Project Goliath Update: The Truck Gets Legalized and Then Heads to the Steel Surgeons
Mar 07, 2011Brian LohnesCHEVY, Project Cars
We know that news has been slow on Project Goliath as of late but that’s really because there’s been no news! We’ve been waiting through an intense New England winter, saving...
Car Feature: Jim Sartori’s 10-Second, Aluminum FE Powered 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe
Mar 07, 2011Brian Lohnes1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature
If the guys bootleggin’ moonshine back in the day got their mitts on Jim Sartori’s 1940 Ford, they never would have been caught. Thanks to power from an all-aluminum, 485ci Ford FE motor...
Mechanical Lunacy: New Manitowoc 31000 Crane Makes 5-million Pound Test Lift
Mar 07, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Wisconsin’s Manitowoc company, a maker of cranes and other equipment, last summer made a test lift with their new 3100 model crane. Long story short, it lifted 5.5-freaking-million pounds. You...
Eargasm Video: The Sound of a Race Hemi Through the Dyno Exhaust at Ray Barton’s Shop
Mar 07, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Typically dyno videos feature the engine on the stand making a pull. Normally the camera guy is on the other side of the glass by the dyno operator. This one goes in a very different direction. A few...
Event Gallery: The 2011 Texas Hot Rod Hoedown
Mar 06, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
This being our second show/cruise gallery in two days, hope for Spring is on the rise! BangShift’s intrepid Texas lensman Charles Wickam hit the 2011 Texas Hot Rod Hoedown in New Caney this...
Cruise Gallery: Donut Derelicts – March 2011
Mar 05, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Car Shows
While the eastern half of the BS team was terrorizing the roadways on Saturday morning, the western half was hanging at one of the country’s coolest and earliest cruises, the weekly Donut...
The Parting Shift: Pulling Gears With the Front End in the Sky!
Mar 05, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
We’ve been Parting Shift delinquent for the last two weeks, so we wanted to get back into the groove with a good one. This helmet cam video shows Doug Lambeck, racing his A/Stock Automatic...
Video: Parts 1 through 4 of Ridetech’s Johnny Merder Hot Rodding his Grand dad’s 1965 Chevy Pickup
Mar 04, 2011Chad ReynoldsTECH, Videos
Some of us are lucky enough to own a car or truck that once belonged to a beloved family member. And some of those cars and trucks were bought new by said family member. Such is the case with Johnny...
Barnstormin’: Braving the Maine Elements for Diner Food and Cool Cars
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Last weekend’s Lohnes family excursion to Owl’s Head Maine was really a fun trip. While my wife may not be a huge car person, she does like to travel and see new places. She also likes to...
Book Review: TV Tommy Ivo – Drag Racing’s Master Showman by Tom Cotter
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
When we were informed several months ago about an upcoming book on the career of “TV” Tommy Ivo and that book was to be written by Tom Cotter, our inner drag geek got very excited. We...
Car Feature: 800 Horsepower 1964 Dodge 330 by Renteria Bros.
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesCar Features, MOPAR, Videos
Mike Renteria Sr.’s 1964 Dodge 330 makes 800 horsepower out of a 496ci big-block Mopar wedge motor, gets driven and shown regularly, and belongs to a man who is 70 years old. Mike is the father...
eBay Find: A Lunatic Fringe, Street-Legal, 9-second Fiat
Mar 04, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
This is awesome. A hell-raising 1937 Fiat that runs nines at the strip, has a killer little 327ci small block in it backed by a G-Force transmission, and is street legal. In a move that seems to defy...
Sponsor News: Detroit Speed Joins the BangShift.com family of sponsors.
Mar 03, 2011Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
BangShift.com would like to welcome Detroit Speed and Engineering to the BangShift family of sponsors. We pride ourselves on having the industries best companies as sponsors here at BangShift.com and...
New Sponsor: Optima Batteries Joins BangShift.com!
Mar 03, 2011Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
BangShift.com is proud to announce that Optima Batteries, The Ultimate Power Source, has joined us as a new sponsor for 2011. BangShift.com and Optima have enjoyed a very strong relationship over the...
