Category Archive: BangShift News
Chrysler Thanks America…And Gets Roasted For It
Following President Bush’s agreement to loan money to the automakers, Chrysler posted this ad in newspapers starting just before Christmas. It seems that the “thank you” struck many...
Gearhead Destination: The Pomona Swap Meet
Around SoCal we take the Pomona Swap Meet pretty much for granted, even if we do have to hear that it’s “The West Coast’s Largest” in every radio spot. Thing is, it’s...
Video of the Week: Hell Drivers
Our first video for the New Year is an awesome two-part epic featuring the Hell Drivers at the ’64-’65 New York World’s Fair. The Hell Drivers thrill show had been around since the...
Fryblogger: My Very First Magazine Credit
A couple weeks ago, our Cool Old Press Photo featured a Jeep Forward-Control pickup, and in the process of bench racing about it, I introduced forum members to the site, FCConnection.com. In surfing...
The Violation Game: Phantom Donk
You thought we couldn’t top last week’s Violator, right? Wrong-o amigo! Witness the Phantom Donk, a ’72 Caprice convertible that’s been treated to…well, you can see how...
Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Chaparral 2J Sucker Car
The Chaparral 2J is one of those cars that raises an interesting question. Can a race car be considered a failure if it works too well? Read this story of a wildly innovative car and decide for...
Book Review: The Design and Tuning of Competition Engines
OK kids, step away from the coffee table as this book does not come anywhere close to that casual of a genre. Nope, this is a stout recommendation to the hardest of the hardcore engine tech guys out...
Freiburger’s Pic of the Week: Juvenile Mayhem at the Car Craft Shop
Here’s an example of the stupid fun that we used to have at Car Craft magazine. This was shot in 2002 at the magazine’s shop in Gardena, California. At the far right is a ’92 Z28...
Barnstormin’: A Day With the Vermont Junkyard Guy
As many of you know, the title of my weekly column here at FJY.com was also slated to be the title of a recurring show on the old CJTV site. We got one episode out before the end came. There was a...
More ’60s Airport Stretchers
In response to the item we had last week with the ’62 Dodge airport limo, Mike Artman at Namtra Media (our web development guys) came up with this cool shot of some ’63 Pontiac Catalina...
A NASCAR Tucker?
Yeah, as insane as it sounds, someone raced a Tucker in a NASCAR race back in 1950. We were alerted to this posting over at Hemmings and just had to share it. The story of the Tucker of course was...
eBay Pick of the Week: Genuine Vintage Anglia Gasser
Man, I’m just a total sucker for stuff like this. I went nuts when I found this real, nearly unmolested example of an Anglia Gasser fresh from the Feb. ’66 issue of Hot Rod magazine, but...
New Carburetor from QFT
Quick Fuel Technology has just announced that in a few months it will offer another new carb, this one clearly a variant of the Holley 4500 Dominator platform but created in aluminum with all-new...
Monday Time Killer: L.A. Library Photo Database
It seems as though many car guys are also into history, both of the gearhead hobby and beyond. If that describes you, then you’ll end up wasting lots of hours here at the Los Angeles Public...