Vintage Commercial: When Shelby Was Selling Chryslers
Sep 30, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Commercial: When Shelby Was Selling Chryslers
The early 1980s was a dark time for fans of domestic high performance cars. Yes, the automotive world was gradually pulling itself out of the performance abyss known as the 1970s, but the rollicking...
BangShifty Bling: Engine Rings – Not Piston Rings, Engine Rings
Sep 30, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShifty Bling: Engine Rings – Not Piston Rings, Engine Rings
Well this is a first. Of all the hundreds of items we have ever published here at BangShift.com we have never written anything about jewelery, until now. We were tipped off to the existence of...
Paris Auto Show 2010 Coverage – We Spy the Next Generation Jeep!
Sep 30, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Paris Auto Show 2010 Coverage – We Spy the Next Generation Jeep!
After our ground breaking coverage of Diamond Reo truck earlier today, we had to search far and wide to top ourselves and keep this Paris Auto Show momentum rolling. We received word from a shabbily...
Wild Video: Helicopter Touch and Go Landings…on Lake Tahoe!
Sep 30, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Wild Video: Helicopter Touch and Go Landings…on Lake Tahoe!
This is some of the craziest footage we have ever seen. It was saptured by tourists visiting Lake Tahoe. A pair of helicopters hover just above the water and then they both actually set down in the...
Paris Auto Show 2010 Coverage – 1968 Diamond Reo Unveiling
Sep 30, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Paris Auto Show 2010 Coverage – 1968 Diamond Reo Unveiling
Big websites with stuff like “travel budgets” and “dress clothes” have sent reporters to France in order for them to breathlessly report on a slew of cars that will never see...
Event Gallery: The Vintage Racer Group at New Jersey Motorsports Park
Sep 29, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The Vintage Racer Group at New Jersey Motorsports Park
Vintage road racing, like the nostalgia drags, is great. While we’d submit that the competition at the nostalgia drags may be a bit more intense, seeing historic cars from all over the world...
MSD Tech Video: Chad Installs an MSD Crank Trigger
Sep 29, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on MSD Tech Video: Chad Installs an MSD Crank Trigger
When it comes to getting the most out of your high performance engine, timing is literally everything. Maximizing the efficiency and accuracy of the ignition system on your mill will get the most...
Swedish Nostalgia Nitro Flopper Headed to the 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion
Sep 29, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Swedish Nostalgia Nitro Flopper Headed to the 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion
The NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion is right around the corner and already we’re getting flooded with news and information about some of the awesome iron that will be running at the race. One...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A Neato 1956 Talbot-Lago
Sep 29, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Auto Trader Classics Find: A Neato 1956 Talbot-Lago
An admission that we’re not too sad to make is that we really want to someday own an old right hand drive European sporty car. Eventually, said car would probably end up with a blown Hemi in...
Engine Masters Challenge 2010 Coming Next Week: BangShifters Thrashing on an Entry
Sep 28, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Engine Masters Challenge 2010 Coming Next Week: BangShifters Thrashing on an Entry
The 2010 Amsoil Engine Masters Challenge is set to start rocking the dynos at the University of Northwestern Ohio, Lima campus next week. One entry, the team of Hot Heads Research contains a couple...
Cool Shop Tour Video: Be Cool Radiators
Sep 28, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Shop Tour Video: Be Cool Radiators
There have been some very serious advancements made in high performance cooling systems over the last 15 years and many of them can be traced back to the people at Be Cool Incorporated located...
Caption this photo: Larry Larson and Jeff Lutz Share a Word on Drag Week 2010
Sep 28, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Caption this photo: Larry Larson and Jeff Lutz Share a Word on Drag Week 2010
Larry Larson and Jeff Lutz were the two heaviest weight competitors on Hot Rod Drag Week 2010. They had a great battle all week long, with Larson getting the upper hand at the end of the week, but...
Shocking Video: World’s Quickest Electric Bike Goes 7.46/177 With Larry McBride Riding!
Sep 28, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Shocking Video: World’s Quickest Electric Bike Goes 7.46/177 With Larry McBride Riding!
We generally hate electric powered vehicles. The whole internal combustion deal is kind of close to our hearts. That being said, this drag bike, which looks all the world like a Nitro Harley from...
eBay Find: An Alaskan Archimedean Screw Tractor
Sep 28, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: An Alaskan Archimedean Screw Tractor
We’re not trying to brag, but when it comes to weird Archimedean Screw tractors, BangShift.com is pretty much the internet leader on the subject. We’ve given you the history of the design...












