Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
eBay Find: A Custom Built Eight Wheel Drive Willys Jeep With Corvette Power and Eight Wheel Steering!
Sweet mother of insanely awesome creations! Unlike the disaster of a Mercury we showed you before, this Willys Jeep built by Ed Roth’s former right hand man Dick Cook is 100% awesome. Created...
Craigslist Find: A 1982 Mercury Capri Custom Thing
You know it is going to be something good when the first line of the ad reads, “First off its not everyone cup of tea I understand that.” We’re glad he understands that because...
Watch Larry Flynt’s Attorney Paul Cambria Run 8.88 In A Brand New COPO Camaro
Due to our Bonneville fixation this week we’re late on the trigger with this one. Paul Cambria may be the finest First Amendment lawyer in the United States, having argued several cases in...
Video: That Last Great American Jet Car Show As You’ve Never Seen It Before
Jet cars have been and will forever remain the drag strip owner/promoter’s greatest ally in the war regarding butts in seats. Simply put, nothing draws the general public into a strip like...
RacingJunk Find The Mother Load of 1930s Vintage Chevy/GM Steel – Traditional Rodder’s Dream World
If you own a hot rod shop that specializes in old school builds, do we have a deal for you! There is a guy in Billings, Montana selling the most amazing collection of stock, rusty, patina ridden,...
Question of the Day: What is the Weirdest Automotive Subculture?
The loose definition of “car guy” fits everyone from the dude swapping a blower onto his Chevelle to the kid putting spinner hubcaps onto his Honda. We’re all part of the car...
Craigslist Find: A Horrendous Nova “Shortie” Convertible
Not that there is any such thing as a “good” shortie style car, but for some reason we hate this one more than most, probably because we had the hots so badly for the L79 barn find car we...
Question of the Day: What Is The Most Dangerous Factory Built Car In History?
This question came to me a while back when I was pulling the front end of the Buford T Justice Caprice project apart. Pulling is probably far too strong a word, because it basically fell apart. I had...
Car Show Gallery: The 5th Annual Johnny Mac Backyard Classic
(Photos by Donna Green) – The coolest car show I attended in 2011 was the Johnny Mac Backyard Classic. Unfortunately, my announcing schedule didn’t allow me to attend this year, but...
Question of the Day: Do You Prefer Sleepers or In Your Face, High Zoot Cars?
With that hella cool L79 Nova eBay find we showed you earlier in the day came some thoughts about sleepers versus stuff like gasser look cars and pro street machines. While we like all three of those...
Driveway Tech: Engine Compartment Detailing, BangShift Style
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – There are three things gearheads and even people with a mild interest in cars look at. The paint, the interior, and under the hood. The paint is obvious....
Event Gallery: The Brockway Trucks 100 Year Anniversary Celebration – Courtland, New York
(Photos by Jeremy George) – The Brockway Truck Company was in business from 1912 to 1977. The trucks were used all over the country and the world, by the US military, and nearly every industry...
eBay Find (That You Can’t Buy): A Perfectly Patina’d and Well Used 1966 L79 Nova – Factory Built Non-SS Sleeper!
This is the first time we have ever run an eBay Find on BangShift after the auction closed up, but gee whiz this car is worth it. Sold for the princely sum of $35,100, this 1966 Nova, which is a...
