Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Roadside Find: A Killer Tennessee Junkyard Hidden in Plain Sight
Intrepid BangShift.com reader Phil Cooper sent us an awesome batch of photos he took on a recent trip through Tennessee. Phil was minding his own business driving down the road when he came upon...
Gallery: The March 2010 Long Beach Swap Meet
The first Long Beach Swap Meet of the spring of 2010 came with real “chamber of commerce” type weather. The sun was out and promised warm temps from the moment it peeked over the San...
70 MPH is the New 55
This will not come as a shock to anyone, but it seems that most people move down the highway closer to 70 mph than 55. We were tipped off to a Wall Street Journal story which highlighted some data,...
RacingJunk Find: A Cool 1969 Buick Sport Wagon
If it seems like the last few RacingJunk.com finds we’ve made have been wagons it’s because they have been. We’re not seeking wagons only, it’s just that we keep finding these...
English Cops Stop Woman Driving With Hood Up, Not A Fake Story
You literally cannot make this stuff up. English coppers were out in droves earlier this month running a campaign they call “No Excuses” aimed at identifying dangerous drivers. They...
Friday Nitro Video: Don Prudhomme Fires Up His Hot Wheels ‘Cuda Flopper
Don Prudhomme hung up his drag racing spurs prior to the 2010 NHRA season. Without a major sponsor to support his racing operation, the Snake wasn’t going to run a sub-standard team, so...
CraigsList Find: 1950s Kurtis-Kraft Quarter Midget Racer
We like that our own kiddos run around with Cozy Coupes, but in the 1950s and ’60s, it was commonplace for hot rodding toddlers and pre-teens to race around in Quarter Midgets. There’s...
Hellion Releases Twin Turbo Setup for Dodge SRT8 Platform, We Drool
Hellion Power Systems first lept to fame with twin turbo kits for blown Mustang Cobras that made 1,000 hp to the rear wheels. We’ve seen some cars with their stuff installed and they make...
Crazy Video: In Car Footage of a Sleepy Cab Driver Rolling His Cab Over
In a previous life, when we had a job that required us to oversee a company fleet operation, we worked a deal with a company called Drive Cam, which installed unique cameras in our trucks. Drive Cam...
New Product: New Street/Strip Valve Springs From COMP Cams
COMP Cams has debuted a newly designed valve spring that, while intended for the LS engine crowd, has characteristics that would make it a good fit for a broad range of motors running a street/strip...
eBay Find: Vintage Dick Landy Industries Dual Plug Hemi Pro Stock Heads
Oh boy did we stumble onto some vintage Pro Stock awesomeness on eBay this time! How about a set of factory Chrysler Pro Stock Hemi heads! The crazy part is that they’re not all that...
Carnage Video: Bus Driver in Taiwan Plows Through Cars on Highway
We’re not sure if the driver of this bus loses his mind or his brakes, but either way the amount of destruction caused is epic. You’ll never look at one of those big buses barreling down...
Damn You Australia: Aussies Get Revived G8 GXP and G8 Sport Truck
This certainly qualifies as salt in the wound. The guys over at Motor Trend are reporting that the Pontiac GXP and G8 ST (sport truck) will be produced in Australia as Holdens, produced by Holden...