Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Check Out Video of a Bitchin’ 1961 Ford Shop Truck – Striping and Stance Perfection
Shop trucks have certainly become their own dedicated genre of the hobby over the last several years. Hell, half of the reason I bought the old C50 wrecker that’s currently in my stable is...
BangShift Slap Fight: Do Pro Street Cars Require Stupid Power to Be Cool Or is Mild OK? Brian and Chad Debate!
(Editor’s note: Welcome to Slap Fight! We’re going to try and make this a weekly part of the BangShift blog lineup. Long story short, this is a space where Chad and Brian take the gearhead...
The BangShift Spotter’s Guide to Bitchin’ Old Australian Muscle Cars and ‘Utes
(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – It is a minor coincidence that we’re heavy on content based in Oz today. We were tipped off to the cool old Aussie drag racing videos by an Australian reader...
Video Bonanza: Awesome 8mm Films of 1960s Australian Drag Racing – Bitchin’ Hot Rods and Drag Machines!
One of the things that I always love to learn about is the history of drag racing in places outside of the USA. The reason that it fascinates me is because while the sport itself was exported from...
eBay Find: A Super Clean and Totally Awesome 1974 Pontiac Trans Am Super Duty
As the domestic high performance car was all but dead on the operating table after a gas crisis and draconian legislation in the early 1970s, one small glimmer of light managed to escape the clutches...
The Top 11: Greatest Wheelstanders
When Chad and I settled on making a list of the top 11 Wheelstanders we knew it was an impossible task and that we’d get roasted for leaving off some hella cool cars. We had a list of nearly 30...
Watch A Massive Buick Wheelstand Result In A Dead Buick (Driver OK) — Two Videos!
BangShift reader Nick Lingua sent us a tip on this video from last weekend’s “Night of Fire” at Cedar Falls Raceway in Iowa. The event is a totally bitchin’ match race that...
Caption this Photo: How the Hell Does This Happen…Seriously…How in the Hell Does This Happen?
Right off the bat we have to admit that we don’t know who shot this photo, where it was taken, or the scene that led up to this big rig having it’s front end torn off. We’ve never...
Question of the Day: What is The Most Dangerous Thing You Have Ever Driven?
With the pulsejet powered motorcycle earlier in the day and the multiple nitro Harley wrecks in the last blog item we’re thinking today is danger day. We’ve all nursed a new project home,...
eBay Find: A Custom Harley Board Track Style Motorcycle Powered By Two Pulse Jet Engines
Admit it, you read the title a couple of times. We have stared at the photos of this motorcycle…err…jet bike for more time than we’d ever publicly admit. We have no idea why anyone...
Watch a Blown Vega Wreck at the 100-Foot Drags in Lethbridge, Canada
Lethbridge, Canada is a city located out in the Alberta Province of the Great White North and it plays host to an event called, “Street Machine Weekend” each summer. As you’ll see...
Slap Fight: Brian Vs Chad – We Insult Each Other Over Turbos and Nitrous
(Editor’s note: Welcome to Slap Fight! We’re going to try and make this a weekly part of the BangShift blog lineup. Long story short, this is a space where Chad and Brian take the...
Buford T Justice, Our 1987 9C1 Chevy Caprice Goes Through Final Testing Before the Upgrades Begin!
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Take a good long look at this wallowing sad sack. It is the last time you’ll see ol’ Buford T Justice, our 1987 9C1 Caprice in stock form. Because we are...
Epic Photo Sequence: First Time Pro Daredevil Jumps His Daily Driver Lincoln Over a Bunch of Vans!
(Photos by Chuck Clark) – This is total greatness. Ohio native Michael “Madman” Porter recently jumped a 1980s Lincoln over a bunch of vans at the Crawford County Fair, which was...