Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Incredible Video: The Construction Of Camp Century – The US Army’s Secret Nuclear Powered Based Located Entirely Under Snow And Ice In Greenland During the 1950s-1960s
Allow us to show you one of the coolest and most amazing things you will ever see and something you probably never knew about. We’re not going conspiracy theory here, we’re not going...
Multi-Engine Throwdown: This 1989 TNT Series Pulling Broadcast Is A Legit War Between Legendary Pulling Families
There’s something about a vintage pulling broadcast that gets me ever time. Maybe the fact that I work with Army Armstrong’s son week in and week out with NHRA, the fact that the...
Great Read: This 1981 Sports Illustrated Profile Of AJ Foyt Tells The Story Of The Greatest American Racer Ever
They only made one AJ Foyt and some would argue that the fact the mold blew apart after he came out of it is a good thing for the rest of us. During the height of his career, Foyt was less a race car...
Killer Vintage Match Race and High Performance Ads From 1960s Drag Mags
We dove back into the BangShift east coast office archives to dig up some cool ads and match race announcements from 1960s drag mags like Drag News and other small regional publications. We have a...
Uproarious: This Video Profiles Every Detroit Diesel Two Stroke Engine From One Cylinder To 24!
This is really cool. You are about to see a video that profiles every to stroke Detroit Diesel engine from the 1 cylinder variety all the way up to the 24 cylinder behemoth and represents the largest...
Ride Along On Bill Newlon’s Exhibition Puller – A Farm Tractor With An Allison V12! This Rules
The Minneapolis-Moline G1000 was produced between 1965 and 1969. These were 100hp tractors designed to do hard work on the farm and they were sold in a few different configurations to best meet the...
Behind The Scenes: This Video Shows The Awesome Process Used To Rush The 1992 Dodge Viper To Life
It’s almost like you remember where you were the first time you saw it. For guys of a certain generation (mine) the 1992 Dodge Viper represented not just the coolest car we had seen a factory...
Why Do You Need To Use ARP Ultra-Torque Fastener Assembly Lubricant? This Video Tells The Story
We’re really proud to have ARP as member of the BangShift family of sponsors. Why? These guys are the industry standard not only fasteners but also fastener technology and that’s what the...
GM Built The World’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Vehicle In 1966 And We Found Video Of It – Sweet Van!
This unassuming GMC Handivan is actually one of the great feats of automotive engineering in the history of the disciple. Known as the “Electrovan” this was the first vehicle that ever...
The American Powertrain Thursday Shift: Watch This Guy In A Classic Ford Rip Three Shifters Through Like 100 Gears
Well this is interesting. What we have below is a classic Ford truck that has been equipped with a manual transmission, some sort of a manual gear splitting transmission, and then a Brownie overdrive...
Roadside Magic: Watch These Young Guys Craft A Fresh Radiator Out Of Pieces From An Old One
“We have done so much with so little for so long, we can now do anything with nothing.” – Dave Marcus had this saying posted above the door of his shop and while we have read it a...
Watch Ken “The Carolina Hooker” Regenthal Make A Lane Swapping Run At Shuffletown Dragway Circa 1989
This video was shot almost 33 years ago and it shows one of the coolest cars in what we’d call the second southern door slammer renaissance in the form of Ken Regenthal’s Carolina Hooker...
Vintage Racing Video: In The Face Of Challenge Is A 1975 Open Wheel Racing Masterpiece
It was known as the triple crown. Ontario, Indy, Pocono. These three races, some of the longest and fastest on the USAC trail tested both the bravery of the drivers and the gumption, skill, and...
