It Sounded Good on TV: Ads For The Turbocharged Cars Of The 1960s, Late 1970s, and Early 1980s
Getting to drive as many new cars as I do, the turbocharger is as common on new stuff as pistons are inside the engine. It’s the way of the world. In so many ways the turbo has likely extended...
Awesome: Ride With Jacky Ickx or Hans Stuck In A Porsche 962 At The Hockenheim Ring In 1985
This is an awesome video with a little bit of mystery to it. It’s internet mystery so it isn’t like some spellbinding TV series but we’re not sure if it is the legendary Hans Stuck...
BangShift Book Corner: Chevy Drag Racing 1955-1980 by Doug Boyce
As the holidays are approaching, publishers are brining a lot of their new material to bear and because I am a freakish bookworm, I gladly accepted a few of these tomes to look over and share my...
Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks, And More From The Ribs And Rods Show In Texas
We’re not going to let any car show coverage go to waste after waiting so long for events to get started, so we’re bringing you several photo galleries from the recent Ribs and Rods show...
What’s New Is Old Again? The 2021 Lexus IS Has Been Reshaped But Has It Been Rethought?
(By Tom Lohnes) – The new Lexus IS is out after a rather boring 7-year generation. The new IS coming early 2021, looks and feels the same as the old one and I don’t know if that’s a good...
Golden Anniversary Gear: McLeod Has Killer 50th Anniversary Shirts On Sale Now
Ed Iskenderian is often credited with creating the t-shirt craze in hot rodding. By printing his name and logo onto shirts and getting them into the hands of racers, he created brand awareness and...
Tough Little Bugger: Watch This Tiny Engine Get Pummeled With Nitrous and Fuel and Live!
This is one of those neat videos that you don’t think has a snowball’s chance in hell of being interesting and then it turns out to be one of the neatest things you’ve seen in a...
Big Dollar Power: This Factory 2×4 Intake For A Mercury 368 Y-Block Is Ultra Rare
The muscle car era may have actually started earlier if the factories had not gotten themselves all wrapped up in the sham of the thing known as the “racing ban” in the middle and late...
BangShift Says Thank You To All Veterans Today – Veterans Day 2020
We here at BangShift.com would like to extend our sincere thanks to all of the veterans who have served our country through the years. The sacrifice of time, sweat, and blood have preserved our way...
Is The Diesel Juice Worth The Wallet Squeeze: We Drive The New Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited EcoDiesel
We’re no stranger to the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited here at BangShift having driven and reviewed various models of the rig over the years. The latest edition of the machine is one that had us...
NHRA Nitro Time Machine: Experience Mark Oswald’s Incredible 1990 Dallas Explosion With Mac and Evans On The Call
Mark Oswald is one of the best funny car racers ever and he graduated that job to become a world champion crew chief who is still in the sport today at the highest levels. As someone who mad this...
Paralysis By Analysis: How Many Different Ways Can You Package A Ram Truck? Let’s Find Out
(By Tom Lohnes) – It’s no mystery that ½ ton trucks have a lot of special editions and trim levels, but I think the Ram 1500 takes the cake for the most. Let’s look at them Now this...
Heavy Haul: Here’s What Happened To That 6-Wheel Chevy From Fast and Furious!
I’ve always maintained that if I was to pick one of the cars from the Fast and Furious franchise, it would be the 1971 Chevrolet Monte Carlo from Tokyo Drift. It’s a primer-painted badass...
Classic YouTube: 1990s World Rally – Not Group B, But Not Bad Either!
The ultimate approval of WRC in the 1990s is this: Toyota, of all the manufacturers, got put on a solid time-out because they engineered a cheat so unbelievably perfect that it bypassed even the most...
