Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Gasser Barn Find: The Surprise Package 1957 Chevy Bel Air D/Gas – 426 Max Wedge Mopar Power
(People live barn finds and you all proved it when we ran this story about a ’57 Bel Air gasser powered by a Chrysler Max Wedge engine. It was found in a dusty barn and we all fell in love with...
Update: Watch Jere Etheridge’s Insane Mustang Flight At South Georgia Motorsports Park – Two Angles!
(One of the wildest racing videos we have ever published, people went nuts….for good reason watching this video. It literally never gets old) This is easily the craziest drag racing video we...
Auction Insanity: Ray P. Lambrecht Collection 500 Cars From An Old Car Dealer In Nebraska – Trade Ins, Never Sold New Cars, More!
(Here’s another off the “top 10” most viewed blogs list for 2013….we wish we had some dough to attend this auction with!) So this is straight out of a movie. A small town...
Jeff Gordon Scares The Life Out Of A Used Car Salesman – Greatest Video Ever
(Today, we’re reposting the 10-most viewed blogs we’ve published so far in 2013. The infamous Jeff Gordon video is right on the top of the list!) This is the greatest video ever. Jeff...
Happy Labor Day from BangShift.com!
Here’s hoping you have good weather and adult beverages handy to celebrate Labor Day! Up here in the Northeast, Labor Day represents the end of the summer cruising season and the beginning of...
Roadside Find: An Old (and Neat) Scoopmobile Articulating Front End Loader
Recently we were minding our business, rolling down the road, when we spied this neat old orange beast. This is a really cool machine made by the long dead Scoopmobile company. Aside from having a...
Mini-Feature: A 1957 International Welding Truck That’s The Same As It Was When It Left The Job Site
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – We sometimes see a guy at car shows with a 1957 International Harvester pickup. He tells us his grandfather bought the truck brand new, and converted it for...
Video: Watch The Australian Mercedes Plumbing Van Dip Into 7s With A Pissed Off Nitrous Snorting 632 Chevy
Outlandish drag cars and trucks have long been a part of the fabric of quarter mile competition and it doesn’t matter what part of the world you’re in for that statement to be true....
Video: The Miniature Slingshot From The Postman Pat Guys Hits The Strip!
Our pals over in England, the Postman Pat dudes have gotten their awesome little motorcycle powered slingshot dragster on the strip! The run you’ll see in the video below was made last weekend...
Bitchin’ Video: Watch A Corvette Grand Sport Rally Car Get Prepared For The East African Safari Rally!
A couple years ago we were geeked out by the dudes who attached the East African Safari Rally with an old Mustang. As cool as that was, another group of racers has risen to the challenge and built a...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Have You Had So Many Cars That You Actually Forget Some Of Them Sometimes?
This isn’t a bragging type of question. Trust us. We’re not lighting our cigars with $100 bills around here and forgetting that we have a Bentley parked around back by the servant...
Event Gallery: Corvettes At Carlisle – Street Freaks, Barn Finds, Race Cars, Restos, and More!
(Photos by Jeff Lee) – There’s no denying that the Corvette nameplate is one of the most deeply seated in the American high performance automotive world. From sports car racing to the...
PowerShift is BACK – Come Watch LIVE With Chad and Brian! The Show Starts At 6pm Pacific/9 Eastern!
After a couple week break, BangShift’s no-ready-for-primetime show PowerShift returns LIVE TONIGHT! We’ll be kicking things off at the normal time of 6PM Pacific and 9PM eastern time that...
National Challenge ’72: Lundberg, Garlits and The Greatest Rogue Drag Race Ever
(Editor’s note: We ran this story last year the day the US Nationals kicked off and we’re doing it again in 2013. We’ve added some info, so give it a fresh look!) This weekend the...