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Featured Product: This Easy to Apply KBS Bed Liner Protects Truck Beds and Body Panels And You Can Do It At Home!

We’re big fans of KBS products around here, but if you haven’t seen their products here on BANGshift or haven’t caught up with them at the PRI or SEMA shows, then you need to check...

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Influence & Impact Episode 19 – Jason and Marcel Talk About Obscure Muscle Cars: Buick Grand National, Ford Torino, CTSV, And Muscle Trucks

Remember when a Buick Grand National first came out? Do you remember how they were weird because we were in desperate need of some speed and fun but couldn’t quite wrap our heads around why it...

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Finnegan’s Mystery Drag And Drive Project Car Is Here and So Is The Engine! Can You Guess What It Is? We All Want To Know!

Finnegan has a jillion cool projects going, but he’s been trying to keep this one a bit of a secret while tickling us all with posts on his new engine build over at ACE. He’s going to...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Verge Motorsports Quick Outlaw Series – Beech Bend Raceway Park – Sunday Race

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING is going on at Beech Bend Raceway Park this weekend and it is going to be a hell of a busy one. With the Quick Outlaw Series running both 4.70 door cars and 4.50 dragsters,...

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Street Freak – Part 5: The Chassis Now Has A 25.2 6.0 Cert! This Thing Is Nuts! All Wheel Drive Swap And Lambo Power!

Here’s the fifth video in the series, and the tube work is done! The chassis in this bad boy is now certified to 6.0 which means it is going to be legal to haul ass! In the last episode some of the...

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Cool Movie Car History: Here Are 10 Cool Facts About Kenny’s 1973 Custom Vette From The Movie Corvette Summer

There was a time when I couldn’t stand the Corvette from Corvette Summer. I don’t know why, but back when flares were a thing, I couldn’t stand them. Now I kinda dig them actually....

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Down But Not Out, Round Two: Country Classic Cars In Illinois Gets Struck By A Tornado

(Photos: St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Last August, the scene in Staunton, Illinois was nightmare fuel for any gearhead: Country Classic Cars, a dealership that specializes in classic vehicles with a...

2018 Houston Autorama Photos: Some Of The Baddest Cars In The Lonestar State Right Here!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – There are a few things we know about Texas. They love drag racing, they can BBQ like nobody’s business, and hot damn can they build a hot rod or two! Our...

The Little Red Death Wagon: Just In Case You Wanted A Project Idea For The Winter!

Not counting the one time I tried to steal my aunt’s Mustang II when I was in kindergarten, I feel confident in saying that most of us got at least one of, if not our first driving lesson, at...

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History In Motion: This 1922 Video Shows The Paris Fire Brigade In Action – Gutsy Frenchmen!

This is an interesting video for many reasons. The first being the fact that it was made about 100 years ago, the second that it shows mechanized fire fighting in that time period, and the third is...

Beater Battle: Mr. Gasket’s King Of The Heap 2018-19, Round One From NCM Motorsports Park

Winter boredom does not need to exist for gearheads who are within a reasonable drive from Bowling Green, Kentucky. The King of the Heap racing series, sponsored by Mr. Gasket, has kicked off for the...

Cool Drag Video: This 1981 Footage From A Track Rental At OCIR Is Awesome!

This is the type of drag racing video that you really have to kind of be a dork to fully enjoy, BUT, anyone that was live in 1981 will appreciate it as well. You are going to watch some shockingly...

More Gearhead History: Another Batch of Vintage Drag Race and High-Po Parts Ads

As we continue to delve deeper into the cavernous BangShift historical archive of old school drag mags and papers the hits just keep on coming. These ads with their hand drawn graphics, simple...

Boat Carnage Compilation: This Collection Of Racing Boat Crashes Is Completely Bonkers

Well, if you have ever contemplated boat racing this video may cure you of that desire. This collection of racing boat crashes is completely bonkers. Right off the bat you will see one that’ll...

Monday Shopper: This 1973 Ford Gran Torino Brougham Is The Right Car For The Right Ford Enthusiast

In the many cars that came through the yard when I was a kid, only a few really jumped out at me as being “good”. One of them was a gold 1972 Ford Gran Torino, the one with the formal...

Historic Video: Watch The Public Debut And First Run Of Art Arfons’ Cyclops In 1961

Some racers are defined by their creations, some are defined by their success, others are defined by their ability to come up with new ideas and employ them in ways that others haven’t been...

Hitting The Lottery: What Would You Do If You Found A Treasure Trove Of Trucks?

We’ve all dreamed of that mythical barn find at some point or another, where you find some building that hasn’t had a visitor since the day disco music died that was hiding the kind of...

Hot Saw Action! Watch Chainsaws Powered By V8s, Four Bangers, and More In Competition

It’s the part of any lumberjack competition that gearheads love. Its’s a place where creativity and wackiness being supreme, and it is a place where the objective is like any other drag...

So, So Close To Right: A RWD-Converted, Cosworth-Powered Mercury Lynx SCCA Pro Rally Factory Machine!

The Ford Escort name is tied hard to rally racing, thanks to Europeans who learned that the little Ford that was cranked out of the European arm made for a wicked little screamer when properly tuned...

The End of Big Muskie: Watch The Largest Piece Of Earth Moving Equipment Ever Get Blown Apart

53,000hp, a bucket that could move 220 cubic yards of material at a time, and a career that saw a singular machine move more Earth than was moved during the entire construction of the Panama Canal....