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Author Archive: Brian Lohnes

Barnstormin’: Creativity For The Sheeple And The Lost Art Of Making Something From Scratch

Yesterday, Chad went into full berserker mode over the Paul Harvey voiced Ram “farmer” commercial during the Super Bowl. I think I shared the same reaction as many other people by being...

Liberation Of A Sanctioning Body: How The IHRA Was Saved, Who Saved It, And What The Future Holds

Not a shot was fired, no blood was shed, and there were no adoring crowds lining the sidewalks when Kenneth Feld, leader of the family owned Feld Entertainment empire agreed to sell the International...

BangShift Question of the Day: If The World Devolved Into A Mad Max Situation What (Real) Vehicle Would You Be Driving?

Yesterday’s item about the mammoth Kenworth 963 oil field truck got a bunch of commenters mentioning that it seems like a good choice for a zombie apocalypse or a Mad Max dystopia type of...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Pontiac Blues – Sonny Boy Williamson And The Animals (Recorded 1960s)

While the song Rocket 88 gets roundly awarded the praise for being the first rock and roll song about cars, there was automotive themed music long before the late 1940s when Rocket 88 was recorded....

Buford T Justice Update: A TCI 700R4 And Breakaway Torque Converter Get Our 9C1 Caprice Shifty!

Last week I installed the cylinder heads, COMP lifters, rockers, pushrods,and LS lifter guides into Buford’s small block mill. While all that was nice, we still had a massive problem on our...

Gallery: The National Motorcycle Museum Tour Grand Finale Gallery

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Yesterday we showed you the first of two galleries that our own Greg Rourke shot on a recent visit to the National Motorcycle Museum. There was so much cool stuff that...

Video: Helmet Cam Footage Of What It Is Like To Drive An Exploding Top Fuel Dragster In Australia

In today’s world of great editing, high definition camera, and slick video tricks, it is easy for a cool piece of raw video to get missed. Take this purely awesome video of a top run for...

Cruise Gallery: More Great Photos From The Kemah Cruise – Kemah, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We told you that Charles was crushing it on the photo front with his photos from the Kemah cruise in Texas and we weren’t lying! Yesterday’s gallery...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: The General Lee – Johnny Cash (1983)

During the height of the Dukes of Hazzard’s popularity in the early 1980s, a promotional album was released by the studio behind the show. Most of the songs on it were covers or stuff that...

Watch:Ford Raptor Destroyed While Landing A Massive Jump – Rednecks With Paychecks Carnage!

The Ford F-150 Raptor is one bad ass truck. Having thoroughly worked one off road and even jumped in it, I can say that they’re capable of standing up to almost everything a sane person could...

BANGSHIFT QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF SOMEONE HANDED YOU 100K TODAY FOR CAR STUFF ONLY, WHAT WOULD YOU BUY?

So I am all hung up on this awesome old truck I found for sale on eBay this morning. So hung up that I got to thinking about if there was anything else on this Earth (car wise) I would want more for...

Video: Watch A Hairy 565ci, Blown, Alky Burning, Big Block Chevy Make 2,000hp With Holley EFI

This is the type of motor that makes us look at the computer screen and yell OOGA BOOGA after seeing it make a dyno pull. It is 565ci of 10-71 blown, alcohol burning, Pro-Filer headed, and Holley...

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Gallery: The National Motorcycle Museum – Part 1

(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – Anamosa, Iowa is home to the National Motorcycle Museum and I can’t imagine a finer collection of motorcycles and memorabilia exists anywhere. Among...

Gallery: Bitchin’ Variety At The Kemah Cruise – Kemah, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It is officially cruise season in Texas as Charles Wickam has filed his first gallery of the season from the Kemah Cruise in Kemah, Texas. The place was packed to...