Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Too Cool Or Too Much? This 1972 Olds Vista Cruiser Has A Rear Mounted Engine And Jet Boat Headers Through The Back Window
Reader Josh Fullenwider had his BangShift alarm go off when he saw this Craigslist post for a 1972 Olds Vista Cruiser the likes of which the world has never seen before. We’re not kidding, this...
Kearney Cruise Nite Coverage: More Photos From A Packed House In Downtown Kearney
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – Yesterday we dropped Scott Liggett’s first gallery from the 2014 Kearney Cruise Nite in your lap and today we’re back with more. See, the entire length...
Don Baskin’s Chevrolet Collection Is Incredible – Chad Would Hyperventilate Upon Entry
Recently, the guys over the Chevrolet Performance’s “The Block” blog made it to the giant car collection of Don Baskin and what they found was nothing short of incredible,...
This 1956 Pontiac Pathfinder Could Be The Coolest Factory Sedan Delivery We Have Ever Seen – A Canadian Gem On eBay
We have to thank our bacon loving tipster Tommy Kreisler for the goods on this awesome find. The car is a 1956 Pontiac Pathfinder, which was a model produced only in Canada and like all the other...
In 1935 Ab Jenkins Went 68mph On An Allis Chalmers Tractor And In 2014 There’s a Modified 8N Showing Up To Blow That Away
The man you see hunkered over the steering wheel of that (literally) speeding Allis-Chalmers tractor is the legendary Ab Jenkins. In 1935 Jenkins drove that tractor to a terminal speed of just under...
This 1970s Cadillac Eldorado Car Hauler Could Be Yours – This Thing Is Really Cool
Charles Wickam gets the gold star on this one for tipping us off to this awesome example of a 1970s Cadillac Eldorado converted into a race car hauler. There’s lots of photos on the internet of...
A Pair Of The Rarest Factory Valve Covers Ever Is For Sale On eBay For $3,499
Many people have never heard of the Mercury M-335 engine and that’s not too shocking because it is one of the most rare and short lived engine packages of the murky days when Detroit...
BangShift Road Test: The 2015 Volvo V60 T5 (Or: Please Don’t Burn My House Down)
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Nutting kept asking me if this was a good idea. He kept nervously telling me that someone was probably going to try to set my house on fire if I wrote a review of a...
Kearney Cruise Night Coverage: The Scene From Downtown Kearney – Cool Town, Cool Cars
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – The 27th Annual Kearney Cruise Nite hosted by the Central Nebraska Auto Club was just getting started Wednesday night with a cruise to the local care...
Somernites Cruise July 2014 Coverage: A Second Blast Of Photos From The Massive Event
(Photos by Doug Gregory) – Yesterday we showed you the first of two galleries from the July 2014 Somernites Cruise by Doug Gregory. Doug and his family hit these events regularly and love them....
The Angriest Man On The Internet Hates C7 Corvettes More Than You Hate Anything And Has Been Ranting For Two Years About It
He goes by PeterMJ and he HATES C7 Corvettes. We don’t mean in the joking, funny, “I’m a car guy breaking someone’s chops,” kind of way. We mean in the aggressive,...
Two QuickTrick™ Alignment Products Entered Into SEMA 2014 New Product Awards — Big Time Stuff!
One of the coolest parts about SEMA is the sheer number of new products that hit the show and first see daylight as well as gain exposure there. The SEMA New Product Awards is a way for those...
Cruise Coverage: The July 2014 Somernites Cruise – A Fun Weekend In Kentucky
(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY DOUG GREGORY) – The July Somernites cruise was another smashing success. Between the huge numbers of cars and all the people checking them out, this was a fun weekend in...
Bonneville Speed Week 2014: This Is The Most Dominant Production Pickup Ever And It Is Going For A Clean Sweep Of The Record Book This Year
Other than the lowered stance and the air dam up front, that looks like a pretty typical 1988-1998 Chevy pickup, right? In some sense it is because SCTA rules for the Production Pickup class in which...