Burt Munro Awarded Speed Record 36 Years After His Death – The Legend Literally Lives On
Aug 14, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
Burt Munro died 36 years ago but amazingly, he’s just recently been awarded a speed record. How? There was a math mistake made during one of his runs on a 1967 trip to Bonneville. The AMA, who...
Empire Dragway Nostalgia Gold Cup Coverage: Gassers, Funny Cars, and Door Slammers From The Historic NY Track
Aug 14, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races
(Mike Brooks) – Yesterday we ran our first of two Mike Brooks’ galleries from the Empire Dragway Nostalgia Gold Cup while was held in NY a weekend or two at the old school strip. The...
A Week In The Racing Life Of Andy Frost – Cool Documentary Film Shows A Behind The Scenes Look At Racing Red Victor 3
Aug 14, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
I just spent the last 50-minutes watching the full length documentary film about Andy Frost that is sitting on the page below and I recommend that you do the same. Why? Well for starters it is an...
2014 NSRA Street Rod Nationals: From Pro Street to Pro Weird – Our Last Look At The Massive Show
Aug 14, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – You know when there are this many awesome rides at an event its just really hard to capture everything you’d like to and at the same time give everyone...
Historical Video: Development of the Chrysler K-Car
Aug 14, 2014Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
With Chrysler riding high on the Hellcat, Charger, Challenger, and 300C, it might be easy to lose sight of just how many times over the last forty years they have approached dying off. Bad designs,...
Throwback Thursday: McTaggart’s First Automotive Photo Shoot….On The Wrong Side Of The Lens
Aug 14, 2014Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
(Photos by French) Throwback Thursday has permeated my Facebook for a while now. While it can be irritating when a family member puts up a picture of you without warning, sometimes it’s pretty...
What Would You Do With This 1961 Mack Cabover Truck? We’ve Got Some Ideas
Aug 14, 2014Chad ReynoldsXL Online Find
Our friend Jay sent us this Craigslist Ad yesterday, and both Brian and I were super excited to see a cabover truck that neither of us had seen before. This 1961 Mack is one weird freak. With the...
Creating The Vision: A Look Into The Mind Of An “Automotive Manipulator”
Aug 14, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
(All images courtesy of theophiluschin.com) Ever look at a car and start to critique it, pick it apart, and dream up what you would do to it? Turn a sedan into a coupe, a car into a truck, a nip...
Chevy Mailbu Trike: Somebody Grafted A Chevy Malibu To The Back Of A Motorcycle Frame And We Have Photos
Aug 14, 2014Brian LohnesCar Features, OTHER
Someone once looked at a 1997-2003 Chevy Malibu and said, “You know, that thing would be awesome as a propulsion unit for my motorcycle!” That person actually followed through with the...
Copart Cadavers: These Finds Bring New Meaning To The Words Wrecked Exotics
Aug 14, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
Last week we took a look at some of the most torn up big rigs for sale on the massive Copart.com website. Copart is a nationwide network of wrecking yards that was among the first to embrace the...
Rough Start: Idaho Has More Than Potatoes To Offer, And This G-Body Cutlass Is Proof
Aug 14, 2014Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
I’ve driven through Twin Falls, Idaho many a time on trips when I was living in Washington. It’s beautiful scenery, and I had seen numerous trucks that were right up my alley, so I...
Would You Pay $20,000 To Buy One Guy’s 10-Year Hot Wheels Buying Spree On eBay?
Aug 14, 2014Brian LohneseBay Find
We all have something we like collecting. For some (like me) it is books and magazines. For others (Chad) it is pet rocks. For the guy that ran this eBay ad, it was Hot Wheels cars…by the...
2015 Dodge Charger Hellcat Revealed: Four doors And Faster Than The Hellcat Challenger!
Aug 13, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, MOPAR
Dodge Charger Hellcat. A 707hp family sedan. Nobody ever thought they would be able to say that. Twenty years ago, 260hp was enough to raise eyes and loosen wallets for a fast four-door. It’s...
Y Ask Y, Part 1: We Build A Big Inch Stroker LS3 So We Can Make Big Power With A Supercharger!!
Aug 13, 2014Chad ReynoldsENGINE
(Ok, this guy seems a little TOO excited about the prospect of adding a Vortech supercharger to the stroker LS3, but who can blame him?) Words & Photos By: Richard Holdener – OnTheDyno.com...
