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Book Review: Motion Performance, Tales of a Muscle Car Builder by Martyn Schorr
Nov 10, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Book Review: Motion Performance, Tales of a Muscle Car Builder by Martyn Schorr
Motion Performance is rightfully known as the wildest of the specialty muscle car builders of the 1960s and early 1970s. With the infamous Phase III Camaros and Corvettes, Joel Rosen and company...
Speedfactory’s Blown, All-Aluminum 440 Hemi Challenger to Debut at SEMA
Nov 02, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Speedfactory’s Blown, All-Aluminum 440 Hemi Challenger to Debut at SEMA
Do you want a 700-horsepower Challenger of your own? SpeedFactory is debuting their latest creation at the SEMA show, and it includes some bad assed parts that will make any Mopar freak happy. We...
Ebay Pick of the Week: 1956 Chevy 3100 Panel Truck with Napco 4WD Conversion
Oct 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Ebay Pick of the Week: 1956 Chevy 3100 Panel Truck with Napco 4WD Conversion
This 1956 Chevy 3100 panel truck would have qualified as an eBay Pick of the Week even in 2WD form, but with a NAPCO 4WD conversion, this was a no-brainer. It’s wild to think about an era when...
BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!
Aug 17, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on BREAKING VIDEO: 2010 Taurus SHO Runs 13.92 at the Drags!
Leapin’ lizards! We knew the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO would be a decent runner with the twin-turbo EcoBoost V6, but we did not think it would have the suds on tap to knock off a brand new V6...
Monday Time Killer: Oddrods.com
Jul 06, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Monday Time Killer: Oddrods.com
B.K. Taylor started sending drawings of his odd, hot rod loving monsters out to publishers and other outlets while still in school back in 1969. According to the history on the Oddrods.com site, the...
Barnstormin’: The Hot Rod Reunion Weekend in Kentucky
Jun 24, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Barnstormin’: The Hot Rod Reunion Weekend in Kentucky
For BangShift.com, the 2009 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, will hopefully be remembered as a watershed weekend where we got ourselves out to a...
The Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot: 24 Oddball Cars
Apr 27, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on The Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot: 24 Oddball Cars
Over at CarDomain.com, the blog contains a recurring series that’s called The Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot. Blogger Jim Brennan digs up some under-appreciated rides, gives a little history,...
NASCAR Teams Spending $1 Million a Year to Develop Oil
Apr 14, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on NASCAR Teams Spending $1 Million a Year to Develop Oil
We were tipped off to a story in the Wall Street Journal about the lengths that NASCAR teams are going to develop the oil in their race cars. Joe Gibbs Racing supposedly spends over $1 million a year...
Little Old Lady Chevelle Sighting!
Feb 09, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Little Old Lady Chevelle Sighting!
We’ve all heard stories, seen ads, or have witnessed the proverbial, “one owner, little old lady” car. Most of us want the one that has only been driven to the market and then...
Up Close With Carl Tasca’s Mustang Cobra Jet No. 17
Feb 01, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Up Close With Carl Tasca’s Mustang Cobra Jet No. 17
Man, sometimes even we get a little sick at our luck. We got an e-mail from our pal Jon Sandahl at Tube Chassis Designz in Hanson, Mass. You may remember Jon’s name from the ongoing saga of the...