Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
Genius Or Sacrilege? A 1969 Camaro Station Wagon!
Apr 09, 2013Brian Lohnes57
(Photo by Justin Oney) – The response to this custom built creation should be interesting. Chad is the resident 1969 Camaro obsessed patient here at the BangShift insane asylum and since he...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Do Anything Specific To Protect Your Car From Theft?
Apr 09, 2013Brian Lohnes23
(Photos by Scott Liggett) Yesterday we asked you if you had ever experienced the crappiness of a car theft. We refernced Jalopnik’s Jason Torchinsky who had his VW Beetle stolen in LA from...
BangShift Question of the Day: Have You Ever Had a Car Stolen?
Apr 08, 2013Brian Lohnes11
After Facebooking and Tweeting about Jalopnik’s Jason Torchinsky and his misfortune at having his VW Beetle stolen in LA, it made me lock the doors on all my junk at night. Sure it ain’t...
Caption This Photo: An Unfortunate And Highly Ironic Scene At BS Eastern World HQ
Apr 05, 2013Brian Lohnes7
(Photo by Kerri Lohnes) – This horrifying scene greeted my wife as she entered my son Tom’s room yesterday. It was both hilarious and totally ironic. Obviously, I am a freak for the sport...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Largest Engine You’ve Ever Hung Around With?
Apr 05, 2013Brian Lohnes10
When Chad posted the photo of the incredibly huge turbocharger the other day, it got me thinking about the biggest engine I have ever been around. That monster is show below. It is a 600hp powerplant...
Caption These Photos: We Found A Prius Hearse Prowling The Highways Of California
Apr 04, 2013Brian Lohnes15
If you’ve ever said that you wouldn’t be caught dead in Prius, make sure not to die in the Bakersfield, California area or else your last ride may actually be in one. I had forgotten...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have Any Cool Shop Art? (Otherwise known as neat stuff you won’t ditch but will never use)
Apr 04, 2013Brian Lohnes14
This cool little Stromberg WW carb came off of the Studebaker I technically still own but have neither the means or resources to do anything with currently. The carb is super cool looking and while I...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Ever Driven A Slow Car Fast?
Apr 03, 2013Brian Lohnes16
While the may sound like a dumb question on its face, lots of people are discovering the joy that is driving a slow car fast through racing like ChumpCar, The 24 Hours of Lemons, and it has been...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Multiple Turbos or One Big Blower?
Apr 02, 2013Chad Reynolds5
We just ran that Caption This Photo Blog Item that featured the giant turbo off of some cargo ship or something, and that made us think. We all know that the dude with a 14-71 blower is clearly...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Have You Ever Felt The VTEC Kick In?
Apr 01, 2013Brian Lohnes18
Few things in the modern automotive world of high performance cars are like feeling the “VTEC kick in”. I once saw video of Chad breaking out into alligator tears while experiencing a...
BangShift Question of the Day: Have You Ever Saved a Car or Truck From the Crusher?
Mar 30, 2013Brian Lohnes12
Hearing about old cars and trucks getting crushed always causes us to grit our teeth, but knowing one is headed for certain destruction and having the chance to save it is a totally different deal....
BangShift Question Of The Day: Where Do You Do Most Of Your Wrenching?
Mar 28, 2013Brian Lohnes17
As you are reading this, chances are that Chad and I are face deep into projects. In my case that means probably lying flat on my back in the driveway. In Chad’s case that may mean he’s...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Classic Or Modern? Which Is Your Favorite Kind Of Wheel?
Mar 26, 2013Chad Reynolds23
Almost a year ago Brian wrote a BangShift Question of the Day that asked “What’s The Coolest Wheel Ever?”. The results are what most of us would expect, and include all the...
Caption This Photo: Scott Liggett Tries To Get A Sneak Peek At Grumpy Jenkins’ Secrets!
Mar 25, 2013Brian Lohnes21
BangShift contributor Scott Liggett crushed his assignment of covering the 2013 Hot Rod Homecoming show at the Pomona Fairplex last weekend. We’ll be sharing photos and mini-features on cars...