UPDATE: We Made It! A Quick Update on the Successful Completion of Our 500-mile, 6-MPG Road Trip!
Posted in Event Coverage September 5, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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By the time you see this, my wife and I should be an hour or two into a seven hour trek to Salmanca, NY to pick up BangShift’s newest piece of project iron, a 1968 C50 Chevy tow truck we’re calling Brutus. The 480-mile trip should be interesting in the old wrecker which has the [...]
Grunt Force Trauma: The Recovery of Project Brutus – Our 1968 Chevy C50 Wrecker!
Posted in Event Coverage September 20, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Well, I can check the bucket list box that reads, “buy an old heap sight unseen, show up and drive it home 500 miles,” now. The mission to go out and get Brutus, the newest addition to the BangShift fleet was not wrought with a ton of drama or unplanned excitement. Sure, there were iron [...]
RoadTrip! Follow BangShiftChad’s adventure to Goodguys Columbus!
Posted in Event Coverage July 7, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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Here at BangShift.com we never miss a chance for a good roadtrip, and hate cruising blindly down the interstate missing all that middle America has to offer. So in the spirit of fun and adventure we are about to depart Newburgh, Indiana and hit the road for this weekends Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus Ohio [...]
Roadside Find Gallery: Moyock Muscle Cars – Moyock, North Carolina – Lots of Neat Projects For Sale!
Posted in Gallery August 2, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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While on a recent road trip through the Carolinas, my mother and father in law happened upon a pretty neat place in the town of Moyock, North Carolina. At first blush it looks to be a classic car junkyard, but in actuality it is Moyock Muscle, a classic car dealer and restoration shop. After getting [...]
Video: BangShift Road Tour Invitation.
Posted in Event Coverage July 5, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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So we’re sitting in Newburgh, Indiana with our buddies from Route 2 Media waiting for fireworks and planning out our week leading up to the Goodguys 14th PPG Nationals in Columbus Ohio and decided we were going to ask you to help us out. We’re leaving Newburgh on Thursday morning, and heading toward Columbus but [...]
Barnstormin’: A Banzai Road Trip to Maine for Food, Fun, and Cars!
Posted in Event Coverage August 8, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Back in early July, Chad went on a quick and fun road trip with the guys from Route 2 Media. They saw a bunch of neat stuff, scarfed down some great road food, and generally laughed themselves silly. To be blunt, I was jealous. Even after watching Chad take what looked to be some excellent [...]
Aussie Road Trip Gallery: The Roadside Finds On A Long Trip Across Oz
Posted in Event Coverage March 19, 2013 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – We’ve been showing you cool photos from the Top Gear Festival in Australia recently and those photos came from Darryl Danies who lives down there. Darryl went on a long road trip with his grandson to get to the event and he did it the BangShifty way, by stopping at [...]
BangShifter Road Trip Coverage: The Car Craft Anti-Tour Experience of Randal Burns (w/Galleries!)
Posted in Event Coverage May 22, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Words and Photos by Randal Burns) – Some of you may have been following my Thunderbird drama in prep for the Car Craft Anti-Tour on the forums earlier this month. I was getting the car cleaned up and ready to leave town when I decided to give it the Skylark’s left over Megasquirt parts and [...]
Video and Photos: The Rodfather Tour Invades Colorado, Chad Pours Beer, Drinks Beer, and More.
Posted in HISTORIC September 16, 2012 by Chad Reynolds
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We’ve got a some cool photos from Day 2 of the Rodfather Goodguys Road Tour, along with a cool on the spot teaser video from Saturday that includes Chad pouring beer! We’ll have our full video up early tomorrow morning, so stay tuned, but until then check out the sneak peek here. And remember, you [...]
Event Coverage: Viva Las Vegas, The Road Trip, The Cars, The Girls
BangShifter Newell Ruggles sent us some great photos from Viva Las Vegas 2013, along with his adventure in getting there behind the wheel of the “Black Widow” 1960 Plymouth Valiant with his pal Ramzy. The show was great, the photos are awesome as always, and there is tons for you to see. Tomorrow we’ll have [...]
Traditional Hot Rod Gallery: The 2012 Austin Speed Shop Bonnie and Clyde Reliability Run
Posted in CAR SHOWS February 13, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photos by Charles Wickam) – When our man Charles Wickam told us that he was going to catch a ride up to Austin and check out a killer event at Jesse James’s Austin Speed Shop we were excited to get his load of photos and stuff from the event. Well as usual Charles didn’t let [...]
Power Tour Adventure Blog Update: The Valiant is Retired But the Edsel Wagon Keeps on Keeping On! Plus Free Stuff For BS Power Tourers!
Posted in CAR SHOWS June 6, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Words and photos by Matt Graves) – Well our 5-speed install on the Edsel worked out flawlessly. We drove up to Detroit with about 3 hours of sleep. Other than a crappy suspension and back breaking spring less bench seat the Edsel drives like a dream. It probably drives better than a new one would…We [...]
Drag Week Update: Nuclear Drag War in Oklahoma – Larson, Lutz, Barry All Crest 200mph!
Posted in DRAG RACES September 11, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Let it be known, Monday was the quickest and fastest Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week competition day in the history of the event, which is now in its eighth running. Three cars crested the two hundred mile per hour barrier on a well prepared and maintained strip at Tulsa Motorsports Park and Larry Larson went 6.94-seconds, [...]
Numb Butt Tour 2012: Cole Quinnell and Rob McGaffin Cruise The Country In A Hot Rod Chevelle
Posted in General News October 5, 2012 by Chad Reynolds
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Cole Quinnell and Rob McGaffin are known for their words and photos respectively, but nobody ever said they were the smartest guys. Don’t get us wrong, we are crazy enough to want to road trip with them in the Chevelle all the way to Las Vegas for the SEMA Show and Optima Ultimate Street Car [...]
Update: The Road Tour Express. Team One is on the road!
Posted in Event Coverage October 11, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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PART II includes first day challenge video, drama, and more and can be found near the bottom of the page. PART I. The Inaugural Road Tour Express, presented by Borla, Holley, Comp Cams, and Ridetech, is about to take off. The Road Tour Express promises to be a roadtrip adventure like none you have ever [...]
Father and Son Power Tour Adventures: Ridetech Style…With Photos!
Posted in Event Coverage June 7, 2012 by Chad Reynolds
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For Hot Rod Power Tour 2012, Ridetech Grand Poobah, Bret Voelkel is enjoying the sites and sounds of Hot Rods cruising across America with his 12 year old son Andy. We’ll be bringing you updates as they started their adventure mid week on their way to Texas for the finale and Optima Ultimate Street Car [...]
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