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BangShift New Car Review: The 2012 Buick Regal GS [w/video]

Posted in BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC February 17, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > >  7 comments

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Buick fans, it’s time to tell your friends that “Going Fast with Class” is back! After seven days and seven hundred-plus miles behind the wheel of a 2012 Buick Regal GS, I came away both impressed and relieved. I was impressed with the overall quality of the car, the refinement [...]

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SLEEPER VIDEO: A ZR1 POWERED SILVERADO PICKUP!

Posted in CAR FEATURES January 3, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Well this truck is certainly devious! Guys have been stuffing hot small blocks into short bed half ton trucks for decades but none have been as powerful from the factory as the blown LS9 that normally powers the Corvette ZR1. The fact that this retains every inch of its factory look aside from the side [...]

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CAR FEATURE: THE SECRET WEAPON – A 1980 OLDS WAGON WITH 496CI OF VORTEC BIG BLOCK AND A DOUG NASH 5-SPEED!

Posted in CAR FEATURES December 19, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

This kids, is a hot rod. It is also a rolling mechanical orphanage. The motor in the car isn’t made any more. The rear end in the car isn’t made anymore. The components in the rear suspension are from a company that is out of business. The transmission hasn’t been manufactured in years and the [...]

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Cool Video: A Tour of a Viper V10 Powered Ford Maverick

Cool Video: A Tour of a Viper V10 Powered Ford Maverick

Posted in CAR FEATURES June 30, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

You may know the name Jason Lewis. He worked for the guys at Hot Rod for a time, doing their video stuff. He’s also the guy behind the bad ass big rig gymkhana video that stormed around the web a while back. Jason is a hardcore gear head with several cars and projects of his [...]

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Video: AFCO and Ring Brothers Test Out the New PT Elite Shocks

Video: AFCO and Ring Brothers Test Out the New PT Elite Shocks

Posted in CAR FEATURES June 1, 2011  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Anyone who has seen a Ring Brothers built hot rod knows they don’t do anything half assed. In fact they have taken themed hot rods and muscle cars to a new level in recent years and continue to push the envelope. One of their latest projects, the BAILOUT 1966 Mustang Fastback, was built with on [...]

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Video: The 2011 Camaro Convertible. We'll take two.

Video: The 2011 Camaro Convertible. We’ll take two.

Posted in CAR FEATURES December 2, 2010  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

We’ve got a 1969 Camaro Convertible in the BangShift.com project car fleet, so it only makes sense that we’d be excited about the new 2011 Camaro Convertible. We got to see one in person at the 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and went so far as to tell the GM guys to send it [...]

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Video of the Week: The Corsica Q-Ship

Video of the Week: The Corsica Q-Ship

Posted in CAR FEATURES May 7, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Most call cars like this lowly looking Chevy Corsica a sleeper. We like the older school Q-Ship terminology. Q-Ships were essentially decoy ships used by the British and US Navies during WWI and WWII. They were heavily armed warships dressed up to look like merchant vessels. The trick came with the Japanese subs or German [...]

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Video: Detroit Speed and Engineering Camaro Test Car in Action

Video: Detroit Speed and Engineering Camaro Test Car in Action

Posted in CAR FEATURES March 18, 2009  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

A couple days ago I told you about Boondoggle Media, my video production company, and the vid we did for MSD. I forgot that we also have a movie live now at the Detroit Speed and Engineering site. This was from the Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge in Pahrump, Nevada, right after SEMA 2008, where [...]

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