The 2020 Porsche 911 Turbo and Turbo S Are German Strongmen Who Continue To Adapt To The Times
Mar 05, 2020Brian Lohnes4
(Words by Tom Lohnes – Photos by the Manufacturer) –The Porsche 911 Turbo is an icon of the 80’s. Its turbocharged flat six-cylinder was a very potent engine at the time of its...
A Master At Work: Watch Jim Kramer Race Bigfoot, Sled Pull Bigfoot, and Then Climb The Truck Like A Jungle Gym While It Moves!
Mar 05, 2020Brian Lohnes2
This right here is what a rock star looks like. You are going to watch Jim Kramer attack a car crushing course, pull a sled, and the do something we have never seen anyone else do before. Kramer is...
The Warm One: This 1975 Pontiac Ventura SJ Sprint Was About As Good As It Got In 1975 – Neat Car, Strong Money
Mar 05, 2020Brian Lohnes12
We often talk about the “performance” cars of the 1970s and kind of mock them for what they were. The thing is that some of them were actually pretty decent cars and while they were not...
Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: The Muscle Car Era Hotness From The Show – The Machines We All Love!
Mar 05, 2020Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The first muscle car era is next and that has become the most-plentiful group at most open events. The Hullabaloo had been more of a traditional meet...
Rough Start: 1978 Ford Fairmont Box Top – It’s Done, Just Buy The Damn Thing!
Mar 05, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Five thousand dollars all-in doesn’t stretch as far as many of us would like it to. Things add up. Tires, for example, will take a humongous bite out of that budget if you have to throw down...
Cars Are What You Make Them: This Video About A Woman And The Toyota Previa Van She Loves Is Awesome
Mar 05, 2020Brian Lohnes4
Niki Byrne is an up and coming screenwriter and director and someone who loves cars. In particular, she loves a 1991 Toyota Previa van that has been in her family since it was brand new. Now with...
BangShift Question Of The Day: When Did You Last Teach Yourself A New Driving Technique?
Mar 05, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on BangShift Question Of The Day: When Did You Last Teach Yourself A New Driving Technique?
Nobody was home. Our nearest neighbor wasn’t home. Even my pain-in-the-ass tattletale of a brother wasn’t home yet. And the yard was pretty much loose turned dirt with a bit of moisture...
Awesome Video: Check Out This Video Featuring The Options Chevrolet Offered In The Early 1970s
Mar 05, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Video: Check Out This Video Featuring The Options Chevrolet Offered In The Early 1970s
From Posi-Traction to Four Season air conditioning, to the Comfortron climate control, the names and offerings of Chevrolet options in the early 1970s were wide-ranging and well named. This video is...
John Force Racing Joins Team MAHLE: Celvite Bearings and MAHLE Rings Will Be In Every JFR Engine
Mar 05, 2020Brian Lohnes1
If there is a more harsh environment for a company to have their hard working products in than the guts of a nitro burning top fuel or funny car engine, we’d love to know what it is. The great...
Speedy Delivery: A Jeep DJ-5 That’s Been Hybridized With A Grand Cherokee
Mar 05, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Speedy Delivery: A Jeep DJ-5 That’s Been Hybridized With A Grand Cherokee
One of the happiest memories I have is being a little kid, running outside to greet the mailman. At the time, I was living with m grandparents, who were getting on in years and were finally starting...
Awesome LSR Video: Don Vesco 1975 Quest For 300mph With Ken Squier and Dave Despain – So Cool!
Mar 05, 2020Brian Lohnes2
We love old land speed racing videos because they are normally really good. This 1975 profile of Don Vesco and his Silver Bird streamlined motorcycle is even better than that because both Ken Squier...
Video: Can You JB Weld A Briggs and Stratton Connecting Rod Back Together Again And Run It Successfully?
Mar 05, 2020Brian Lohnes3
Thanks to Matt Cramer we have a definitive answer to one of life’s great questions. Can someone actually use the miracle product known as JB Weld to stick a connecting rod back together? In...
Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: A Collection Of Images Concentrating (Mainly) Of The Iron Of The 1950s!
Mar 04, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: A Collection Of Images Concentrating (Mainly) Of The Iron Of The 1950s!
(Photos and words by Doug Gregory) – This group is dominated by 50s stuff and of that the Tri-5s are the most-plentiful, but it’s not limited to that era. With a few exceptions this stuff...
2020 Lone Star Throwdown: The Grand Finale Of Our Truckin’ Awesome Photo Coverage Here!
Mar 04, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on 2020 Lone Star Throwdown: The Grand Finale Of Our Truckin’ Awesome Photo Coverage Here!
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’ve covered a show or two here at BangShift, thousands actually and when we see images like we have seen from the lens of Mike Brooks all this week and last...












