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Gallery: American Classics, Military Vehicles, And An Odd Rod Or Two At The Dezer Collection

Posted in Event Coverage January 24, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Our week long photo tour of the massive Dezer Collection Museum in Miami, Florida continues today with a look at the huge number of American classic cars, military vehicles, odd rods, and even some weirdo cars from eastern Europe that we had never seen before. As we’ve been telling you all along, this place is [...]

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Gallery: An Awesome Collection of Antique Motorized Bicycles At The Dezer Collection

Posted in Event Coverage January 23, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

We’ve been taking you through the massive and diverse Dezer Collection Museum in Miami, Florida this week and we continue today with this gallery of some seriously neat stuff. One section of the museum is dedicated to a huge gathering of antique motorized bicycles that range from really old to ancient. There are Whizzer bikes [...]

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Gallery: Batmobiles, General Lee, Starsky and Hutch, Famous Movie/TV Cars at The Dezer Collection

Posted in Event Coverage January 22, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Miami, Florida’s Dezer Collection car museum has a massive grouping of famous movie and tv cars like one of the original Batmobiles (#3 made), a General Lee, the Monkeemobile, a Starsky and Hutch Torino, and on and on and on. With the sale of Batmobile #1 for 4.2 million dollars over the weekend we decided [...]

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The Dezer Collection: Micro Car Gallery Extravagaza! All Kinds of Cool and Weird Tiny Cars From All Over The World

Posted in Event Coverage January 21, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

While I was waiting for Chad to show up in West Palm Beach for the 2013 PRO Winter Warm Up last week, I shot down to Miami and took a tour of the massive Dezer Collection car museum. I shot almost 600 photos while at the museum and will be sharing them with you throughout [...]

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Sneak Peek Gallery: Bruce Larson’s New Camaro Nostalgia Flopper And A Tour Of WORM Inc!

Posted in Event Coverage January 16, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Our man Grippo was a busy boy last weekend! You already saw his gallery from the Posies Rods and Customs open house and now we’re dropping more great photos on you from his visit to WORM Inc (otherwise known as Cen-Penn Speed Shop) including a ton of great snaps featuring [...]

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Gallery: Steamtown USA – Locomotives, Diesel Engines, and An Incredible Collection of History!

Posted in Event Coverage December 14, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Mike Westfall) – Steamtown USA, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania is one of the finest collection of vintage steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, railroad history, and cool mechanical stuff that exists in America today. Recently, BangShifter Mike Westfall went there and he sent us more than 150 photos of the grounds. At over 60 acres, [...]

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Gallery: Drag Cars, Dirt Cars, and Bad Ass Rare Engines At The Eastern Motor Racing Museum

Posted in Event Coverage December 6, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – As promised, we’re back with another collection of photos from the Eastern Motor Racing Museum and our photo shootin’ Pennsylvania pal Joe Grippo. This time we’re going to see some old school drag machines like Dave Strickler’s legendary “Old Reliable” Z-11 Chevy, some classic gasser love, and even some vintage [...]

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PRI 2012 – A Collection of The Cool Cars, Trucks, and Components on Display At The 2012 PRI Show

Posted in Event Coverage November 30, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

The 2012 PRI show is in full swing at the massive Orlando Convention Center and there’s LOTS of great iron to oogle on the show floor, in various booths, and even in the lobby of the building. Unlike the SEMA show, you’re not going to find a lot of stuff that is just blinged out [...]

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Road Trip: Hot Rods, Muscle Cars and Street Machines Cruise “Tail of The Dragon” – Bitchin’ Photos and Story!

Posted in Event Coverage November 28, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Words by Tommy Lee Byrd Photos by Tommy Lee and Christina Byrd ) - If you’ve been watching Bangshift for the past couple of months, then you’ve likely seen an event gallery by Tommy Lee Byrd. He gets around to a lot of events, and has a few hot rods of his own, so he decided to [...]

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Bitchin’ Gallery: George Follmer Tribute At The Petersen Museum – Historic Cars and Racing Royalty!

Posted in Event Coverage November 27, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by the Petersen Museum) – During the height of the era featuring multi-talented race car drivers, George Follmer may have been America’s brightest star. The man competed in NASCAR, Can-Am, Formula One, Formula 5000, Trans-AM, and other series becoming a two time Trans Am champ and one time Can-Am champ. In 1972, those two [...]

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Bonus Junkyard Gallery: Even More Coolness from Fleming’s Junkyard – Egg Harbor, NJ

Posted in Event Coverage November 13, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday, we brought you the first of two galleries from within the confines of Fleming’s Junkyard in Egg Harbor, NJ. Joe Grippo snuck off into the wilderness after hanging out at the Pumpkin Run car show to show us the quietly decomposing collection of automotive history at Fleming’s. There are [...]

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The 2012 Optima Street Car Invitational – Photos From the Road Course, Autocross and More!

Posted in Event Coverage November 6, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos courtesy of Optima Batteries) – Mark Stielow was the winner of the 2012 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational last weekend, wading through the diverse and awesome field of cars and trucks in Parhump, Nevada. The annual OUSCI is the baddest ass, double throwdown, all hanging out, Pro Touring event in the world. It pits [...]

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Cool Gallery: Bitchin’ 1970s Dirt Bikes and Cool Cars From the AACA Museum – Hershey, PA

Posted in Event Coverage November 6, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) – After the SAAC show, we made our way into the Antique Auto Club of America Museum to check out the latest exhibits. It seems we caught a small portion of the 100 Years of Chevrolet display (which ended the previous week). We also spent some time drooling over a [...]

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Event Coverage: Byron World Power Wheelstanding Championships Photos… Bumpers Beware!

Posted in DRAG RACES October 10, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

These dudes are nuts. I mean we love watching wheelstands, and nothing is more fun than driving a car that pulls the wheels hard, but given the incredible wheelstand it takes to win the Byron World Power Wheelstanding Championships, you have got to have no fear or destroying your race car. We haven’t been there [...]

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Gallery: The 2012 Lyon Farm Antique Tractor and Engine Show – Exposed Moving Parts Inside!

Posted in Event Coverage October 5, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – It has been too long since we’ve unleashed some good old fashioned tractor and old engine goodness. Greg Rouke is a man after my own heart as he took the time to photograph the cool tractors, equipment, and old engines at the Lyon Farm show. While Chad may break my [...]

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Race Gallery: ChumpCar Action Photos From Shelton, Washington – 100% BS Approved Low Buck Fun!

Posted in Event Coverage September 26, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by D.V. Klenak) – If you have not heard of the ChumpCar World Series, you must be living under a rock. The low buck, high fun, racing series has been around for years and they run races all over the country from January to late December. The basic premise is that the car you [...]

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