What Does It Look Like When A Car Is Sent Into A Tree At 55 Miles An Hour? Simply Put, Bad.
Jun 22, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on What Does It Look Like When A Car Is Sent Into A Tree At 55 Miles An Hour? Simply Put, Bad.
Car at speed plus trees equals bad time for everyone involved. Nobody will question that logic. A tree of decent size and girth, will stop a car right in it’s tracks and only show a scar on...
This V8 Pinto Is A Great Example Of Not Needing Huge Power Numbers To Have Fun (VIDEO)
Jun 22, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
Keep your “kaboom!” jokes to yourself with this particular 1979 Ford Pinto, because this snotty little bastard is proof that you don’t need to be making Hellcat-territory power...
Happy Father’s Day From All Of Us At BangShift.com!
Jun 21, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
He handed me my first car while I was still crawling around in the shag carpeting in a house in Colorado Springs, a little silver Corvette that I still own to this day. He worked his ass off from the...
2020 Modern Street Hemi Shootout At Kentucky Dragway – Friday Afternoon’s Track Rental Testing
Jun 21, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
The last few days around BangShift Mid-West have been a whirlwind. One vehicle to paint. One vehicle hauled up to a detail shop. Get the rental vehicle ready. Sell the econobox. Mow the property,...
Concept Cars That Should Have Made It…But Didn’t. Seriously, What Were They Thinking?
Jun 21, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Concept Cars That Should Have Made It…But Didn’t. Seriously, What Were They Thinking?
Concept cars are like a good stripper: great to look at, almost impossible to get your hands on, and if you think you’re going to get one-on-one intimate with one, the pipe dream is about to...
Classic YouTube: Mud Bog Drags At The Kingdome In Seattle In 1988
Jun 21, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Classic YouTube: Mud Bog Drags At The Kingdome In Seattle In 1988
At a tick over 660 feet in diameter, the Kingdome in Seattle had plenty of room for activities. Usually, by 1988, those activities centered on Seattle Mariners baseball, Seattle Sounders soccer,...
Dark Blue: A Father And Son Story Rooted By A 1978 Ferrari 308 GTB
Jun 21, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
It’s not normal for me to pay attention to a Ferrari. They’re above my position in life, always have been, always will be. I’m also pretty certain that no pasta rocket of any kind...
Cleaning Out The Caddy: How Bad Does Vice Grip Garage’s Field-Find DeVille Look Under The Carpets?
Jun 21, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Dragging out a 1970 Cadillac sedan from a field in Minnesota where it’d been sinking into the earth under the weight of it’s bulk is a fairly easy concept to understand. Cadillacs from...
Classic YouTube: This Beater Mustang Gives Proper Lessons On Sleepers On “Pass Time”
Jun 21, 2020Bryan McTaggart4
Selling a Ford Mustang as a sleeper is a tall order. It doesn’t matter what year you have…you could have a notchback Mustang II with crap paint, but if there’s even a hint of V8...
FREE LIVE STREAMING DRAG RACING: The 2020 Heads-Up Hootenanny Featuring Mid-West Pro Mods At St. Louis!
Jun 20, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
UPDATE: We are live again, so tune in for eliminations! You know what sounds great right about now? How about some LIVE action from St. Louis? We’re bringing you the 2020 Heads-Up Hootenanny...
The Challenger Revival, Part 18: We Finally Have The Powertrain!
Jun 20, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
You can rebuild the suspension, you can wet sand the body until the original paint come shining through, you can even completely restore the interior. But all of that is for not if you have no...
The Pro Street Class At The Throwdown In T-Town Was Epic! Can Daddy Dave Take On All Comers?!
Jun 20, 2020Chad Reynolds2
While everyone showed up to see the Mid West Pro Mods take on the track at Tulsa Raceway Park for the Throwdown In T-Town, the Pro Street Class was one that totally grabbed the crowd by the throat...
Build Your Own Adjustable Swaybar For Your Next Project!
Jun 20, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Build Your Own Adjustable Swaybar For Your Next Project!
I’ve built a few adjustable sway, or anti-roll bars in my time, but never has one of my modifications been nearly as trick looking as the one Matt from Urchfab has whipped up for the Mongrel...
Money No Object: 1976 Mercury Montego MX Villager – Roadtrip Wagon, Ho!
Jun 20, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Money No Object: 1976 Mercury Montego MX Villager – Roadtrip Wagon, Ho!
The lot at BangShift Mid-West is starting to look pretty sparse. Haley’s truck is in for damage repairs and paint after an uninsured, unlicensed motorist allowed his van to re-arrange the nose...












