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HELP — Hot Rod Stolen From Outside Grand National Roadster Show
We were tipped off to a truly crappy situation by the guys over at MSD. They clued us in on the story of a dude who was attending the 2011 Grand National Roadster show and had his hot rod stolen from...
Caption This Photo: Wrangling a Pontiac OHC Six
BangShifter Randal has recently been bitten by the straight six bug. His mill of choice is the cool 1960s Pontiac OHC six. Having already taken on into his basement lab and blasted it apart, Randal...
Photos and Video: The Insane Frozen Assets Twin Turbo Unlimited Ice Dragster
We got tipped off to photos and video of an unlimited twin turbo ice dragster by BangShifter and motorsports photographer Kelly Anderson. The machine is based on a Spitzer dragster chassis, has a two...
Event Coverage: More Than 1,000 Photos From the 2011 Grand National Roadster Show
The 2011 Grand National Roadster Show is in full swing, and the battle for America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Title is on. We’ll be covering the event all weekend long, and have a new...
The Parting Shift: An AMX-cellent Four Gear Pass Down the Quarter Mile
We’re closing out the week with an awesome nine second, gear banging AMX that was filmed at Thompson Dragway in Thompson, Ohio a couple years ago. The car sports an AMC power plant from the...
They’re Still Building New Steam Locomotives in India
The last steam locomotive built in America rolled out of the factory in 1952. We recently got tipped off to a news story from an Indian paper that tells about four brand new steam locomotives being...
Chute Fail Video: Jeff Lutz Stops His 200mph Shoebox With No Parachutes
Jeff Lutz’s 1957 Chevy is completely bad ass and gave ol’ Larry Larson a big run for his money during Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week last year. On one of Jeff’s best runs, a 7.11...
Friday Update: Team BangShift Puts the Wraps on the Road Tour Express
The first Road Tour Express of 2011 is underway and BangShift has fielded a team of crack operatives to kick some ass, win some prizes, and drive the hell out of their junk. The Road Tour Express is...
Site of the Week: No One Rides For Free.com
NoOneRidesForFree.com bills itself as “Boogie Vans and One Night Stands”. It is a blog that celebrates the free and wild culture culture of “vanning” in the 1970s. For decades...
Alan Johnson Develops Bad Ass Pro Mod Hemi Engine, Incredible Head Flow Numbers
Most people know Alan Johnson as one of the greatest nitro drag racing crew chiefs of all time. Many however, do not know that Johnson is one of the leading developers and suppliers of top level drag...
Baldwin-Motion is Back: 2011 427ci and 454ci Camaros to Hit the Market
Every BangShifter worth his big block knows the names of Joel Rosen, and Baldwin-Motion. Rosen built and tuned the burliest, most well thought out super cars of the 1960s and early 1970s until he was...
AFCO introduces cool new products for 2011
BangShift.com has spent the last couple days hanging out with the finest companies in the automotive aftermarket at SEMA’s Motorsports Parts Manufacturer’s Council and have been checking...
Crane Cams is back and bigger and better than ever before.
After a dramatic 2009 that found all their assets for sale on the auction block, Crane Cams rose from the ashes like a Phoenix and spent 2010 dusting themselves off and getting back to work. The...
Wreckage Video: Two Cars Tangle Badly at the Top End of the Strip
This is a very violent wreck that illustrates some of the dangers that lurk at tracks which are not constructed to modern safety standards. When this pair of four second, eighth-mile door slammers...