Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
New Product: American Powertrain’s Hydramax Full Hydraulic Clutch Conversion For Fox Bodies
If you’ve got a stick shift Fox-bodied Mustang, a couple things are inevitable. The first is that you’ll probably destroy a T5 at some point in your life and the second is that...
Video: A Wacky Chevy Truck Ad From 1972 – Watch the Dummy!
New car television commercials suck universally. There’s the once-every-couple-year gem like Chrysler’s “Man’s Last Stand” Charger ad, but even that one pales in...
Dyno Video: A 1,000hp Naturally Aspirated LSx Rip Saw From The School of Auto Machinists – Awesome
It is weird that we live in an era when you can be cruising YouTube and see so many videos of 1,000-2,000hp turbocharged engines that it gets boring. That’s why we almost skipped over this...
eBay Find: A Dead Nuts Awesome KITT Replica With Two Issues – The Price and The Location
There’s nary a BangShifter among us who didn’t love them some hot KITT action during the 1980s. Sure, David Hasseelhoff was the headline talent, but it was the Trans-Am he drove that...
New Cars: The 2013 Ford Escape – We Drive It…and It Drives Itself!
Recently I was invited by the fine people at Ford to spend a morning checking out, driving, and climbing over the all new 2013 Ford Escape. If you’re wondering what I’d be interested in...
Nitro Video: A BangShifter’s Home Built Nitro Harley Fired Up and Sounding PISSED OFF In The Shop!
Chuck Noble’s name is no stranger to the pages of BangShift, Chuck is one of those cool guys with a welder and a plan. He’s been working for a few seasons now on completing a Nitro Harley...
Studebaker, Skoda, Jawa, and More Great Ads From the 1964 NY International Auto Show
The hits just keep on coming from the program we recently got our mitts on dating to the 1964 NY International Auto Show. We’re scanning the interesting old ads out of the book and posting them...
BS Approved Norwegian Video: An Old Ferguson Tractor Fitted With A Jag V12 – Screams Loud! Goes Fast!
We have to tank Norwegian BangShift Arild Guldbrandsen for tipping us off to this video featuring one of his fellow countrymen who took an old Ferguson tractor from (eyeballing it) the 1940s and...
Roadside Find From France! – A Crossover SUV Built Decades Before The Concept Existed
(Editor’s note – One of the neatest things about BangShift, in our eyes anyway is that people from all over the globe tune in each day to see what’s happening here. French reader...
Firebird International Raceway to Cease Operations In April 2013 – All Hope Not Lost Though Track May Reopen With New Management
It appears our grim speculation from late February 2012 is coming true. Word coming out of Arizona and from a well placed source are agreeing that Firebird International Raceway will cease to operate...
Event Gallery: The 2012 Somernites Power Cruise – Road Trippin’ With Awesome Cars!
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Feel free to file this in the “better late than never” file, since it has been a couple weeks since the Somernites Power Cruise actually took place....
Drag Action Gallery: The 2012 Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip Bracket Bash
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Don’t be fooled by the title of this event—it’s not just a standard bracket race. It usually features only bracket racing classes, but the folks at...
Dyno Video: A 1500hp 428ci Windsor Ford From Nelson Racing Engines
It is always fun to peek in on the Nelson Racing Engines channel on YouTube to see what the dudes and dudettes at NRE have going on. We found this recent video, showing off the new 428ci Windsor Ford...
