Event Coverage: Goodguys 2010 Spring Nationals in Scottsdale, ArizonaBy Chad Posted 03/12/2010
BangShift.com is here live in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the Goodguys Spring Nationals. We're here to help with the Ridetech Street Challenge Autocross, but took a break to wander the grounds at Westworld to bring you a photo gallery of the cars that are here. The show was kind of small on Friday, but we have 92 pictures to share. Come back to BangShift.com for Saturday coverage coming next. Read More >
Car Show Gallery: Billetproof Florida 2010By Brian Lohnes Posted 03/3/2010
Show season is kicking off in a big way, if you haven't noticed our recent flurry of show galleries than you're not reading BangShift.com enough! The latest entry from the field comes from BangShift.com forum member and moderator Steve (White Monster on the boards) who attended the 2010 Billetproof Florida show. Billetproof is a traditional style rod show where street-rod bling just isn't allowed. It's the dead opposite of Autorama. Read More >
Car Show Gallery: The Texas Hot Rod HoedownBy Brian Lohnes Posted 03/2/2010
We've got more great show coverage for you today. This time, nearly 200 photos from the Texas Hot Rod Hoedown courtesy of BangShift.com member Charles W (BOOGHAR on the boards). He's the latest rogue agent shooting great photos out there in car show land for BangShift. This show has lots of great looking stuff, and gallery, billet seems to have been persona-non-grata. Read More >
2010 Detroit Autorama Wrap-Up and Photos of the Hot Rodding Load-OutBy Chad Posted 03/1/2010
OK, that's it. We've covered every inch of the 2010 Detroit Autorama for three days, and tonight was the end of it with the traditional exiting of all the hot rods out of Cobo Hall and into the snowy Detroit winter night. We've heard great stories of the load-out night turning into a pretty good show in itself, but this year all the drivers were sadly pretty tame as they left the building. That didn't stop us from getting a final photo gallery of some of Autorama's cars in action on the street. It's a nice end to a great weekend. Read More >
857 Photos of the 2010 Detroit AutoramaBy Chad Posted 02/28/2010
We've been here at the 2010 Detroit Autorama for two days so far, soaking up the Midwest's first big car get-together of the year and snapping photos until we're ready to just saw off our worn out trigger finger. And we've been walking the show floor in Cobo Hall so much that our feet are worn off down to the ankle. That's what it took to bring you this first batch of coverage with 730-plus photos from the show. Read More >
Event Coverage: Philadelphia's Motorsports Expo 2010 By Brian Lohnes Posted 02/2/2010
This year marks the 25th Len Sammons Motorsports Race Car and Trade Show held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. The locals just call the show "Motorsports," and it's jammed with historic and current cars like midgets, dirt modifieds, sprinters, outlaws, karts, road racers and even drag racers. It looks like the kind of thing any real BangShifter would go nuts for. Read More >
Event Coverage: Open House at Posies Rods and CustomsBy Brian Lohnes Posted 02/2/2010
Posies Rods and Customs is a shop in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, run by a Ken "Posies" Fenical. They say the shop builds "statements," not just cars. You can see some of those "statements" by clicking here. You'll recognize many of them from car magazines. Read More >
Photos: Saturday at the Grand National Roadster Show, With Pinup GirlsBy Chad Posted 01/31/2010
If we spent any more time at the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California, the fairgrounds would start charging us rent. On Friday we gave you 570-plus photos (links below), and now here's a bunch more event coverage from Saturday, bringing the total photos BangShift.com galleries to 1,104. The Saturday coverage also includes a special gallery for the pinup girl contest. Click to check it out! Read More >
1,100-Plus Photos of the 2010 Grand National Roadster ShowBy Chad Posted 01/30/2010
Talk about some massive coverage! We have more than 570 photos from Thursday and Friday at the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California, and there are more to come. The show was enormous this year, with every hall filled at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds. We have two more halls to photograph today, plus the show outside and the pinup girls tonight. Read More >
Cool Show Coverage From Down Under: The 44th Victorian Hot Rod ShowBy Brian Lohnes Posted 01/28/2010
The guys over at CarDomain posted some show coverage from the 44th Victorian Hot Rod show held in Melbourne, Australia. This is one of the longest running shows in Oz and therefore draws lots of the best and coolest cars the area has to offer. There's some neat stuff in the gallery! Read More >
