2013 Rodders Journal Speed and Custom Car Reunion – More Photos!
Oct 04, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we showed you the first of several batches of photos that Joe Grippo shot at the 2013 Rodders Journal Revival. The event is held at the famous Pimlico horse...
Killer Historic Video: California Motorcycle Hillclimbs of the 1930s and 1940s
Oct 04, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
Boy is this a neat trip back in time! These videos are awesome captures of motorcycle hillclimb events, held in California back in the 1930s and 1940s. The riders are decked out in cool old factory...
eBay Find: A Huge Pro Street 1976 Olds 442 With Awesome Paint, Big Olds Power, And Chris Alston’s Chassisworks Components!
Oct 03, 2013Brian LohneseBay Find
What’s large and lovely and smells just like a dream? This mondo by huge 1976 Olds 442 pro street bruiser, that’s what! Fine, we’ll admit to not being that crazy about the hood...
More Coolness, Weirdness, and Interesting Stuff From the 2013 Redneck Rumble – Big Gallery!
Oct 03, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos by Jeff Lee) – Last week we showed you some photos from the 2013 Redneck Rumble car show that went down in Lebanon, Tennessee. Well, Jeff Lee also attended the show and he blasted a ton...
Watch A Volvo Rally Car Suffer An Insane Multi-Roll Crash At A Rally In Finland (Multiple Videos)
Oct 03, 2013Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Rally guys are totally nuts, we have long admitted that. When their courses aren’t lined with big trees or narrow walls to smash into, there are ditches, streams, and other obstacles designed...
Barnstormin’ – A Month Of Sundays (Plus Friday And Saturdays…And Some Weekdays, Too)
Oct 03, 2013Brian LohnesBarnstormin'
September was the longest, most fun, and most completely whacked out day of my life. You read that right…day. I was at or on the way to a racing facility 21 out of the 30 days of the month. My...
This Video Of Huckfest 2013 Will Make You Want To Buy A Desert Truck And Jump The Hell Out Of It – Fun In The Sand!
Oct 03, 2013Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
After talking with one of the guys who was at Huckfest this year and now seeing this video, I am pretty sure that BangShift will have to find a way to be there in 2014. How could we miss this?...
The 2013 Rodders Journal Speed And Custom Car Reunion – Another Incredible Show! Gallery Inside!
Oct 03, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – They came from all over…Michigan, Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, California, Nebraska to name a few. Tons of mini and not so mini road trips all ending at...
Craigslist Find: A Rat Rod Willys Flat Fender Jeep That Has Fun Written All Over It.
Oct 02, 2013Chad ReynoldsCraigslist Find
Flatfender Jeeps are cool, and this Willys is no exception. One of the funny things about flat fenders is that it doesn’t really matter how you build one because it it still just plain fun. And...
The Family That Hot Rods Together…Stays Together! The Patterson Family Likes Patina and Performance (Video)
Oct 02, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News, CAR FEATURES, Videos
We always love it when hot rodding is a multi-generational family affair and so do the guys at Holley. We can say that with confidence after watching this video, which was shot by the Holley guys at...
A Look At All Of The Rejected Designs For The Mustang II – Cool Stuff From Ford’s Historical Vault!
Oct 02, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
We are rapidly approaching the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang’s debut in 1964. That’s a wild thing to consider and also mind blowing is the sheer volume of sales that the car has...
BackFire! An Impassioned Reader Response To Our Editorial Columns By BangShifter Bryan McTaggart – Do You Agree With Him?
Oct 02, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
Editor’s note: Last week Chad and I both wrote columns lamenting stuff. Chad’s was about globalization and identity while mine was about apathy and youth disengagement with hot rodding....
This Hyabusa Powered Golf Cart Burnout Machine Proves All Of Australia Is Gloriously Insane (Video)
Oct 02, 2013Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
Spending the year as the announcer for the ECTA has shown me many things about land speed racing but one of the most basic things I have learned is that Hyabusa motorcycles absolutely haul ass in...
Ride On The Roof As Sean Ashe’s X275 Mustang Spins Out Of Control And Whacks The Wall!
Oct 02, 2013Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos
This is one of those happy ending stories that you’ll only hear at the race track. Sean Ashe’s flat black, ProCharged X275 Mustang is one bad mother of a car. This video is proof of the...
