Classic Carnage Friday Edition: Train Wreck, Flipped Divco, Cheap Labor, Box Truck Wheelie
Apr 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Classic Carnage Friday Edition: Train Wreck, Flipped Divco, Cheap Labor, Box Truck Wheelie
To close out another week of classic carnage scans, we’re bringing you some premium wreckage. It doesn’t get any more epic than a steam locomotive laying on its side. We had to laugh at...
Craigslist Find: A Cool 1968 Cadillac DeVille Convertible
Apr 16, 2010Brian Lohnes1
We’re not going to lie to you. When we were trolling Kentucky Craigslist ads, we were looking to find the most bizarre, hill-jack, awful creation we could find. Instead though, we found the...
Vintage Carnage and Gearhead History: Smashed Tomatoes, Goliath’s Older Brother, Train Hits a Gas Tanker
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Carnage and Gearhead History: Smashed Tomatoes, Goliath’s Older Brother, Train Hits a Gas Tanker
We took a day off as to not melt our scanner from all the hot carnage and history action we’ve been showing you as of late. We’re back to hitting on all cylinders with this edition which...
Killer Drag Video: A 1960 Impala Twisting Itself Up Like a Pretzel
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Drag Video: A 1960 Impala Twisting Itself Up Like a Pretzel
The educated hard core racers who see this video will immediately say that the racer is leaving ET on the table by having his massive 1960 Impala launch like Shamu. To those smarty pants readers, we...
Chrysler Sells Old AMC Headquarters
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Chrysler Sells Old AMC Headquarters
The last remaining piece of American Motors that was actively part of the US automotive manufacturing landscape has been sold by Chrysler, its current owner. Once the site of a Kelvinator fridge...
Engine Video: A WWII Cadillac M5 1-G Tank Engine On the Stand
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Engine Video: A WWII Cadillac M5 1-G Tank Engine On the Stand
When we learned yesterday that Packard built the 1,200hp engines that powered WWII PT boats, it got us to thinking about tank engines from the same era. We remembered that Cadillac motors powered...
Great Thread: Saving A Rare 427 Impala Custom Coupe From Certain Doom
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Great Thread: Saving A Rare 427 Impala Custom Coupe From Certain Doom
We were tipped off to an awesome thread on Yenko.net involving the resurrection of a rare, 427, 4-speed, 1968 Impala Custom Coupe. There are tons of photos showing the car as it was discovered and...
New Goodyear Top Fuel/Funny Car Tire Coming for NHRA Las Vegas Race
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on New Goodyear Top Fuel/Funny Car Tire Coming for NHRA Las Vegas Race
This weekend’s NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals will see the debut of a new-compound of drag slick for Top Fuel and Funny Car racers. Traditionally, this results in hours of television coverage...
King of the Trar-maros
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on King of the Trar-maros
You may have a personal, deep seated hatred of trars. We do not. In fact, trars like the fourth-gen Camaro featured in this video have our ultimate respect. This thing is a full on, bad-ass mud...
Great Read: An Interview with Barry Meguiar
Apr 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Great Read: An Interview with Barry Meguiar
You’ve undoubtedly seen Barry Meguiar either on Car Crazy TV or at one of the zillion car shows he attends each season. It’s good to know that Barry is just as passionate about hot rods...
Gallery: Inside The General Motors Heritage Center
Apr 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Gallery: Inside The General Motors Heritage Center
When Chad was in town for the Detroit Autorama he managed to sweet talk BangShift.com member and GM guy Mike Copeland into taking him into the GM Heritage Center. This is total nirvana for any fan of...
Totally Insane: Rocket Plane Racing Series to Debut Next Weekend, With Video
Apr 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Totally Insane: Rocket Plane Racing Series to Debut Next Weekend, With Video
The Rocket Racing League, an organization that is set to put on races featuring rocket-powered experimental racing airplanes, is ready to show themselves to the world at the QuickTrip Air and Rocket...
eBay Find: An Oshkosh U-30 Tow Tractor
Apr 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: An Oshkosh U-30 Tow Tractor
This is probably the slowest vehicle we have ever featured on the electronic pages of BangShift.com, but it is also one of the baddest. We present, for your eBay bidding pleasure, an Oshkosh U-30 Tow...
Chrysler to Auction Historical Collection Vehicles, Not the Good Ones
Apr 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Chrysler to Auction Historical Collection Vehicles, Not the Good Ones
Whenever we hear of a domestic auto manufacturer auctioning off parts of their company historical collections we kind of freak out. When the news broke that Chrysler was going to sell some of their...












