Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Historic Video: A Look At Autolite Circa 1940 – Killer Manufacturing Film!
Many of you hear the name Autolite and think about the popular brand of spark plugs and while you are not wrong, you are missing out on a huge hunk of the company’s history. Electric Autolite...
Chasing Perfection: Movie Car Chases Have Come A Long Way Because Of Creative Gearheads (Video)
There’s nothing like a legit car chase in a movie, right? We can go right down the line of some of the greats and they have all ben talked about, analyzed, broken down, and beat into dust. But...
Sixual Healing: Back In 1989 The Toyota Camry Got A V6 To Fight The Taurus and It Was More Noise Than Action
The Toyota Camry has been a staple in the US automotive world since it was introduced in the 1980s. There has not been a single car since the VW Beetle that cause US auto manufacturers to react and...
European Banger Racing Is Like A High Speed Demolition Derby From Hades – Insane Video
This video is completely bat guano crazy. We’re talking straight off the deep end, wild eyed, no sleep in eight days, crazy. You are about to see a European Banger Racing 2017 highlight video...
Mill Right: This Video Showing The Rescue And Restoration Of A Bridgeport Milling Machine Is Awesome
This is some absolutely awesome stuff. Hand Tool Rescue is one of my favorite channels on YouTube because whether it is some weird 1800s apple peeling machine or even an ancient hand tool, seeing...
Incredible Video: Someone Built A Turbine Powered Chainsaw And It Works Awesome – See The Guts And See It Cut!
The best projects and things we have featured here at BangShift over what is now closing in on 30,000 posts are the things that people have made solely because they wanted to. In the realm of that...
Fat and Happy: This Video Romp Back Through 1970s Car TV Ads Is Pretty Entertaining In Retrospect
As we are all well-aware, the 1970s were not the high point of automotive success here in the good ol’ USA. The porcine cars that manufacturers were making did not serve the needs of a customer...
Boss Cat: This Monster Caterpillar 3508 V8 Makes 1030hp and 3070 Ft/Lbs Of Torque on The Dyno!
Now THIS is a V8. The Caterpillar 3508 V8 Land Mechanical Engine is a monster in every way, shape and form. It is huge and it is heavy, weighing nearly 10,000lbs. This turbocharged beast has a bore...
This 1991 IHRA Video Known As Crash-O-Rama Has Some Big Names And Big Carnage In It!
It is weird to think about now but there was a huge business in VHS tapes back in the era before YouTube, streaming video, and OnDemand, well, anything. The “And They Walked Away” Series...
Squarebody Cinema: Check Out This Salesman Training Video On 1974-75 Chevrolet Trucks
Yes, we do want the “Dooley” as much as you do, but that’s jumping ahead. One of the greatly ironic naming conventions in automotive history belongs to GM and the line of trucks...
These 1980s Dodge Omni GLH and Shelby Themed Commercials Are Pretty Cool
The Dodge Omni GLH and its brethren like the Shelby Daytona were hit tickets during the slow mid-1980s revival of performance cars in Detroit. Using small turbocharged engines they made use of their...
In-Car Video: Let’s Go Legends Racing At A Bullring Called Wake County Speedway
Wake County Speedway in Raleigh, North Carolina advertises itself as America’s favorite bullring and that’s pretty awesome. The place has been open for about 50 years and it lived the...
This Promotional Film For The 1955 Chevrolet Is Awesome Propaganda
We clearly love old promotional films around here. We run basically all of them that we can find. Why? They are fun and sometimes funny but they are also a great window into how the companies...
This Go Kart Racing Video From The Early 1960s Is Poetry In Slow Motion – Sideways Coolness Abounds
Today, racing karts is a worldwide phenomenon and serves as both incredible training for the race drivers of tomorrow and a battle ground for talented mature racers to let their skills shine....