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2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Gallery: Wagons, Convertibles, Fords Mopars and Chevys!
Nov 30, 2018Brian Lohnes2
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I’m told in the track area of the fairgrounds several informal paddocks exist consisting of like vehicles. There’s a Mopar section, Torino Section,...
2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Photo Coverage: More Great Cars and Parts From This 40 Year Old Event
Nov 30, 2018Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – So I’m back to attempting some categorizing of photos. For this particular event it seemed to make the most sense because there was so much variety. ...
Strangely Elegant: This 1940 Ford Flower Car Is Unlike Any Other We Have Ever Seen
Nov 30, 2018Brian Lohnes4
If the LeSabre was weird verging on kind of bad, this 1940 Ford flower car is unique verging on amazing. Built by the Eureka Manufacturing Company of Illinois, this thing is so different because it...
The Cadillac Limo: The Final Look At It’s Disgraceful Magnificence Before It Hits The Track!
Nov 30, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Well, it’s been a minute since you’ve heard anything about the 1980 Cadillac Fleetwood Formal that I bought in the dead of night at the beginning of the year, and for good reason: not too...
Weirdness For Sale: Someone Once Built An Executive Limo Out Of A 1989 LeSabre T-Type And Only Put 1,500 Miles On It
Nov 30, 2018Brian Lohnes4
Somehow, Mike Stolfi who is a dedicated BangShifter found this insanely weird car listed for sale and immediately sent us the link. Like him, we believe that the comma is in the wrong place and like...
Sam Foose Has Died At Age 83 – Amazingly Talented Custom Car Builder and Father Of Chip Impacted Industry
Nov 29, 2018Brian Lohnes6
Earlier this week, Sam Foose, a very well known and respected custom car builder and the man who raised one of this generation’s true hot rodding super stars, Chip Foose passed away at 83 years...
Rare Air: This Unmolested Chevy 302 Cross-Ram Intake Is An Awesome And Pricey Part
Nov 29, 2018Brian Lohnes1
It’s not a stretch to say that the coolest parts that Detroit ever offered in the muscle car era, did not actually come factory installed on their cars. Take the legendary Chevy 302 Cross-Ram....
Cool New Product Video: The Aeromotive Phantom Apex Keeps You Fueled With Jet Siphon Technology
Nov 29, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool New Product Video: The Aeromotive Phantom Apex Keeps You Fueled With Jet Siphon Technology
We love the guys and girls at Aeromotive Fuel Systems because not only have they been a part of BangShift since the day we opened the doors a decade ago, they have been innovating every days as well....
2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Photo Coverage: Sweet Cars And LOTS Of Great Parts!
Nov 28, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on 2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Photo Coverage: Sweet Cars And LOTS Of Great Parts!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’d always been told the Pumpkin Run was large and that we ‘had’ to go. This event is held at the Clermont County Fairgrounds in Owensville,...
Ride Swap: Jimmie Johnson Hopped In Fernando Alonso’s F1 Car and Alonoso Hopped Into Johnson’s Stock Car In Bahrain!
Nov 28, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Ride Swap: Jimmie Johnson Hopped In Fernando Alonso’s F1 Car and Alonoso Hopped Into Johnson’s Stock Car In Bahrain!
It is always cool when racers swap cars and have some fun. Inevitably it is done because of a sponsor connection or some overriding media concern but the fun still exists and the whole thing can be...
It’s Ford vs Plymouth vs Chevrolet In This 1966 Station Wagon Showdown – Narration By Lorne Green
Nov 28, 2018Brian Lohnes4
Remember the good old days when car companies actually made cars? We live in an era now when seemingly every week we see news that car companies are discontinuing the production of, well, cars. Back...
Grand Theft Auto: You Can Still Get Into A Trans Am GTA Like This One Without Breaking The Bank!
Nov 28, 2018Bryan McTaggart5
Third-gen F-bodies often get typecasted as the ultimate mullet-mobile, but really, that is kind of an undeserved reputation. First off, the real mullet cars were the rubber-bumper second-generations....
Fox vs Trans-Maro Spectator Drags Mayhem: Getting Crazy And Bent Up At Beech Ridge Speedway
Nov 28, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Fox vs Trans-Maro Spectator Drags Mayhem: Getting Crazy And Bent Up At Beech Ridge Speedway
We have highlighted awesome spectator drags action from Beech Ridge Speedway in Maine for a few years now. The Carbon Videos channel is on top of all the action at that place and there are usually...
Car Show Coverage: The Deputy Jamie Morales Benefit Car Show Brought Cool Iron Our For A Great Cause
Nov 27, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Car Show Coverage: The Deputy Jamie Morales Benefit Car Show Brought Cool Iron Our For A Great Cause
(Photos and words by Doug Gregory) – Deputy Jaime Morales is a former Marine that was working with US Marshalls and other agencies to apprehend a fugitive wanted in a string of bank...