Dodge Announces Durango SRT – 475hp SUV That We’ve Been Expecting For A While
Feb 08, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL New Truck Products, XL Truck Feature
This is not exactly shocking news that Dodge has announced the creation of the Durango SRT. McTag and others have been following this one for a while now and the end result is a 475hp SUV that will...
BangShift (Off) Road Test: The 2017 Ram 2500 Power Wagon
Feb 08, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Road Test, BangShift XL, XL Off Road Feature, XL Truck Feature, XL Truck News
(Photos by Dave Nutting and Tony Sestito) – Athletes come in all shapes and sizes. From the string bean marathon runners to the brutes that power lift twice their body weight, there’s a...
And He Stuck The Landing: This High-Flying Chevrolet Lumina Just Might Be The Coolest One Out There!
Feb 08, 2017Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, CRASH & BURN, Videos
When the description of the YouTube video of a car being jumped includes the phrase “KID LIVES!!”, you watch the video. It’s not because you want to see whether or not the uploader...
Fast Friends: Krista Baldwin To Race NHRA Winternationals In A/Fuel With Support From Baldwin Filters and McLeod
Feb 08, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Our pal Krista Baldwin will be appearing at the NHRA Winternationals this coming weekend in an A/Fuel dragster for the second year in a row, which is awesome. Baldwin is the daughter of the late...
Wheelie Video! This Is A Collection Of Cool Wheelstands From The 2016 Season In Australia
Feb 08, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
While their toilets may swirl in the wrong direction, they may thoroughly enjoy Vegemite, and they steer their cars on the wrong side, Australians are as awesome and hardcore as American hot rodders....
Rough Start: A 1968 Pontiac Catalina Hardtop Is A Great Choice For A New Sled!
Feb 08, 2017Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
I wasn’t looking for anything in particular while searching for this Rough Start find. In fact, the field of finalists that I had located was nice and diverse: a $400 Chevrolet LUV truck that...
This 1960 Cadillac DeVille Convertible Is As Classy As It Is Cool
Feb 08, 2017Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
Both Chad and I love us some classic Cadillac action. The massive cars have a presence about them and for our money, the styling from the 1940s right into the era of the land barges of the 1970s was...
Ford Has Gone SUV Nuts: New Expedition Has Been Shown, And It’s Only The Tip Of The Iceberg!
Feb 08, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, FORD
(Photos: Ford Motor Company) Apparently the theme of the Chicago Auto Show is “new sport-utility vehicle”, because that’s all the news we’ve been seeing so far. Lohnes touched...
Project “Great Pumpkin” Mustang: Step Two Is Making A Sacrifice To The Pony Car Gods
Feb 08, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Projects, FORD, Pumpkin Mustang
We are a couple of weeks into work on the Great Pumpkin, our 1980 Mustang Ghia, and it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, to be honest. We’ve had good days where we make progress and...
Awesome Historic Drag Footage: Home Videos From The 1972 NHRA Winternationals – Wild Willie, All The Great Heroes Of Yesteryear!
Feb 08, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Wow, is this awesome stuff! I happened to stumble upon this 15-minute home video made at the 1972 NHRA Winternationals by a pair of Australian brothers who traveled over to take in the race. Their...
Progress For A Drag Strip On Long Island, New York? Seems Like It
Feb 07, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
It has been years since Long Island Dragway in Hampton, New York closed its doors and with it, left drag racing fans with no other option but to head to places like Atco and Englishtown. Since then...
This 1960 Bonneville Convertible Has A 389, Tri-Power, And A Four Speed That Looks Wrong But Is Totally Right
Feb 07, 2017Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
When we get our time machine perfected, we’re planning on making a trip back to 1960 and if there was any question about what car we’d want to be driving, it has now been answered. This...
Australian Nationals Footage From Calder Park: V8s, Rotaries, And…Wait, Is That A Previa?!
Feb 07, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Now that the Super Bowl is over for us here in the Northern Hemisphere, can we finally get to drag racing? Please? For most, the answer is still “no”…unless you live in a place...
