eBay Find: A Totally Killer 1953 Ford COE Hauler
We were tipped off to the coolest looking 1953 Ford cab-over-engine hauler we’ve seen in some time by a loyal BangShift.com reader. It is for sale on eBay currently and by the looks of the...
Wreck Video: A Swamp Buggy Stuffs It Hard
Naples, Florida, is home to the Florida Sports Park. It’s a motorsports facility best known as the home of the world famous Swamp Buggy races. There are seven classes that range from 4-banger...
Cool Photos: A Load of Cool Aerial Shots From the 2010 NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals
We were tipped off to some awesome aerial photography from the 2010 NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals, held in Houston, Texas, and had to share. The race was held a few weeks back but this is the...
Great Underdog Read: North American Eagle Land Speed Project Making Progress
Currently, the ultimate land speed record for an Earth-bound vehicle is owned by the Thrust SSC team of Englishman Richard Noble. It was back in the 1990s when their multi-gazillion dollar effort...
Cool Old Video: Ten Minutes of Kooky AMC Commercials Circa 1973
We love old car ads around here so when we saw a compilation video made up of the entire 1973 AMC television ad catalog, we had to share it with all of you out there in readerland. While on a long...
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals to Continue in 2011
It has been announced that the NHRA will continue with four-wide drag racing in 2011 at zMax Dragway. The announcement came after NHRA brass met with members of the Professional Racers Owners...
Carnage Video: A Turbo Failure Results in Exhaust Stack Fireworks
With the surge in popularity and power of diesel pickup trucks, the pulling scene is buzzing like never before with entries in stock and modified diesel classes. This particular nitrous injected,...
RacingJunk Find: A Bad Ass, Turn-Key, Modified 4×4 Pulling Truck
We’re gearing up to go check out a tractor pull next weekend so when we were cruising RacingJunk.com for neat stuff this week, our one-track mind led us to search out pulling trucks. Once we...
Caption This Photo: How Not to Dismount From Your Boat
BangShift.com forum member Phil Cooper sent us this photo via e-mail and we just had to pass it on to the masses and get some proper captions for it. We don’t know who this guy is, who shot the...
Cool Old Promo Video: Curtis Turner and Ford’s Total Performance Campaign
Few men in NASCAR history drove harder or lived faster than Curtis Turner. He was one of the sport’s first bonafide legends and because of that he was used as a pitch man. In this video...
It Was a Good Run: GM Out of Fortune 500 Top Ten for First Time in 101 Years
General Motors has dropped to number 15 on the Fortune 500 list, out of the top ten for the first time in 101 years. Ford dropped one spot, from number seven to number eight. Weirdly, without a...
Classic Carnage Friday Edition: Train Wreck, Flipped Divco, Cheap Labor, Box Truck Wheelie
To close out another week of classic carnage scans, we’re bringing you some premium wreckage. It doesn’t get any more epic than a steam locomotive laying on its side. We had to laugh at...
Craigslist Find: A Cool 1968 Cadillac DeVille Convertible
We’re not going to lie to you. When we were trolling Kentucky Craigslist ads, we were looking to find the most bizarre, hill-jack, awful creation we could find. Instead though, we found the...
Vintage Carnage and Gearhead History: Smashed Tomatoes, Goliath’s Older Brother, Train Hits a Gas Tanker
We took a day off as to not melt our scanner from all the hot carnage and history action we’ve been showing you as of late. We’re back to hitting on all cylinders with this edition which...
