Shop-a-holic: We Tour The Bat Cave Body Shop
The Bat Cave. That legendary spot that Bruce Wayne parked the Batmobile in. No one knew where it was or how to find it. That pretty much sums up the situation with an awesome body shop operation we...
Ranking the Top 11 High Performance Fords From the Last Decade That You Have to Own
We Americans can’t seem to get enough of ranking lists. It must be in our collective cultural DNA. Even though a good case can be made that the decade of “the Noughties” does not...
Killer Nose Art and History From Velasco Enterprises
We pride ourselves on being not just car geeks, but also American history geeks. We have a special admiration for the men and women of the so called “Greatest Generation” who fought so...
Photo Caption Contest: Dude Under a Dually
We run across great gearhead photos all the time, so we’re going to start throwing some of them up to be captioned by you out there in readerland. We’ll lead off with this gem. To post a...
Great Read: An Interview with Drag Legend Tommy Ivo
Tommy Ivo is true racing royalty. One of the most famous drag racers in the history of the sport, his story is well known. In short, he was a child actor who for 20 years appeared on the stage, in...
Killer Drag History: Detroit Dragway
Detroit Dragway was open from 1959 to 1998. During that time it served an important role in the history of the sport due to its proximity to the headquarters of the domestic auto companies. In 1959...
Introducing Project Fat Lane, ’64 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt Clone From Hell
Welcome to installment one of Project Fat Lane, a 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt look-a-like that is being constructed to compete in the Heavy Street class at races like the Shakedown at E-Town and...
Video: Off-Road Truck Out-Jumps Travis Pastrana With a 301-Foot Record
The marketing made it seem like the world was watching on New Years Eve when Travis Pastrana jumped a rally Subaru 269 feet onto a barge anchored in Long Beach harbor, a distance record for rally...
BangShift.com Welcomes Gear Vendors As A New Sponsor
We are proud to announce that Gear Vendors, the only overdrive that can handle 2000 horsepower, has joined the BangShift.com family of sponsors. Gear Vendors’ reputation for the highest R&D...
eBay Find: Killer Competition Coupe
Competiton Coupes were an interesting breed back when that class was run at drag strips across America. Boiled down, there were basically front engine dragsters with heavily hacked up coupe bodies...
Project Car: Complete Buildup Photos of the First F.A.S.T. Mopar in the 10s
Regular readers got to know BangShift.com member Joel Nystrum several weeks ago when we had a video of him powershifting his 30,000-mile original Hemi GTX on an 11-second pass. That was one 1967...
The 75 Best Photos of Girls With Cars
The BangShift.com forum post called “Ladies Posing With Cars…” is the most-viewed thread ever. It now has hundreds of photos of women with cars. Far more people view that thread...
Photo Gallery: Donut Derelicts Cruise, January 2010
Back in 1986 a few buddies started getting together with their hot rods on Saturday mornings in Huntington Beach, California. Over the years, this weekly gathering of cool rods, muscle cars, trucks,...
Video: Camaro Outruns BMW in Insane Swedish Snow Race
This is one of the best races known to man. It happens in Sweden, where BangShift.com member Gasfot Sweden races his beater second-generation Camaro in events that are like road races or...
