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Friday KABOOM: Watch An A/Fuel Dragster Blow Up Like There’s A Nuclear Device Inside The Engine
Feb 28, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 13206
I’m thinking of starting a new recurring Friday blog item called simply, “Friday KABOOM”. Not to go too in-depth with you here, but these would largely consist of videos featuring...Bottom Dollar Blazer Project – Episode 3: Starting the Bodywork
Feb 28, 2014Craig FitzgeraldBangShift XL, OTHER, Tech Stories, XL Tech Stories5
When last I wrote and you read, I had fixed up a bunch of the mechanical issues on the ’79 Blazer, to make sure it ran ok, and could stop safely without killing myself and all those around me....eBay Find: This Early 1950s Drag Car Made From A 1948 Crosley Is Absolutely Awesome – Time Capsule!
Feb 28, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 13207
Canadian BangShifter Dave Pelissier gets full credit for finding and sending us this startlingly cool 1948 Crosley that was made into a drag race car in the early 1950s. The top of the car was lopped...One Of World’s Largest Private Military Vehicle Collections To Be Auctioned This July – Tanks, Trucks, A Flippin’ SCUD! Over 100 Vehicles
Feb 28, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Truck News2
Over the course of his life and especially over the last 20 years or so, Californian Jacques Littlefield accumulated one of the greatest and largest private collections of military vehicles in the...BangShift Question Of The Day: Ever Had Your Day Made By Seeing “That Guy” Get What He Deserves?
Feb 28, 2014Dave NuttingBangShift Question Of The Day??16
Today’s BangShift Question Of The Day is inspired by an old video that I found while rummaging through the hard drive of one of the computers that I have lying in various states of disrepair...Retro Gallery: A Look At The Incredible 2013 March Meet Funny Car Field….Bigger This Year? Maybe
Feb 28, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races2
Perhaps the single greatest thing that attending the March Meet affords you is the opportunity to scoff at a drag racing old timer bragging on the old days about seeing 32-funny cars at old timey...eBay Find: This 1949 Dodge Power Wagon Is Almost (and we mean ALMOST) Perfect
Feb 28, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find23
Look at this awesome hunk of steel, would you? Is there anything finer than a classic Dodge Power Wagon? Honestly, if you can lay our eyes on this truck and not get any sort of a gearhead tingle than...Motorized Freak of the Week: Weird German Propeller Train – The Schienenzeppelin
Feb 28, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News4
This is the weirdest thing we’ve ever seen. It’s an experimental train built in Germany during the early ‘30s. Not so strange until you realize it went 130 mph and was shoved along by a...Here’s The Amazing Details And “Rest Of The Story” About The 6 And 9 Year Old That Drove Across America In 1910 – Very Cool Stuff
Feb 28, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News4
(By Bret Kepner) — (Editor’s note: Yesterday, Bret Kepner dropped me a note after seeing the story of the Abernathy brothers and their amazing feats of travel as kids in the early 1900s....Jeff Gordon Taxi: How To Scare The Daylights Out Of A Doubting Jalopnik Writer – EPIC
Feb 28, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX17
This is totally one of the greatest pranks ever pulled in the history of the internet. Travis Okulski is the deputy editor of majorly huge automotive blog site Jalopnik and he was one of the most...VIDEO: One of the most chilling crashes caught on video. It’s incredible that this guy fully recovered
Feb 27, 2014Craig FitzgeraldCRASH & BURN, HISTORIC, Videos4
You’ve probably never heard of Nigel Corner, but he’s a British driver mostly known now for racing vintage cars. In this absolutely amazing video from the old Speedvision — when...eBay Find: $50,000 For 40 (Or More) 1960s Chevelles, Trucks, Impalas, and Lots Of Parts….But There’s A Little Catch
Feb 27, 2014Brian LohneseBay Find28
Well this certainly isn’t as cool as the 80-acre junkyard we told you about the other day, but it is certainly an interesting eBay listing that should spur some debate down in the ol’...Video Bonanza: People Freaking Out About Dale Earnhardt Jr Winning The 2014 Daytona 500
Feb 27, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX7
While we don’t have a “favorite” in NASCAR we enjoyed the fact that Dale Earnhardt won the 2014 Daytona 500 and it sure seems like a good thing for both the sport itself and...Retro Gallery: A Collection Of Wheels Up, Burnout, And Action Photos From The 2013 March Meet — T-Minus One Week!
Feb 27, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races3
That’s right, kids! In less than one week BangShift will be LIVE and streaming the action from the 2014 Bakersfield March Meet at Famoso Raceway as we have for several years thanks to the...