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Gallery: A Peek Inside DMC Racing At Paul Major’s Corvette And Tim Meagher’s Mustang
Feb 28, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Gallery: A Peek Inside DMC Racing At Paul Major’s Corvette And Tim Meagher’s Mustang
Yesterday we showed you the awesome twin turbo Oldsmobile that the guys at DMC are updating and improving for its owner so he can really lay the lumber to it this Spring. That certainly isn’t...
Buford T Justice Update: A Very Frustrating Day On The Dyno And How We’re Planning To Fix It
Feb 18, 2013Brian Lohnes37
So first, I’ll lead with an apology. This update was supposed to run last week but a blizzard and a bunch of other stuff jumped up and caused the delay. With the amount of email, text, forum,...
The AMX/GTO: 1969 AMX + 2006 GTO + Home Garage = BangShift Appproved Tire Melting Awesome
Feb 12, 2013Brian Lohnes27
If you give a hot rodder three things: a welder, creativity, and time, you are guaranteed some type of cool result. Such is the case with my neighbor (literally about a 1/4 mile down the road) Scott...
Phil Remington Dead At 92 – Legendary Fabricator, Designer, and Engineer – American Racing Hero
Feb 10, 2013Brian Lohnes2
With sadness, I report the passing of Phil Remington who accomplished more in his 92 years on Earth than most can ever dream of. Remington’s skills as a builder, fabricator, engineer, and...
Buford T Justice 9C1 Caprice Update: Metal Fab,Head Work, A Good Surprise, An Awful One
Jan 22, 2013Brian Lohnes23
As promised, we’re back with another update of Project Buford T Justice, our 1987 9C1 Caprice. In the last installment we took the car to the dyno and thrashed all day bolting on more than 20hp...
BS Daily Tune Up: Alvin Lee and Ten Years After – I’m Going Home (Woodstock 1969)
Jan 16, 2013Brian Lohnes10
Forgive a bit of self-indulgence in today’s Daily Tune Up selection but I had to include one of my favorite songs at some point, right?! This is Alvin Lee and Ten Years After shredding out...
Project Buford T Justice: We Go On Hot Pursuit Of Horsepower-Our 9C1 Caprice’s 350 Gets A Slap!
Jan 14, 2013Brian Lohnes26
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Buckle up kids, ’cause we’re going for a long ride. If you remember a couple of months back, we had a grand plan of hitting the drag strip, and then the...
The Top 11 Best Ways to Fend Off the Hot Rodder’s Winter Blues
Jan 10, 2013Brian Lohnes5
Although we are experiencing a nice week of warm weather up here in the Northeastern corner of the country, we were freezing our cojones off not too long ago and we’ll most likely be doing that...
Project Fat Lane Update: The Tin Is Going In and Go Fast Parts Arrive
Jan 03, 2013Brian Lohnes1
Project Fat Lane, the 2,500hp Ford Fairlane drag car being built at Tube Chassis Designz in Hanson, Massachusetts is on the move yet again. Actually it is still on the chassis table, but the project...
BS Photo Highlight Reel: Tommy Lee Byrd’s Favorite Photos Of 2012 – Races, Shows, Cool Stuff!
Dec 31, 2012Brian Lohnes4
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – This year gave me lots of opportunities for cool pictures, as I rarely had a free weekend without some sort of car show, drag race or other motorsports...
BS Photo Highlight Reel: Joe Grippo’s Favorite Images From 2012
Dec 28, 2012Brian Lohnes4
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) – (Editor’s note: Joe Grippo was our very first photo contributor to BangShift. He’s OG as far as Chad and I are concerned!) I don’t remember...
Best of BangShift 2012: The1967 Shelby GT500 Barn Find – Found in Death Valley California
Dec 24, 2012Brian Lohnes34
When we got the call from our pal Jon at Tube Chassis Designz that we needed to get down to his shop to see something cool, we jumped in the car and went. We were greeted with one of the coolest...
Movie Review: Black Air – The Buick Grand National Documentary
Dec 06, 2012Brian Lohnes12
Like so many people, including the various enthusiasts and journalists featured in Black Air: The Buick Grand National Documentary I plainly remember the first time I rode in the Buick Grand...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is A Race Car?
Dec 04, 2012Chad Reynolds15
A few weeks ago our buddy James Crosby, who does some trick fabrication and design work for Ridetech, was on his way home from the Pleasanton Goodguys show behind the wheel of his 1990ish half-ton...