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Omaha Autorama Car Show Photos Continue Right Here!

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Mar 27, 2021BangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage

Omaha Autorama Car Show Photos Continue Right Here!

We told you we were going to share all of Scott’s photos from the Omaha Autorama, and here they are! If you missed any of our previous galleries, click the link below!

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) On the one year anniversary of Covid shutting down everything to “flatten the curve” we hit up the Omaha Autorama to get back into the reopening of car show season here in Nebraska. If you remember, we were at this show last year when everything was going crazy with the Covid virus running rampant. The governor of Nebraska called to have this show shut down the day we were there. It was a surreal experience last year and we were not able to go to another car show until October.

It’s a year later, Covid is getting under control. People are itching to get out and live again. The people who love classic and custom cars are no different. This year’s turn out was definitely proof of that. So, we donned our masks, grabbed our camera and headed down to CHI Heath Center in downtown Omaha, Nebraska to check out a bunch of beautiful automobiles.

This particular auto show has a lot of meaning to your author as this was the World of Wheels Omaha Autorama was the first custom car show I ever went to way back as a budding gearhead in the 1970’s. And, I continued to go to this show until the late 1980’s when my family moved to California. The Omaha Autorama officially kicks off the car show season in Nebraska, and we are hoping to go to a lot more this year. And, we will share those experiences with you here.

Scott Liggett

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Today Is 3/27 Let’s Celebrate The Little 327 Small Block With Some Dyno Video Action

Historic Gearhead Americana: Packard Car Haulers, Army Trucks, Big Rigs, Turn of The Century Car Shows, and More!

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Jan 18, 2021BangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Gallery, Historic Photos, XL Gallery

Historic Gearhead Americana: Packard Car Haulers, Army Trucks, Big Rigs, Turn of The Century Car Shows, and More!

(Photos from Detroit Public Library Digital Archive) – I know some pretty tough people but I’m not sure even the modern toughies I know would thrive in the harsh realities of the world as it was back in the early 1900s. I mean, those people were TOUGH. Heck, look at the two guys in the front seat of the 1905 Packard truck hauling the 1905 Packard Model N in the lead photo. Wide open to the elements, snow on the ground, will coat on, jaw clenched. Those guys were not exactly wilting daisies, were they? The same can be said for many of the people featured in these historic photos from the Detroit Public Library digital archive.

Can you image being a part of the group riding in the truck that’s pictured here driving up Mt. Washington in 1905?! Mechanical brakes, lord knows what kind of oil spitting engine, and a suspension system that was literally identical to a Conestoga wagon. Speed would not be a concern there but having the guts to actually drive up and then the wherewithal to be abel to slow on the way down would keep us freaked until the trip was over.

There’s a load of great stuff in here. One of our favorite images is the first one below with all the guys assembling the Army truck during WWII. Want to talk about all hands on deck? That’s the look right there.

Click the images below to expand them and then scroll on to see them all –

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2020 FE Race And Reunion Gallery: From Run Of The Mill To Overkill

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Oct 13, 20201320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage, Gallery

2020 FE Race And Reunion Gallery: From Run Of The Mill To Overkill

(Photos: Joe Grippo) At the small end, they were a 330-cubic inch truck motor. At the far end, you have some of Ford’s finest hours, the 427, the Cammer and the 428. You could’ve had one in the lowest-rent Edsel you could find or you could’ve ponied up the dough at the counter of your nearest dealership by ordering C6AE-6007-359J for $2,350. Whether you had a work truck that was plugging along with the old reliable 390 or you had an R-code Fairlane or Shelby’s wicked-tune Cobra. the Ford FE mill was one for the history books. Originally designed for Ford and Edsel applications, the modified Y-block design was the engine that Ford went to war with. They fought Chrysler for NASCAR superiority. They fought anybody who dared try on dragstrips. They went sports car racing with the Cobra, and when Hank the Deuce saw red mist, it was the weapon he used against the Italians at their own game.

The last FE was put into a production vehicle in 1976. After that, it was big-block Limas and small-blocks until 1998, when the Mod Motor and the Triton V10 took over.  Our man Joe Grippo was swimming in a sea of like-mided folk as he roamed Beaver Springs Dragway for the 2020 FE Race and Reunion, and he brought back plenty of photos to share of his trip. Check out more from the show by clicking on a photo below!

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Our Bonneville Speed Week 2020 Photos Start Right Here! Pit Photos Of Cars Getting Ready For Tomorrow’s Racing!

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Aug 08, 20201320 Gallery, Apex Spotlight, BangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, LAND SPEED RACES, Land Speed Races

Our Bonneville Speed Week 2020 Photos Start Right Here! Pit Photos Of Cars Getting Ready For Tomorrow’s Racing!

It’s Bonneville Speed Week 2020 people!!! As usual, there are folks saying the salt sucks, folks saying the salt is great, and somewhere in the middle is probably the truth, but we’ll just have to see when the first cars make their way down the courses at Bonneville National Speedway tomorrow. It’s opening day and that means that Speed Demon will be going after big numbers in their pursuit of 500 miles per hour, along with all the other heavy hitters you expect. All the streamliners will want to be at the front of the line to take advantage of the best conditions possible, and the other racers and fans will be on site to see if they can witness history in the making. I’m pissed as hell that I’m not at Bonneville this year, only the second one I’ve missed in 14 years, but with everything going on in the world we figured it was smart to send just one of the BANGshift staff out to shoot photos and that might as well be our in house bad ass Wes Allison. He’s kind of a big deal, so we figure he’s qualified to shoot photos of all the cool stuff on the salt.

Now we want to be honest with you, the crowd seemed light today, but that happens sometimes and with COVID 19 looming over everyone we’re sure that the overall attendance at Bonneville is going to be down compared to busy years. But that’s okay, as long as racers and fans are having a good time, staying safe, and going fast.

Here are the first batch of photos, from the pits on Friday, so stay tuned for racing photos and more pit stuff Sunday too. And if you are looking for the famed Nugget Car Show photos we’re famous for, don’t worry. Those are also being posted momentarily and you can find them right here on the front page of BANGshift.com.

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