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Buford T Justice Update: Headers, Cheap LS Technology, New Valvetrain Parts, More Compression, Fun!
Jan 30, 2013Brian Lohnes10
Our weekly Buford updates continue! When last we left you, Dana Hard and Jon Wall at Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts had just finished working on the 083 cylinder heads for the...
BangShift Test Drive: The 2013 Ford Raptor – We Drag It, ‘Wheel It, and Jump It!
Dec 24, 2012Brian Lohnes7
(Photos by Tom Phair, Kerri Lohnes, and the author) – The most commonly asked question we had during our time with the 2013 Ford SVT Raptor was, “Is that thing fun to drive?” The...
Ebay Find: Award Winning Super Double Bitchin’ Ford F-100 Pickup You Need
Dec 10, 2012Chad Reynolds7
Cowboy David Woods, of Winged Express fame, sent us an email the other day telling us that he is selling his super double bitchin’ 1954 Ford F-100 pickup. And it’s not just some standard...
BangShift Sponsors Kick Ass At Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
Nov 07, 2012Chad Reynolds2
Bret Voelkel took the Ridetech ’33 Ford to a 3rd Place Tie at the 2012 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational, and won the Speed Stop Challenge thanks to big Baer Brakes. Bret wasn’t...
Road Trippin’: Cruising A Vintage Impala To Northern California – Great Photos and Adventure!
Nov 07, 2012Brian Lohnes9
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – As I prepared for my semi annual trip to Northern California I got to thinking back to when I was a little kid taking road trips with my family. It seems...
Guest Blog: Broadway Bob Metzler Remembered By Bret Kepner – The Epic Stories Were All True
Aug 02, 2012Brian Lohnes6
(Editor’s note – We’re honored to have this guest submission from Bret Kepner that stands as the definitive chronicle of “Broadway” Bob Metzler’s life and career...
eBay Find: A Bitchin’ 1949 Mack Type 45 Fire Truck That Looks Good Enough to Road Trip Home (Slowly)
Jul 12, 2012Brian Lohnes4
Starting in the war years of the mid-1940s and right through the 1950s, if you lived in a small to mid-sized town in America you thought of a Mack Type 45 when someone mentioned the words “fire...
eBay Find: A 1960 Dodge Dart Seneca With a Turbocharged Slant Six and Four Speed Stick!
May 22, 2012Brian Lohnes5
In the realm of bitchin’ and unique Mopars, this 1960 Dodge Dart Seneca coupe stands all by itself on an island of awesome. We saw this eBay ad posted on Facebook by BangShift reader Eric and...
eBay Find: The Nicest 1981 Yenko Turbo-Z Camaro on Earth
May 09, 2012Brian Lohnes8
The 1981 Yenko Turbo-Z Camaro marks the final effort from muscle car legend Don Yenko to take a normal factory high performance car and elevate it to “super car” levels. Starting with...
BangShift New Car Review: The 2012 Buick Regal GS [w/video]
Apr 17, 2012Brian Lohnes8
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Buick fans, it’s time to tell your friends that “Going Fast with Class” is back! After seven days and seven hundred-plus miles behind the wheel of a 2012 Buick...
Historic Orange Crate 1932 Ford Sedan For Sale on RacingJunk
Mar 22, 2012Brian Lohnes4
One of the coolest race/show cars of the early 1960s was the “Orange Crate” 1932 Ford sedan, built by a couple of talented guys up in Oregon. Starting life as a race car and then morphing...
Ford Announces Base Pricing of 2013 GT500 – Shockingly Matches the Camaro ZL1
Mar 16, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Ford Announces Base Pricing of 2013 GT500 – Shockingly Matches the Camaro ZL1
Ford has released the base pricing for the 2013 Mustang GT500 and the 200+ mph, 650hp beast will available to the general public for the base price of $54,995. While that is not chump change,...
DRAG RACING INNOVATOR JIM LYTLE PASSES – INCREDIBLE ALLISON POWERED CREATIONS WILL LIVE FOREVER IN DRAG RACING LORE
Jan 08, 2012Brian Lohnes4
Jim Lytle, the creative genius behind the wild “Big Al” Allison powered 1934 Ford and the man who introduced drag racing to the one piece fiberglass body has died. Lytle passed in Hawaii,...
Mountain Motor: A Closer Look at the 1005ci – 2100hp Naturally Aspirated Monster From Sonny Leonard
Dec 09, 2011Brian Lohnes4
Of all the engines at the 2011 PRI show, none were spoken about more or with more wonderment than this one. This is a motor that Sonny Leonard Racing Engines calls, “The Godfather” and...