Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
Event Coverage: Long Beach Swap Meet July 2010
The Long Beach Swap Meet is always a must attend affair here in Southern California, and this month cool temps and overcast skies meant the swap meet was nice and comfy while cruising the aisles for...
Video: We get Terminal Velocity Jet Car running 202 in the 1/8th
While we were at the Mooneyes Summer Car show, we had the chance to shoot video of the Terminal Velocity Jet Dragster running down Irwindale’s 1/8 mile dragstrip. It ran 3.96 at 202 in the...
Event Coverage: Mooneyes Christmas Show in July
It’s not often that Christmas comes in July, but in 2010 that is exactly what happened. The reason is because the Mooneyes Christmas Show 2009 got rained out like a mother. So, Mooneyes decided...
Video: Hot Rod Magazine Hacks a Vette…And We Get to Help!
It’s not often that a story comes along in a magazine or online that really touches people. But when Hot Rod decided to tear up a perfectly good Cadillac, in the February 1987 issue of Hot Rod...
We attend FAST XFI Fuel Injection Training
We were recently invited to participate in a FAST XFI Fuel Injection Training class at Westech Performance Group. Our class was held at Westech Performance Group, the Unofficial Official Dyno Shop of...
It’s the Van Man!!!
Our pal Jon Clark is a freak. And we mean that in the best way possible. He’s a connoisseur of great BBQ, great hats, and cool rides and happens to hang out with the guys from Cherry Bomb quite...
Bitchin Roadtrip: Coast to Coast in a $1000 Beater
When our boy Chris (65longroof on the BangShift.com forums) told us about a killer website featuring cars for sale that are all under $1000, we were intrigued. Hell, we like cheap junk, just look at...
Event Coverage: NHRA Motorsports Museum Twilight Cruise
Southern California residents are pretty lucky because they have tons on cruise nights and hot rod events to attend all year long. One of the must attend shows is the first Wednesday Twilight...
Event Coverage: Saturday Action from GoodGuys Des Moine 2010
Record numbers of participants and spectators filled the Iowa State Fairgrounds for this weekend’s GoodGuys Heartland Nationals in Des Moines Iowa, and we’ve got photos to prove it....
Event Coverage: 19th Good Guys Heartland Nationals Des Moines
With over 3000 cars showing up for Friday of the Good Guys 19th Heartland Nationals, and amazing 85 degree weather, we can’t wait to see what Saturday will bring. Our first impression of the...
Dave McClelland joins the Wally Parks Museum Board
The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsport Museum is one of the coolest must see hot rodding spots in the country, and now Dave McClelland and Tom McKernan, CEO of Automobile Club of Southern California, are...
Video: Ridetech brings us Power Tour, Autocross, and the Midwest Muscle Car Challenge
Our boys at Ridetech not only build the coolest suspension systems on the planet, they also make some cool videos while on the road promoting their products and hanging out with hot rodders. Three of...
300 Photos from the 2010 LA Roadsters fathers Day Show
It was a big weekend for retro events! In the East there was the National Hot Rod Reunion, and our West was the 46th Annual L.A. Roadsters Fathers Day show at Fairplex in Pomona, California. The L.A....