Killer Video: Plymouth Roadrunner Ads
Aug 31, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
Chrysler may not have been the sales leader of the muscle car era, but they were certainly the fun leader. We found a great video showing a compilation of Roadrunner ads from 1968-what looks to be...
Question of the Week: What’s Your Most Trusty Mechanical Companion?
Aug 31, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
If you’re a gearhead, chances are that you surround yourself with different machines, tools, gadgets, and equipment. Some of that stuff has probably been around you for a while, rescued you...
Auto Trader Classics Find: Bob Tullius’s 1984 Jaguar IMSA GTP Racer
Aug 31, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Bob Tullius is an American road racing legend. He competed in everything from the snappy little Dodge Darts he ran in the early days of Trans-Am to the infamous Grey Ghost LeMans and all kinds of...
Event Gallery: New England Dragway’s 2010 Dragin’ in the ’50s Show
Aug 31, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
We were in the mood to see some neato nostalgia drag racing recently, so we gave our wife the day off, loaded up the kiddos and headed to the local strip. Luckily for us, New England Dragway was...
Event Coverage: 4th Annual Burbank Charity Hot Rod and Race Car Show with Cacklefest Video
Aug 30, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Videos
The 4th Annual Burbank, California, Charity Hot Rod and Race Car Show was a big hit on August 28th, 2010. The Masonic Lodge of Burbank puts on the show every year, with all proceeds going to support...
Moral of the Story: Put a Fire Extinguisher in Your Hot Rod!
Aug 30, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Erv Julien, the owner of the Ford involved in the car-b-que happening in the lead photo of this blog item, is lucky to be alive, but he was unlucky enough to watch his otherwise bitchin’ 1934...
BREAKING NEWS: Project Sick Seconds Lives — Titanic Showdown Set For Hot Rod Drag Week 2010
Aug 30, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The much whispered about and wondered about 2010 Hot Rod Drag Week Project Sick Seconds Camaro of Denny Terzich is alive and we have the photos to prove it. The beautiful Camaro was making...
Wretched Excess Video: A Triple Allison V-12 Powered Pulling Tractor
Aug 30, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
You’ve seen tractors with a bunch of blown Hemi engines powering the rear wheels. You may have ever seen one or two with radial aircraft engines, but this is a first for us. A European tractor...
NE Dragway Sanctioning Switch Big News, NHRA National Event Coming to Epping
Aug 30, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The rumors raised eyebrows, the confirmation raised excitement levels, and now the announcement that the NHRA will contest a national event at Epping, New Hampshire’s, New England Dragway in...
Craigslist Find: An Unstoppable 1944 Autocar 4×4 Semi-Tractor
Aug 30, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Forgive us for our love of large, incredibly slow, weird trucks. We can’t shake it, and when we saw this totally odd 1944 Autocar Army truck, we were in lust. We nearly passed out when we read...
Site of the Week: Cold War Relics
Aug 27, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
We met BangShift forum member Dave Dauphinee while attending the LTA land speed racing event in Loring, Maine. Unlike most people that meet us, Dave didn’t run screaming and yelling into the...
Rally Wreckage: A Brake Failure Sends a Rally Car Spectator Bowling
Aug 27, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Amazingly, no one was hurt in this video, but man they came close! Apparently the car in this video suffered a brake failure of some kind, causing it to overcook the corner and head right toward a...
War on Racetracks: Town of Paris Presents Great Lakes Dragaway With Noise and Light Proposal
Aug 27, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Historic Great Lakes Dragaway which has been in existence for more than 50 years in Union Grove, Wisconsin, is locked in a fight for life with the town of Paris, Wisconsin. The town is fighting the...
Great Thread: Antique Race Boats Are Truly Hot Rods on Water
Aug 27, 2010Brian LohnesEvent Coverage, OTHER
Like nostalgia drag racing or old timey stock car racing, the world of boat racing is chock full of vintage equipment that thundered down waterways in years past. Again, like those other forms of...
