Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Bitchin’ Video: Ride On The Scoop Of A 1971-Era Top Fuel Dragster From Push Start Through The Finish Line!
Some videos will be cool until the end of time. I happened upon this magical four minutes of 1971 top fuel footage completely by accident and boy am I happy that I did. This clip is from the seldom...
BC Video: The 1982 Toyota Cressida Shows Us Life Before The Camry – It Was Another Hit For Toyota
When the “foreign invasion” of cars really kicked off in earnest, we all know what Detroit did. They ignored it. Eventually they simply gave up the ground of economy and compact cars...
Boosts Of Burden: This Video Profiles 10 Of The Coolest, Weirdest, and Most Interesting Boosted Race Engines Ever
This is an interesting collection of boosted engines. Before you drag racers out there get your dander up about not seeing a fuel engine in this collection, just know it’s mostly road racing...
Goofy Fun: Check Out The Destruction Of The Easy Evans Used Car Lot At The Houston Astrodome
Sometimes it’s about having fun, right? When you flip on the tube or click on a YouTube link, you want to be entertained. This is one of the best examples of the magic of Brock Yates and Steve...
Historic Gearhead Americana: Packard Car Haulers, Army Trucks, Big Rigs, Turn of The Century Car Shows, and More!
(Photos from Detroit Public Library Digital Archive) – I know some pretty tough people but I’m not sure even the modern toughies I know would thrive in the harsh realities of the world...
The Capable Sloth: This Review Of The 1994 Land Rover Discovery Is Heavy On Praise And Glossy Over Shortcomings
Back in the 1994 Land Rover was still a fully British concern and the name had some real cache here in the USA. They had the hardcore Defender which was expensive and designed to be lacking in frills...
Gearhead Americana: Another Great Load Of Vintage Gas Station Photos From Decades Past – So Cool
Being that this is Labor Day weekend and I’m in a nostalgia mood, I decided to crank up the way back machine again and show you another load of photos that feature cool old stations from...
Gap Jumper: Watch The Spark From An MSD ProMag 44 Clear 2-inches Of Distance And Even Beat The Wind
Of all the ridiculous parts of a top fuel dragster, the ignition is right there at the top. With massive fuel volumes cursing through the engine, the spark plugs are working in an environment where...
Going BIG: This Profile Of The Komatsu D575A-3 Super Dozer Shows Off The World’s Largest Bulldozer
This thing may have the worst power to weight ratio we have ever featured on BangShift but that’s not a really relevant stat. Why? When a machine makes more than 1,100hp it is impressive. When...
Incredible Skills: See Allen Millyard Build A V8 Engine From Two Kawasaki Four Bangers – The Z1 1600 V8 Is Astonishing
England’s Allen Millyard may not be a household name in America at the moment but we’re telling you that by the end of the year, basically everyone in the gearhead world will totally know...
Historical Drag Video: The Story of the Snake and Mongoose As Told By the Snake and the Mongoose – Once Upon A Wheel 1971
More than 20 minutes of video from 1971 profiling the epic and incredibly profitable rivalry between Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen, as bankrolled by...
The Worst Tank Ever: This Look At The WW2 Valiant Assault Tank Is A Study In Failure
Of all the rabbit holes I have gone down in the last year, studying old tanks may be the weirdest. Early on in the quarantine adventure of 2020 I found a series called “Age of Tanks” on...
A Homemade Shifter Kart And A Guy With The Guts To Wind It Out
There are few things more joyful than hopping on a go kart and having some fun. Both my sons have them and we have a riot with ’em at the house and when we sneak them off into a parking lot or...
Dozin’ Off: This 1950s Promotional Film For The Then New Caterpillar D9 Is Awesome
When the Caterpillar D9 was introduced in 1954, it represented the biggest, baddest thing the company had built to date. The machine was designed to compete with the epic Euclid TC-12 bulldozer which...