Rough Start: A Pontiac Grand Am That’s Begging For A New Beginning
Between the Pontiac Grand Am CA and the Chevrolet Malibu Black Sterling that I recently found, I’ve been foaming at the mouth of a 1978-82 GM A-body build. Look, I like the G-body cars....
Why Was There No 1983 Corvette? A Regular Car Review Story On The C4 Corvette In Detail
To be fair, there may not have been a true production run, but there was a run of 1983 Corvette pilots, pre-productions, whatever you want to call it. Out of the 43 cars that were built, only one,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Was Your First High-Performance Driving Experience Like?
My helmet was so new that the chemical smell was starting to make me nauseous. I had been messing with the seat controls and the steering wheel adjustment for at least ten minutes trying to find the...
Classic YouTube: Alvin “Tex” Johnston’s Barrel Roll Of The Boeing 367-80 Prototype Over Lake Washington
“There are old pilots, there are bold pilots, but there are no old and bold pilots.” That warning is hammered through to every would-be flyer that ever trains, and parallels a much...
Billy Torrence, Matt Hagan, Jason Line & Ryan Oehler Win Restart Of NHRA Mello Yello Series In INDY!
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) — Billy Torrence powered his Capco dragster to the Top Fuel win on Sunday as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series raced for the first time since February at the E3...
Classic YouTube: The Karl Reindler/Steve Owen Crash At The 2011 Perth Super Sprint at Barbagallo
Anybody who races goes onto the track knowing, in their heads and hearts, that what they are doing is dangerous. There is no denying that fact…many people have died chasing speed, from the...
The Barra/Granada Swap, Part 6: Running, Driving, And On The Dyno
At what point does your enemy become your strongest ally? I’ve made no secret that of all the automobiles ever made, that the one that angers me the most is the Ford Granada/Mercury...
Money No Object: The “Jet-X” 1971 Plymouth GTX
At the beginning of BangShift.com, one of the earliest stories I can remember reading involved this very car. In the Mopar world, Gary and Pam Beineke had made a name for themselves by building the...
BangShift Question Of The Day: If You Were Remaking Two Lane Blacktop Today What Car Would You Have The Guys Drive?
This is a tough one that should spark some interesting answers. Let’s say you have been hired by a Hollywood studio to remake the cult classic movie Two Lane Blacktop. The only thing that the...
Mining For Gold: Fixing Up An Abandoned Project Mustang For Goodies To Harvest Later
Rich at Deboss Garage has Bronco fever. He wants to build one badly, a full-sizer with a late-model mill under the hood, all the bells and whistles, you know…the good stuff. Just two problems....
Behemoth Bogger: Off-Roading A Monster Cadillac Convertible Trar In The Woods
The beastly Coupe de Ville that Jacob Davis has been trying to will into life for some reason or another is alive and somehow is moving under it’s own power. How well? Don’t ask too many...
Unveiled: 2021 Ford Bronco and Bronco Sport
They’ve finally appeared, after years of the faithful praying and begging, after years of seeing the Jeep Wrangler do well, years after putting the original horse down in the name of a more...
Watch This Elephant Turn A Pretty Big Truck Over After Playing With It Like A Toy
Strength is one of those relative things that we think we understand as humans but we really don’t. It is one thing to see a video of an elephant picking up a tree in the wild and throwing it...
