliath recently, a dude pulled up in a minto Lucerne blue Trans-Am and asked if we had any trim pieces on the Javelin in our backyard. We invited him back to take a look, but that...
Question of the Day: Have You Ever
A couple weeks back out pal Dave contacted us and asked if we wanted an old rear end that was sitting in the woods behind a family member’s house that he was helping to get ready for sale....
Crazy Photos: The Entire Sideways Smoking Nova Burnout Sequence
Last week we dared you to try and caption one of the coolest drag racing photos we had seen in some time. The Nova in the photo was in the middle of a monster burnout but was completely and...
The Coolest Pedal Car Known to Man
Our buddy Jeff, the owner of the (formerly) Hack Job General Lee loves to hang out with his buds at the infamous “Bat Cave Body Shop”. These are the guys who painted the Hack Job and...
Show Coverage: We’ve got 250 photos from the 2010 John Force Racing Holiday Car Show
December means more than car parts under the tree for Southern California residents, it also means it’s time for the John Force Racing Holiday Car Show and Toy Drive 2010. Yorba Linda, home to...
Caption This Photo: One of the Coolest Drag Shots We’ve Seen in a Long Time
If this photo of a bad ass Chevy Nova heading east to west on a north to south drag strip doesn’t make you smile, check your pulse. The photo was posted on our Facebok page and we immediately...
