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BANGSHIFT QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF SOMEONE HANDED YOU 100K TODAY FOR CAR STUFF ONLY, WHAT WOULD YOU BUY?

So I am all hung up on this awesome old truck I found for sale on eBay this morning. So hung up that I got to thinking about if there was anything else on this Earth (car wise) I would want more for...

Video: Watch A Hairy 565ci, Blown, Alky Burning, Big Block Chevy Make 2,000hp With Holley EFI

This is the type of motor that makes us look at the computer screen and yell OOGA BOOGA after seeing it make a dyno pull. It is 565ci of 10-71 blown, alcohol burning, Pro-Filer headed, and Holley...

Gallery: The National Motorcycle Museum – Part 1

(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – Anamosa, Iowa is home to the National Motorcycle Museum and I can’t imagine a finer collection of motorcycles and memorabilia exists anywhere. Among...

Gallery: Bitchin’ Variety At The Kemah Cruise – Kemah, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It is officially cruise season in Texas as Charles Wickam has filed his first gallery of the season from the Kemah Cruise in Kemah, Texas. The place was packed to...

Ebay Find: A Cool, But Weird, ’51 Chevy Styleline Deluxe With An Interesting Story

BangShifter Scott Payton sent us this one the other day, and it turns out it’s located about 5 miles from where I grew up. If you like traditionals with a twist, this one just might be perfect...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: East Bound and Down – Jerry Reed (1977)

Jerry Reed is probably better known as an actor now than as a musician but the dude was all over the place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He and Burt Reynolds were an acting tandem in several...

Car Chase Movie Sunday: The Violent And Bad Ass Cigarette Truck Chase From Beverly Hills Cop

Here’s our last one of the day and it is a favorite. This is the great cigarette truck chase scene from the original Beverly Hills Cop. Eddie Murphy is stuck in the back of the big truck (and...

Car Chase Movie Sunday: A Trans Am Takes On A Hot Rod Chevy Pickup In 1978’s The Driver

I guess I have Pontiacs on the brain today but seeing as this is another 1970s movie and it features another 1970s Pontiac in a car chase I guess it is fair to say that Poncho was the only brand out...

Car Chase Movie Sunday: Steven Segal In A Classic Chevy Pickup Versus An Evil Mack!

Steven Segal owned the schlocky action genre for a time in the 1990s and then became a dominant player in the “straight to DVD” market. He’s now a real life law enforcement officer...

Jump Video Extravaganza! Part Four: Dukes Of Hazzard, Starsky And Hutch, And More

This is a montage of television and film greatness! All the high flying action you wish they still had on tv, plus some great movie stuff too. And it’s all set to great ’80s music. The...

Jump Video Extravaganza! Part Three: A Big Ramp, A Big Truck, and Small IQ Make For Carnage

Take one part falling apart early ’90s Chevy Truck, one part giant long ass ramp, one part just as big landing ramp, separate by 2.5 truck lengths, shake driver until he’s reached single...

Jump Video Extravaganza! Part Two: Jeep Sand Dune Fail, That Isn’t A Jeep, Extra Fail

There are like 4 jillion postings of this video on YouTube, but the one we grabbed is a double fail, because not only does this dude fail miserably at landing his dune jump, but despite the title...

Jump Video Extravaganza! Part One: Farm Truck, Snow, Steep Ramp, Big Air, BIIIIGGGG Landing

Every time we mention that we want to jump a car or truck, Brian and I immediately get emails and texts from our Lawyer or Accountant telling us that we’ll get sued or kill ourselves or...

FREE LIVE STREAMING VIDEO: The IHRA Summit Racing PRO-AM Feb 2nd and 3rd.

Two races, 1 weekend, it’s the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Series, and our buddy Mark Walter is live on location in Immokalee Florida bringing you all the action. Racing starts Saturday...