The Violation Game: Phantom Donk
Dec 31, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
You thought we couldn’t top last week’s Violator, right? Wrong-o amigo! Witness the Phantom Donk, a ’72 Caprice convertible that’s been treated to…well, you can see how...
Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Chaparral 2J Sucker Car
Dec 30, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
The Chaparral 2J is one of those cars that raises an interesting question. Can a race car be considered a failure if it works too well? Read this story of a wildly innovative car and decide for...
Book Review: The Design and Tuning of Competition Engines
Dec 30, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
OK kids, step away from the coffee table as this book does not come anywhere close to that casual of a genre. Nope, this is a stout recommendation to the hardest of the hardcore engine tech guys out...
Freiburger’s Pic of the Week: Juvenile Mayhem at the Car Craft Shop
Dec 30, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Here’s an example of the stupid fun that we used to have at Car Craft magazine. This was shot in 2002 at the magazine’s shop in Gardena, California. At the far right is a ’92 Z28...
Barnstormin’: A Day With the Vermont Junkyard Guy
Dec 30, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
As many of you know, the title of my weekly column here at FJY.com was also slated to be the title of a recurring show on the old CJTV site. We got one episode out before the end came. There was a...
More ’60s Airport Stretchers
Dec 29, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
In response to the item we had last week with the ’62 Dodge airport limo, Mike Artman at Namtra Media (our web development guys) came up with this cool shot of some ’63 Pontiac Catalina...
A NASCAR Tucker?
Dec 29, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
Yeah, as insane as it sounds, someone raced a Tucker in a NASCAR race back in 1950. We were alerted to this posting over at Hemmings and just had to share it. The story of the Tucker of course was...
eBay Pick of the Week: Genuine Vintage Anglia Gasser
Dec 29, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Man, I’m just a total sucker for stuff like this. I went nuts when I found this real, nearly unmolested example of an Anglia Gasser fresh from the Feb. ’66 issue of Hot Rod magazine, but...
New Carburetor from QFT
Dec 29, 2008Chad ReynoldsNew Products
Quick Fuel Technology has just announced that in a few months it will offer another new carb, this one clearly a variant of the Holley 4500 Dominator platform but created in aluminum with all-new...
Monday Time Killer: L.A. Library Photo Database
Dec 29, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
It seems as though many car guys are also into history, both of the gearhead hobby and beyond. If that describes you, then you’ll end up wasting lots of hours here at the Los Angeles Public...
New Gallery: 60 Photos of Chevelles and El Caminos
Dec 28, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Everywhere I go I snap photos of cars. Even in just the last year or so that’s added up to a whole lot of pics, so I’ve been gathering them by category and presenting them here every once...
Update 1: The Hack-Job General Lee Rebuild Photos
Dec 27, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
Back on December 15th we reported on a General Lee Charger that had been purchased for nearly $100,000, but that turned out to be a completely butchered car cloaked in shiny paint and nice Web...
CraigsList Pick of the Week: V8 Pinto
Dec 26, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
I’ve spent a lot of time recently with some old issues of Hot Rod, and the early-’70s issues got me thinking about what happened to all the Pintos and Vegas. They used to be everywhere,...
Fryblogger: The Content You Can Expect
Dec 26, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
I’ve been pretty lame when it comes to writing my weekly editorial column here at the Junkyard. It’s supposed to happen every week at this time, but trust me, I have a long list of...
