Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Cool Find: A Model T Repair Offer from 1928
We received an e-mail from a friend with this stuff inside it. What you’re looking at is a mail-out flyer for a car dealership service department, circa 1928. The money that parts and labor...
Sell Out: 2015 Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week Fills Up In 16 Minutes! From Top To Bottom, This Should Be Great
Like fat kids chasing an ice cream truck, fervent Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week hopefuls would not be denied entry into an event that has literally taken on a life of its own over the last few years. It...
Craigslist Find: This 1970 Mercedes Has American V8 Power And The Potential To Be Something Pretty Evil
BangShifter Ben Becktold was cruising the Craigslist ads for Boise, Idaho when he found the listing for this interesting tank. The car is a 1970 Mercedes sedan and by what we can see, the thing...
Rough Stuff: Watch Dale Creasy Jr. Smack The Wall In His Funny Car At Rt 66 Raceway In Joliet, Illinois
Today’s nitro funny car world seems to be dominated by the familiar names we have all come to know. There’s the Forces, the Kalitta operation, the Schumacher clan, and other team cars out...
Watch This Mustang Hike The Front End And Carry It Out At Cecil County Dragway
Monday mornings can blow goats during car season. Maybe you were wrenching all weekend and are now back at work. Worse, perhaps you were racing on the weekend and are now back at work. Slightly...
Watch A 416ci Chrysler Small Block Stroker Scream Out Over 760hp On The Dyno! Big Power Out Of Small Inches!
(Photo by Rich Pasley) – The car that this 340 based 416ci Chrysler small block lives in is pictured below in all of its wheel up glory. Owned by Steve Clukey, the machine is a 1970 Plymouth...
LIVE Streaming Audio From The Ohio Mile – Land Speed Action In Your Earhole! Tune In Here 8:00am EST
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO LIVE AUDIO FROM THE OHIO MILE (Photo credit Gregg Adams) – It is officially GO TIME for the 2015 ECTA Ohio Mile season! The tech line was busy, the registration trailer...
Historic Drag Video: Awesome Early 1970s Footage From Oswego Dragway – Funny Cars, Wheelstanders, Doorslammers Galore!
Boy is this some awesome video! This five minute Super 8 time travel trip back to the early 1970s was original shot by (apparently) by someone named Marvin King. The video depicts what seems to be a...
Bitchin Video: Super Stock and Pro Stock Legend Herb McCandless Talks About His Hemi Demon And Racing A Pro Stocker In The 1970s
Herb “Mr 4-Speed” McCandless was one of the best and most talented racers of the golden super stock and fledgling pro stock era in drag racing. His abilities behind the wheel landed him...
Watch Top Fuel Motorcycle Racer Chris Matheson Get Electrocuted By And Nearly Fall Off His Bike During A Run
Aussie top fuel motorcycle rider Chris Matheson has been at the big boy motorcycle game for a while and like all guys who have made a career of it, he’s had his fair share of bumps, bruises,...
This Rotating Ramp Truck Seems Like The Best Idea Since Sliced Bread – Great Thinking Here
We’ve got to thank longtime BangShifter Rich Pedraza for sending us the link to this awesome and seemingly overdue towing innovation. What is it? How about a ramp truck equipped with a bed that...
Roadside Find: This Snow Eating Monster Is The Kind Of Thing We Love Dodging Traffic To Check Out – Full Story Here
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – So I was on my way to my local Rural King store for a bag of Larry The Cable Guy brand Biscuits and Gravy flavored potato chips, along with a few other...
You Make The Call! Will This Worked Up Mega Truck Out Duel A John Deere Tractor In A Tug Of War?
Chad and everyone else like to beak my aggies because of a lifelong affinity for farm tractors that I cannot seem to get around. I am not a diehard lover of any one particular brand as lots of guys...
