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Ride Onboard Ian Woodward’s 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am Racer As He Breaks Lakeside’s Lap Record
The Aussies and Kiwis are just as fanatical about V8 power as we are in the States, and groups such as the Australian Trans-Am and the New Zealand Historic Muscle Car keep the engines going and the...
Monday Morning Soundtrack: Vintage Trans-Am Racers At Watkins Glen
Lohnes is freaking out over the Can-Am series and for the most part, I’m on board with it as well. What’s not to love about a big-block Chevy-powered car taking to road courses like...
Charles Wickam Picks The Top 11 Coolest Cars Of The Year HE Was Born….1970!
(Words by Charles Wickam – Photos by Internet) – 1970. The Beatles broke up, the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl, George C. Scott won an Oscar for portraying a WWII war hero and it...
Ride Along In A Vintage Trans-AM Javelin As It Hot Laps The Road Course At Pueblo Motorsports Park
A road course, a driver, and a screaming AMC small block tucked into a vintage Javelin are three great things. Combined they make for video that demands cranked up speakers and an ear to ear grin....
BangShift Question of the Day: What is the Most Jacked Up Project Car You Have Ever Brought Home?
Obviously, one of the most fun parts of his hobby is searching, finding, and retrieving projects to wrench on. Both Chad and I prefer vehicles that are not complete and total wrecks that may need...
Epic Event Gallery: The 2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals – Rosemont, Illinois
(Words by Greg Rourke – Photos by Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke) – The Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals was once again held in Rosemont, Illinois this past weekend and once again,...
Question of the Day: What is the Coolest Cop Car Ever?
So we have been on a cop car kick around here recently. Part of is has been intentional with our coverage of Project Buford T Justice, while the other stuff has either fallen out of the sky into our...
BANGSHIFT PROJECT CAR SPOTLIGHT: AN AMC GREMLIN WITH A ROAD RACING PAST GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
There may be a law on the books in the great state of Wisconsin that every gearhead must own at least one AMC project during their life. BangShift member Mike is proving that he’s totally...
Gallery: More Bitchin’ Historic Road Racing Photos! Trans-Am, A-Sedan, and Big Bore Sports Cars!
Nathan McGrew delivered us another awesome batch of photos from the SOVREN Historics at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington. This time it is the awesome big bore sports car group featuring stuff...
Project Car Spotlight: A Kick Ass 1969 AMC Javelin Build
So let’s say you are a former motorcycle road racer, a Wisconsin native, a guy in need of a project car, and pretty darned good with your hands and a set of tools. How do you stay entertained...
Killer eBay Find: A One Off Late 1970s AMC Road Racer With Trans-Am History
Naturally when BangShifters think about the AMC brand and road racing, thoughts of Mark Donohue and company wheeling Javelins around in the late 1960s and early 70s jump to the front of their minds....
Auction Action: Mark Donohue’s Championship Winning 1971 Javelin On the Block
The 1971 AMC Javelin that Mark Donohue drove to a championship in the Trans-Am series will be sold at the upcoming Russo and Steele Monterey Auction. This car was a true sledgehammer, racking up...
Project Car Spotlight: The Tale of a BangShifter and the 25 Years He’s Had His Malibu
BangShift.com forum member Bamfster (Dan) is one of the true BangShift originals. He’s been around since the CarJunkieTV days, participated in the epic Red Ball Express run that saw David...
Red Ball Express: Update on the Cross-Country Bucket Brigade of Our ’68 Javelin
The great gearhead bucket brigade known as the Red Ball Express is well underway with our now infamous ‘68 Javelin being relayed trailer-to-trailer to deliver it from California to Boston. This...