BangShift Daily Tune Up: Brand New Car – Mungo Jerry (1972)
Nov 06, 2017Brian LohnesBS Daily Tune Up
Most people know the band Mungo Jerry from their campy hit “In The Summertime” but the group has a lot more to offer than just that one unique tune. This song from their 1972 album Boot...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: Monday Truck-Gasm – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly In South Hall
Nov 06, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Car Shows, Gallery, Off-Road, Trade Shows, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
Welcome to this SEMA 2017 Monday Truck-Gasm. A week ago at this moment we were grabbing credentials, getting into hotels and making heads or tails of the fine city of Las Vegas. Today we’re...
CL Find: This 1978 Trans Am Trar Could Be In The 2018 SEMA Battle Of The Builders If You Finish It!
Nov 06, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
(By Greg Rourke) – I have a good amount of spare time which I often waste on Craigslist looking at stuff I don’t want or need. I recently ran across this creation and made the decision...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: The Malaise Uprising? This Year’s Post-1972 Finds Were Surprising!
Nov 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
The 1973-1996 era of automotive production that is typically lumped in as the “Malaise Era” is a section of time that, for the most part, the automotive aftermarket has willingly chosen...
SEMA 2017: Cool New Blocks Ford Ford and Chevy Diesel Fans, and A Yeoman’s Crate Engine That’s Kind Of Neat
Nov 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 New Drag Race Products, Apex New Products, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift XL, New Products, XL New Truck Products
While there are plenty of mud flaps, bedazzled valve covers, and lame junk at SEMA there’s also loads of cool hard parts that are introduced at the show. In this blog we’re looking at a...
Sport Wagon: A Laguna Nosed, Big-Block 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Longroof That Is SWEET!
Nov 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Craigslist Find
Remember the scene from National Lampoon’s Vacation, when Clark and Rusty go to pick up the brand-new Antarctic Blue Super Sports Wagon? We all know that they wound up with two tons of...
Watch Steve Hamm Record His First Aussie Pro Slammer Round Win In The Most Violent Way Possible
Nov 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Steve Hamm is no stranger to winning rounds. The guy has been a killer in the Australian alcohol funny car ranks and he scooped up a national championship down there in 2014. He’s now an Aussie...
Unhinged: SEMA Isn’t For Hack-Ass Comedians Who Screw Over Others For Fame.
Nov 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
While I was roaming through the SEMA show on Friday, I came upon a the very well known Plymouth Air Radial Truck…you know the one, the 1939 Plymouth pickup truck packing a Jacobs R-755-A2...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: More New Goodness From MSD – The Award-Winning Stand-Alone Solid State Relay
Nov 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartEvent Coverage, New Products, Sponsor News
Wiring. Yeah, it’s the part of the build that is solidly important, yet it’s also the part of the deal that at least 95% of people would be more than happy to not touch. And I’m...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: The Sleds Of SEMA! Here’s Some Of The Boulevard Cruisers Of The Show!
Nov 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Trade Shows
The SEMA show might have tons of highly customized cars and trucks that are brand new, but not every brand new automotive part on display is meant for the latest model year vehicles. That means that...
Ride Along In A Koenigsegg Agrea RS As It Hits 284mph On A Nevada Highway – Legally
Nov 06, 2017Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Sweet mother of speed, this is insane. Remember in the cult-classic film “Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry” when the wacky cop mechanic tells the officer picking up the hot rodded cruiser that the...
Why Are You Here? This NHRA Video Is Pretty Awesome And Worth The Watch For Sure
Nov 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The big wind down is about ready to begin in the sport of drag racing here in the USA. The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series concluded yesterday in Las Vegas with the final event in that series, the...
SEMA 2017 Coverage: Photos Of More Stuff You Have Not Seen!
Nov 04, 2017Brian LohnesApex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery, Trade Shows
So here’s some inside baseball for ya. As much of a lunatic crazed experience the beginning of SEMA is the end is at least that nuts and likely a little more. See, people who have busted their...
