Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
This Vintage Motorweek Review Of A 1985 Dodge Shelby Charger Is Great – These Were Good For Their Time
Jay Leno often says that the last days of an old technology are better than the first days of a new one. The 1985 Dodge Shelby Charger lived up to that adage perfectly as it was the last year for...
This Video Showing How Rolls Royce Merlin Engines Were Built Is Amazing
As much as we love our mighty Allison engines around here, the real hero power plant of WWII was the Rolls Royce Merlin. With tremendous horsepower and reliability, it was the Merlin that made the...
This Video From The Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb Rules – Oldest Motorsport Event In The World Held On Same Track
It is steep, it is narrow, it is very fast, and it is the oldest continuously running motorsports event (aside from war pause) contested on the same course in the world. The first running of the...
Watch This Mighty Cement Mixer Hook Up To The Pulling Sled And Put All Of Its Torque To Work
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside….BAM….cement mixer with the wheels up, hooked to the pulling sled. Who hasn’t thought about the grunt force trauma a rig like this...
Awesome Historic Video: Scrapping Airplanes In North Africa During WWII
It’s one of those things that you may not think about that much. We always see the videos of WWII airplanes being built, coming out of the factories in droves to go and meet the enemy head-on....
Awesome Machining Video: Screw and Rotor Production For Superchargers, Pumps, Blowers, and More
If there is one thing that we like seeing around here, it’s cool videos that highlight the ways mankind has developed to machine metals into the shapes and sizes that are needed for different...
A Monster of Malaise: The 1974 Cougar XR7 Had A 460, Suspension Made Of Jello, and Body Roll For Days
The 1975 Cougar XR7 was not a good car. This big block powered behemoth did not accelerate well, did not turn well, did not stop well, and the interior looked like it was stolen from a cheap whore...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Wheel Man – The Super Stocks (1963)
It has been intermittent these days on the BangShift Daily Tune-Up front, let’s fix that. I’m commandeering the musical end of the ship today and we’re going right back to my...
Blazing Inferno: Watch This 1974 White Road Boss Perform The Most Epic Big Rig Burnout Ever – Detroit Diesel Power!
Oh, internet how we love thee. The KT3406E YouTube channel has been home to some of the most wild and awesome big rig videos ever created. These are the guys who ran a rig on ether until the engine...
Awesome Miniature Engine Video: Watch This 392cc Air-Cooled V8 Fire Up and Run!
Somehow we have long missed the fact that there’s a guy named Dennis Franz on YouTube who builds amazingly cool and highly BangShift approved stuff. Seriously, this guy cranks out scratch built...
Cool Video: A 1962 Documentary About The Legendary X-15 Rocket Plane
The most amazing part of the birth and success of the US Space Program was the evolution of the knowledge and engineering involved. There were times when the steps were plodding and incremental and...
Bristol History: Watch Mickey Thompson and Danny Ongais Win The 1969 AHRA SpringNationals!
“…and I actually think that some day we’ll see a five second quarter mile at over 300mph.” Those are the last words spoken by Mickey Thompson in this amazing video which we...
Classic Drag Radio Ad: A Fantastic Late 1960s Screamer For The Gold Cup At Niagara International Drag Strip
From the early 1960s right into the middle 1970s Niagra Drag Strip was there to serve the needs of drag fans in the Toronto, Canada and Buffalo, New York areas of the world. The place brought all the...
Boosted Bikes: Turbocharged and Supercharged Motorcycles Are Cool – Some Factory and Some Hot Rods!
It’s a funny thing to say but all engines like boost, not just those in cars. It’s why while we’re not huge motorcycle enthusiasts here, our hearts always beat a little faster when...