The Superbowl Car Ads: Speedy Picks the Winners, Watch Them Here!
The Super Bowl is probably the closest thing to a universal social event in America. Even the most hard-core BangShifters probably watched at least part of it. But the real Super Bowl wasn’t...
Neat Story: The Tale of the Iranian Baldwin Motion Phase III Camaro
Here’s the improbable story of a 1974 Baldwin-Motion Phase III Camaro that has lived its entire life in Tehran, Iran. The car was built new by Joel Rosen and the guys at Motion Performance for...
RacingJunk Find: Multi-Engine, 8,000lb Unlimited Modified Pulling Tractor
If you’ve ever wanted to get a sneak preview of what the end of the world will sound like, attend a tractor pull where the big, 8,000-pound Unlimited Modifieds are competing. Better yet, buy...
Project Car: Fatlane, the Chevy-Powered, ProCharged 1964 Ford Fairlane. Update: Suspension Fabrication
ABOUT PROJECT FATLANE This project car is a 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt look-a-like that is being constructed to compete in the Heavy Street drag class at races like the YellowBullet Nationals,...
Not BangShift Approved: A PT Cruiser That is Supposed to Look Like a Cat
This is a true automotive abomination. Combine the lame-ass PT Cruiser with large fiberglass appendages in an effort to make it look like a cat? Congrats, you have managed to create the worst looking...
Cool Video: Charles Taylor’s One-Wheeled Vehicle
One of the neat things that we’ve come to expect here at BangShift.com is the unexpected. Learning about stuff that we never knew existed is pure awesome to us, and when we were tipped off...
EBay Find: Killer 1973 Checker Aerobus 8-Door Limo
Over the last year or so, we’ve not only been introduced to the coolness that is an airport limo, we’ve also begun to really dig them. We got tipped off to this totally neato 1973 Checker...
Speedy Says: Here are the Rules NASCAR Should Adopt
The mere suggestion that NASCAR is going to drift away from the hated “Car of Tomorrow” toward something that looks more like a production car has spurred a huge debate among...
Monday Time Killer: NorwoodArena.Com
The Norwood Arena, a long dead quarter-mile oval track loacted in Norwood, Massachusetts, was for decades considered one of the top short oval tracks in America. Originally the facility was built to...
The Parting Shift: Jerico 4-Speed Action at Greer Dragway
This week we’re taking our Parting Shift blog item down south. We’re headed to historic Greer Dragway in Greer, South Carolina. We’ll make things even sweeter by telling you that...
Fun Video: Killer Vintage Camper For VW Beetles
File this one under, “ain’t never seen that before”, for us anyway. We were tipped off to this cool video featuring a camper from the mid 1970’s designed for use by small...
Former Head of Professional Bull Riders Named CEO of IRL
Randy Bernard, the former head of the Professional Bull Riders Inc., has been named the new CEO of the Indy Racing League in a move that will either be heralded as a great moment of the series or...
Video: Blastro, The Pro Mod Astro Van
Blastro is a blown, alky swilling, tube-chassis version of a Chevy Astro van. It’s bat poop crazy and we love it. After dropping the video of the A-Team van on you yesterday we needed a little...
Michigan Sheriff Turning Confiscated Cars into Police Vehicles
Police departments seizing the property of drug dealers is nothing new. The idea of using cars taken from dirtbags as some type of community vehicle isn’t new either. One sheriff in Saginaw,...
