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Wartime Y-Block: This 1957 Phase 1 Supercharged 312ci Y-Block Was Designed To Maintain Ford’s Honor

It was in 1957 when the the gloves really started to come off with regard to “factory” racing programs from Ford and Chevrolet. Chevrolet launched the “not a factory race car but...

Radial Of A Different Kind: This Guiberson T-1020 Diesel Radial Is The Perfect Christmas Gift

The last several years it has been radial this, radial that, right? Well, that’s in the world of drag racing. In the world of engines, radials have been a thing for a long, long time. Radial...

Hot Ticket: This Pro Street 1964 Dodge 330 Is Packing A Hemi, A Cage, And The Stance We Love

There’s no such thing as a perfect car but it’s fun to try and find it, right? This thing is hitting all the spots for us. You are looking at a pro street style 1964 Dodge 330. The red...

Lost Our Damn Minds: This 1989 Pontiac Safari Wagon With A 350 Swapped Into It Is Not A $59,000 Car, Is It?!

To begin, let me just say that I truly love the B-body wagons of the 1980s made by GM. Whether we’re talking Pontiac Safari, the Buick Le Sabre, the Chevy Caprice, or the Olds Custom Cruiser,...

Retro Cool: This Rarely Seen 1960s Mickey Thompson FE Cross Ram Intake Manifold Is Ford Gold!

Big ups to my fellow announcer pal Alan Reinhart for this eBay find of a cool and really seldom seen Mickey Thompson FE cross ram intake from the 1960s. This piece is freshly liberated from the...

Properly Pro Street: This 1958 Chevrolet Del Ray Has Great Paint, A Blower, And No Tweed In Sight!

I mean, hey. The Vega that Chad posted up today is a nice little car and if you want to feel like you are driving around an early pro stock machine, it fits the bill. Me? When I build pro street cars...

Rare Air: This Shelby Ram Box Intake Is Insanely Rare And Likely Came Off A DragonSnake!

Anyone who has read BangShift for any amount of time knows that I have had an intake manifold obsession for, well, forever. I am fascinated by how many different designs, applications, tricks,...

Dare To Be Different, Circa 1990: This 1987 Saab 900 Pro Street Build Is Truly Wild!

A few days ago, David Freiburger made a purchase that rang some bells with quite a large audience. Have you seen it yet? Here’s some hints: Most people wouldn’t be seen in public with it....

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eBay Find: This Hemi With NASCAR Winning History Is A Documented Piece Of Racing History

Sometimes people think us gearheads are a little looped because we place near mystic value on inanimate things. Whether they are race parts once owned by a cool person or engines like this one that...

Here’s Your Chance To Own A Legit Vintage Dodge Charger Funny Car Body!

Who doesn’t want a funny car body in their shop? I mean seriously. Even if you don’t want to own an actual funny car, everyone thinks it is cool when you see one hanging from the ceiling...

eBay Find: This 1966 Ford Country Squire Wagon Is A Perfect Summertime Cruiser

Back in 1966, Ford produced about 47,000 Country Squire station wagons. These were aspirational cars for American families climbing the social ladder. Why? Between the wood grain, the options, and...

20 Year Time Traveler: This 2001 Neon Has 68 Miles On It, Leather, A Stick, and a Sky-Rocketing Price Tag

(By Tom Lohnes) – Remember Plymouth? Well, I don’t because those got discontinued well before I was alive, but I do know their history. The last Plymouth ever sold new is for sale, and...

eBay Find: This 1,100ci All-Aluminum Ford GAF V8 Is A WWII Relic We Want To Own!

We have told you about the awesome Ford GAA V8 more than once around here but we still get excited when we see them come up for sale or appear in other random dark corners of the internet. This time...

This 1985 AMC Eagle Might Be The Nicest One In The Country…And It’s Loaded, Too!

AMC Eagle wagons are a weird thing to me. On one hand, if you’ve seen one, you’ve pretty much seen them all: you have the same basic shape that first appeared as the AMC Hornet...