Category Archive: 1320 Online Find, Apex Online Find, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, eBay Find, ENGINE, Tech Stories
Insane Pontiac Find: These Unused Ram Air IV Heads Come With A Custom, One-Off, Never Run Hilborn Injection System
Mar 23, 2020Brian Lohnes3
It continues to blow us away when stuff like this bubbles up on the internet and it happens every freaking week. You are looking at a set of unused Ram Air IV heads and a never used one-off,...
Craigslist Find: This 1986 Contempo Cantara Is Just Weird Enough To Be Interesting…Or Is It?
Mar 20, 2020Brian Lohnes3
(By Tom Lohnes) – I usually write about new cars coming out and them being groundbreaking in performance and technology. This one however, is not new or groundbreaking in any way at all....
Project Perfection: This 1963 Chevy II Is A Survivor With Its OG Inline Six – It Is Begging To Be Hot Rodded 60s Style
Mar 17, 2020Brian Lohnes23
Some of you are really going to hate me for this but the car you see in the photos below and in the linked eBay ad is just absolutely begging to be built into a period 1960s hot rod. Why would you...
Rough and Ready: This 1970 Datsun 510 Has Been A Racer For 20 Years And It Is A Turn Key Ticket To Big Fun!
Mar 16, 2020Brian Lohnes2
When it comes to cool “small” cars, my list is pretty short. The Datsun 510 examples that raced in the Trans Am under 2.5L class are pretty much top of the sheet for me and that’s...
Cheap N’ Ugly: This 1978 Olds Starfire Has A Factory V8, Little To No Rot, and Project Potential!
Mar 12, 2020Brian Lohnes14
I am not a gambler. Never really have been into throwing money at a table or a slot machine. Just not my thing. Now, with cars? Different program. There are few sure bets out there in any realm at...
The Wagon Master: This 1953 Buick Special Estate Has A 322 Nailhead, Flawless Paint, and A Limited Number Of Copies
Mar 09, 2020Brian Lohnes4
There are times when we need to be told that a car is classy. Times when we need to be reminded that something is a cut above the rest. Well, when it comes to a machine like this 1953 Buick Special...
eBay: This Vintage S.C.O.T Blower Is In Mind Condition, Comes With The Intake, and Is Ready To Boost Your Flathead Now!
Feb 27, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay: This Vintage S.C.O.T Blower Is In Mind Condition, Comes With The Intake, and Is Ready To Boost Your Flathead Now!
We often (incorrectly) pin the use of Detroit Diesel blowers on hot rod engines as the real start of supercharging for the young hot rodders around the country. For the wealthier among them there...
The Czinger 21C Is By Far The Most Mental Hypercar The World Has Ever Seen And It’s From Right Here In America
Feb 26, 2020Brian Lohnes3
(Words by Tom Lohnes – photos by the manufacturer) – Meet the All-New, All-American Hypercar with the most power-dense production engine in the world. This is the 21C, A $1.7...
Found: This 1948 Packard Hearse Is Large, Lovely, and A Blank Slate For Building A Hot Rod, A Hauler, or Whatever You Want!
Feb 17, 2020Brian Lohnes8
There are certain vehicles that just kind of have the ability to be anything and pull it off. This 1948 Packard hearse is one of those vehicles in our estimation. Right off the bat we can think of...
Is This The Nicest 1976 Chevelle In America? The Interior Is Plush, The Paint Is Nice, and The Engine Is Fresh
Feb 05, 2020Brian Lohnes3
This is a really, really nice car. At least by our estimation it is. We get caught up like everyone else in being obsessed with the flashy and high foot builds that some of the great shops in the...
This 1940s Midget Racer Has An Empty Flathead Engine And Stories For Days
Jan 29, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Midget racing in the 1940s was one of the biggest automotive attractions in the country. Midgets races everywhere you and on every surface you can think of. Indoors, outdoors, on dirt tracks, on road...
There’s A Dick Landy VW Supercharger Kit For Sale On eBay Right Now – It Might Be The Last Brand New One On Earth
Jan 21, 2020Brian Lohnes4
It’s sometimes tough to think that there can ever be a “last” or “only” of anything related to cars, right? Someone ALWAYS has something stored, saved, hidden, or...
The Speculator: This 1973 Olds Omega Is For Sale, The Asking Price Is Optimistic, The Information Is Hopeful
Jan 21, 2020Brian Lohnes11
We actually kind of dig this guy’s angle. If we were in the position to be selling a brown-ish 1973 Olds Omega with a decent number of options we’d be pulling out all the stops as well....
Green Monster: This LMR Prototype Has A 500hp Turbocharged Hyabusa Engine And An Amazingly Cheap Selling Price
Jan 14, 2020Brian Lohnes5
We’re calling it right now, this is the best bang for the buck car for sale on eBay right now. Why? It’s a track car but it can also be made street legal if you feel the need to cruise it...