eBay Find: A Bitchin’ 1949 Mack Type 45 Fire Truck That Looks Good Enough to Road Trip Home (Slowly)
Jul 12, 2012Brian LohneseBay Find
Starting in the war years of the mid-1940s and right through the 1950s, if you lived in a small to mid-sized town in America you thought of a Mack Type 45 when someone mentioned the words “fire...
Video: Depth of Speed “High Mileage”… John Jackson of Not Stock Photography
Jul 12, 2012Chad ReynoldsMISC, Videos
Not only does John Jackson of Not Stock Photography take killer photos of some of the baddest hot rods, customs, and cruisers around, but he also drives one himself. And while some folks would argue...
Epic eBay Find: Wild Willie Borsch’s Fake Arm From His Revell’s Wild Man Funny Car!
Jul 12, 2012Brian LohneseBay Find
This is freaking awesome. Up for sale on eBay right now is the fake arm that Wild Willie Borsch had mounted into the window of his “Revell’s Wild Man” Funny Car in the early 1970s....
Tune In: Watch Live Nostalgia Drag Racing From Santa Pod This weekend!
Jul 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Our brothers from another, uhhh, continent at EuroDragster.com will be live broadcasting live (and FREE!) from Santa Pod this weekend during the Dragstalgia event. This is the second year of the...
Check Out Our Huge Gallery From the 2012 ALMS New England Grand Prix – Exotics and Prototypes in Action!
Jul 11, 2012Brian LohnesAutocross / Pro Touring, BangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, OTHER
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Our main function for being at the 2012 ALMS New England Grand Prix, contested at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut last week was to observe, hang out with, and report on...
Great Video: The Profile of A Totally Unrestored and Running 1970 USAC Open Wheel Car
Jul 11, 2012Brian LohnesHISTORIC, SHOWS & EVENTS, Videos
Holley has been cranking out some truly kick ass video content lately. We’ve been keeping up over the last couple of weeks and this one may be their best yet. In this piece, you’ll hear...
eBay Find: An All Aluminum 215ci Buick V8 With A 4-71 Blower and Ingelese Carbs!
Jul 11, 2012Brian LohneseBay Find
Just the other day, I was having a conversation with a friend regarding the willingness we both had over buying a complete engine from eBay. At the end, both of us were thinking that we didn’t...
Question of the Day: What Cars Have Been Unfairly Labeled As Massive Piles Of Junk By History?
Jul 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
Automotive history is dotted with lots of punching bags. Some of them seem fairly obvious. The German Trabant for example is a car that people openly mock around the world and for good reason. The...
Incredible Photos: Mercedes Skewered By 90ft of Guardrail in Denmark, 22 Year Old Driver Not Killed!
Jul 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
BangShift reader and forum member Arild Guldbrandsen lives in Norway and he posted up one of the wildest links we have seen in some time on the BS forums the other day. This link shows photos taken...
Gallery: Cool Cars and Hot Parts at the Long Beach, California Swap Meet – July 2012
Jul 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, SWAP MEETS, Swap Meets
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – California correspondent Scott Liggett had one heck of a busy weekend. On Friday night he was at the SoCal Bob’s Big cruise and sent us this gallery. On...
Shop Invasion: DMC Racing – Eddie Kraewic’s Camaro and Alex Vettros’s Mustang Inside!
Jul 11, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery, Shop Tours
Last week I put a note on Facebook to my local gearhead homies asking if I could steal a compression tester for a couple days. One of the first guys to answer the call was Dennis MacPherson the owner...
Watch a Massive “Mega Truck” Leap To Incredible Heights and Distances For No Apparent Reason
Jul 10, 2012Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, RACING & ACTION, Videos
There are times when asking, “why?” just isn’t necessary. Consider this video one of those times. In it, you’ll see the massive classic Chevy truck of one Daniel Mundy...
Watch An Ultra High Horsepower Mud Truck Get Absolutely Destroyed In A High Speed Crash
Jul 10, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Jason Linden is the driver of an infamous mud bog and hill-‘n-hole truck named Nitroglycerin. He’s also a dude that is luck to be alive as you’ll see in this video. Linden suffered...
