2010 Detroit Autorama Wrap-Up and Photos of the Hot Rodding Load-Out
OK, that’s it. We’ve covered every inch of the 2010 Detroit Autorama for three days, and tonight was the end of it with the traditional exiting of all the hot rods out of Cobo Hall and...
Tammy Ray’s 1933 Ford Phaeton Wins 2010 Ridler Award at the Detroit Autorama
The 1933 Ford Phaeton of Tammy Ray has been awarded the 2010 Ridler Award at the Detroit Autorama. The award, one of the most coveted in the world of hot rod building was bestowed on the car after...
The 2010 Detroit Autorama Great 8
The big deal for show car builders at the Detroit Autorama is to try and win the ultimate trophy, the Ridler Award. This was named for former show promoter Don Ridler and is presented to the best car...
857 Photos of the 2010 Detroit Autorama
We’ve been here at the 2010 Detroit Autorama for two days so far, soaking up the Midwest’s first big car get-together of the year and snapping photos until we’re ready to just saw...
BangShift.com to Provide Free Live Streaming Broadcast of the 52nd Bakersfield March Meet
BangShift.com is excited to announce that it will be carrying start-to-finish, free, live streaming video coverage of the 52nd March Meet from historic Auto Club Famoso Raceway in...
The Parting Shift: Pontiac Power and a Lenco
After hitting you with all the junk we did today, we owe you a strong finish and that’s what we will deliver. This video shows Jim Yanowski’s Pontiac powered Pontiac. It is a 3rd Gen...
The Detroit Not-o-Rama: You Knew There Would Be a Chopper Involved
Few vehicular trends over saturated themselves harder than choppers. Seemingly overnight, every small town in America had a chopper shop that was cranking out overpriced motorcycles assembled from...
The Detroit Not-o-Rama: A Mangled 1972 Mini Cooper
We thought it would be virtually impossible to make an old Mini Cooper uncool. Yeah, they are quirky little cars, but they have a racing heritage and are basically road legal go karts. Heck, we know...
The Detroit Not-o-Rama: A 1989 Mustang Show Car (With a Mangled Hood and Cowl)
You’ve got to love an ad that has a bombshell about the car tucked into the middle of it and totally downplayed. In this case we’re talking about the 1989 Mustang convertible that the...
The Detroit Not-o-Rama: The Most Cliche Caprice on Earth
As we wait in anticipation of Chad’s great AutoRama coverage we thought we’d take a look at a few vehicles that won’t be shown at Cobo Hall in Detroit ths weekend. To kick it off...
Hittin’ the Road: Detroit AutoRama and Ice Drags Coverage Coming this Weekend
Both Chad and I are escaping the surly bonds of home this weekend to bring you event coverage from two of the coldest places in the country. He’s leaving sunny SoCal to hit the Detroit...
Multiple John Delorean Movie Projects in the Works
John DeLorean, the legendary auto executive, is a popular guy in the halls of Hollywood these days. The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that there are no less than three bio-pics in the works to be...
NASCAR’s Kurt Busch To Run Super Gas at Gatornationals in Street Legal Hemi Challenger
2004 NASCAR champ Kurt Busch will compete at the upcoming NHRA Gatornationals in Super Gas, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. In a very neat twist, Busch will be driving his 1970...
Experts Say Don’t Forget Cars When Estate Planning
It’s a lightning rod issue among the bloody knuckle set we BangShifters identify with. Yeah, car collecting for money. Some would say that the preservation of classic cars, hot rods, and muscle...
