Killer Drag Video: An Interview With Nitro-Shoe Mendy Fry Circa 1987!
Mendy Fry is one of the most sought after nostalgia nitro pilots in the world today. She’s in the Nostalgia Top Fuel 250mph club, has run down into the 5.80s in a nostalgia nitro flopper, and...
Tech: The BangShift 700-R4 Rebuild Part 4
Jeff Bradley is back with the fourth installment of how to properly rebuild at 700-R4 transmission. This is literally a blow by blow, step by step account of how to replace every part in the...
Camaro Wrests Sales Lead Back From Mustang
Like a pair of heavyweight prize fighters trading blows, the Camaro and Mustang continue to fight for sales and performance supremacy here in America. According to the dudes at Camaro5.com, 6,321...
It Came From the Forums: Photo Coverage of the 2010 Frog Follies Pre-’49 Car Show
Indiana-based BangShift member Drew recently attended the Frog Follies car show in Evansville, Indiana. This event is billed as the largest pre-49 car show on Earth and draws more than 4,000 cars!...
Project Goliath Update: Piddly Projects, Plodding Progress
It has been too long since we brought you any information on progress with our 1966 C50 called Goliath. The main reason is that there hasn’t been too much sexy stuff happening. We’re at...
Video: The Shortest Jump in the Biggest Truck
Recently the story of a security guard beating on a brand new Corvette ZR-1 has been sweeping around the internet. Not surprisingly, the guy is being hailed as a dumbass for not only flogging the...
Camaro Makes European Racing Debut at Nurburgring, Runs Strong
The latest Chevy Camaro, which has been seeing action on American race tracks for some time now recently started turning tires in European road racing action. The Dutch GT4 team, Equipe...
eBay Find: The World’s Most Awesome 1976 Mercury Comet
There were few more depressingly awful cars produced by Detroit in the mid-1970s than the wheezing, homely, 1976 Mercury Comet. It was a far cry from the hot little number that the Comet once was....
Killer Video: Plymouth Roadrunner Ads
Chrysler may not have been the sales leader of the muscle car era, but they were certainly the fun leader. We found a great video showing a compilation of Roadrunner ads from 1968-what looks to be...
Question of the Week: What’s Your Most Trusty Mechanical Companion?
If you’re a gearhead, chances are that you surround yourself with different machines, tools, gadgets, and equipment. Some of that stuff has probably been around you for a while, rescued you...
Auto Trader Classics Find: Bob Tullius’s 1984 Jaguar IMSA GTP Racer
Bob Tullius is an American road racing legend. He competed in everything from the snappy little Dodge Darts he ran in the early days of Trans-Am to the infamous Grey Ghost LeMans and all kinds of...
Event Gallery: New England Dragway’s 2010 Dragin’ in the ’50s Show
We were in the mood to see some neato nostalgia drag racing recently, so we gave our wife the day off, loaded up the kiddos and headed to the local strip. Luckily for us, New England Dragway was...
Event Coverage: 4th Annual Burbank Charity Hot Rod and Race Car Show with Cacklefest Video
The 4th Annual Burbank, California, Charity Hot Rod and Race Car Show was a big hit on August 28th, 2010. The Masonic Lodge of Burbank puts on the show every year, with all proceeds going to support...
Moral of the Story: Put a Fire Extinguisher in Your Hot Rod!
Erv Julien, the owner of the Ford involved in the car-b-que happening in the lead photo of this blog item, is lucky to be alive, but he was unlucky enough to watch his otherwise bitchin’ 1934...
