Question of the Day: What Is The Most Dangerous Factory Built Car In History?
Aug 15, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
This question came to me a while back when I was pulling the front end of the Buford T Justice Caprice project apart. Pulling is probably far too strong a word, because it basically fell apart. I had...
Car Show Gallery: The 5th Annual Johnny Mac Backyard Classic
Aug 15, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Photos by Donna Green) – The coolest car show I attended in 2011 was the Johnny Mac Backyard Classic. Unfortunately, my announcing schedule didn’t allow me to attend this year, but...
Flying Streamliners, Spinning Roadsters, and More at Bonneville Speed Week 2012
Aug 14, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, LAND SPEED RACES, Land Speed Races
Holy Crap! Today was nuts. Seriously nuts. By shear dumb luck and determination we happened to be at the perfect spot to catch some real pucker factor “stuff” going down at the top end of...
Bonneville Speed Week 2012 Day Four: More Records, Sicilio Runs 208, and We Fix Stuff
Aug 14, 2012Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, LAND SPEED RACES, Land Speed Races
Wow!!! We have had a hell of a day here on the salt for day four of Bonneville Speed Week 2012. We slept very little again last night, and then overslept slightly this morning, but still made it out...
Question of the Day: Do You Prefer Sleepers or In Your Face, High Zoot Cars?
Aug 14, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
With that hella cool L79 Nova eBay find we showed you earlier in the day came some thoughts about sleepers versus stuff like gasser look cars and pro street machines. While we like all three of those...
Driveway Tech: Engine Compartment Detailing, BangShift Style
Aug 14, 2012Brian LohnesENGINE, Tech Stories
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – There are three things gearheads and even people with a mild interest in cars look at. The paint, the interior, and under the hood. The paint is obvious....
Event Gallery: The Brockway Trucks 100 Year Anniversary Celebration – Courtland, New York
Aug 14, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Museums
(Photos by Jeremy George) – The Brockway Truck Company was in business from 1912 to 1977. The trucks were used all over the country and the world, by the US military, and nearly every industry...
eBay Find (That You Can’t Buy): A Perfectly Patina’d and Well Used 1966 L79 Nova – Factory Built Non-SS Sleeper!
Aug 14, 2012Brian LohneseBay Find
This is the first time we have ever run an eBay Find on BangShift after the auction closed up, but gee whiz this car is worth it. Sold for the princely sum of $35,100, this 1966 Nova, which is a...
Monday Evening Bonneville Report: We Talk To Jason Line, Almost Blow Away, And Watch Sicilio Run
Aug 13, 2012Chad ReynoldsGallery, LAND SPEED RACES
Racing ended a little early on Monday thanks to some pretty nasty winds, but not matter what the weather, a Monday at Bonneville is way better than a Monday at work. We’ve got another batch of...
Bonneville Speed Week 2012: Jason Line Joins The 200mph Club, Speed Demon In Impound!
Aug 13, 2012Chad ReynoldsGallery, LAND SPEED RACES
It’s been a crazy Monday here at Bonneville Speed Week 2012, and it’s only halfway over! We’ve got 100 more photos for you to check out, including photos of Jason Line who ran a...
Event Gallery: The 2012 Waupun Truck-N-Show – Big Rigs a Plenty and Chrome For Miles!
Aug 13, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, OTHER, Truck / Tractor Events
(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – This year was the 23rd year of the Waupun Truck-N-Show, held in Waupun, Wisconsin. Show trucks and working trucks from all over the US and Canada make the...
Watch Paul Dallenbach’s 1400hp Unlimited Pikes Peak Car Launch Off the Course With A Stuck Throttle – Driver Banged Up
Aug 13, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Paul Dallenbach was driving one of the most hair raising machines at this year’s delayed Pike’s Peak Hill Climb. The 1,400hp open wheel car is a little larger than a go kart and packed...
Watch a Pikes Peak Racer Launch Their Car Over a Cliff, Suffer One of the Most Horrifying Wrecks We Have Ever Seen and Survive!
Aug 13, 2012Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
The footage you will see below is not an outtake from a movie or some specially altered special effects piece. This is footage of Pikes Peak racer Jeremy Foley and his co-driver launching their...
Late Sunday Bonneville Speed Week Update: Lots Of Speed, A Little Rain, and Plenty Of Carnage
Aug 13, 2012Chad ReynoldsGallery, LAND SPEED RACES
Bonneville is the ultimate test of man and machine. The sun beats down on you no matter what you do, and being inside a car without air conditioning will make you question why driving is so much fun....
