The Parting Shift: Coolest Gasser Video Freaking Ever Edition
Nov 26, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
After watching this video 10-20 times and still loving every second of it, we’re not sure if we’ll ever be able to find anything as good for our weekly Parting Shift blog item. In this...
Video of the Week: The Crappiest Drag Strip on Earth
Nov 25, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
We have to thank, or blame, our chassis builder pal Jon Sandahl for shooting us a link to the video below. It was apparently shot at a place calling itself a drag strip somewhere in the Caribbean....
Dump-Truck Wheelie Fail
Nov 25, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Let’s say you’re a dump truck driver. Let’s say you’re in a hurry. Let’s say you forget that the dump body is up and you’re on the highway. Let’s say you...
Lohnes’ Pic of the Week: Leaf-Blower Supercharger!
Nov 25, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
These photos are completely for real. I took them one day while driving home from class at college (I always kept my camera with me as I do now). I nearly drove off the road when I saw this...
Cool Old Press Photos: Ancient Mercury Memory Seats
Nov 25, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Memory seats, just one of those modern automotive gadgets that we love. Not so fast: Mercury had memory seats available as an option on its 1957 models, and here’s the press release to prove...
Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line
Nov 25, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
While we were rummaging around with dad looking for photos of his old race cars to throw up on our message board we stumbled onto an old toy that had once kept us both occupied for hours at a time....
FREE Shipping on Any Order from Ridetech through 6pm Monday!!!!
Nov 24, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Ridetech is offering a killer black errr Cool Friday free shipping special from 6pm Wednesday November 24 to Monday November 29th at 6pm. Buy ANYTHING that they sell and shipping is free. Literally...
Not BangShift Approved: DeLorean Themed Sneakers From Nike
Nov 24, 2010Brian LohnesNew Products
When BangShift reader Remy-Z tipped us off to the announcement from Nike that they would be producing a limited edition “DeLorean Inspired” shoe, we looked for the punchline. Turns out,...
Ford Taurus Police Interceptor Beats All Comers in LA Sheriff’s Office Testing
Nov 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
The blue oval boys clearly have their mojo workin’ these days. They’ve managed to get their business in order, they’re building stuff that people are interested in buying and...
Bangshift Approved New Product: Forged Pontiac Cranks and Stroker Kits From Eagle Specialty Products
Nov 24, 2010Brian LohnesNew Products
While pressing our schnoz up against the glass display cases at the SEMA new products showcase we spent more than a couple minutes drooling over the new Pontiac competition stroker kit from Eagle...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A 1964 Cadillac Hearse
Nov 24, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Hearses have their place in the history of hot rodding. 1960s drag racers used them as tow vehicles and mobile apartments during stints on the road with their race cars and their engines have been...
Caption this Photo: Knaus and Johnson together on the beach…at sunrise
Nov 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
Public relations and advertising people come up with the swiftest ideas. After Jimmy Johnson and Chad Knaus had won their fifth NASCAR title in the a row, someone at a desk in a far away city...
Bill Caswell Baja Video Bonanza:Beating on the Baja Bimmer
Nov 23, 2010Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
It wasn’t all suck time for our man Bill Caswell in Baja. As we told you yesterday, Caswell made the start of the race by the skin of his teeth and managed to haul ass in the desert for a...
eBay Find: A 1948 Ford F-5 Cab-Over Wrecker
Nov 23, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Talk about a cool truck! This 1948 Ford F-5 COE wrecker is one of the neatest pieces of Ford iron we’ve ever seen. The cab over truck has a 292ci V8, and a three-speed manual transmission....
