Killer Show Coverage: The 24th Mooneyes Street Car Nationals from Tokyo, Japan
Apr 29, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Show Coverage: The 24th Mooneyes Street Car Nationals from Tokyo, Japan
When we think of Japanese car show photos, the last things on our mind are hot rods, street machines, and muscle cars. Images of small cars that have been oddly modified usually fill our head. Thanks...
Event Gallery: The Spring 2010 Madison Classics Car Show and Swap Meet
Apr 28, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The Spring 2010 Madison Classics Car Show and Swap Meet
Another BangShift.com field photo agent, Greg Rourke, has come through with a killer dispatch from his home state of Wisconsin. Greg recently attended the Spring Madison Classics Car Show and Swap...
Cruise Gallery: Tons of Cool Iron at a Local Sonic in Pennsylvania
Apr 28, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Cruise Gallery: Tons of Cool Iron at a Local Sonic in Pennsylvania
Cruise season is on and we want your photos! Joe Grippo’s photographic prowess is once again on display today as he shared with us a load of snaps from a cruise night at his local Sonic...
Awesome Ad: A 1965 Mopar Spot Featuring the Little Red Wagon
Apr 28, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Ad: A 1965 Mopar Spot Featuring the Little Red Wagon
Before the famous “Little Red Wagon” was constructed the world had never seen a wheelstander. However, the Wagon was not intended to be an exhibition vehicle when it was first constructed...
eBay Find: A Raggedly Cool 1941 Dodge COE Truck
Apr 28, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Raggedly Cool 1941 Dodge COE Truck
We were tipped off to the eBay auction of this ratty, and totally awesome 1941 Dodge COE truck by BangShift.com reader Phil Cooper. The world is totally batty (and had been for more than a couple...
Event Gallery: Spring Carlisle 2010
Apr 28, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: Spring Carlisle 2010
Joe Grippo, our rogue BangShift field photo agent, attended the Spring Carlisle swap meet April 21-25 and offered us up a big batch of photos from the show/swap. The stories of these events are...
Smart People, Awful Idea: Germans Invent System That Steers Car With Eye Movement
Apr 28, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Smart People, Awful Idea: Germans Invent System That Steers Car With Eye Movement
The man in the photo is not Rick Moranis from “Honey I Shrunk the Kids.” He’s a German engineer who is working on a system called “eyeDriver” which uses the movements of...
Weird Ad: A 1984 Ford LTD Hits the Road Course
Apr 27, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Weird Ad: A 1984 Ford LTD Hits the Road Course
Our grandparents had a mid-1980s Ford LTD station wagon for a long stretch through the 1980s and 1990s. It was a complete and total barge, good transportation, but slower than a fully laden mule...
Boondoggle: Lawmakers Accuse GM of Paying Government Back With Government Money
Apr 27, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Boondoggle: Lawmakers Accuse GM of Paying Government Back With Government Money
We’re idiots. Really, we were dumb enough to believe that GM was repaying its government loans ahead of schedule because of better business practices and increased sales. Stupid us. We should...
Celebration of Mickey Thompson’s Life and Accomplishments at NHRA Museum on May 15th
Apr 27, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Celebration of Mickey Thompson’s Life and Accomplishments at NHRA Museum on May 15th
Pal of BangShift and executive director of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum Tony Thacker dropped a note letting us know that the museum will be hosting a great event celebrating the life and...
Cool Old Jeep Video: The Autobiography of the Jeep circa 1943
Apr 27, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Old Jeep Video: The Autobiography of the Jeep circa 1943
While we showed you the soft side of the Jeep with the whimsical 1960 Surrey version, the vehicle made its bones and its reputation fighting WWII. Churned out by the hundreds of thousands and...
AutoTrader Classics Find: A 1960 Jeep Surrey
Apr 27, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on AutoTrader Classics Find: A 1960 Jeep Surrey
There are few vehicles that scream late ’50s and early ’60s more than the Jeep Surrey. These little buggers were created first by a California resort as fun vehicles for their guests to...
Awesome Sleeper Video: An Aussie Plumbing Van That Goes Low 11s at 126 MPH!
Apr 26, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Sleeper Video: An Aussie Plumbing Van That Goes Low 11s at 126 MPH!
There are lots of great sleepers out there. The amazing farm truck that surfaced a couple years back still leaves our heads shaking, but this plumbing van from Australia ranks right up there with it....
RacingJunk Find: A Crazy Rare 1963 Chrysler New Yorker Station Wagon
Apr 26, 2010Brian Lohnes1
We may have found one of the most limited-production station wagons of all time with this RacingJunk.com find. It is a 1963 Chrysler New Yorker Wagon and, depending on whether or not it seats six or...












