Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
AMC Drag Porn: Watch Kyle Cimbron’s 1970 AMC Hornet Rip 10s With A Hot, N/A 401!
(Video by Mikel Visual YouTube Channel) – Listen, there are lots of cool AMCs out there around the country. We’ve featured some of them! That being said, the ones that really spin our...
It’s Big, It’s Ugly, and We Want It! This 1950 Oshkosh W-212 Dump Truck Is A Seldom Seen Beast
If you are a full on dorkenstein regarding big, old, trucks like I am this find should make your toes curl up a little. Why? Oshkosh trucks are some of the coolest, beastliest, ugliest, and toughest...
Viva Las Vegas 2017: Our First Batch Of Photos From This Awesome Event
(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re back with another great year of Viva Las Vegas photo coverage! When you combine a great city with great music, culture, and cars, you get a memorable...
Shut Up Already! (Or Don’t) These Huge Ships Blowing Their Horns Mean Lots More Than Just Noise (Video)
(By Greg Rourke) – Here on BangShift we like things that are fast, loud and big. Sometimes we get all three, but today we only get two. Big and loud are good. First off, a little education as...
A Classic Challenger, A Horrible Disease, and Good Friends – Proof That Car Guys Are The Best Guys
Often times the best car stories are actually people stories that surround a car. In this case the car is an immaculately restored 1970 Challenger and the people are a group of friends who rallied...
105 Years Ago This Weekend The Titanic Sunk – 30 Years Ago There Was A Terrible TV Special Made About It, Remember?
The 1980s were the greatest decade for “television specials” ever. There was David Copperfield doing big scale magic on TV, there was Geraldo finding nothing but stale air in Al...
Watch a ’57 Chevy Shear The Wheel Studs and Blow a Donut Before Reaching the Christmas Tree
This is a 1957 Chevy on the starting line of an unknown drag strip. The ’57 looks like a full on drag car with the huge by large rear slicks, ass high stance, and wheelie bar. Like all drag...
2017 Street Machine and Muscle Car Nationals Autocross Action – Our Last Look
(Photos by Wes Allison) – Well we have finally made it to the end of our expansive week-long photo diary from the 2017 Street Machine and Muscle Car Nationals. We showed you the display cars...
Spring Fling Million Action Photos: More Of The Best Sportsman Racers In The World Battling For Huge Cash
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – The racing keeps on and the great driving keeps on as well. The 2017 Spring Fling Million at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has seen more high intensity...
Easter Egg: Subaru Guts Have Never Been Wrapped In Something So Sexy – 1974 Aztec GT
The 1970s were obviously the peak for weird, interesting, and sometimes terrible fiberglass kit cars. Many of these things were designed to be based off of VW floorpans. Some of the bodies made by...
The Last Viper: This Pennzoil Short Film Is A Tire Smoking, Sideways Ode To The Great Dodge Viper
Well the mighty Dodge Viper has reached the end of its production life. That’s a sad thing because over the course of its 24 year life the thing has personified bad ass in multiple different...
In The Battle Of A Hydraulic Press vs A Small Anvil Which Will Win? (We All Know Which Wins)
The hydraulic press channel is really something else. This guy comes up with all different kinds of stuff to jam into his press and squash and then millions of us tune in to watch it. Literally. The...
Fragola Performance Systems Rolls Out EZ Street Low Permeation Fuel Hose and EZ Street Hose Ends
While we often talk about fuel systems and their construction around here, that conversation tends to center around the pump. That’s all well and good but the pump is but one part of the entire...
This 1953 Packard Clipper Coupe Is On Air, Still Powered By A Straight 8, And Daring To Be Different
Ok, THIS is cool. If you are in the market for a “dare to be different” cruiser we think we have just the answer you’re looking for. This 1953 Packard Clipper is an interesting...