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Result for: Sick Summer

Rough Start: 1980 Toyota Celica GT Sunchaser by Griffith

For our younger readers: ever look at stuff made after about 1973 and wonder why you can find sunroofs, T-tops, targa tops and the like, but nobody outside of the biggest Buicks, Oldsmobiles and...

Does COVID-19 Have You Stuck In The House? Here Are Some ARP, Trick Flow, And Meziere Parts For Your Ford That Will Keep You Busy!

If you have been told to stay home from work, or are feeling sick and doing the smart thing by saving your fellow man, or just want to take advantage of the idiocy of people who have decided the...

Well, This Sucks: The Outlaw Street Car Reunion VII Event at Beech Bend Has Been Cancelled

Even with everything that happened at last year’s Outlaw Street Car Reunion, from the usual roll-of-the-dice weather that western Kentucky threw at the racers to the whole timing system...

The Dirty Cougar: The Final Installment Of Our $400 Revival Racer!

Three months ago, sick with a head cold, hating the automotive sickness like none other, I was laying in a muddy alleyway in Evansville, Indiana, wrenching, fighting, and cursing a 1987 Mercury...

The “WTF?” Files: UK Police Caught A Tractor Street Racing Motorcycles!

Living in the cornfields outside of Bowling Green means that I’m no stranger to tractors. I’ve known what the tractor is all about ever since I was a kid living in Illinois: they are work...

Best Of 2018: This 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS Ex-Stock Car Is Now Roaming The Streets!

From stem to stern, there is no denying that this Chevelle has led one hell of a hard life. Virtually every last body panel shows some kind of wear and tear. The old paint flakes, as does some of the...

Introducing Project Evil Orchid: Scott Liggett’s 1965 Impala Has A Story To Tell

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) The Impala was one of the first vehicles to hit the forum’s Project Vehicle pages way back in 2007 when this website was known as CarJunkieTV.  Before that,...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Woodchucks And Melting Roads!

Enjoying the summer? You should be! We’re all busy here at BangShift and are running from event to event! Here at BS Mid-West, we are especially excited, because this week, come hell or high...

Perplexing Plymouth: There’s Something Off About This 1933 Plymouth Street Rod, But What Is It?

Do you ever get sick of seeing certain cars? While I may not speak for the majority of the BangShift crew, I’ve grown apathetic to cookie cutter 30’s Street Rods as of late. I know that...

Farmtruck’s Down Under Wonder Is Back In Action! Watch As The Aussie-Built C10 Hits The Skidpad At Good FryDay!

We’ve seen the built-for-burnouts carbon copy of the infamous Farmtruck out and about before…unfortunately, that was when it made it’s debut at Summernats back in January, when the...

Bob Glidden Has Died At 73 – One Of The Most Singularly Dominant Drag Racers In History Is Gone

Bob Glidden, the 10-time NHRA pro stock champion, an IHRA pro stock champion, a native of Whiteland, Indiana, and one of the greatest drag racers of all time has died at age 73, surrounded by his...

The End Of The Mad Canadian: An Interesting Documentary Of Ken Carter’s Tragic Final Jump In A Rocket Powered Firebird (Video)

Try as he did, Ken Carter was never able to make himself a household name during the stunt man boom of the 1970s. He seemed to harbor illusions that he was on the level of Evel Knievel but in...

Unhinged: Smarter Cars Are Result Of Dumber People Holding Driver’s Licenses.

“Cars need devices to curb child heatstroke deaths, lawmakers say” “Some automakers slower to make standard technology that could avert 1M crashes a year” “When Will...

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Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Poke-Tesla, Say “SKOD-a”, And A Sad Goodbye

Sun-baked, running from track to track, and showing no signs of stopping, we march on to bring you news, both important and…well, not. As Chad stands on a glass panel several hundred feet in...