Power Tour Prep: The Definitive Road Trip Kit
May 25, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Power Tour Prep: The Definitive Road Trip Kit
With the Hot Rod Power Tour looming just around the corner and a bunch of dedicated BangShift.com readers and forum members preparing their junk for the long haul, we thought now would be the perfect...
Video: Gary and Pam Beineke’s K&K Insurance 1971 Daytona Clone Flying at Maxton
May 25, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Gary and Pam Beineke’s K&K Insurance 1971 Daytona Clone Flying at Maxton
Bobby Issac and Harry Hyde famously bombarded the Bonneville Salt Flats with a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona stock car in September of 1971. Chrysler had chopped its racing budget and the wing car was...
LIFE Gallery: Bizarro Automotive Concepts From the Past
May 25, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on LIFE Gallery: Bizarro Automotive Concepts From the Past
People have been trying, since the inception of the automobile, to design a better automobile. Since we’re all still pretty much rolling around in glorified versions of the Model T, most of the...
The World’s Fastest Motorcycle is For Sale
May 25, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on The World’s Fastest Motorcycle is For Sale
The BUB Seven Streamliner is the world’s fastest motorcycle. It gained that title by hauling nearly 400 mph of ass at Bonneville in 2009 during a FIM and AMA sanctioned motorcycle land speed...
Event Gallery: Eagle Field Fresno Dragways Reunion
May 25, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: Eagle Field Fresno Dragways Reunion
We missed a truly kick-ass event last weekend at Eagle Field in Firebaugh, California. Luckily, BangShift.com reader Jim Becker was on hand and brought his camera. He took some great shots of the...
Event Gallery: The 2010 Editors’ Challenge from Goodguys Orange County Get Together
May 24, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The 2010 Editors’ Challenge from Goodguys Orange County Get Together
Earlier this month at the Goodguys Orange County Get-Together (click here to see the BangShift.com show gallery), the organization hosted its annual Editors’ Challenge autocross. Our own Chad...
Cruise Gallery: The Kemah Kruise in Kemah, Texas
May 24, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Cruise Gallery: The Kemah Kruise in Kemah, Texas
We’re bringing the gallery thunder today, and that’s because we have a kick-ass network of contributing photographers out there across the country delivering the goods. This collection of...
Vintage Ad: Car Prices that will make you laugh and cry
May 24, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Ad: Car Prices that will make you laugh and cry
We were forwarded this awesome vintage advertisement for Best Chevrolet, a dealership that is still very much in business located in Hingham, Massachusetts. According to Jon Sandahl, the guy who sent...
Event Gallery: The 5th Annual Goodguys Nashville Nationals
May 24, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The 5th Annual Goodguys Nashville Nationals
Chad Reynolds, the bearded half of the BangShift.com brotherhood, was at the 5th Annual Goodguys Nashville Nationals, a massive car show held at LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans football team....
Barnstormin’: It’s All Fun and Games Until…Smash!
May 24, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Barnstormin’: It’s All Fun and Games Until…Smash!
I left the house on Sunday afternoon in a bit of a rush. After failing to heed my wife’s order of refilling our propane tank for the gas grill, the thing ran out half way through making dinner....
Gallery: Killer Rides From a Pennsylvania Sonic Cruise Night
May 24, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Gallery: Killer Rides From a Pennsylvania Sonic Cruise Night
Our East Coast photo contributor Joe Grippo was at it again last weekend, hitting up a weekly cruise at a local Sonic Drive-In in Pennsylvanis and shooting a ton of great photos. The great thing...
Event Coverage: The 2010 George Barris Culver City Car Show
May 22, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: The 2010 George Barris Culver City Car Show
The 8th Annual George Barris Culver City Car Show was a smashing success by all accounts. There were hundreds of cars, thousands of people, typically bad ass SoCal weather, and everyone seemed to be...
The Parting Shift: Grabbin’ Gears in a Mustang at Atco
May 21, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on The Parting Shift: Grabbin’ Gears in a Mustang at Atco
This week’s Parting Shift takes us to Atco Raceway in New Jersey for some good old fashioned four-speed abuse. The Mustang featured in this video sure seems like a runner as it takes no time at...
Fast With Class Lives: Buick Regal GS to Be Produced By GM, Maybe With a Turbo and 6-Speed
May 21, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Fast With Class Lives: Buick Regal GS to Be Produced By GM, Maybe With a Turbo and 6-Speed
Good news coming from the Buick division of General Motors. A high performance version of the new Regal, appropriately dubbed the GS, will be available for purchase. Details of its release, final...












