Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Ebay Find: The $200,000 1985 Camaro IROC
We didn’t screw up on the dollar amount in the title. This is a 1985 IROC Z28 sporting a TPI 305, an automatic transmission, 747 miles, and the signatures of nearly 100 actors, musicians, and...
Video Bonanza: Old Engines From the Gearhead Past
Engines are the life force of the gearhead world. We like to think about them in hot rods, trucks, and muscle cars, but there is a much broader scope that needs to be considered. Engines powered far...
Caption This Photo: The Vanishing Tractor
We were sent this photo by BangShift.com member Mike Casella and we immediately thought that we needed to put it forth to be captioned. Is it a photo chop? Is it a whimsical country art project? Is...
War on Racetracks: A Refresher Course on the Saga of Social Circle, Georgia’s Proposed Drag Strip
The Walton Tribune recently ran a piece that does a nice job summing up the current state of the debate going on in Social Circle, Georgia, with respect to a proposed drag strip for the community....
The Superbowl Car Ads: Speedy Picks the Winners, Watch Them Here!
The Super Bowl is probably the closest thing to a universal social event in America. Even the most hard-core BangShifters probably watched at least part of it. But the real Super Bowl wasn’t...
Neat Story: The Tale of the Iranian Baldwin Motion Phase III Camaro
Here’s the improbable story of a 1974 Baldwin-Motion Phase III Camaro that has lived its entire life in Tehran, Iran. The car was built new by Joel Rosen and the guys at Motion Performance for...
RacingJunk Find: Multi-Engine, 8,000lb Unlimited Modified Pulling Tractor
If you’ve ever wanted to get a sneak preview of what the end of the world will sound like, attend a tractor pull where the big, 8,000-pound Unlimited Modifieds are competing. Better yet, buy...
Project Car: Fatlane, the Chevy-Powered, ProCharged 1964 Ford Fairlane. Update: Suspension Fabrication
ABOUT PROJECT FATLANE This project car is a 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt look-a-like that is being constructed to compete in the Heavy Street drag class at races like the YellowBullet Nationals,...
Not BangShift Approved: A PT Cruiser That is Supposed to Look Like a Cat
This is a true automotive abomination. Combine the lame-ass PT Cruiser with large fiberglass appendages in an effort to make it look like a cat? Congrats, you have managed to create the worst looking...
Cool Video: Charles Taylor’s One-Wheeled Vehicle
One of the neat things that we’ve come to expect here at BangShift.com is the unexpected. Learning about stuff that we never knew existed is pure awesome to us, and when we were tipped off...
EBay Find: Killer 1973 Checker Aerobus 8-Door Limo
Over the last year or so, we’ve not only been introduced to the coolness that is an airport limo, we’ve also begun to really dig them. We got tipped off to this totally neato 1973 Checker...
Speedy Says: Here are the Rules NASCAR Should Adopt
The mere suggestion that NASCAR is going to drift away from the hated “Car of Tomorrow” toward something that looks more like a production car has spurred a huge debate among...
Monday Time Killer: NorwoodArena.Com
The Norwood Arena, a long dead quarter-mile oval track loacted in Norwood, Massachusetts, was for decades considered one of the top short oval tracks in America. Originally the facility was built to...
The Parting Shift: Jerico 4-Speed Action at Greer Dragway
This week we’re taking our Parting Shift blog item down south. We’re headed to historic Greer Dragway in Greer, South Carolina. We’ll make things even sweeter by telling you that...