Gallery: Van Nuys Blvd. Cruise Night, January 2010By Chad Posted 01/15/2010
On Wednesday night we headed to Van Nuys, California, for the new tradition of the revised cruise night on famous Van Nuys Blvd. It was the first one of the new year, and it was ice cold for So Cal, so the turnout was a little smaller than we've seen in the past. Also, the empty dealership lot where the hot rods park has been sold to a new owner. The good news is the owner is looking the other way and allowing the cruise to happen. The bad news is that they won't turn on the lights, so it's dark as the inside of a cow. Read More >
Photo Gallery: Donut Derelicts Cruise, January 2010By Brian Lohnes Posted 01/4/2010
Back in 1986 a few buddies started getting together with their hot rods on Saturday mornings in Huntington Beach, California. Over the years, this weekly gathering of cool rods, muscle cars, trucks, and anything else that shows up has ballooned into one of the coolest weekly car shows in the country. Read More >
Photo Gallery: The John Force Racing Holiday Car ShowBy Chad Posted 12/7/2009
You out-of-towners may not believe this, but it actually rained in SoCal this weekend. That made us worry that there would be a small turnout at the annual John Force Racing Holiday Car Show, but the skies dried up and loads of cars flocked to the Funny Car racing center in Yorba Linda, California. BangShift.com has a photo gallery with full event coverage, from the cruising cars outside to a peak inside the race shop. Read More >
Photo Gallery: NHRA Museum Christmas Cruise NightBy Chad Posted 12/5/2009
Say want you want about California, but our cruise season ends December 2nd with the Christmas Cruise at the NHRA Motorsports Museum and picks up again like 20 minutes later. BangShift member Newell Ruggles was there at the Prolong Cruise at the Museum to pick up some neat photos of all the cars that came in with owners bearing toys for charity. Read More >
Event Gallery: Bruce Larson's USA-1 Dragfest 2009By Brian Lohnes Posted 11/18/2009
Bruce Larson, the 1989 NHRA Funny Car champion and long time legend, opens up his barn and property to the public every Fall for Dragfest. It's part car show, part gathering of legends, and all awesome. Our East Coast photo maven Joe Grippo was on hand to bring us more than 150 images from the event. Read More >
Event Coverage: Pistons and Paint Numero 8By Brian Lohnes Posted 11/16/2009
Big thanks to BangShift.com forum member BigDad for providing us this gallery from the Pistons and Paint Numero 8 show in Denton, Texas, on November 14, 2009. The show has humble origins as a small kustom car and art show hosted by the Chupacabras car club, and today it has big status with tons of live music and scads of cars. The vibe looks totally cool! Read More >
Photo Gallery: Great Car Show at a Better Junkyard!By Brian Lohnes, Photos by Joe Grippo Posted 11/10/2009
Once again, our eastern contributor Joe Grippo has delivered the goods with two big photo galleries from a great car show held November 7 at Fleming's Auto Parts in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The best part of this deal is that Harry Fleming who runs the place has an enormous junkyard in the woods, and it's filled with the types of vintage cars and trucks we all wish we had rotting in the back yard. Joe says that none of the stuff is for sale, but trades may be welcomed. Read More >
BangShift.com's favorite Mustangs from SEMA 2009By Chad Reynolds Posted 11/10/2009
One of the biggest surprises for us at the 2009 SEMA Show was the number of cool old Mustangs. We were expecting nothing but late models, but much to our delight, we found Trans Am racers, Cammer powered street machines, and Pro-Touring cars from the '60s. One of the highlights was the #15 Boss 302 Trans Am Mustang that ran during the '71 season. Read More >
Event Coverage: SEMA 2009 Friday Photo BonanzaBy Brian Lohnes Posted 11/9/2009
Here's our last big gallery from the 2009 SEMA show. This one was shot on Friday and looks at some parts and lots of cars and trucks. One of the neatest parts of the show is the major traffic jam of hot rods and specialty vehicles that all try to exit the convention center at the same time on Friday evening. Watching the monster trucks drive down the public streets was an interesting sight to behold! Read More >
Event Coverage: SEMA 2009 Wednesday Early GalleryBy Brian Lohnes Posted 11/4/2009
We're here at SEMA 2009 and we're not making up stories when we tell you that this deal is massive. Here's small sampling of some cool cars, parts and people we saw while making the rounds today. Stay tuned as we have a bunch more stuff coming for you throughout today and this evening. Read More >
