Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your Best/Most Borderline Hack Impromptu Roadside Repair?
I had forgotten about this cell phone photos that I zapped while driving out to Bonneville in August. It was apparent from a distance that all was not well with the Hyundai we were coming up on. The...
BangShift Question of the Day: What Was Your First Automotive Crush?
Walking through a large cruise night this summer, I saw a 1969 Charger and stopped in my tracks like someone had just hit me with a Louisville Slugger. The copper 1969 Charger with the white vinyl...
Buick GNX #239 Is America’s Hardest Living GNX – You Can Buy It For 30K Off Of CL! This Is One Worn SOB
So I have to thank Matt Smith for the tip on what could be the greatest and most quizzical CraigsList post of all time. Buick produced just 547 examples of the GNX and we’re here to say that...
Car Feature: This 9-Second Blown Oldsmobile Powered Willys Will Bring A Single Tear Of Joy To Your Eye
(Editor’s note: Chuck Lipka’s Willys gasser is awesome, so isn’t the story behind it. The story is even better when he tells it, so that’s what we’re letting him do...
Barnstormin’: Bad Teachers Or Bad Students?
Since my time at the diesel drags in Tulsa last weekend I have been thinking a lot about the whole “young guys in hot rodding” subject that seems to come to the surface whenever...
This 1947 Cadillac Sedannette Drag Car Is Powered By A Cummins Diesel And It Goes 11s! (Video)
Oh you Swedes…ya beautiful bastards, I love you guys even more after laying our eyes on this magnificent creation. Actually, I have to back up a second because I had no idea this car existed...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Section Of The Gearhead World Is Doing The Best Job Of Getting Young Guys And Girls Involved?
(Photo courtesy of Tulsa Raceway Park) – So last weekend I was in Tulsa at a track both Chad and I seem to find ourselves at with frequency, the well known Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park. I...
3rd Annual River Rockets Flat Bottom Regatta Photos – A Gallery Of The Wildest Hot Rod Boats
(Photos by Jay Waxler) – Every once in a while, we run an item here that is out of even our sweeping wheelhouse. This is one of those events. Called the River Rockets Flat Bottom Regatta, it...
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Straps A Brand New C7 Corvette To The Dyno For Baseline Testing – See What The New LT1 Makes For HP! (Video)
Chad and I recently cornered Mike Copeland from Lingenfelter Performance Engineering while he was at the Holley LS Fest in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We asked him point blank whether or not LPE had...
Redneck Rumble 2013 Photos – A Cool Show With Lots Of Interesting Iron!
(Photos by Charles Murphree) – For eight years, the Redneck Rumble has been going on as a fun hot rod, rat rod, and kustom show in Tennessee. Featuring cruises, a demo derby, live music, and...
American Powertrain rolls out new ProFit kit for 1964-1972 GM Half Ton Trucks! Pro Touring, Street Machine, Etc All Handled!
1964-1972 GM trucks have long been popular among hot rodders and truck enthusiasts but over the last couple of years, their popularity has gone nuts among the pro touring crowd as well. With more and...
Question of the Day: Who’s The Most Legendary Crew Chief In American Racing History?
For most “normal” people who are fans of racing, they concentrate their energies on the driver. It is the driver who gets the glory and the fame while the crew guys break their ass during...
Rich Siroonian, Ultra-Talented Gasser And Funny Car Driver Passes – Drag Racing’s First 220-mph Flopper Pilot
We’ve received word that Richard Siroonian, nephew of the late “Big John” Mazmanian and the man best known for driving the drag race cars his uncle owned and maintained through the...
eBay Find: The Epic Combo Of A Ranger Body, A Heavy Duty Truck Chassis, Lots Of Exhaust Stacks, And A Big Block
So even I, the dude who loves big trucks of all shapes and sizes is speechless over this creation. It looks like a movie prop, and then there’s one angle where I was almost willing to dig it a...