Steve McQueen Chases A Bad Guy Off The Side Of A Parking Garage With A Chevy Wrecker!
Jul 13, 2014Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
I’m bringing Steve McQueen level heat here and I am combining it with a flipping Chevy wrecker. Not only is this Steve McQueen in a car chase, it is Steve McQueen in a car chase driving a...
eBay Forensic File: What The Hell Happened To This Mangled Mack Truck That’s For Sale On eBay
Jul 12, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
Most guys hit eBay and look for muscle cars and trucks of the classic vintage. I hit eBay and look for things that are bizarre, cheap, destroyed, or otherwise interesting to see. I have really gotten...
Would You Rather: Throw A Turbo LS Engine In This Blazer, Or A Turbo Hemi In The Cherokee?
Jul 12, 2014Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
Looking at cheap cars on Craigslist always gets our juices flowing around here as we come up with jillions of schemes and ideas on how to make them into the coolest things ever. One of our favorite...
Is Owning A Hearse Hot Rod Bad Juju? Is Owning THIS Hearse Hot Rod Bad Juju? Would you roll in this Thing?
Jul 12, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320
That could be a personal record right there, coming at you with three questions in a title, but that is what I am about. Enough about me already, this is about you. Specifically, this is about you...
Wild Video: A Formula Ford Racer Gets Run Over By Another Formula Ford Racer….WHILE RACING
Jul 12, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Back during my days as an SCCA racing announcer, I always enjoyed watching Formula Ford because it was one of those glasses that was chock full of interesting cars and talented drivers. There are...
BangShift-Approved Music Video: Five Finger Death Punch “House Of The Rising Sun”
Jul 12, 2014Bryan McTaggartBS Daily Tune Up
Five Finger Death Punch have been making waves in rock music for seven years now, with a ballsy, fast-paced heavy rock that caught on from the start. They formed from the ashes of W.A.S.P, Motograter...
Rough Start: Mining For Gold In Nevada, And Struck This Big-Block C20
Jul 12, 2014Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
Whenever I look for a Rough Start car in the American Southwest, it’s basically a cop-out. I know I’ll find good stuff there, it’s just a matter of whether I find what I’m...
Why Hasn’t This Idea Caught On? RWD V8 Chrysler LH Platforms-Make That Intrepid Haul!
Jul 12, 2014Bryan McTaggartMISC, Videos
The Chrysler LH platform was exactly what the company needed in the early 1990’s: Something that wasn’t a K-car that had looks, some performance and lots of value. Over the course of...
Hellcat Is Certified at 10.80 In The Quarter-Mile By NHRA (Video Included)
Jul 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
We’re running out of ways to describe the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat that don’t start with the letter “F”. With 707hp and 650 ft/lb of torque, there was no doubt this thing...
Video: The 1960s Indy Car Engine From Steve Strope’s Martini T5-R Mustang Wails On The Dyno!
Jul 11, 2014Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
One of the most loved on, looked at, and drooled upon cars at the 2012 SEMA show was the Pure Vision built 1966 Martini T5-R Mustang. This creation from the mind of Steve Strope was a “what...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Ever Done Anything Dumb At A Gas Pump Before?
Jul 11, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
We all make mistakes. The fun part is looking back on some of them and laughing after the fact. Such was the case last night as we were getting dinner with the ECTA peeps here in Wilmington, Ohio and...
eBay Find: This 1948 International KB5 Wrecker Is Completely Unrestored And In Brand New Condition With One Of The Weirder Wrecker Setups Ever
Jul 11, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
We all have certain “default” search terms that we fall back on while cruising eBay for fun or for actually looking for stuff. One of mine happens to be “wrecker”. I know...
Milestone: Danny Thompson’s Challenger II Is On The Bonneville Salt Right Now! Test Session This Weekend – Check Here For Details
Jul 11, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Peter Vincent and Holly Martin) – Well the dream has become a reality for Danny Thompson and now the rest of the world will get to see how that reality plays out because the awesome...
Rough Start: Stupidly Cheap Fun In…New Hampshire? What? Read On…
Jul 11, 2014Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
Staying in the Northeast, I decided to make a short hop over to New Hampshire to see what is available on that little strip of a state. I have nothing against New Hampshire at all, I’m just...
