Event Coverage: 2009 New England Speed Society Gathering of the Faithful
BangShift.com member Tony (known as Caveman on the forums) attended the 2009 New England Speed Society Gathering of the Faithful in Rochester, Massachusetts, on Sunday, October 17. This show...
Craigslist Pick of the Week: 1975 Zagato Zele (aka The weirdest car ever)
First off, if you have ever heard of or actually seen a 1975 Zagato Zele, you’re eons ahead of us. We were all set to scan Las Vegas Craigslist entries and pan some douche trying to sell his...
2009 SEMA Show Car Sneak Peeks from SEMA.org
Project cars being unveiled is the most anticipated part of the annual SEMA Show. The trade organization just posted a blog item with a lot of sneak peeks all in one place. We’ve cut and paste...
American Hero to Receive Dream Car Thanks to Local Help
Brendan Marrocco is a true American hero. As a soldier fighting in Iraq, Brendan was riding in a truck that was struck by an IED. He sustained major injuries and had to have all four of his limbs...
Seriously? Kool Aid Drinking NASCAR Journo Defends Series
We need to get into a NASCAR press room one of these days. They have to be doing something good for the writers who follow the series because the majority seem to be incapable of acknowledging the...
NEAT! Ford to display 400hp Eco-Boost powered ’34 Ford at SEMA
This car just went straight to the top of the list of stuff we need to see upon our arrival at the 2009 SEMA show. It is a steel 1934 Ford packing a 400hp, 3.5 liter, Ecoboost V6. The car is a joint...
China May Impose Import Tariffs On American Made Cars
This should get your blood pressure kicked up a notch. China is “investigating” the possibility of putting import tariffs on vehicles made by GM, Ford, and Dodge. Experts believe that...
Video of the Week: Swedish Guys Review A Pro Street 1972 Lemans
We stumbled across this video over on Streetfire.net. It was made by guys calling themselves Getaway in Stockholm and it is an objective road test review of a gnarly Pro Street 1971 Pontiac Lemans....
Mother Mopar’s Monster 2009 SEMA display
Despite their horrific financial conditions, the big three are all coming to SEMA with cool stuff to display. Chrysler is going to showcase several cars and trucks that range from totally bad ass to...
Video: Chevrolet Pre-Event Teaser for 2009 SEMA Show Cars
It’s a good thing we have a true GM insider as a BangShift.com member, because we got tipped off to this latest Chevrolet teaser video on YouTube before hardly anyone had seen it. Check it out...
New LS1 and LS2 Intake From Edelbrock
Edelbrock has a new, cool-seeming intake manifold for LS1 (cathedral) and LS2 (rectangle-port) GM V8 engines. This really looks like something we’d like to try! Watch for more Edelbrock news...
New Truck Class at Goodguys Street Challenge Autocross
Earlier today we announced the Goodguys 2010 show schedule, but then we were looking at the Goodguys web site and noticed more news. There will now be a class for pickup trucks at the Street...
2010 Goodguys Show Schedule is Here
The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association has announced its 23-show schedule for 2010, and BangShift.com hopes to be there to cover as many of them as possible, especially the ones with the Street...
The Top 11 Largest Automotive Aftermarket Companies of 2009 by Global Sales
With SEMA approaching, we got to thinking about who the real players are in the car-guy aftermarket. Apparantly there’s an organization to answer that question, the Automotive Aftermaket Status...
