Dragster In The Woods: This Rescue Of An Amazing Vintage Dragster Will Have You Smiling
Aug 20, 2019Brian Lohnes4
Tommy Lee Byrd has been cranking out great magazine stories for years and his YouTube channel has become a great spot for car content as well. This video is his neatest work yet. If you remember,...
Video: Line, Capps, and Pritchett Score Victories At Brainerd, See How They Did It Here!
Aug 20, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Line, Capps, and Pritchett Score Victories At Brainerd, See How They Did It Here!
It was a banner day for Don Schumacher Racing in Brainerd, Minnesota on Sunday as the team won both the top fuel and nitro funny car class Wallys while Jason Line collected the victory in pro stock...
Your Moment Of Zen: Lead Welding Techniques – Proposition 65 Be Damned!
Aug 20, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Your Moment Of Zen: Lead Welding Techniques – Proposition 65 Be Damned!
“Lead Sled.” The term pre-dates Bondo, pre-dates easy bodywork altogether. You didn’t just pop a dent out, fill in the low spots with mud, and sand until things looked right....
Scary Art: Watch Steven Odendaal’s High-Side Save From The Czech MotoGp Race!
Aug 20, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
As a general rule of thumb, when you high-side a sport bike, you are going to become the human equivalent of the rock flinging out of Bart Simpson’s slingshot. That’s it, the end, start...
Gravel King: Watch This Porsche 911 Safari-Style Build Get Worked Out On A Dry Lake!
Aug 20, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Gravel King: Watch This Porsche 911 Safari-Style Build Get Worked Out On A Dry Lake!
Porsche’s 911 is iconic. It’s a sports car that many, many people strive to drive or own at some point in their lifetime. They see the classic Carreras, the whale-tails, the Widowmakers,...
Pig-N-Ford Racing: Win Or Lose, You’ll Be Bringing Home The Bacon
Aug 20, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
There are two things worth mentioning about Tillamook, Oregon. One involves some very tasty cheeses that is created by the company that serves the Tillamook County Creamery Association, and the other...
Get Your Kicks: The Kingman Rt. 66 Street Drags Are Now Open For Entry!
Aug 20, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Get Your Kicks: The Kingman Rt. 66 Street Drags Are Now Open For Entry!
If you are unfamiliar with Kingman, Arizona, here’s what you need to know: It’s the first town you get to in Arizona after you leave Las Vegas and head south, it’s got a huge...
Get The Biggest Hammer: Cletus’s Aussie Burnout Camaro Is Getting Big-Boy Grunt!
Aug 19, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Get The Biggest Hammer: Cletus’s Aussie Burnout Camaro Is Getting Big-Boy Grunt!
We have to admire the audacity of Cleetus. Taking a third-gen Camaro and preparing it to be an Aussie burnout car takes some serious clanking bits, but to pull off the feat and hopefully do America...
The Straight-Eight Challenge: It’s Buick Vs. Packard…Which Engine Will Live First!
Aug 19, 2019Bryan McTaggart5
What do you do when you have two cars from the 1950s that haven’t really moved since about 1970, that have an engine that seems to date back to the Thirties at your disposal? Why not divvy up...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Please Pull Into A Parking Space And Eat Inside!
Aug 19, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
This week at BangShift Mid-West, we have been celebrating all things related to the red paper wasp. No, wait…scratch that. We’ve been battling those angry little monsters while trying to...
In 1965 Ford Thought They Had A Better Idea Than The Steering Wheel – They Didn’t (Poorly Edited Video!)
Aug 19, 2019Brian Lohnes3
Ford had a missile engineer design them a modern replacement for the steering wheel in 1965. As it turns out, we’re still using those pesky wheels but the “Wrist Twist” idea that he...
Just Nosing In: It’s Time For Another Shop Tour At Jay Leno’s Place
Aug 19, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Every now and then Jay Leno puts out a vlog on what’s going on inside of his garage, and if nothing else, it is never just boring stuff. Leno might have the money to do whatever he wants,...
Project Raven Imperial: Ditching Some Sketchy Junk With Help From Lokar! New Throttle Cable And Kickdown Cable!
Aug 19, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
In the last update, we got Raven, the 1983 Imperial that is doubling as my penance for something I did in a past life, up and running after the 367ci small-block Mopar ate a camshaft keyway. Happily,...
Finnegan’s Death Metal Charger Finally Hits The Streets. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!
Aug 18, 2019Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Finnegan’s Death Metal Charger Finally Hits The Streets. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!
After a heap of work and realizations, Finnegan has finally got the Death Metal Charger on the road and driving. It is a miracle in many ways, considering the battles they faced just to get it...