Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Old School Gallery: Vintage Gearhead Ads from the Late 1960s
We went trolling through the BangShift archive over the weekend and snagged a couple late 1960s copies of Car Life and Motor Trend Magazine. In those mags were some fantastic old ads for everything...
Fender Banging Video: Full Contact Road Racing From the British Touring Car Championship Series – 1992
While there is no denying that we love our drag racing here at BangShift, we have road racing in our past and still carry an affinity for that type of racing. We were tipped off to this five minutes...
Big Bore Dyno Music – Small Block V8s, Ferrari V12, and A Maserati Inline Six A Savannah Race Engineering
Yesterday we brought you the screams of small inch, four cylinder engines cranking away on the dyno at Savannah Race Engineering so today we’re bringing you some deeper tones and larger...
Pulling Action Gallery: Diesel Tractors, Mini Mods, And Two Wheel Drive Trucks From The NTPA Clinton County Pull
(Photos by David Whealon) – For starters we have to thank ECTA’s official photographer David Whealon for allowing us to use these awesome action photos that he blasted at the recent NTPA...
There’s An Auction Containing Lots Of Sweet Old Iron In KC, Missouri TODAY! Here’s Photos And Info!
We’re late to the game on this, but if you are in the Kansas City, Missouri area today and you want to buy some vintage cool stuff for what should probably be short money, you need to hit the...
Take A (Literally) 15-Second Survey From Jiffy-Tite Motorsports And Enter To Win Free Stuff! (If This Takes Longer Than 15 Seconds You’re Doing It Wrong)
Jiffy-Tite Motorsports makes the best fittings in the world for your hot rod or race car because they are super easy to use, they don’t leak, and they can make jobs like carb and transmission...
This 1985 Chevy C30 Hauler Has A Four-Speed, A Big Block, And Cheesy 1980s Graphics – In Other Words, Perfection
Hey, I dig the Roadkill hauler as much as the next guy but it does not have these sweet graphics or a four speed, so this one is better, right? The truck is insanely clean and would be the perfect...
Watch This Awesome Dodge Power Wagon Mega-Truck Successfully Complete A Back Flip – Awesome Clip
A few days ago we showed you what happened when a huge truck tried to perform a backflip and instead the entire front suspension fell out of the truck in violent and spectacular fashion. Today we...
Ride Along With Jerry Hoffmann On A 202mph Pass! He Earns A Spot In The ECTA 200mph Club On This Run
I have become seriously enamored with the world of land speed racing over the last few years and the reasons are many. The racers I have interacted have been amazing people, the cars and motorcycles...
Tiny Town, Huge Car Show – Photos From St Paul, Nebraska Where Hot Rodders Invaded The Town With Awesome Iron
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – The tiny town of St. Paul, Nebraska hosts a yearly car show that brings out hundreds of cars from all around the great plains. Part of the Grover...
SCCA To Invite Muscle Cars To Compete At Tire Rack Pro Solo Finale – Classic American Muscle Class On The National Stage
We got an email from Dave Dusterberg who is an SCCA Regional Executive working in the Indiana region and a guy who was one of the driving forces in the creation of the SCCA Classic American Muscle...
This Awesome Video Gives A Great Look At The History Of The Unimog From The 1940s Until Today – Unstoppable From Beginning To End
It isn’t too much of a stretch to say that the Unimog can be considered the most versatile four wheel drive truck in the world. There are a couple available versions of the truck. One of them...
Edelbrock Now Shipping Small Block Chevy E-Force Supercharger Systems – Bolt One On, Make Big Power!
Edelbrock has a bona-fide hit on their hands with the E-Force supercharger line. The company has put a lot of resources into developing the components and installation kits that allow car owners to...
This 1943 Ford GTB “Burma Jeep” Is Totally Awesome And For Sale On eBay – Interesting Mule Of A Truck
When most people stumble upon something like the 1943 Ford GTB “Burma Jeep” you see in the lead photo, they look for a second and them move on. Not this guy, I freak out and then quietly...