Sleeper Video: An Aussie Wagon That Runs 10s And Looks Like It Belongs At A Nursing Home Parking Lot
Aug 16, 2014Brian Lohnes2
This could be the quietest 10-second car in the world and that’s the way we like them, especially when they look like something an elderly woman would be driving. This old 1990s era Nissan...
Video: Watch A Pissed Off Blown 540ci Chevy Make A Pull On The Scariest Looking “Dyno” Ever
Aug 16, 2014Brian Lohnes5
We’ve been around a few engine dynos in our life and frankly NONE of them have looked or acted like the “dyno” in this video. Frankly, we’re thinking that this is more along...
Unhinged: Do You Want Lincoln To Die? Because This Is How Lincoln Will Die.
Aug 16, 2014Bryan McTaggart9
Lincoln has been on the verge of death for years, it’s no secret. The Navigator and fleet sales of the Town Car kept things afloat, but when the Town Car got axed a couple of years back,...
Glorious Noise: This Demon Screams Like One
Aug 16, 2014Bryan McTaggart1
The Dodge Demon…for something that in reality was nothing more than a Dart coupe, this car pissed off a lot of people. A Duster wearing a Dart nose, these cars were immediately targeted by...
Pep Boys Offers New Gearhead Themed Shirts and Hats – Looks Respectable For Once In Your Life!
Aug 16, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Pep Boys Offers New Gearhead Themed Shirts and Hats – Looks Respectable For Once In Your Life!
When you walk into your local Pep Boys store you are typically in one of two modes. Mode one is that you are buying parts for a job you are going to complete the next day. Mode two is that you are in...
Watch As A Driver Spins The Only Remaining Car From The First Ever Grand Prix
Aug 16, 2014Bryan McTaggart4
When you get the privilege of taking out the only remaining car from the world’s first Gran Prix, what would you do? Not drive it at all for fear of wrecking the temperamental beast? Putt...
Question Of The Day: Is This G-body Monte Carlo SS Worth Nearly $13K?
Aug 16, 2014Bryan McTaggart12
Nutting isn’t the only G-body freak here at BangShift…the first car I got to drive around in public…legally, anyways…that was my own was a T-top equipped 1987 Monte Carlo SS....
Classic Rally Greatness: Watch A Mini And A Classic Escort Get Put Through The Paces
Aug 16, 2014Bryan McTaggart1
This is sweet footage from the Ford Archives. Called the Gems Rally Legends, this is a clip from a DVD made from three different films from the 1960’s-early 1970’s that shows the cars in...
Dyno Video: Watch A 428ci, NASCAR Race Block Based Chrysler Wedge Engine Scream Out 712 HP Naturally Aspirated!
Aug 16, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Dyno Video: Watch A 428ci, NASCAR Race Block Based Chrysler Wedge Engine Scream Out 712 HP Naturally Aspirated!
It has been way too long since we featued a hot Chrysler wedge engine making a dyno pull on the blog. To right this wrong, we bring you the footage below which is of a nasty little bastard of an...
No, That’s Not Suspicious: Bad Thief Drags Safe Behind Town Car In Front Of Cops
Aug 16, 2014Bryan McTaggart2
This week’s “Dumbest Criminals” award goes to 22-year-old Ryan Mullins. Mullins, from Swansboro, North Carolina, was spotted August 14, 2014 by police as he was using a Lincoln Town...
New York’s Lancaster Dragway/Speedway Is For Sale – 77 Acres Outside Of Buffalo, NY
Aug 16, 2014Brian Lohnes5
Now’s your chance if you have always wanted to get into the racing business. Not only is it a chance to go into the drag racing business but it is also a chance to go into the circle track...
You Know You Want This: 1/2 Scale Plymouth Superbird
Aug 16, 2014Bryan McTaggart9
How cool is this? This 1/2 scale Plymouth Superbird is something Brian, Chad and I Lohnes’ kids would love. The body is a fiberglass piece and it’s powered by a 8hp Briggs and Stratton...
Redneck Rocket Video: Watch A Massive Swamp Buggy, Equipped With A 632ci V8 Yank The Front Wheels On Pavement!
Aug 16, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Redneck Rocket Video: Watch A Massive Swamp Buggy, Equipped With A 632ci V8 Yank The Front Wheels On Pavement!
Its Saturday here in the BangShift newsroom, know what that means? Typically it means that we wake up surrounded by spent beer cans, old pizza boxes, and using a breaker bar as a pillow under one of...
Cynthiana Rod Run Coverage: It Looks Like Every Hot Rod In Kentucky Was There
Aug 15, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Cynthiana Rod Run Coverage: It Looks Like Every Hot Rod In Kentucky Was There
(Words and Photos by Doug Gregory) – This was the Third Annual Rod Run in Cynthiana and proved this is an event growing in popularity and participation. Some estimates claimed 1,000 cars,...












