Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Hot Rod Or Racing Stuff Are You Doing This Weekend?
It’s FRIDAY!!!!!! And that means it’s time for the weekend to get started. Don’t worry, we won’t tell your boss. Officially summer doesn’t start until June 21st, but the...
Video: Car Jumps Through Travel Trailer At Speed. Makes It And Drives Away!
There is no good reason for any of this to have happened other than it looks like great fun. In fact, the car they use look perfectly nice. I often wonder how much drinking or smoking has to be done...
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Tune in right here tonight at 6pm Pacific/9 pm Eastern for PowerShift LIVE with Chad and Brian where we are going to talk about the new Camaro Hot Wheels Edition, Magnante’s Bad Seed, NASCAR,...
Video: A Mini Cooper Does A HUGE Backflip In The Snow. This Rules, We Want To Try It!
Guerlain Chicherit is a certifiable bad ass. He’s a pro skier, rally driver, and more, plus he’s the dude driving this mini while it’s flipping over backwards. Watch the video,...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Magic Bus” By The Who (1968)
Check this one out. As a kid, I grew up listening to The Who, The Beach Boys, and The Rolling Stones. Those were my Dad’s favorites. In fact, I saw each of them in concert at least once before...
Ebay Find: A Vintage 1954 Anderson Travel Trailer That We Would Love To Own
Vintage travel trailers and motorhomes rule, and we are always lusting for some project online, just like we do for hot rods. Well, this is one of the nicest travel trailers we have ever seen....
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Roadtrip Plans Do You Have For This Summer?
As the start of Power Tour approaches, we know that all you Forum Freaks will be out in force at Hot Rod’s annual pilgrimage of horsepower, but what about the rest of you? Are you going to do...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Uneasy Rider ’73” Charlie Daniels – The Audio Version Of The Dukes Or Bandit
There are two “Uneasy Rider” songs, but this is the first and was recorded in 1973. The second is like Part II to this one, but in this one Charlie Daniel’s amazing story telling...
VIDEO: Legend Kent Fuller’s “Last Car” Streamliner Fully Funded! Bonneville Here We Come?
Kent Fuller is a living legend in the world of chassis fabrication. He’s built hundreds of chassis, including those that have taken the legendary drivers of the sport on to championships....
Video: The Colorado Hill Climb Association “Best Of” Video From Temple Canyon
We have always wanted to run a hill climb event because, like Bonneville, there is always such a fun mix of cars. In this video you are going to see it all. Buggies, sprints, sedans, crazy winged...
Gallery: A High Desert Mecca For The Cool And Strange, Where Everything Is For Sale!
We’ve passed this joint so many times on our way to and from Willow Springs or LACR, and it’s always to early or too late to stop and check it out. But last week we had just enough time...
Would You Drive It?: A Rambler With A Supra Heart. A Transplant Nobody Would See Coming!
This past week we were driving through Palmdale, former home of LACR, and came across Bad Ass Ridez, where lots of cool and crazy cars are for sale. This one is probably the strangest thing we saw on...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Stroker Ace” by The Charlie Daniels Band Plus Movie Footage
Stroker Ace, starring Burt Reynolds was not some serious race piece by a lot, but did predate Days of Thunder by 7 years. And Loni Anderson was in it, and at the time was a hot young newbie to the...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “The Star-Spangled Banner” Boston Bruins Edition
The song itself is the same as always. The way it is sung however defies description. If this one doesn’t choke you up and make you proud to be a human, I don’t know what will. This is a...