Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Vintage Homebuilt Project: Tiny Tracked Tractor
There was a magical time in the world were people occupied their free time with dreaming things up and making them. No computers, video games, sexting, or GPS. It was about wrenches, saws, and tools...
Quickie Goliath Video: Taking Tom for a Ride
Here’s a quick video of us taking our 1966 Chevy C50 truck, which we’ve dubbed Goliath, for a cruise up the road with the youngest BangShifter around, Tom Lohnes. Tom’s been pining...
Creepy: Sacramento Cops Pulling Cars Over For Smog Checks
A while back, we told you about our experience with a mobile smog check station. BangShift Chad was stopped and the truck he was driving got checked out on the side of the road. That was in So-Cal....
Bangshift Feature: Tasca Ford’s Mod Shop Upholds A Long Legacy of Ford Performance
There are few car dealerships in the country that are recognized by gearheads from coast to coast. The great high-performance dealers from the 1960s and 1970s are largely remembered for the golden...
eBay Pick: 1957 Chevy Sedan Delivery
This week’s eBay find is a totally awesome 1957 Chevy sedan delivery. According to our research, this is one of 8,300 examples constructed by Chevy in 1957. These cars were extremely popular in...
BangShift.com Tributes the Americans Who Lost Their Lives 68 Years Ago Today
Today is the 68th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Please remember the 2,388* Americans who lost their lives that day, 1,177 of them onboard the USS Arizona. It’s also time...
Monday Time Killer and Wallet Drainer: Affordable Project Cars Site
Normally, a Monday Time Killer is meant to burn a few hours at the desk on Monday morning. This time, you could get drawn into a much worse time killer if you fall for one of the affordable project...
Boring NASCAR Champ Not Looking Too Bad Right Now
With the recent disaster that has surrounded golfer Tiger Woods, columnist Jim Pedley at SportingNews.com has penned a piece about how Jimmy Johnson’s unassuming self isn’t such a bad...
The Parting Shift: A Reminder Why Actual Gearheads Prefer BangShift.com
Do any of you ever look at Jalopnik.com? It’s the web site where pseudo car guys write snarky blog items about stuff that pseudo car guys might care about. They get some good scoops on new cars...
Just Because: Original Dukes of Hazzard Bloopers
It’s hard to argue that the Dukes of Hazzard influenced every BangShifter one way or another, if only through today’s dire shortage of 1969 Chargers. Well, here’s a clip of Dukes as...
Not Bangshift Approved: The SoundRacer
We thought the fake turbo whistler tailpipe insert was the lamest thing we had ever seen. The good news for the people that make it is that they have been knocked off the top spot. The SoundRacer is...
Just When You Thought We Couldn’t Find a New Reason that Cash For Clunkers Sucks…
This dead horse just keeps kicking. The latest news on the effects of the colosal fail of Cash For Clunkers has been reported by Aftermarket News. It seems that another backfire of the program was...
Wall Street Journal Column Says GM Made the Right Move Ditching Henderson; Company Needs Culture War
Paul Ingrassia covered GM for the Wall Street Journal and earned a Pulitzer Prize for the work he did on the subject. Ingrassia has a book coming out in the near future, and yesterday he wrote a...
Massive Online Savings at Edelbrock.com
Claiming “Holiday Saving Time,” Edelbrock.com is having a blowout sale with some truly significant deals. There are diesel exhaust systems that have been whacked down under $100 and...