Shocking Video: World’s Quickest Electric Bike Goes 7.46/177 With Larry McBride Riding!
Sep 28, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
We generally hate electric powered vehicles. The whole internal combustion deal is kind of close to our hearts. That being said, this drag bike, which looks all the world like a Nitro Harley from...
eBay Find: An Alaskan Archimedean Screw Tractor
Sep 28, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
We’re not trying to brag, but when it comes to weird Archimedean Screw tractors, BangShift.com is pretty much the internet leader on the subject. We’ve given you the history of the design...
Near Death Fail Video: How Not to Pull Down A Tree
Sep 27, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Pulling junk with a truck or tractor is cool as hell. We fondly remember our dad yanking bushes and stuff right out of the ground back in the day. Now that Goliath has his sea legs under him,...
Great Story: Mopar Enthusiasts Complete a Sick Friend’s Project, BangShifters Involved
Sep 27, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
No doubt that you’ve heard the stories of car club members or buddies banding together to help get a sick friend’s project done, but we’re betting they don’t usually get them...
Car Show Gallery: The 2010 Long Beach Motorama
Sep 27, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
The Long Beach Motorama has been going since 1958 and continues to feature some of the most beautiful and wonderfully executed kustoms in the world. The show is really broken into two parts. There is...
Photo Gallery: 11th Annual Cruisin’ For a Cure, Costa Mesa, California
Sep 27, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
Cruisin’ for a Cure is an annual charity car show held in Costa Mesa, California. It is a huge affair, drawing more than 3,000 cars, featuring more than 200 vendors and exhibitors, and it even...
Video Bonanza: Baldwin-Motion Machinery in Action!
Sep 27, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
As we eluded to in the previous story about the Baldwin-Motion Phase III GT Corvette, the stuff that rolled out of Joel Rosen’s Motion Performance shop was simply beyond compare in the late...
Ultra-Rare Baldwin-Motion 1971 Phase III GT Corvette Found and Restored
Sep 27, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Simply hearing or seeing the words, “Baldwin-Motion” makes our little gearhead heart start to run faster, but when we were informed that the very last Phase III GT Corvette ever built by...
The Turbo Revolution is Upon Us, Projections Say One-Fifth of Vehicles Sold to be Turbocharged by 2015
Sep 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Turbochargers are still an exception rather than the rule when is comes to domestic cars here in the United States. European manufacturers have been employing them for decades with differing levels...
Cool Video: 1980’s Sand Drag Action Complete With an Awesome Blower Explosion
Sep 24, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Back in the 1980’s TNN was the place to be for awesome gearhead television programming. We say that because of the great lineup of shows that they had on Sunday mornings. American Sports...
Lex Joon’s Top Fuel Team Seeks Sponsorship on eBay
Sep 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Lex Joon and his team Top Fuel have decided to hit eBay in an effort to grab a sponsor or two that would enable them to run the final two races of the NHRA tour this season. Joon has been racing in...
Physics Wins Again Video: How Not to Mud Bog Your ATV
Sep 24, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Riding four-wheelers can be loads of fun. Bombing around in the woods, doing some mud bogging, making some high speed runs down fire roads and under high tension wires, a jolly good time. As fun as...
Sad News: Lenny Woods, California Ford Dealer, Son of Drag Racing Legend Tim Woods Found Dead
Sep 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Lenny Woods, a man who grew up in the midst of the gasser wars and went on to own a Ford Dealership in Chino Hills, California was found dead inside the now closed business, suicide is suspected....
Craigslist Finds: The Donks of Memphis
Sep 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The classic American full size car has many natural enemies. Demolition derbies have claimed umpteen thousands of them, they have been gutted for their big blocks in junkyards, and most recently they...
