Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
Ebay Find: A Thiokol Model 1300 Swamp Cat Amphibious Tracked Recovery Vehicle
This thing will drive on land, snow, ice, water, you name it. And at this very moment Brian is literally oozing all over his Lazy Boy while checking it out. The fact that it says it is ONLY available...
Event Photos: Goodguys Columbus PPG Nationals 2013. Street Machines, Muscle Cars, And More
Last year’s Goodguys PPG Nationals in Columbus were miserable. I mean horrible. We’re talking 108 degree temps and 85% humidity. It sucked out loud. This year kicked ass. With temps in...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Highway Patrol” by Junior Brown (1993)
Junior Brown, guitar player extraordinaire, inventor of the “Guit-Steel”, and one time house band of the famed hot rod hangout Continental Club in Austin, does it up right with this one....
EBAY Find: NHRA Top Fuel Dragster For Only $19,000! You Can Own The Yankees Top Fueler!
That’s right folks, this is the Mike Dunn driven, Darrell Gwynn owned, New York Yankees Top Fuel Dragster. And it’s yours for only $19,000! This one is the show car that was on display at...
Video: MAVTV’s “Won And Done” Preview Is Street Racing At Heart
When Rich Christensen came up with the original Pinks and then Pinks All Out, the show was a huge huge hit where tons of folks showed up to race and watch. Rich’s latest creation, “Won...
Galleries: More Haddick’s Hot Rod and Classic Car Show Photos From Southern California
Weather in the 90 degree range, beautiful blue skies, and hot rods galore made for a great day in the City of Industry at the Haddick’s Hot Rod and Classic Car Show this past weekend. Here...
Ebay Find: Camaro Rolling Chassis (CRC) #6 For Sale! Rolling Special Order COPO
Right now on eBay, there is a car for sale that I don’t think most people thought would ever come up on the block. Some of you will remember that back in April Chevrolet Performance made a...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Cars” Nine Inch Nails Featuring Gary Numan (2009)
Gary Numan sang the original “Cars” song which was released in 1979 and quickly became the “new wave” music hit that started off the ’80’s. It’s a song we...
Ebay Counterstrike: Ron Capps 1997 Rookie Of The Year NHRA Nitro Funny Car Body!
Brian put up the Kenny Bernstein Ford Tempo Funny Car body that he found on Ebay last night, and it doesn’t come close to being as cool as this 1997 Ron Capps “Rookie of the Year”...
Photos: The Haddick’s Car Show 2013 Kicked Even More Ass Than Last Year!
No matter what kind of car you are into, we probably have it in this gallery from the Haddick’s Car Show in the City of Industry here in So Cal. We hit the show early afternoon on Saturday, and...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Was Your First Automotive Event, And How Old Were You?
For some reason, the past few weekends have been huge car show and racing weekends for us, from a kid perspective. We were at Perris Speedway for Sprint Car races on the 4th of July, at the...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Flamin’ Eddie’s Dragstrip” The Insect Surfers LIVE (2011)
Anthony Castillo strikes again with this awesome instrumental titled “Flamin’ Eddie’s Dragstrip”. The video is cool cause it was shot at the Purple Orchid in El Segundo,...
Video: Chevrolet Presents “Get Going”, A 1936 Explanation Of Acceleration
It’s physics ladies and gentleman, regardless of the year. More power makes acceleration better. This is hot rodding 101. This cool video from Chevrolet talks all about the battle between...
Video: Chevrolet Presents “Hydraulics” The 1936 Auto Mechanics Film On Brake Systems
Starting with the amazing scenery of Niagra falls, this video then goes into the explanation of how fluids work and specifically how hydraulic systems function. Because this is produced by Chevrolet,...