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ADRL Drag Racing LIVE And FREE Exclusively On BangShift.com Starting Saturday

Posted in DRAG RACES May 18, 2013  by  Chad Reynolds > >  9 comments

That’s right folks, LIVE ADRL Drag Racing is coming to BangShift.com and your intrepid host Chad Reynolds will be there guiding you through a weekend full of big and small tire drag racing. After getting a call from Kenny Knowling asking if we wanted to come hang out with the ADRL up in Cordova Illiinois [...]

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Postponed: PowerShift LIVE Will Be TONIGHT This Week! 6PM Pacific 9PM Eastern

Posted in General News May 17, 2013  by  Chad Reynolds > >  4 comments

With the last minute request to broadcast LIVE from the ADRL Race in Cordova this weekend, and Brian’s travel to Nashville, he and I will both be on planes or in airports during the normal PowerShift LIVE broadcast time. So…we are going to change it to Friday! That way you guys can drink more heavily [...]

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Question of the Day: What Job Do You Hate Doing on Your Car But Yields Satisfying Results?

Posted in BangShift Question Of The Day?? May 17, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  17 comments

This may be an odd question, but I was thinking about it while forming new brake lines for Brutus the tow truck recently. I despise forming and flaring brake lines and I always manage to choose projects that pre-bent lines are not available for. It is definitely a skill that I have come to learn [...]

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Watch An AFCO Shock Get Put Through Its Paces On A Sprint Car Down Under!

Posted in MISC May 17, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  0 comments

AFCO makes some of the toughest and best shocks in the suspension business. Know why? The main reason is because they race their stuff and they race it HARD. From autocrossing pro street cars to wild small tire drag cars, to sprint cars like the one featured in this video, AFCO is about racing and [...]

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Teaser: Steve Magnante Comes To BangShift And Tells All About The Bad Seed In Epic Three Part Series — Starts Tuesday! Be HERE!

Posted in General News May 17, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  12 comments

(Photo – Steve Magnante collection) – We’re rat bastards for doing this but we have to let you know what’s coming. Firstly, Steve Magnante is our newest BangShift contributor. Secondly, his first contribution is a three part epic series telling every inch of detail on the legendary Bad Seed project car from Hot Rod Magazine. [...]

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Show Gallery: The 2013 Tennessee Strawberry Festival – Hot Rods, Cool Trucks, Muscle and More!

Posted in CAR SHOWS May 17, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  0 comments

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Last weekend, Tommy Lee Byrd made his annual trip (a whole 4 miles) to the Strawberry Festival Cruise In, held in his hometown of Dayton, Tennessee. It’s a typical small town festival that features a block party on Friday night, and a big parade on Saturday afternoon. [...]

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Video: Watch A Heavy Truck/Equipment Tire Explode (In A Cage) When Being Overfilled

Posted in MISC May 17, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  13 comments

Dangers lurk in every corner when wrenching on stuff. This video shows the amazing and potentially deadly destructive forces that are released when a heavy duty tire is overfilled and blows up. I know two people who carry the permanent reminder of a truck tire incident. One was blinded permanently and the other suffered massive [...]

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Craigslist Find: The Rarest Jeep In The World – A 1969 CJ5 Camper Special

Posted in eBay Find May 17, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  4 comments

Thanks to Joe Haber, we have this perfectly awesome and super rare 1969 Jeep Camper Special to share with you. Yes, this was a factory available package you could have bought from a Jeep dealer in 1969. Yes, it was about as popular as polka dot paint at a Harley rally, and yes, it is [...]

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Ebay Find: A 1959 Ninety-Eight Fiesta Station Wagon — Perfect Driver Condition — Wagon Greatness!

Posted in eBay Find May 17, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  4 comments

Maybe we’ve just lead sheltered lives, but our prying eyes have never been graced with the coolness of a 1959 Oldsmobile Fiesta station wagon before. This car is not in factory restored condition, but it is in perfect driver condition with some rust and rough spots, near perfect interior, and a strong running Olds 394 [...]

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Celebrity Car Death Match: Apocalypse Showdown! The Landmaster VS The Mad Max Pursuit Special Falcon!

Posted in Celebrity Car Death Match May 17, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  36 comments

Yesterday’s battle of Pontiacs was a knock down, drag out affair that pitted family members against one another, had Chad and I trading insults across the continent and reportedly ended four marriages. It was that hardcore. Because of that scorched Earth result, we had no choice but to go full apocalypse today. That’s right, we’re [...]

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BangShift Daily Tune Up: Jet Airliner – The Steve Miller Band (1977)

Posted in BS Daily Tune Up May 17, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  0 comments

Here’s a fitting one to round out the BangShift blog week with as both Chad and I have been on planes heading to different places since you last read the blog yesterday. Chad winged off to Cordova, Illinois to setup and prepare for the live broadcast of the ADRL event this weekend that’ll be happening [...]

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