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Car Feature & Video Re-Run: Gary and Pam Beineke’s Serpent SRT-71 Dodge Charger
Apr 15, 2011Brian Lohnes1
We featured several cars from the collection of Gary and Pam Beineke in 2009. Gary and Pam have made a name for themselves in the Mopar community by creating so-called, “what if?” cars....
Rumor Mill: Land Speed Racing Comes to Wilmington, Ohio
Mar 21, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Rumor Mill: Land Speed Racing Comes to Wilmington, Ohio
Quiet whispers have turned into pretty solid information regarding a potential new land speed racing venue in Wilmington, Ohio, a city just down the road from Columbus, Ohio. This news comes at a...
Awesome Craigslist Ad Find: A Hilariously Accurate Sales Pitch for a 1988 Yugo
Jan 13, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Craigslist Ad Find: A Hilariously Accurate Sales Pitch for a 1988 Yugo
You’ve got to respect anyone who is selling something that’s clearly crap, and is totally honest about it. The seller of a 1988 Yugo in Southern California should consider a career in...
Project Car Spotlight: A Clean 1967 Camaro Goes From Mild to Wild With Blown LS Power
Dec 29, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Car Spotlight: A Clean 1967 Camaro Goes From Mild to Wild With Blown LS Power
BangShift member c6matt may have set the speed standard for documenting the build of his killer 1967 Camaro. Within the span of a few hours after joining up he had the whole life story of his Camaro...
Video of the Week: The Crappiest Drag Strip on Earth
Nov 25, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video of the Week: The Crappiest Drag Strip on Earth
We have to thank, or blame, our chassis builder pal Jon Sandahl for shooting us a link to the video below. It was apparently shot at a place calling itself a drag strip somewhere in the Caribbean....
eBay Find: A Factory Supercharged 1954 Kaiser Manhattan
Oct 21, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Factory Supercharged 1954 Kaiser Manhattan
Believe it or not, the 1954 Kaiser Manhattan was the first car to offer a factory supercharger after WWII. While that sounds sexy and exciting, you have to realize that the blower was forcing air...
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...
Auto Trader Classics Find: The Only 1975 Volvo We’d Ever Own
Sep 20, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Auto Trader Classics Find: The Only 1975 Volvo We’d Ever Own
It is kind of amazing how much effect the basic act of swapping an engine can have on the desirability of a car. In normal form we wouldn’t wish a 1975 Volvo 240 on our worst enemy, but when it...
Auto Trader Classic Find: A Pro Street 1955 Ford F100 We’re on the Fence About
Sep 13, 2010Brian Lohnes1
Last week, we found a Pro Street 1964 Pontiac GTO that was just totally bad ass. That car was perfect on just about every level. This week, we found another Pro Street machine, this a 1955 Ford F100...
eBay Find: A Neato Pro Street 1964 GTO
Sep 10, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Neato Pro Street 1964 GTO
With Hot Rod Drag Week looming in just a couple of days, we went and searched for something fun to take on the trip. We dug up a coolio 1964 Pontiac GTO that has been given the full Pro Street...
Punisher Comic Issue ‘Hot Rods of Death’ To Hit Stands Soon
Sep 09, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Punisher Comic Issue ‘Hot Rods of Death’ To Hit Stands Soon
You’ll not be shocked to learn that we were comic book readers back in the day. Our primary character of choice was The Punisher. Why? He’s the ultimate example of the bad “good...
Project Car Spotlight: One Dirty Malibu Wagon
Aug 02, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Project Car Spotlight: One Dirty Malibu Wagon
It’s no secret that, here at BangShift.com, we like wagons and getting dirty. Which means it’s only natural for us to do a Project Car Spotlight on DirtyWhiteBoy’s cool Malibu wagon...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A Cool (but Pricey) 1974 Ford F250
Jul 07, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Auto Trader Classics Find: A Cool (but Pricey) 1974 Ford F250
Ford trucks of the 1970’s era are some of the coolest to come out of Detroit. Their brawny style and beefy drive line components make them some of our personal favorites. True, they were...
eBay Find: A Killer 1948 Ford COE Pickup
May 20, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Killer 1948 Ford COE Pickup
We’ve been hung up on cool cab over engine trucks lately. Most of them seem to be converted into low bed hauler trucks, but this bad ass 1948 Ford COE was turned into a pickup. It’s...