Bashed Metal, Cheap Fixes And Good Fun: This is Swedish Folk Racing, And It Rules!
Swedish cars are known for being tough and durable. Volvo staked their reputation on it, and Saab was so nit-picky about how their cars were built that during their time with General Motors, they...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Would You Route A “Rally Safari” In North America?
Between 1953 and 2003, the event most widely known as the Rally Safari has brought drivers and skills out to the wilds of East Africa for miles upon miles of punishment, wide-open stages, and...
Mini-Overlanding: Building A Camping Trailer For Grind Hard Plumbing Co.’s Monster Jeep!
The concept of overlanding rules. Ever since I realized that I was living down the street from the offices of Overland Journal magazine back in 2011, the idea of a complete off-roading unit that you...
Like That: The Argument For Checking Your Machine Out Regularly And For Packing A Fire Extinguisher
My first project car nearly set my right arm on fire. That’s not joking. Had I not had the reflexes of a cat on crank, my arm from the elbow forward would’ve been showered with raw...
Road Trip! Shawn Ellington And The Murder Nova Crew Road Trip To Cash Days With Daddy Dave, Fireball, Chuck, And More!
Racing is awesome, and we all have cool memories from being at the races, but the roadtrips, testing, and thrashing are where most of the great stories of any racer’s adventures come from. I...
Watch The Pakistani Truck Repair Guys Fix A Cracked Wheel On The Lathe. With A Million Alcoa’s Around Here It Seems Weird, But They Got Skills!
The Pakistani Truck repair videos often have crazy stuff going on in them, like the one where they mount a whole rear axle housing in the lathe. We laugh, and cringe, when we watch them but sometimes...
The 2nd Annual Working Man’s Ten Grand Race $10,000 To Win Sunday
The Working Man’s Ten Grand is a great drag racing event. In it’s second year, this event has been moved to Kil-Kare Raceway just outside of Dayton, Ohio and is drawing the best and the...
The Want Is Real!!! This Barn Find 1965 Impala Station Wagon Is Big Block Powered And Bad Ass As Can Be!
Look at it! Would you just look at it? This is greatness. I have zero dollars to buy it, but it is amazing and I love it and want it and you should too. This 1965 Impala Station Wagon is the holy...
OBS Clash Episode 2: How The Sport Truck Became An Icon That Spawned Whole Industries
Here is Episode 2 of the OBS Clash Series folks! Anyone who reads BANGshift on any regular basis knows I’m a Chevrolet guy to the core, and that I love my Square Body Chevy pickups. But I love...
If You Lost Against This Turbocharged Dodge Caravan, You Missed The Warning Signs!
One of the best lessons I ever learned in life I learned during Army basic training. Without a question, at six-foot-three and 228 pounds, I was one of, if not the biggest soldier in training during...
How To Chop The Top On A Hot Rod: These Videos Have Us Inspired To Find Something To Cut Up!
A couple different BANGshifters actually put us onto Half Ass Kustoms on YouTube and their recently started series on chopping a top. In this case the willing victim happens to be a 1951 Dodge...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Was The Worst Smell You’ve Ever Encountered?
When all you mess around with are sub-$1,000 shitbox cars, you’re bound to offend your nostrils. It’s just a way of life for me, I guess. Over the years, I’ve had cars that...
Weld Porn: The Plasma Bike Gets A Coffin Style Aluminum Gas Tank
Anyone who has ever fabricated a gas tank knows that there is a lot of work that goes into making one, even if it is just a plane box. But throw in a bunch of angles and such, like a Coffin style...
Money No Object: The Fairmonster – Because You Need An Absolutely Beast Ford!
We almost don’t have to tell you anything about this car. We can just let you watch the video, see the violence that this banana pudding yellow 1978 Ford Fairmont Futura is capable of, and let...
