Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Auto Industry Has A Long Way Before It Is Out of The Woods
Sep 18, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
While the auto industry here in America saw a bump in sales due to the Cash for Clunkers program, overall the year of 2009 will be remembered by many as a disaster. Massive amounts of dealers have...
Force and Pedregon Make Nice; End of Season A Lot Less Interesting
Sep 18, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
The John Force/Tony Pedregon feud has ended, so we’re being told by the Associated Press. We’ll go on record saying that we’re disappointed to hear that news, and suddenly, what was...
Craigslist Pick of the Week: The Death Row Imperial
Sep 18, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ve had Imperials on the brain ever since we saw the footage of the one wrecked on the set of the Green Hornet movie. The good news is that we found one for sale in Minnesota. The bad news is...
Early Camaro T56 Crossmember from BMR Fabrication
Sep 18, 2009Chad ReynoldsNew Products
BMR Fabrication is known for trick suspension for late-model stuff like Camaros and GTOs, but the company also has an extensive torque-arm suspension for ’67-’69 Camaros. As part of that,...
Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week, Day 4, Hebron, Ohio
Sep 18, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
Day 4 of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2009, presented by Gear Vendors, can be summed up with three words: misdirection, breakage, and teamwork. The event, which takes competitors and their cars...
Video: Jeff Lutz’s Turbo 1957 Chevy Running 7.81 at 180 mph at Drag Week
Sep 18, 2009Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
As we sadly know, the killer suede-black 1957 of Jeff Lutz fell out of Hot Rod Drag Week 2009 yesterday, Wednesday, September 17. However, it’s not like the Unlimited class racer did not put on...
Thursday at Drag Week 2009 by Jay Brown at FordFE.com, Plus Video of the 9.50 Pass
Sep 18, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Videos
“If we can make the drive I think we can pull off another 9.50 and put the win away.” That’s a confident Jay Brown as he wraps his Thursday, Day 4 diary of his adventures at Hot Rod...
VOTE NOW! Cherry Bomb Nominated for Speed Parts Hall of Fame
Sep 18, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Alright BangShifters, it’s time to help the fine folks at Cherry Bomb Exhaust as they have been nominated to be part of the class of 2009 in the Hot Rod Magazine Speed Parts Hall of Fame. We...
Drag Week Carnage: Yost Firebird Frags a Transmission at National Trail; The Thrash Is On
Sep 18, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
OUCH! Drag Week Competitor Eric Yost fragged the Turbo 400 in the awesome turbocharged Firebird he is driving today at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio. In true Drag Week fashion, the guys are...
Caterpillar Rolls Out Hybrid ‘Dozer To Dealers After a Year of Testing
Sep 17, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Irony. It’s all around us every day. We’d say that a hybrid bulldozer would fall under the ironic category. Calling it a “green” bulldozer would be downright oxymoronic, but...
Video: Fun With Backfires
Sep 17, 2009Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re big fans of dumb fun around here. The guys in this video are as well. They have a 1995 Caprice that is backfiring through the exhaust. The guys...
Your Car is Safer, It Just Seems More Dangerous
Sep 17, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
It can be stated as fact that the new cars hitting American roads are the safest ones ever built. Crash test results are often touted by manufacturers in advertisements and the vaunted “five...
Detroit Speed & Engineering Deep Tubs for 1962-1967 Novas
Sep 17, 2009Chad ReynoldsNew Products
Our friends at Detroit Speed & Engineering have a bunch of trick parts, and we’re big fans of their Deep Tubs kits that make it much easier to mini-tub a car for tire clearance. With Deep...
Wednesday at Drag Week 2009 by Jay Brown at FordFE.com
Sep 17, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage
We’ve been following Drag Week with the diary of racer Jay Brown in his SOHC-motored 1964 Galaxie. If you don’t know the car we’re talking about, see the video of a 9.53 pass here....
