eBay Pick of the Week: 1971 Monte Carlo, Still High
May 18, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Back in January we told you about a guy selling a former Hot Rod project car and the asking price was insanely high. The good news is that the price is come down, but it is still insanely high....
Monday Time Killer: Mazi Racing
May 18, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Dawn and Mark Hovsepian are great drag racing photographers who hail from New Hampshire. Back when Goodguys had a racing series of its own, Dawn and Mark were the official photographers. Dawn’s...
Bob Tasca Sr. Spotted Testing His Cobra Jet Mustang
May 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Our pal Jack Webster, a Mopar man by all accounts, was momentarily struck with the same affliction that we had when drooling over a Cobra Jet Mustang recently. It’s called,...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: GM Importing Chinese Cars
May 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
In a move that could be today’s equivalent to Benedict Arnold’s treasonous work with the British army during the Revolutionary War, GM has announced that, as part of its turnaround plan,...
This Week’s One Piece of Good News: Two Businesses Thriving in Detroit!
May 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
To offset some of the sheer anger and frustration of the weekly Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink blog item, here’s an actual bit of good news. It was sent along by our pal D2, and it’s a...
Save This Vintage Iron!
May 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Our pals over at CarDomain.com posted an item on their blog that’s worth sharing. A Wyoming salvage yard that has tons of cool vintage cars that the owner of the yard wants to sell or even...
Government to Force GM and Chrysler Out of Racing?
May 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
With Chrysler essentially living on the government monetary feed-bag for the time being and GM seemingly headed that way shortly, some information has surfaced to suggest that the government is not...
Hot Rod Magazine is Giving Away a 2010 Camaro SS During Power Tour!
May 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
There has been speculation on the BangShift.com forums about what the 2009 Power Tour sweepstakes car will be, and now here’s the official news from HotRod.com: the prize is a 2010 Camaro SS!...
CraigsList Pick of the Week: Big-Block Jet Boat
May 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
After some recent discussion on the BangShift.com forums about hot rod boats, we located this water-borne missile outside the city of Chicago. Jet boats are big fun and even bigger when you have...
Cool Old Press Photos: 1957 Dodge Custom Royal Convertible
May 14, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Automobile or aircraft carrier? This massive piece of rolling coolness is Dodge’s sporty Custom Royal Convertible, circa 1957. Even though it’s missing the fancy markings, you could still...
Gearhead Destination: Lime Rock Park
May 14, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Baseball has Fenway Park and road racing has Lime Rock. It’s a little 1.53-mile bandbox of a road course, but the place reeks of history and has been the site of some of the greatest moments in...
NASCAR Investigating a Large Drop in TV Ratings
May 14, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
It seems that NASCAR’s television audience is vanishing at a rather rapid rate and the sanctioning body has put some super sleuths on the case to find out why. It’s being reported that...
Video of the Week: When Nitrous Goes Bad
May 14, 2009Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Nitrous, like fire, can be man’s best friend or worst enemy when it goes wrong. Consider this video as going as wrong as it can possibly go. The drag car in question suffers a flaming nitrous...
New CNC-Ported Iron Heads from RHS
May 13, 2009Brian LohnesNew Products
There is still a place in the world for cast iron small-block Chevy heads. Lots of racing classes mandate iron cylinder heads and frankly, these puppies will probably outwork the lower-end aluminum...
