Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Bitchin’ Old Video: A Collection of 1936 Chevrolet Newsreels
Old promotional newsreel films are always a gas. This collection of Chevrolet-centric films from 1936 does not disappoint. There’s a bevy of bathing beauties using the car as a water slide and...
Robby Gordon Placed on Indefinite Probation by NASCAR
Robby Gordon, the multi-faceted driver that sees action in NASCAR, off road, and open wheel racing has been placed on “indefinite probation” by NASCAR officials after an scrum with his...
New Video From the Best Engine Explosion Ever, HD Detail of The Exploded Mill!
A short while back, we found video of the Never Satisfied pulling tractor exploding and launching the engine right out of it’s chassis. We were actually the first people to post that video and...
Tune In: Captain Jack McClure to Appear on the Wally Bell Show Tonight!
Captain Jack McClure one of the craziest guys we’ve ever had the chance to interview and feature here on BangShift.com, and the driver of the insane rocket powered go kart drag strip terror of...
Sayonara Saleen Mustang – Production to Close This Summer
t is the end of an era. For the first time since the early 1980s there won’t be a Saleen Mustang next year, hell, there won’t be a new one by the end of this summer. Revstone Industries,...
Reader Show Gallery: The 2011 Advance Auto Parts Cavalcade of Cars – Hamburg, NY
BangShift reader Jays67 answered our call to BangShifters when we asked for photos from car shows, drag races, or any BangShifty event that our readers attend. In Jay’s case it was the 2011...
eBay Find: An Original Barris T-Buggy, One of 12 Actually Built at Barris Kustoms
We’ve heavily bagged on George Barris here in the past. Mostly we’ve freaked out about the hideous looking late model disasters that Barris Kustoms has barfed out over the last few years....
Cherry Bomb’s Disturbing the Peace Camaro Gets Huge Love in Popular Hot Rodding
Late in the 2010 SEMA show we ran into Cherry Bomb’s Matt Graves at their display. By that time in the week most people are usually pretty worn down from meetings, pitches, dinners, a few too...
Thread of Win: A School Kid Builds a Cut Away Mopar Four-Speed Transmission
Talk about a kick ass school science project! When Joel Nystrom’s son got assigned a presentation about gears and how they work, he and his dad schemed up a BangShifty way to learn something,...
Project Goliath Update: The Truck Gets Legalized and Then Heads to the Steel Surgeons
We know that news has been slow on Project Goliath as of late but that’s really because there’s been no news! We’ve been waiting through an intense New England winter, saving...
Car Feature: Jim Sartori’s 10-Second, Aluminum FE Powered 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe
If the guys bootleggin’ moonshine back in the day got their mitts on Jim Sartori’s 1940 Ford, they never would have been caught. Thanks to power from an all-aluminum, 485ci Ford FE motor...
Mechanical Lunacy: New Manitowoc 31000 Crane Makes 5-million Pound Test Lift
Wisconsin’s Manitowoc company, a maker of cranes and other equipment, last summer made a test lift with their new 3100 model crane. Long story short, it lifted 5.5-freaking-million pounds. You...
Eargasm Video: The Sound of a Race Hemi Through the Dyno Exhaust at Ray Barton’s Shop
Typically dyno videos feature the engine on the stand making a pull. Normally the camera guy is on the other side of the glass by the dyno operator. This one goes in a very different direction. A few...