2014 OPG Classic Car Show – Our Second Load Of Photos From The Great Event
Apr 09, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage, Gallery
Combine chamber of commerce weather with a couple hundred classic GM products, prize giveaways, and one of the most well known companies in the restoration parts business and what do you get? It is...
2014 Omaha Autorama – Our Last Collection Of Photos From The 59th Annual Show
Apr 09, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – For the last few days we have been taking you around the 2014 Omaha Autorama, a tradition that has been happening in the Omaha, Nebraska area for nearly 60 years....
Inside Lingenfelter Performance Engineering: We Tour The Hallowed Horsepower Haven In Indiana
Apr 08, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News, Bangshift Spotlight
(Photos by Dave Nutting and Craig Fitzgerald) – When I initially reached out to Mike Copeland at Lingenfelter Performance Engineering about making a banzai trip out to see the Decatur, Indiana...
Before Earl “Lucky” Teter, Joie Chitwood and Evel Knievel, B. Ward Beam invented the auto thrill show
Apr 08, 2014Craig FitzgeraldBangShift News, Car Features, OTHER
The following advertisement appeared in the Amherst (N.Y.) Bee on August 6, 1931: Wanted: Single man, not over 25 years, to drive automobile in head-on collision with another car at the Albion...
Funny Video: Check Out This Wanton VW “Stress Testing”
Apr 08, 2014Dave NuttingApex Video, BangShift APEX
In regards to vehicles, have you ever owned a “beater”? I’m not talking about a vehicle that’s a little long in the tooth that you neglect performing regular maintenance on...
Video: Frankie Taylor Goes 3.48/216 At Rockingham – Traction Control On Board – Good or Bad?
Apr 08, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Of all the huge runs made at the first ever PDRA race at Rockingham Dragway last weekend, the one that the internet has really been freaking out about is Frankie “The Mad Man”...
Goodguys Del Mar 2014 – Our Torrent Of Photos Coverage Continues
Apr 08, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage, Gallery
Like the Lonestar Round up, we went nuts with the camera at the 2014 Goodguys Del Mar show last weekend and for good reason. The quality of the cars and the different styles of builds we saw kept us...
Cool Motorhome – Nutty Price – Would You Pay $75,000 For This 1973 Roxor?
Apr 08, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
If you are looking for one of the neatest and more rare examples of a 4×4 motorhome from the 1970s, we’ve got it right here in front you. In addition, this one also appeared on TV as part...
All The Smart Cars Shall Be Tipped – God Help Those That Own These Things
Apr 08, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
On Sunday night, a few Smart cars were flipped over, set on end, or otherwise vandalized on the means streets of San Francisco, not that big a deal right? Wrong. The incident spread like gasoline...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Why The Feng Shui Of A Parts Store Is Enough To Make A Man Drink…Heavily
Apr 08, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
It doesn’t matter which one of the parts stores you walk into, because they are all the same: Sorted, in a selected pattern that is meant to catch those buying trinkets and air fresheners early and...
We Raided The 2014 OPG Annual Classic Car Show And Found Classic GM Heaven – Photos Galore
Apr 08, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Bangshift Spotlight, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
For more than 30 years, OPG has been a big part of saving thousands of classic GM cars from certain doom in junkyards or at the unrelenting hands of the crusher. With a product line that spreads...
The 2015 Corvette Will Be Available With An 8-Speed Auto – First Time Auto Trumps Manual In Gears
Apr 08, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
Automatic transmissions in Corvettes are not a new thing. Since the dawn of the Corvette, they’ve had automatics available for customers who’d prefer that the car shift itself, but this...
Apex Quiz: Has Anyone Participated In The New SCCA Classic American Muscle Autocross Class?
Apr 08, 2014Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
We were one of the first venues to report on the creation and ultimate addition of the Classic American Muscle class to the SCCA (Sports Car Club Of America) autocross program so consider this...
