Winter Is Coming! Be Prepared With This 1947 Oshkosh Snow Blower Truck That Could Eat A Town
Sep 21, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
As the shorter days, cooler temps, and changing leaves start to make their presence known to those of us in colder climates, that can mean only one thing. Winter is on the way! With that comes the...
The World Endurance Championship Race At Austin Turned Into A Skating Rink In Torrential Rain – Needs A Soundtrack
Sep 21, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
The World Endurance Championship is a series of endurance races that are contested all over the world in a championship format. Glad we were able to clear that up for you. The series is in Austin,...
Watch The Poteet And Main Speed Demon Crash Anew – Rear Mounted Camera Illustrates Violence Of Wreck Better Than Front
Sep 21, 2014Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
A wise announcer once told me that one of the most dreaded phrases a racer can hear is, “Let’s see that from another angle” because it means that stuff is crashed up, burned up,...
Ever Heard Of A Ride Truck? Neither Had We Before We Saw This 1966 GMC – (Not Exactly) Disney On Wheels!
Sep 20, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
So when we first looked at this ad for the 1966 GMC truck you see above and below, we thought, “So what? It hauled rides for a traveling fair?” We then realized that the truck actually IS...
Crash And Burn: Tim Bell Loses His Brakes At Circuit Of The Americas In Austin, Texas
Sep 20, 2014Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
Tim Bell, the driver of the Nissan 370Z pictured, is probably grateful to be sitting wherever he is, uninjured, after losing the brakes during the middle of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge...
Ebay Find: Who Needs A Giant 1980’s Chevrolet Dump Truck?
Sep 20, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, eBay Find, XL Online Find
This was just too cool to pass up. Oddly, I found it while hunting mid-80s El Caminos, so someone at eBay has a sick sense of humor. This is a 1981 Chevrolet C-series dump truck with all of the...
More Auction News: The “Easy Rider” Chopper Is Headed To The Block
Sep 20, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Apparently this year’s theme at the major auctions is “celebrity attachment”. First there was the John Wayne Pontiac wagon, then the Rolls-Royce that was given to Johnny Cash by...
Some of Nissan’s Employees Turned a Leaf Into a Ute, And It’s Not As Bad As You Might Think
Sep 20, 2014Bryan McTaggartCar Features, OTHER
The Nissan Leaf is pure electric, pure environmentalism, and pure birth control. I can give credit to the company for not half-assing about and going full electric, and making the car useable. But...
An Austrian Police Officer Found Out Just How Much The Locals Loved The Speed Trap
Sep 20, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Ever know a particular stretch of road that is used frequently as a speed trap? It’s got the fencerow that’s overgrown and perfect for hiding a Crown Victoria and a donut muncher who has...
BangShift Test Drive: The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Eco-Diesel – A Throwback To The Future
Sep 19, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Spotlight, XL Street Truck Feature, XL Truck Feature
This was my second go around with a Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Eco-Diesel in 2014. Earlier in the year Criag Fitzgerald, Dave Nutting, and I had taken one on a 2,000 mile weekend road trip that saw...
Aeromotive Introduces The Dual Phantom – That’s Right, 2,000hp Fuel Support From Your Stock Tank
Sep 19, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Sponsor News, BangShift 1320
Yesterday we ran a story about the crazed engine that carried Larry Larson to a 6.16 elapsed time at Drag Week and set the world of street legal performance on its ear. The funny thing is that while...
This In-Car Video Of The Speed Demon Streamliner Crash At 370 MPH Is Incredible – George Poteet Is OK
Sep 19, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
By now you have no doubt heard that the Poteet and Main Speed Demon land speed car crashed and was largely destroyed on the Bonneville Salt Flats while Chad and I were out on Drag Week. The car has...
Rough Start: A Lincoln Mark VII LSC For A Grand-How Can You Lose?
Sep 19, 2014Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
The entire reason behind the Rough Start segment was to maximize the fun-for-the-dollar ratio. That means different things to different people and I think I’ve tried to spread that around as...
The 42nd Annual Ty-Rods Car Club Old Timers’ Reunion – Great Cars and Cool History
Sep 19, 2014Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – For more than 40 years the Ty-Rods car club has been getting together in the late summer to host their “Old Timers’ Reunion”. This year the show...
