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Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting A Custom Build DIY Rear Swaybar

In this video from the Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the rear suspension get some...

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MiniTruckin Nationals Photos From Maggie Valley North Carolina – Old School, New School, Mini’s And More!

I didn’t make it out to the 2024 Mini Truckin Nationals in Maggie Valley, but boy I can’t wait for next year. That’s because our friend Damon Steinke from E3Extreme hit the show and...

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Mud And Dirt Racing Photos: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Epic And We’ve Got The Photos!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) With the unfortunate passing from a courageous battle with cancer back in 2021 of famed and beloved mud racer Darryl Jones, pilot of the legendary “Scooby Doo”...

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BIG TIRES & BLOWERS – The Hot Rod Hoarder Hits Up The Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run 2024 And Man There Were Cool Cars On Parade.

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood,...

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Our Final Gallery Of 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Check Them All Out Here, Along With A Link To Any You Might Have Missed!

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as...

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Newbern Helped His Neighbor Get This SS Chevelle Up And Running For Burnouts After Sitting For 40 Years And A Seized Small Block

There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down...

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Fresh From The Farm: This 1964 Flatbed Ford Gets Prodded Back Into Life!

As Kevin beds in for another lovely Iowa winter, he’s been hard at work getting the videos of his adventures and revivals of 2019 put together for viewing. He was busy this year, between that...

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Big Name Sponsor’s Coming To Nostalgia Drag Racing? Peck Racing’s “The Instigator” To Be Sponsored By Quote Wizard

United Nitro Funny Cars, the NHRA Heritage Series, and Nostalgia Drag Racing in general are some of the hottest and most fun nitro drag races you’ll find anywhere. Most teams competing in any...

BangShift Question Of The Day: FCA + PSA, Good Or Bad?

Earlier this week Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA agreed to a $50 billion, 50/50 merger of their businesses. The new company will be based out of The Netherlands, and so far at least, there...

Bonus Drag Week 2019 Photos From ATCO: Street Car Racing At Its Finest From The Northeast!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Drag Week has long been one of our favorite events, as we were on the first one and many since, and we love running photos from the event’s many stops. When Grippo...

Project Hay Hauler Update: We Raced It, Broke It, Fixed It, Lowered It, And Yet We Still Can’t Leave It Alone!

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) It’s been over a year since​ I last updated you on the progress of my ’67 GMC pickup. ​I do have to apologize for my lack of updates. A lot has...

Iron Fist, Leather Glove: Meet The 10-Second Lincoln Continental Mark III

In the late 1960s, if you wanted to prove that you were king of the neighborhood, you had one of two options: Cadillac or Lincoln. You either had a Continental Mark III or an Eldorado. Other than...

Classic YouTube: A Japanese Take On Land Speed Racing

Land speed racing is a drug. One hit is more than enough to excite. Two hits and you’re just about done. Any more and you’ll end up an addict, craving more and more speed. And either you...

BangShift Tune-Up: “Wolf Totem” by The Hu featuring Jacoby from Papa Roach (2018)

Music is a world language. Words might not interchange, but the beat of the drum, the roll of the bassline and the highs and lows translate through culture. You can take any particular genre of music...

In Memoriam: Robert G. “Junior” Johnson

The moonlight at midnight is a haunting glow. Colors turn to shades of black, blue and silver. What would be a mild thicket of trees becomes a wall. Normally, the only noises to be heard are the...

2019 AACA Fall Hershey Meet Photo Coverage: Antique Cars, Parts, Automobile, and BangShifty Goodness

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – A short while back, Joe Grippo hit one of the great legacy automotive gatherings left in the country, the AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) fall meet in...

2019 Cynthiana Rod Run Photo Coverage: More Cars, Trucks, Turbos, and Fun From Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is one of few events I’ve attended without any of my boys accompanying me.  Unfortunately this is a trend that is progressing to the point I’ve...

Dual Quad Deal: This 1956 Pontiac 2×4 Intake, Carb, and Air Cleaner Setup Is Exceedingly Rare!

Pontiac was years away from becoming one of the most awesome divisions of General Motors in 1956 but is was then that the first real signs of performance life started to emanate from the brand....

Money No Object: 1974 Ford F-250 – Classic Strength In Steel

If I’m limited to just one Ford vehicle, ever, it won’t be a Mustang that I choose. It’ll be a dentside Ford truck. I’ve always said that you can’t go wrong with any...

Crack Open The 3G Hemi Program With Parts And Pieces From Holley!

The LS engine has a support system that is absolutely unreal in scope and size. The Coyote engine does too. But what about Ma Mopar’s third-generation Hemi, the one that has been a staple in...