Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
The Way It Was: These Photos of Trucks, Roads, and Factories From 100 Years Ago Are Awesome
(Photos from Detroit Library Digital Collection) – One of the things we love looking at in these old photos that we have been periodically showing you are the backgrounds of the various...
The Bad Guys: This Video About The Worst Sponsors, Owners, and Promoters In NASCAR History Is Wild
The world of professional auto racing attracts a certain type of person. The person that is brave, courageous, sometimes fearless, unwilling to accept reality at times, and certainly people who are...
Ever Wonder How A Lenco Transmission Goes Together? This Video Of One Being Rebuilt Is Cool
The Lenco Transmission has been a staple in the brutal world of motorsports since the 1970s. The design has been refined some over the years but the basic mechanical principle remains the same. A...
This 1960 Corvair Video Is Hilarious: What If Federal Law Prohibited Corvairs From Using Paved Roads?
You may be thinking to yourself, “Hey, it looks like that Corvair is driving in a river!” You’d be right and the friendly but authoritative voice narrating the film makes things even better...
We Drive It: The 2024 Nissan Ariya Platnium+ e4orce – Electrified But Is It Electrifying?
When it comes to electric cars, the landscape has been rapidly changing over the last 12-14 months. Companies that boldly declared they’d be totally electric by the end of the decade have...
Vintage Viciousness: This 1986 Video From The Bowling Green National Pulling Championships Features The Huge 9,000lb Modified Class
Three aircraft engines, six Rodeck big blocks, five Chrysler hemis, a pair of helicopter turbines, and a partridge in a pear tree. That’s a short look at just a few of the power combos being...
Watch This Massive Steam Powered Steam Roller Own The Road In England – The People In The Little Car Get A Surprise!
This is one of those, “it could have been bad” situations. We’ve all been there, having a good time and doing something fun but mildly dangerous. All of sudden real life comes at...
Tonka Toys Had The Best Ad Campaign In 1972 That Has Ever Existed For Toys
If there’s one complaint that we have about kids toys in the modern age is that they are not all that well made on the whole and on top of that they don’t really inspire a lot of...
Watching This Turn Of The Century 10hp Engine Start Up And Run Is Absolute Gearhead Magic
We love horsepower, wretched excess, and all things over the top here but as many of you longtime readers of BangShift know we also really appreciate history and the technology that has evolved into...
Truck-Ology: Another Look Into The History Of Trucks – A Fresh Load Of 100 Year Old Photos!
(Photos: DPL Digital collection) – Since last week’s look into the history of trucks from the early 20th century was such a hit, I am going to make a regular thing of it and call the...
This 1988 Video Of Monster Trucks Racing On A Figure 8 Track In Louisville, Kentucky Rules
I’m definitely feeling the late 1980s flow today. From the quick eight drag racing video at Shuffletown to this 1989 footage from Louisville, Kentucky, I’m all over it. Anyway, this is a...
Watch Jim Head Ride Out One The The Most Awesome Wheelies In Top Fuel History And Still Run In The 4s (Quarter Mile)
These days Jim Head is a stalwart on the NHRA funny car trail but in years past, Jim was a tough competitor in the top fuel ranks and basically whatever else he decided to race. This video, taken...
Vintage Drag Video: Oswego Dragway Circa 1968 – AWB Novas, Straight Axle ‘Vettes, Altereds, Muscle Cars, and Even Turbonique Action!
This is one of the coolest old 8MM drag racing videos we have dredged up in a while! The film was taken at the long dead Oswego Dragway in 1968 and it features everything from muscle cars to...
This 380hp, 190ci Naturally Aspirated Corvair Engine At 9,000 RPM Is The Angriest Thing You Will Hear Today (Dyno Video)
In the realm of cool dyno videos, this one hits on the top end of the “good stuff” meter. We’re not sure that we have ever run a Corvair engine dyno video before but if we have,...