Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Quick Car Show Gallery: The 2011 McRee Ford Quick Lane Car Show – Dickinson, Texas
The hit parade of car shows from Texas continues! This show was held at a Dickinson, Texas Ford dealer and showcased a majority of Ford products, aside from the few Chevy models organizers had to...
BangShift Reader Garage Spotlight: Tony Field’s Killer 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback
This week, we’re hopping on the train to Moparville with our peek into a Bangshift reader garage. The car is a really menacing 1967 Plymouth Barracuda owned by BangShifter Tony Fields. Wearing...
Racing Junk Find: An Overkill Homebuilt Utility Vehicle
Small utility vehicles, sometimes called “side by sides” have really become popular over the last couple years. Initially coveted by farmers and ranchers, they are now popular as toys and...
BangShift Question of the Day: Can You Identify This Weirdo Homebuilt Junkyard Find?
BangShift member Matt was recently patrolling a junkyard near his abode in Wisconsin. While cruising the yard for parts, he came across a strange, Jeep-like homebuilt creation. Speaking in terms of...
Event Gallery: The 2011 SSC Spring Car Show
As we’re just starting to entertain ideas with what the heck we should do this summer, one thing became really clear, we need to hit as many shows and cruises in Goliath as is humanly possible....
Cruise Gallery: The Kemah, Texas Cruise – April 2011
The great American cruise night is alive and well, despite pressures from high fuel prices, shrinking job opportunities, and a general case of the blahs that has been hovering over the USA since the...
Lunatic Fringe Video: Helmet Cam Footage of The World’s Craziest Bike Race
We believe that this is the first (and most likely the last) time that bicycle racing will ever be featured on BangShift but holy smokes, this is crazy. The video shows the entire downhill run of a...
Event Gallery: Shelbys at the Hershey AACA Museum
Just this past weekend, the Hershey Antique Auto Museum hosted their big Shelby show and luckily for BangShift nation, our Pennsylvanian photo contributor, Joe Grippo was on the scene. When...
Big News: BangShift Blog Commenting Now Open to All!
As part of a recently completed site upgrade, readers are now able to comment on BangShift blog items without having to be BangShift.com forum members. We’re sure that there are thousands of...
Fantastic Drag Film: A Kick Ass Ride Along With Pro Mod Racer Danny Rowe
This is one of the coolest drag racing short films we’ve seen in recent memory. It follows Danny Rowe and his team during the Las Vegas NHRA event while they prepare for and make one lap. This...
Car Show Gallery: 500 Photos from the 2011 Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender
The traditional hot rodding has once again descended on Las Vegas for the 14th version of the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender, a huge pre-1963 car show, that also celebrates the culture and music...
The Parting Shift: AMC Edition
This video is pretty neat. The guy driving the car is quite skilled in the ways of the five-speed transmission and has no fear of doing a little no lift boogie down the drag strip. HIs technique...
Upcoming Show Alert: The 7th Annual MSD Car Show – El Paso, Texas
Coming in just a couple weeks, the 7th Annual MSD car show is a much check out event for anyone living in the El Paso, Texas area. Pre-Registration is currently open on the MSD Ignition site, and...
Bob Lutz Advising GM…For Free?!
Bob Lutz the 78 year old former auto industry executive who last served as the Vice Chairman of General Motors told reporters at the New York International Auto Show that he was advising GM but was...