Advice: Don’t Get Drunk and Steal an Ambulance
Oct 14, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’re on a joy ride kick with our blog items lately. So sue us. Some of these incidents are just too good to skip over. Take this one for example: A college kid in Kansas heads out for a night...
Video of the Joyride Fail Du Jour: Kid Drives Daddy’s Porsche Off a Cliff
Oct 14, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We caught wind of this wild story through our pals over at the CarDomain blog and we had to share it here. Yesterday it was the 15 year old kid getting his parent’s Blazer stuck in a mud hole....
Site of the Week: TradeMe.co.nz, like CraigsList for New Zealand
Oct 14, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ve got to thank BangShift.com forum member Hairy for the tip to this pretty cool New Zealand based website. Think of it like CraigsList for Kiwis. We honed into the specialty vehicle section...
The New York Times Covers the Antique Automobile Club of America Fall Hershey Meet
Oct 13, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
The Antique Automobile Club of America’s Eastern Division National Fall Meet, held in Hershey, Pennsylvania, since 1975, was last weekend, and the New York Times, of all media outlets, was...
Epic Joyride Fail: Kid Gets Stuck in Mud and Rescue Teams Are Involved
Oct 13, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’ll admit to once taking our dad’s four wheel drive truck out for a spin in the mud when he was on vacation with our mom years back, but we had a license. Oh yeah, and the fire...
Guy Joyrides Locomotive, Gets Probation
Oct 13, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
A 22-year old Florida man was given three years of probation after stealing a locomotive and taking it on a seven-mile joy ride. The guy is described as being a train enthusiast and he’s...
BangShift.com Is Now on Facebook. Come Be a Fan!
Oct 13, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
As much as we never in a jillion years would have expected us to be saying these words, yes, we are now on Facebook. It turns out that it’s not just for junior-high girls, because there are a...
Video: Lunatic in Vermont Backflips a Monster Truck
Oct 13, 2009Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The Vermonster 4×4 Festival up in Vermont is full of all kinds of neat stuff. There’s tuff truck racing, mud bogs, and the big payoff: monster truck action. Of course, the normal stuff for...
Auction Commentary in a College Newspaper: Not too Shabby
Oct 13, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We were pretty surprised when we ran across a college newspaper commentary about the auction results from the RM “Icons of Speed and Style” auction that went down in Los Angeles a couple...
No BS, a Race Car Powered by Manure!
Oct 13, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
A British engineering firm called Oaktec is a planning on running a Honda Insight rally car, (yes, we just said Honda Insight rally car) on “cow slurry” in the near future. “Cow...
Hayward, California, Tightens Up Street Racing Ordinance
Oct 13, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
It just got really expensive to get caught at a street race in Hayward, California. A loophole has been closed in an ordinance passed in May, so police now have the ability to levy large fines to...
Book Review: Legendary Race Cars by Basem Wasef
Oct 13, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Legendary Race Cars by Basem Wasef is an interesting read that profiles 25 significant race cars. Wasef covers all the bases; Everything from the Greer-Black-Prudhomme dragster to the old Auto Union...
Ridetech Shop Tour Video
Oct 12, 2009Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
If you have not had a chance to see what it’s like at work with the crazies from Ridetech (formerly Air Ride), then you really have to see this video at Ridetech.com. It’s an installment...
Winner! Highest Volume of Bolt-On Accessories on a Jeep
Oct 12, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
It’s probably best to let the pictures do the talking here. If you find yourself unable to resist, you can actually own this Jeep Wrangler for $6,500. That’s got to be a deal. You...
