Vintage Carnage and Gearhead History: Smashed Tomatoes, Goliath’s Older Brother, Train Hits a Gas Tanker
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We took a day off as to not melt our scanner from all the hot carnage and history action we’ve been showing you as of late. We’re back to hitting on all cylinders with this edition which...
Killer Drag Video: A 1960 Impala Twisting Itself Up Like a Pretzel
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The educated hard core racers who see this video will immediately say that the racer is leaving ET on the table by having his massive 1960 Impala launch like Shamu. To those smarty pants readers, we...
Chrysler Sells Old AMC Headquarters
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The last remaining piece of American Motors that was actively part of the US automotive manufacturing landscape has been sold by Chrysler, its current owner. Once the site of a Kelvinator fridge...
Engine Video: A WWII Cadillac M5 1-G Tank Engine On the Stand
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
When we learned yesterday that Packard built the 1,200hp engines that powered WWII PT boats, it got us to thinking about tank engines from the same era. We remembered that Cadillac motors powered...
Great Thread: Saving A Rare 427 Impala Custom Coupe From Certain Doom
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We were tipped off to an awesome thread on Yenko.net involving the resurrection of a rare, 427, 4-speed, 1968 Impala Custom Coupe. There are tons of photos showing the car as it was discovered and...
New Goodyear Top Fuel/Funny Car Tire Coming for NHRA Las Vegas Race
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
This weekend’s NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals will see the debut of a new-compound of drag slick for Top Fuel and Funny Car racers. Traditionally, this results in hours of television coverage...
King of the Trar-maros
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
You may have a personal, deep seated hatred of trars. We do not. In fact, trars like the fourth-gen Camaro featured in this video have our ultimate respect. This thing is a full on, bad-ass mud...
Great Read: An Interview with Barry Meguiar
Apr 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
You’ve undoubtedly seen Barry Meguiar either on Car Crazy TV or at one of the zillion car shows he attends each season. It’s good to know that Barry is just as passionate about hot rods...
Gallery: Inside The General Motors Heritage Center
Apr 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, OTHER
When Chad was in town for the Detroit Autorama he managed to sweet talk BangShift.com member and GM guy Mike Copeland into taking him into the GM Heritage Center. This is total nirvana for any fan of...
Totally Insane: Rocket Plane Racing Series to Debut Next Weekend, With Video
Apr 14, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
The Rocket Racing League, an organization that is set to put on races featuring rocket-powered experimental racing airplanes, is ready to show themselves to the world at the QuickTrip Air and Rocket...
eBay Find: An Oshkosh U-30 Tow Tractor
Apr 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
This is probably the slowest vehicle we have ever featured on the electronic pages of BangShift.com, but it is also one of the baddest. We present, for your eBay bidding pleasure, an Oshkosh U-30 Tow...
Chrysler to Auction Historical Collection Vehicles, Not the Good Ones
Apr 13, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Whenever we hear of a domestic auto manufacturer auctioning off parts of their company historical collections we kind of freak out. When the news broke that Chrysler was going to sell some of their...
Fire Video: A Chevelle Cooked Medium Rare
Apr 13, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
There’s good and bad in this video. The bad is the obvious nitrous pop which blows the hood scoop off the nice looking red Chevelle and then turns into a raging inferno shortly afterward. The...
Dyno Video: Twin 91MM Turbos, 534ci of Big Block Chevy, Whole Bunches of Horsepower
Apr 13, 2010Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
It wasn’t that long ago that nitromethane-burning engines were not making 2,000 hp. As you’ll see in this video, that magical number can be breached on gasoline in a hurry using a pair of...
