Bizarro eBay Find: Rick Dobbertin’s Hydrocar is For Sale
Jul 12, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Bizarro eBay Find: Rick Dobbertin’s Hydrocar is For Sale
Rick Dobbertin, the man behind some of the wildest automotive creations of the last 30 years is selling his swan song, the Hydrocar on eBay for $595,000. This amphibious hot rod weighs in a 8500lbs,...
Killer Historic Video: Dan Gurney’s 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda Trans Am Announcement
Jul 12, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Historic Video: Dan Gurney’s 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda Trans Am Announcement
The 1970 season is seen by most to be the seminal year for the Trans-Am series. We found this kick ass video of American racing legend Dan Gurney’s press conference announcing that he’d...
Horsepower is the Universal Language: New Chapter of the Cafe Racers Starts in Tehran, Iran
Jul 12, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Horsepower is the Universal Language: New Chapter of the Cafe Racers Starts in Tehran, Iran
While it’s no secret that international relations between the USA and Iran are not exactly chummy, we were tipped off to a story that proves horsepower is the international language. Pal of...
Event Coverage: The 2010 Walcott Truckers Jamboree
Jul 12, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: The 2010 Walcott Truckers Jamboree
The Walcott Truckers Jamboree has been held every year since 1979. It is found on the grounds of the world’s largest truck stop located on interstate 80 in the bustling metropolis of Walcott,...
The Parting Shift: Hemi on Hemi F.A.S.T Drag Racing Violence
Jul 09, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on The Parting Shift: Hemi on Hemi F.A.S.T Drag Racing Violence
Joel Nystrom is a BangShift.com forum member operating under the name of HemiJoel. He’s also a racer in the F.A.S.T series that pits cars which appear to the stock on the surface against one...
It’s the Van Man!!!
Jul 09, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on It’s the Van Man!!!
Our pal Jon Clark is a freak. And we mean that in the best way possible. He’s a connoisseur of great BBQ, great hats, and cool rides and happens to hang out with the guys from Cherry Bomb quite...
Project Car Spotlight: A 538ci Cadillac Powered 1953 Studebaker Champion Starliner
Jul 09, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Car Spotlight: A 538ci Cadillac Powered 1953 Studebaker Champion Starliner
This could be the coolest, most well executed car ever constructed under a car port ever. BangShift.com forum member 53 Studillac purchased a 1953 Studebaker Champion Starliner a few years back that...
Bitchin Roadtrip: Coast to Coast in a $1000 Beater
Jul 09, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Bitchin Roadtrip: Coast to Coast in a $1000 Beater
When our boy Chris (65longroof on the BangShift.com forums) told us about a killer website featuring cars for sale that are all under $1000, we were intrigued. Hell, we like cheap junk, just look at...
Event Coverage: The Spectre Performance 341 Challenge
Jul 09, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: The Spectre Performance 341 Challenge
The first ever Spectre 341 Challenge is in the books and the results surpassed anyone’s expectations. More than 24 cars ranging from exotics to muscle cars to a 1952 DeSoto made many trips up...
BangShift Tech: 700-R4 Transmission Rebuild Part One
Jul 09, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Tech: 700-R4 Transmission Rebuild Part One
Jeff Bradley, known as IndyShiftman on the BangShift.com forums owns and operated a transmission shop in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. He’s become our de-facto source for transmission info,...
Event Coverage: NHRA Motorsports Museum Twilight Cruise
Jul 08, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Event Coverage: NHRA Motorsports Museum Twilight Cruise
Southern California residents are pretty lucky because they have tons on cruise nights and hot rod events to attend all year long. One of the must attend shows is the first Wednesday Twilight...
Great Read: In the Cockpits of The World’s Coolest Vehicles
Jul 08, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Great Read: In the Cockpits of The World’s Coolest Vehicles
Part of the whole driving experience is the physical setting that it is happening in. Sprawled across the bench seat of your boulevard bruiser or cinched down into a racing seat in a competition car,...
Ultimate Hot Rod: US-Built Scramjet Runs Mach 5 in Testing
Jul 08, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Ultimate Hot Rod: US-Built Scramjet Runs Mach 5 in Testing
Back on May 26, 2010 the X-51A WaveRider, an unmanned aerial vehicle (didn’t we used to called them planes?) ran for more than three minutes at full throttle, or five times the speed of sound...
Car Feature: Gary Harris’s Killer 1965 Ford Falcon
Jul 08, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Car Feature: Gary Harris’s Killer 1965 Ford Falcon
When we were prowling the pits at Beech Bend Raceway looking for feature cars during the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, one of the first cars we needed to find was this 1965 Ford Falcon owned...












