Caption This Photo: Look at this Mess, What the Hell is Wrong With Dad?
May 15, 2012Brian Lohnes23
Last night I ventured out in Brutus the wrecker with the kids to a local cruise night. While it is just a big old lumbering tow truck, I still wanted it to look its best for the local dudes and...
Car Show Coverage: The 9th Annual Cruisin’ Back to the 50’s Car Show – Culver City, California
May 15, 2012Brian Lohnes1
The 9th Annual Cruisin’ Back to the 50’s Car Show that is hosted by George Barris in downtown Culver City blew away last year’s by far with record number of show entries and the...
RacingJunk Find: A Laid Out 1968 Impala Wagon That We Want Badly!
May 15, 2012Brian Lohnes4
We love wagons and we love big cars. Combine the two things and you’ve got a recipe for pure mechanical magic, which this 1968 Impala wagon is. Rolling around on some pretty big hoops and...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Colin Chapman
May 14, 2012Brian Lohnes4
This week we head across the pond to England for Gearhead Guys You Should Know. Colin Chapman was the founder of Lotus Cars and without question one of the most brilliant car guys of the 20th...
NEW SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Rocket Racing Wheels Joins the BangShift Family…Instantly our Prettiest Sponsor Yet
May 14, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on NEW SPONSOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Rocket Racing Wheels Joins the BangShift Family…Instantly our Prettiest Sponsor Yet
You’ve undoubtedly noticed that we’ve had a recent addition here at BangShift.com in the sponsor department. Their new ads are bitchin’, and the dog is pretty cool too, but...
eBay Find: A Bizarre and Wickedly Cool 1966 Ford Custom Cop Car – Did the Factory Really Put a 410ci Merc Engine in This Car?
May 14, 2012Brian Lohnes13
We have to thank BangShift reader Zombie289 for the tip on this really bizarre but totally cool 1966 Ford Custom. The seller claims that the car is an ex-Virginia state police cruiser and that it...
Barnstormin’: Squeezing a Fistful of Sand
May 14, 2012Brian Lohnes6
The last couple of weeks have been abnormally busy around eastern BangShift world HQ and for very sucky reasons. Four major league all stars in the world of hot rodding left this mortal coil and...
Watch Freiburger and Finnegan (and a pit bull) Swap the Motor in a 1969 El Camino in Summit Racing’s Parking Lot
May 14, 2012Brian Lohnes7
Freiburger and Finnegan are back with another episode of “Roadkill” their off-kilter adventure show where they do neat and humorous car stuff. Essentially we revel in their pain and...
Carroll Shelby, American Racing and Sports Car Titan is Dead
May 11, 2012Brian Lohnes16
News is just breaking that Carroll Shelby, one of the largest figures in American racing history and high performance American cars has died. We have heard for a couple of weeks that Shelby was in...
Question of the Day: What Brand or Model of Car Has the Most Rabidly Devoted (WEIRD) Owners?
May 11, 2012Brian Lohnes34
This question came to me when I was driving and a Corvette pulled up along side of me. Inside the car was a man wearing a Corvette hat, Corvette jacket, and he had adorned the car with both a...
Watch John Hall’s Massive and Scary Pro Mod Crash From NMRA Bradenton Earlier This Year
May 11, 2012Brian Lohnes1
Back in March, Pro Mod racer John Hall suffered a massive wreck during the NMRA race in Bradenton, Florida. Hall was there testing his nitrous Camaro in preparation for the then upcoming ADRL season...
Turbo LS Chevy Sleeper Van For Sale – Runs 12s and Looks Bone Stock
May 11, 2012Brian Lohnes6
BangShift contributing photographer Bob Chiluk tipped us off to the fact that the legendary Las Vegas based sleeper van is for sale. This is the full sized Chevy van you have seen eating up...
Watch Jim Oddy Fire Up the Blown 392 Hemi in The Actual Austin Gasser He Raced More Than 40 Years Ago!
May 11, 2012Brian Lohnes1
Some videos aren’t cool because of trick camera work, killer sound, or zooty stuff like that. Take this one for example. It shows drag racing legend Jim Oddy firing up the very Austin gasser he...
Caption This Photo: What is Larry Larson Saying to Steve Matusek?
May 11, 2012Brian Lohnes7
(Photo by Charles Wickam) – When I was at the ADRL event in Bristol, Tennessee I ran into Larry Larson in the pits and staging lanes a couple of times of the weekend. Larry was there working...












