Bob Toia, Founder of Gratiot Auto Supply, Dies At Age 95
Bob Toia, the founder and longtime operator of Gratiot Auto Supply, a former giant in the world of aftermarket parts sales, has died at the age of 95. There are few companies in the performance that...
Photo Gallery: Long Beach Swap Meet, January 10, 2010
The Long Beach Swap Meet is a great local hangout in Southern California, and it was about 70 degrees here last Sunday, so while many of you were freezing your gonads off, we were cruising the deals....
Photo Tour: Justice Bros. Racing Museum in Duarte, California
Lots of guys ask us what kinds of car guy stuff they should do when they are in Southern California for work or vacation, so BangShift.com decided to start bringing you some of the best gearhead...
BangShift.com Project Car: The 1969 Camaro Convertible comes home!
Since I moved from Texas to California a couple years ago, my 1969 Camaro convertible has been sitting in our shop in Texas collecting dust and losing parts to Dad’s 1968 Z/28 Camaro. But...
Saab: Last Minutes Offers Still Coming In
We know you thought that you were waking up to a Saab-less world this morning, but the Jason Voorhees of car companies, Saab, just refuses to admit that it is dead and some business folks think that...
Video: The Merrill, Wisconsin, Ice Drag Races are On
It’s the time of year when water turns solid, and that means the river in Merrill, Wisconsin, at Council Grounds State Park has become a frozen 1/8-mile drag strip. The Merrill Ice Draggers...
eBay Pick: The Ugliest Hummer of All Time
If you tuned into BangShift’s exhaustive coverage of the 2009 SEMA show, you saw lots of cars, some were awesome and some were awful. SEMA show cars really cut pretty clearly down that line,...
Be On the Lookout! Stolen 4-Wheel & Off-Road Magazine Project Truck
We heard today that a project truck got stolen from Fred Williams, our friend at 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine. The truck is a 1986 CUCV Army Chevy that was on the cover of the magazine a few...
Boyd Coddington’s French Connection Super Rod Fails to Sell on eBay
Several days ago we showed you a link to an eBay page where the last car from Boyd Coddington’s shop was being auctioned off. The car is called French Connection, and it is a 1939 Lincoln built...
Poteet & Main Speed Demon Streamliner Plan for 2010
Ron Main and George Poteet have caused quite a stir over the last few years with their Speed Demon streamliner and their quest for 500 mph. Ron and George are good people, friends of BangShift.com,...
New Mopar Appearance Package for New Challengers
Mopar has introduced a new appearance package for the 2010 Dodge Challenger models. It’s kind of like the mid 1970s when stickers made a car “faster,” since these packages are...
NHRA Special Web Site for the 50th Winternationals
February 11-1, 2010, brings the 50th anniversary of the NHRA Winternationals, which have always been held at the drag strip at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. The NHRA held...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Other Auto-Regulating Politicians to Tour the Detroit Auto Show
As the AP has reported, “Months after the government took large ownership stakes in General Motors, Chrysler and auto lender GMAC Financial Services, top lawmakers and members of the Obama...
Scientists Create Molecule-Sized Dragster
Did you know there is a world of “nanocars” out there? A nanocar is a molecule-sized “robot” and they are being tested for use in the construction and actions of molecular...
