Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Rare Air: This Enderle Mechanical Stack Injection Unit For An AMC Is Supposedly 1 of 35 Ever Made
(By Greg Rourke) – If one wants to see rare and unusual intake systems, BangShift.com is the place to go. Here’s another one for the collection, an Enderle mechanical stack injection...
Letting Go: Morgan Family Relinquishes Majority Ownership Of Company To Italian Investment Firm After 110 Years
They are interesting, they are a bit odd, they are expensive, old school, and they have a cult-like following. We’re talking about the British cars that carry the Morgan badge and still cruise...
BangShift Feature: The Story Of The Lost and Forgotten WWII Ford Sea Jeeps
In late 1941, after signing off on construction of the original Jeep vehicles, the US government threw out a new challenge to manufacturers. That challenge was to design an amphibious version of the...
2019 Magic Dry NHRA Nationals Action Photos: One Last Blast Of Images From The Desert Outside Of Phoenix
(Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt) – It is weird to be in the “hole” between the Magic Dry NHRA Nationals in Phoenix and the Gatornationals next week in Florida. What is a two...
Clone Me: This 1968 Hurst Hemi Dart Clone On RacingJunk May Not Be Real But We Want It NOW
Some people have big problems with “clones” or cars that are built to look, feel, sound, and act exactly like a more rare or desirable car did ages ago. We only have an issue when someone...
Awesome Resto: Watch This Guy Save A Near 40 Year Old Tiller By Rebuilding ALL Of It – From The Engine On Down
This video could be the greatest study in, “If you are going to do it, you may as well do it right,” that we have ever seen. You are going to see a guy, actually just his hands, get hold...
New Look And A Nod To The Past For Steve Matusek’s Aeromotive NHRA Pro Mod Entry
With a Mustang body, Elite Motorsports horsepower, an Aeromotive fuel system, and Garrett turbochargers, Steve Matusek was needing one last thing to put the cherry on top of his 2019 NHRA E3 Spark...
Video Zen: This Home Movie Footage From The 1974 NHRA Gatornationals Is Spectacular
There’s something about seeing drag races through old home movie footage in the stands that we just cannot get enough of. Yes, it lacks the sound and production value of the TV shows of the era...
2019 Detroit Autorama Photo Coverage: Wall To Wall Badassery In Detroit – Check This OUT!
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We showed you the Great 8 Ridler contenders and the 2019 Ridler Award winner the other day, now it is time to take you deep into the 2019 Detroit Autorama to show off...
Watch This Nitrous Racer Suffer A Huge Manifold Explosion On The Starting Line And The Instant Inferno That Follows
As a nitrous racer there may be things that make you cringe when you step on the gas pedal and this is one of them. The racer in this car (who is unnamed) was moving the car toward staging and the...
Pro Mod Action Images: More Cool Photos From The 2019 World Outlaw Nationals
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with another great set of images from Benoit Pigeon at the 2019 World Outlaw Nationals in Orlando, Florida. This race fell into the grand scheme of...
RacingJunk Find: Get Your Mopar On With This 604ci Predator Headed Mill Based Off A Hemi Block
If you are a die hard Mopar guy or girl looking for your next power plant, we may have found you the hot ticket for sale on RacingJunk.com. Coming out of the Salt Lake City, Utah area is a 604ci,...
MAHLE Motorsports Releases PowerPak Piston Kit for Wissota B-Mod Concept Engines (Ford and Chevy)
For those unfamiliar with the stock car racing scene around the country, the Wissota organization is a massive one. Racers from Montana, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Idaho, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Manitoba,...
