Video of the Week: Our Car Storage Problems are Solved!
Dec 18, 2008Chad ReynoldsFUNNY STUFF, Videos
As you know, Chad and I recently had to clear out a 7,000-foot shop filled with parts and 42 cars. It’s been a huge problem to figure out what to do with all the stuff, but now we’ve...
Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory: The G8 Sport Truck May Be Killed
Dec 17, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
We were a bit mystified a while back when GM announced that it was still planning on rolling out the G8 ST (El Camino) next year. It was a sign to us that the General was still committed to...
Injected Nitro Pro Mods are Coming!
Dec 17, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
There have been rumors for about a year coming from different places about someone or multiple people running injected nitro motors in doorslammers. The guessing games are over as it seems Tom...
The Violation Game: Too Much TV
Dec 17, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
This week’s Violation Game is based on a very simple rule: Unless your ride is a limo, a motorhome, or a Panasonic delivery truck, there should not be any televisions on board. Seriously. Not...
Web Site of the Week: BenchRace.com
Dec 17, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Here’s another site that’s being done by one of our own members, Robert Iannello, who seems to know all the right people and dig all the right stuff in order to produce a very nice and...
Video Review: Adam 12
Dec 16, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Are Reed and Malloy both staring at that chick’s rack, or what? Now you get to ask those kinds of questions at will, because seasons 2 through 7 of Adam 12 have now been released on dvd. Season...
Freiburger’s Pic of the Week: The Reverend Willie G.
Dec 16, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
I’ve “known” Billy F. Gibbons for about 15 years, and I use the term loosely because he’s one of those guys I have to meet every time I see him. After all, I’m just a...
eBay Pick of the Week: ’59 Buick Wagon
Dec 15, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
This week’s eBay pick features a helping of self sorrow. See, one of the cars we had to unload in the exodus from our former shop space was a ’59 Buick station wagon that we loved more...
Billy “The Kid” Stepp Dies
Dec 15, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
One of drag racing’s more colorful (and nefarious) figures has passed away at the age of 73, according to the Dayton Daily News of Dayton, Ohio. Stepp’s cars were known as strong runners,...
General Lee Clone: Total Butchery!
Dec 15, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
It’s one of those message board threads that gains steam overnight and goes totally viral. We know that’s going to happen with this 30-page tome over at DodgeCharger.com. The funny thing...
Monday Time Killer: Vintage Road-Race Photos
Dec 15, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Based on a tip from King Matt, we checked out this cool web site that has 113 photo galleries of IMSA and other road racing from 1973 through 1999. There’s plenty of the older stuff, making it...
Photo Gallery: Red Zone Race Fab Christmas Party
Dec 15, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, OTHER
Today we went and hung out with Nick Miserendino at Red Zone Race Fab in Simi Valley, California. Nick did the cage and chassis work on our F-Bomb Camaro and also deals with a lot of local rally and...
Photo Gallery: Car Junkie Drag Bash Revisited
Dec 14, 2008Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Way back in September ’08, Chad and I hosted a Drag Bash Weekend as part of our adventures with CarJunkieTV.com. When that web site folded up the photo gallery was lost. We had such a good time...
Seeing Through the Schlock: A Couple Neat Items at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale Auction
Dec 12, 2008Brian LohnesBangShift News
Yeah, yeah we know. Taking a dump on Barrett-Jackson has become a national sport for gearheads coast to coast. Those auctions have driven the market out of reach, reset the standards of pricing that...
