Ebay Find: This V8 Pinto Could Be A Lot Of Fun! Burnout Contests, Here We Come!
Aug 27, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, eBay Find
The Ford Pinto has one of the most maligned reputations of any car ever made. Yes, it’s known that in a hard enough rear-end collision the gas tank could be shoved into the rear axle bolts and...
More Mini-Mod Wreckage – Watch This Tractor Get Plowed Over By The Sled It Is Pulling
Aug 27, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Yesterday we showed you a video of a mini-rod tractor getting out of shape and the sled kind of taking over the action and steam rolling the poor machine (along with the driver in it) so that...
This 1941 Willys Is The Last Vehicle You’d Expect To Find For Sale At A Volvo Dealership!
Aug 27, 2014Bryan McTaggartCar Features, OTHER
Volvo dealerships pride themselves on selling for a company that believes first and foremost in the safety of their customers. It’s a nice thing, if not a little dull. But Volvos have never...
Why Go For A “Mini Command Center” When We Can Have Everything Under One Roof?
Aug 27, 2014Bryan McTaggartSlapfight
Yesterday Lohnes showed you guys the Lloyd van. You remember, that German thing that looked like a Stout Scarab decided to puff itself up and look huge for the ladies. Bleeech! Nothing against the...
Drag Action Photos: PDRA Under The Lights At Osage Tulsa Raceway Park
Aug 26, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – The traveling road show that is the Professional Drag Racers Association rolled into Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park August 15th– 16th for national...
Drag Week 2015: Hot Rod Announced That Unlimited Drag Week Class Will Remain Unlimited – No Restrictions Coming
Aug 26, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
That’s not a typo in the title….we’re talking about next year’s even already. The Hot Rod crew is cranking the hell out of the Drag Week news today! We told you about the...
Hot Rod Drag Week Shootout Format And Details Announced – There’s A Cool Plot Twist Involved
Aug 26, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
I’ve been getting a ton of emails and messages asking about a rumored heads-up shootout at Drag Week and while I had some idea it was coming, I kept my yapper shut. Last night Freiburger posted...
Rough Start: Use This Cutlass To Get Out Of The Jersey Shore In A Hurry
Aug 26, 2014Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
After page after page of some of the worst $2500 and under offerings I’ve seen yet in my Rough Start viewings, I almost gave up on the Jersey Shore Craigslist. Conversion vans, the same...
This 1960 Lloyd LT600 Would Be A Perfect Mini-BS Command Center – 19hp Of Factory Fury That You Can Own
Aug 26, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
There’s few things that give us as much joy as discovering some sort of weirdo vehicle that we never knew existed before. Such was the case when we found this really weird and really, really...
Unhinged: Heat And Humidity In Cardinal Country
Aug 26, 2014Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
The second I got out of the car at the main gate of Gateway Motorsports Park I knew that I was in trouble. It was nine in the morning and I was already soaked in sweat, sunglasses fogged after...
Sammy Swindell Retires Abruptly From Sprint Car Racing – Dirt Legend’s Accomplishments Are Nearly Beyond Belief
Aug 26, 2014Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX
When the book of greatest American race car drivers is written someday, Sammy Swindell will have his own chapter and it’ll be and exceptional read. Yesterday, Swindell announced that he was...
Bottom Dollar Blazer: Episode 8 – Rolling on the Rustoleum
Aug 26, 2014Craig FitzgeraldCheapskate Blazer, XL Tech Stories
Hey, kids, it’s been a while since I’ve provided an update, but the Blazer project is coming along nicely. Using the techniques I picked up from Hot Rod, from the...
