Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Wheelstand Video: This Collection Of 10 Great Wheelstands Will Have You Trying To Lift The Front Tires On Your Car Today
There’s nothing cooler than cars that can pull the front wheels off the ground. Whether it is just enough to slide a piece of paper into the air gap or tall enough that a herd of elephants...
Definitive Signs Of A Diesel Powered Future? Gasoline Consumption Plummets And Diesel Soars In England
(Image credit: Bloomberg.com) – It is no secret that European carmakers have been investing heavily in diesel engine technology for a significant amount of time. Sales of diesel powered cars...
Small Missouri Airport Has Drag Racing Problem And Apparently Little Security – Rodders Using Airport As Private Strip
Hannibal Regional Airport in Missouri is a small place with a 4,400ft runway and apparently not much security. People have literally been driving in and using the runway as a private drag strip and...
This 1953 Chevy Wrecker Is A Runner, A Driver, And An Old School Worker You Can Own
Hey, a wrecker on BangShift? We never do stuff like this! Ok, we probably do stuff like this too much but can you blame us? This 1953 Chevy tow truck is really cool and it is something you can hop...
This Awesome Old 1960s Gasser Is Perfectly Preserved In Race Form And Has An Engine You’ll NEVER Guess
History tends to favor the really fast stuff in drag racing and we suppose that it is only human nature. The cars the wowed crowds with crazy performances and feats of strength are the ones that...
Video: Watch British Royalty Racing Formula One In A Renault 98t Powered Lotus Circa 1986
Johnny Dumfries, who is quite literally British Royalty, may not be the most famous Scotsman ever to sit behind the wheel of a Formula One car but he is still a bad ass in our book after watching...
Rapid Fire: A Former Sand Dragger Go 8s At The Strip And Sniff 200 On The Salt With a Poncho ‘Banger!
Roger Manson’s Rapid Fire is so BangShift approved we can hardly stand it. This car started life as a sand dragger, was bought by Roger who then put it on the drag strip, got it to go 8.70s...
Ill Handling Beast Video: A Crazy Lister Corvette On the Road Course
First things first, Lister Corvettes are not really Corvettes at all. The name came from the late 1950’s when the Lister chassis started making their way to US shores from Europe and racers...
Ohio Mile Coverage: Unique Cars And Weirdo Engines From The ECTA
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Getting to the site of an event when it first opens is usually a great time to walk around and catch some really good photos as the sun comes up....
American Sleeper Video: Watch A Hammered Looking Dodge Ramcharger Nearly Bust Into The 12s At Englishtown!
Yesterday we showed you a cool Aussie sleeper station wagon that looked like a grandmother left it in the church parking lot but went 10s. Today we’re back on our own shores and looking at an...
Photos: 16 Cool Engines From Bonneville
While lots of people are seduced by the amazing bodies and incredible chassis fabrication at Bonneville, I am a knuckle dragging horsepower loving kind of dude, so motors are my obsession. There are...
This 1966 Ford Econoline Van Has Big Block (Chevy) Power And Is Totally BangShifty
1960s Ford Econoline vans are pretty awesome. Those bread boxes on wheels were based on the Falcon and sold like hot cakes for Ford. This is a kind of ratty looking Econoline van and Ford people will...
Doing It Wrong Video: How Not to Crane a Boat Into the Water
We’ve often thought that being a crane operator would be a pretty kick ass gig. Commanding such a powerful piece of machinery and completing tough jobs that require skill and a steady hand...
Cool Old Press Photo: Mercury’s 1957 Version of Air Ride
We recently dug up a copy of a technical announcement that highlighted some cutting edge thinking involved with the 1957 Mercury models involving air suspension. The engineers decided that using an...