Site of the Week: The SEMA Action Network
We’ve been spending lots of time recently talking about the glitz and pomp of the 2009 SEMA Show here at BangShift.com so we thought it was hyper important to remind everyone of the really hard...
Photo Gallery: Great Car Show at a Better Junkyard!
Once again, our eastern contributor Joe Grippo has delivered the goods with two big photo galleries from a great car show held November 7 at Fleming’s Auto Parts in Egg Harbor Township, New...
BangShift.com’s Five Favorite Street Rods from SEMA 2009
It should come as no surprise that the SEMA Show in Las Vegas is always a hot spot for debuting some of the coolest street rods on the planet. After all, whether you call them street rods or hot...
Carnage Video: Crazy Catastrophic Engine Failure Now in High Def
The engine explosion of the European Maid pulling tractor has graced this website a time or two, but never in high quality television footage. This is the one where the motor explodes and the block...
BangShift.com’s favorite Mustangs from SEMA 2009
One of the biggest surprises for us at the 2009 SEMA Show was the number of cool old Mustangs. We were expecting nothing but late models, but much to our delight, we found Trans Am racers, Cammer...
BangShift.com’s Top Five 2010 Camaros from SEMA 2009
Public opinion going into the 2009 SEMA Show was that the 2010 Camaro was going to be the car of the show, even if Ford was the sponsor this year. The public was right. There were literally dozens of...
BangShift.com Members Get Exclusive Discount at Speed Shop!
BangShift.com forum member and speed merchant extrodinaire Rich Dodrill (SpeedJunkee on the forums) has taken up residence at a new speed shop in the greater Indy area. He’s now employed at the...
Bangshift.com Picks Our Top 5 Street Trucks of SEMA 2009
There were a huge amount of trucks being displayed at the 2009 SEMA show. They ranged from slammed down mini-trucks, to humongo, high-riding, blinged out monsters. We’re fans of stuff that...
Event Coverage: 2009 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
BangShift.com was there for the 2009 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational on November 7, but yours truly was jamming hard announcing the event and could not get out there and take photos or video....
Roadside Find: A Laid Out 1998 Chevy Truck
The weekend before we headed off to the SEMA show, we were running errands on a Sunday morning and crossed paths with this bad ass, totally laid out Chevy truck. We’re thinking it is a 1998 as...
Ebay Find: The World’s Quickest 1960 Chevy Bel Air
Hey! We know this car! This 7-second monster belongs to BangShift.com forum member Mike Casella. He’s been having tons of fun with its big 707ci, nitrous fed Donovan motor for a few years now...
Book Review: Motion Performance, Tales of a Muscle Car Builder by Martyn Schorr
Motion Performance is rightfully known as the wildest of the specialty muscle car builders of the 1960s and early 1970s. With the infamous Phase III Camaros and Corvettes, Joel Rosen and company...
Ridetech’s SEMA 2009 Experience: Awards, Drama, and More!
Longtime BangShift.com sponsor Ridetech seems to be everywhere at all times, and the 2009 SEMA show was no different. Ridetech not only launched thier incredibly trick new line of Select Shocks and...
