From the BS Photo Archive: Found On A Women’s Bathroom Stall
My wife, like the wives of many gearheads, is a living saint. She puts up with an awful lot for my automotive pursuits. Before we had the two boys, Kerri would often be riding shotgun to exotic...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Humans Being” by Van Halen (1996)
Alright, let’s not pretend that we don’t know why this song is the one being pumped out of the BangShift jukebox today. In a year that is going to be summed up in three succinct...
Like Butter: Tearing Through A Fire Hydrant With A 60,000 PSI Waterjet
Ah, the fire hydrant. Coated in multiple layers of peeling paint, visited by all the dogs in the neighborhood, cracked open when copious amounts of water is needed, they are icons of steadfast...
This Crash From A Polish Rally Could Be The Most Violent Thing We Have Ever Seen – Driver/Passenger Reportedly OK
Rally racing is unique for any number of reasons but perhaps the biggest is that it is largely done without walls or devices to prevent cars from coming into contact with stuff like houses, bodies of...
Rough Start Fox Body: So Much For The Budget! We’ve Got Plenty Of Parts For Our Forlorn Fox!
I don’t care how good you are at scrapping things together, sooner or later you’re going to have to invest some money into a cheap car project. And that time for investment has come for...
Unhinged: My First Automotive Sin, And It Involved A Mustang II
It’s no secret that I appreciate the Mustang nobody else seems to, the Ford Mustang II. The early cars through 1970 are nearly worshipped. The 1971-73 big-body cars have a lot going for them,...
What Vehicle Have You Wanted To Get, But Know There Is No Good Reason For You To Own?
Why is it that as hot rodders and racers we are constantly seeing someone we want, and go so far as to build it completely in our heads, even though there is zero reason that we should actually own...
Money No Object: 1970 Plymouth Superbird In Quad Black
So we recently welcomed AllCollectorCars.com into the BangShift.com sponsor fold a few days ago, and Chad suggested that I poke my head in and have a look-see, since I do a lot of Craigslist and eBay...
Watch This: You Really Can Fix Big Dents With Hand Tools!
My grandpa Lanning lived next door to a couple of guys that regularly built cars for themselves, and others, in the early 2000s when he was building a hot rod of his own. The neighbors, Jack and...
The Challenger Revival, Part 17: Cutting Through The Layers To The Inner Good
To date, most of McCool’s work on his 1973 Dodge Challenger has involved restoration: rust and rot repair, cleaning up the appearances, interior rebuilding, and so on and so forth. We’re...
Big Daddy Caddy: The Acquisition Of A Droptop Cadillac Trar For Some Off-Road Adventures
Oh, my lord. A 1967 Cadillac is a jaw-dropper for many reasons on it’s own. Long, low, with the aggressive lines of a car brand that could do no wrong, the lines of a brand that knew without a...
FREE LIVE DRAG RACING! The King Of The Creek From Maryland International Raceway
Opening up the country after weeks of shelter in place orders over COVID19 means drag racing is back! We’ve had to postpone or cancel so many events already this year that seeing cars going...
LuxuryLiner: This 2003 Lincoln Town Car Is Our Idea Of A Luxury Sedan, With Supercharged Cobra Power!
If you’ve flown on an American Airlines flight, you might have noticed the phrase “LuxuryLiner” somewhere on the nose area of the jet. And, if you are anything like me, you were...
