Hollywood Hot Rods Tapped to Build Raybestos Brakes Roadster Pickup
Apr 13, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Troy Ladd and the fine fellows at Hollywood Hot Rods have been given the green light by Raybestos Brakes and Chassis products to build a pretty kick ass 1932 Ford roadster pickup. The build will...
Craigslist Find: A 1966 Mustang Rat Rod Even Barris Would Not Admit To
Apr 13, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Joe Grippo should be a name familiar to regular BangShift.com readers as he regularly supplies us great photos from drag races, car shows, and the like. Joe worships at the Ford alter and he sent...
Historic Carnage Monday Edition: Truck Burning, Cars Flying, Driver Hanging Off of a Bridge
Apr 12, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We’re back again with another load of scans from our grandfather’s scrap books of old wrecks, crazy photos, and gearhead history from the late 1940s and early 1950s. This time we’re...
More Killer Stunt Video: 1956 Chevy Promo Film Featuring the Joie Chitwood Stunt Drivers
Apr 12, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
We were a little harsh on the Joie Chitwood stunt show earlier, relaying our last memory of the program as relating only to the fact that they were driving Toyota Camrys. It wasn’t always like...
New Product: Annular Nitrous Nozzles From Induction Solutions
Apr 12, 2010Brian LohnesNew Products
With the explosion of small-tire drag racing, Top Sportsman, and Pro Modified, nitrous oxide research and development has never been pushed as hard as it has been in recent years. Steve...
Cool Old Video: The Marathon Oil Hurricane Hell Drivers
Apr 12, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
Stunt and precision driving shows ain’t what they used to be. Scratch that, they are exactly what they used to be, except now they don’t do the truly death defying stuff like jumping cars...
RacingJunk Find: A Massive Pro Street 1967 Ford LTD
Apr 12, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
We love Pro Street cars. It’s not something we’re planning on apologizing for any time soon. This 1967 Ford LTD that we found on RacingJunk.com hits our personal perfect formula right...
Event Coverage: Show and Cruise photos from the 9th Lonestar Roundup
Apr 10, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Spring in Austin Texas means it’s Lonestar Roundup time, and BangShift.com members Charles Wickam, BOOGHAR on the BangShift forums, and Chris Maynard, R&D guru at MSD Ignition, are making...
Event Coverage: Hundreds of Photos from the 2010 Goodguys Del Mar Nationals
Apr 10, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
It’s summer show season, and we’ve got Goodguys show coverage from the 10th Del Mar Nationals in Del Mar California. For all of you who are sitting in snow or rain covered areas of the...
Dyno Video: A Turbocharged 1938 Harley LSR Bike on the Chassis Dyno
Apr 09, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Land Speed Racing is undoubtedly the last bastion of pure mechanical expression. Weird, arcane engine combinations are used without apology to set records and do things they were never originally...
Spectre Performance Announces Cool Top Speed Prize at Pro Touring Events
Apr 09, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Our pals and sponsors at Spectre Performance have come up with a kick ass Top Speed prize that they will award to the competitors who achieve the highest speed (as measured by a radar gun at a...
Neato Video: A Stock 1929 Model A Flat Towing a 1930 Model A
Apr 09, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
There’s a fine line between genius and lunatic in the gearhead world, and the dude in this video is totally walking it. Flat towing another car with a stock (and we mean like 40hp engine,...
Caption This Photo: The Latest Creation From Barris Kustoms
Apr 09, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Maybe that title was unfair. Then again, maybe it’s true, you decide. Anyway, we need your snappiest and most brilliant caption for this photo that we zapped during our town’s St....
Craigslist Find: A Bad Ass 1978 Dodge Muscle Truck, with Video
Apr 09, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Many times our Craigslist picks highlight some godawful wrecks or lampoon some big pile of mechanical grossness, but this week that is not the case. We found a totally awesome Dodge truck for sale in...
