Picture-Perfect: This 1971 Chevrolet K20 Is As Sharp As They Come!
Jun 02, 2017Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, eBay Find, TRUCKS
Yesterday, Lohnes showed you a 1980 Chevrolet 3+3 dually that is jaw-droppingly sweet. 454, crew cab, ready to roll down the road as long as your credit card can pay the fuel bill. I can’t pick...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Are You A Project Car Procrastinator?
Jun 02, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
Over the last week, I’ve been assessing the situation involving the rolling stock here at BangShift Mid-West. With the Rollover Explorer somewhere between dead and crushed, one useless...
Violent Wreckage Video: High Speed Figure 8 Stock Car Racing Crashes – T-Bone City!
Jun 02, 2017Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Despite its completely insane and dangerous demeanor the sport of figure 8 racing can be profitable, meaning that racers competing in Figure 8 contests at local stock car tracks can actually win...
Slow And Low: Check Out This Backyard-Built 1963 Corvair Lowrider!
Jun 02, 2017Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Videos
Lowriders haunt me. Just when I think I’m past the idea of a slammed cruiser with adjustable suspension, one comes along that makes me take another look at the scene. Any other day, I’d...
NHRA Sanair 1972: Wally, Grumpy, Buster, Linda Vaughn, the Last Winning Front Engine Top Fueler, and More!
Jun 02, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – Our historic deluge of photos featuring the groovy and awesome 1972 NHRA Le Grandnational held at Sanair Super Speedway in Canada continues! Bob Boudreau was awesome...
KingSpeed Race And Repair Open House: Food And Friends Before The Races!
Jun 02, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Galleries, Gallery, Shop Tours
KingSpeed Race and Repair is such an unassuming building most of the time. There’s a sign out front, there might be a truck or two within sight, but overall you wouldn’t expect to see a...
Prehistoric Monster Truck Video: Jeff Dane’s King Kong Was a Monster Truck Before the Term was Invented
Jun 01, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
We were stoked to find this ancient video of Jeff Dane’s King Kong Ford Truck horsing around in the 1970s. This truck pre-dates the term monster truck and was one of the few vehicles, along...
Rough Start: This 1977 Ford Pinto Wagon Is Too Nice…How Did It Survive?!
Jun 01, 2017Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, FORD
The idea of rolling around in a ten-year-old crossover thanks to your budget issues has to be a low feeling. Nothing says “car guy” quite like a beat-up Toyota RAV4, huh? The only thing...
We Hate This Truck Because We Love It So Much – A Perfect 1980 Chevy 3+3 Dually With 30,000 Miles
Jun 01, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
We do think that it is possible to hate something because you love it too much and that is exactly the situation we find ourselves in with this perfect 1980 Chevy 3+3 dually with 30,000 miles on the...
Mean Hauler: This HSV Maloo Lights The Tires Off While Trying To Run On The Dyno
Jun 01, 2017Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
The dynamometer. The automotive lie detector. The rollers. If you want to stop the BS and throw down figures, this is how you do it. No bench racing, no guessing…put your car on the machine and...
Last Blast: Here’s Our Final Load Of Photos From The 2017 Pinetops 300 Pull
Jun 01, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, Event Coverage, OTHER, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
(Photos by David Whealon) – Pulling is one of the most amazing exercises in physics that mankind has created. Conceptually it is astoundingly simple and has been since the days of farmers...
Temptation Island: This Gorgeous 1970 Dodge Challenger Is Priced Fairly…And Still Has It’s Slant Six!
Jun 01, 2017Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, MOPAR
I have a love/hate relationship with Mopar E-bodies. I love the way they look. I love the way they perform…even though, to be fair, I’ve only ridden in one once and have never driven one....
Awesome Historic Photos From New England Dragway – Classic Garlits, Sportsman Cars, Etc
Jun 01, 2017Brian LohnesGallery
This weekend is the 2017 NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire. Because to that we’re back with another installment of bad ass photos from the 1970s. These...
