Racing Junk Find: The Wildest Jeep in the West
Dec 29, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
Man, we have to find a way to hit the sand dunes some day. Why? Because bat poop crazy stuff like this Jeep packing a 600ci big blog is there. This baby must be able to throw sand grains into low...
Video: A Bitchin’ 1961 International Dump Truck Commercial
Dec 28, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
When we watched this old International truck commercial from 1961 it made us kind of sad. Why? Mainly because we live in a world where we’ll never see another ad for a “personal”...
eBay Find: A Very Old, Very Cool, Scotty Fenn Built Slingshot Dragster
Dec 28, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
There are lots of old dragsters out there for sale, but few have the cool factor this one has. Based around an original Chassis Research K-88 chassis, the car was built in 1958 and has a worked over...
Bitchin’ Vintage Drag Videos: Early 1960s Altereds, Gassers, and Twin Engine Top Gas Dragsters
Dec 27, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
These killer home movies come from one of our favorite eras in drag racing history, the early 1960s. It was here that the gas classes really started to come into their own, leading to the epic...
Craigslist Find: A 1940s Sears/Allstate One Wheel Trailer
Dec 27, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
When Chad sent this link to a CraigsList ad featuring a very old Sears/Allstate one-wheel trailer we were interested because we never knew the little guys existed before. Sold through Sears stores...
BangShift World Exclusive: Video of Captain Jack McClure Running his 200mph Rocket Go Kart!
Dec 27, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
We received this video from Captain Jack McClure last week and are finally getting it up for the world to see today. This is a special deal because to our knowledge, no one else has made any Captain...
Caption This Photo: Garage Fun!
Dec 27, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
There are photos that really sum up what gearhead fun is, and this is one of those photos. Horsing around in the shop with your buddies is one of truly good parts of being a BangShifter, especially...
TV Personality Dennis Gage Suffers House Fire
Dec 27, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Television personality, and host Dennis Gage has suffered a horrible house fire that completely gutted his Indiana home. Gage’s family is all safe and sound, as is his collection of classic...
Lohnes’ Pic of the Week: Snow Wheelin’ Fail
Dec 26, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
With snow-mageddon closing in on our eastern offices, I’ve decided to dredge up some snow filled blog items from the past on this Sunday (partially because there may be no power at eastern HQ...
Merry Christmas from BangShift.com
Dec 25, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Chad and I, along with our families would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas. We hope that your day incorporates any of the elements that make this a great holiday. From the people,...
A Visit From St. Garlits
Dec 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Back in 2005 I adapted the famous poem, “A Visit From St. Nicholas” by Clement Clark Moore into the drag race themed “A Visit From St. Garlits”. The adaptation was a pretty...
PodCast – Listen to BangShift’s Chad Reynolds on Hot Rod Magazine Radio Live
Dec 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Chad recently appeared on Hot Rod Magazine Radio hosted by Dennis Pittsenbarger. He was on the show talking about all kinds of stuff from the NHRA Unleashed series to the goings on here at BangShift....
BangShift Christmas Poem: Santa Rolls in a Pro Street 1967 Camaro
Dec 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Editor’s note: BangShift member Hamar (real name Hal) sent us this poem as told us we could use it if we wanted to. We read it and thought it would be perfect for a Christmas eve blog item. We...
