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BangShift Says Thank You To All Veterans on This Veterans Day 2011
We here at BangShift.com would like to extend our sincere thanks to all of the veterans who have served our country through the years. The sacrifice of time, sweat, and blood have preserved our way...
Video: Jay Leno Checks Out the Hand Built Magnolia Special at his Big Dog Garage
JT Nesbitt is a guy who defines what it means to be a BangShifter. After seeing a video on the Leno’s Garage website years ago, he decided to take up the challenge personally of building a sexy...
Car Show Gallery: Goodguys Charlotte – 2011 (With Bonus Detroit Speed Shop Photos!)
Our man Doug Garrison ventured out of his native Pennsylvania to the southern climes of Charlotte to take in the Goodguys Rod and Custom show at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The sprawling facility...
Video Alert: Stolen Race Car – 40K Reward Offered To Find It – Help Needed!
Thieves are the worst level of human scum. Unfortunately some struck recently and they stole an entire drag racing operation that was parked in Aiken, South Carolina. The brazen jerks made off with a...
Cool or Not: A 1974 Mazda RX4 Powered by a 2JZ Engine
A Toyota powered Mazda on the front page of BangShift?! Sure, as we continue our “Cool or Not” series we’re challenging you yet again with an unusual machine that will make some...
In-Car Wreckage Video: An 8-Second Integra Eats The Wall at 150-Mph
Evans Tuning is a high performance shop that focuses on the import side of the car hobby. They have a wicked little race car in the form of a highly modified Acura Integra. The video you are about to...
Racing Junk Find: A Corner Burning, Strip Scorching, LS Powered Lotus Seven Replica
Don’t think for one second that Chad and I have not been privately scheming on a car that we could take on Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week and the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational....
Barnstormin’: Blown Cadillacs, Big Jeeps, Big Wheels, Big Beers, Crappy Pizza, and A Splash of Whiskey
There are certain things I have learned can be expected no matter what during our yearly sojourn to Las Vegas to cover the SEMA show. The first is that I will, at some point, drink a lot of whiskey....
In Car Video: The 680hp Lingenfelter Performance Engineering L-28 at the Optima Invitational
Over the next few weeks you’ll be seeing lots of awesome video from the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational. This is the opening salvo and we were tipped off to it by LPE’s Mike...
EBay Find: A Street Legal 1959 Anglia Gasser
This little bastard jumped right off eBay and attacked us! With a nose high stance, straight front axle, tunnel rammed small block, and wheelbase that seems a hair shorter than the average go kart it...
Cool or Not: The Mr Cartoon 1963 International Ice Cream Truck
You might think we’re totally insane by throwing this one out there, but hear us out for a minute. The paint on the truck is pretty much 100% beyond anything we have ever seen before. Put...
Awesome Video: Two Sons Track Down The Impala Their Father Bought New in 1965
Lots of us in this hobby have a strong emotional connection to a specific vehicle in our past. In my case it is the 1964 Pontiac GTO my dad restored when I was a wee lad. In the case of the two sons...
Awesome Gallery: The 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
Last weekend’s Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational pitted the world’s best Pro Touring cars against one another in a variety of competitions. From the road rally through the streets...
Chadmouth: 2011 SEMA Show: Big Wheels, Crap Spokespeople, and Fake Patina Suck!
Each November, every major and minor player in the automotive aftermarket shows up in Las Vegas for the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Show. Everything from accessories to engines,...