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eBay Find: A Forlorn Maverick Drag Car With Good Bones And A Pissed Off Ford 305ci Six Cylinder!

Ford Mavericks are cool as street machines, but truly neat as drag cars. They were used in Pro Stock during the 1970s by many Ford faithfuls and they provide a great platform to build a car around....

Cool Video: Watch A Blacksmith Make A Real Version Of Odd Job’s Hat From The James Bond Movies!

As I said earlier, Chad is long gone and hard to find this weekend so you know what I am doing? Whatever the hell I want.This bitchin’ video of a real life blacksmith creating a functional and...

Craigslist Find: A Bizarre Banana Colored Boat Car – Weird But Oddly Awesome

We know what you’re thinking. Actually we don’t because our minds are so blown by this Tennessee built boat-car that we  currently confused by which was is up. In some angles it reminds...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Truck Drivin’ Man – Lynrd Skynrd (Recorded 1977 – Released 1987)

Chad’s off announcing for the Goodguys this weekend so he’s got no say in what hits the blog today! I’m kicking things off right with some good old southern rock and roll from Lynrd...

Watch The 48 Hour Camaro Take On The Gas Monkey Garage Guys In A Donut Cutting Contest!

Spoiler alert — The dudes from Ridetech and the 48 Hour Camaro are going to be on an upcoming episode of the gearhead show Fast n’ Loud. As is usually the case at the Gas Monkey Garage,...

Ebay Find Greatness: A Real Deal Jungle Jim Monza Funny Car! Burnouts Await!

My dad was friends with Jungle Jim back in the day. He and all his buddies worked on Jim’s cars, helped build the Nova and raised hell in their spare time. Heck, my first car trailer was Jungle...

Watch A Cummins Powered Dodge Ram Absolutely Destroy A Viper On The Drag Strip

That disappearing spec in the lead photo is a Dodge Viper and the vehicle making it shrink into nothingness is a massive one ton Dodge pickup with a highly worked over Cummins diesel that makes more...

Watch MSD On PowerBlock TV This Weekend. The HorsePower Guys Do A Swap.

Check it out! Joe and MIke are doing an LS Swap, and into something never intended to house a V8. Like true hot rodders, that won’t slow them down even a little bit, but to save time and energy...

Show Gallery: The 2013 Chicago World Of Wheels – Photos by Dom Damato/DRD Photography

(Photos by Dom Damato/DRD Photography) – We have been running tons of Autorama/World of Wheels coverage this year from across the country, so much that we’ve actually fallen out of order...

Project Update: The Chicken Coupe – Body Is Off The Frame, Trans Is Mocked In, Progress Is Made, Diablo Sandwiches Are Consumed

(Words and photos by Matt Graves) – Sorry for the long dry spell on the Chicken Coupe update. I can’t let Brian steal the spot light this week with his half-assed Buford T Justice update...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Expressway To Your Heart – The Soul Survivors (1967)

After a couple days of rock and roll we thought it was time to throw some good old fashioned soul music back into the mix for today’s Daily Tune Up. Our selection today is the Soul Survivors...

LIVE TONIGHT! POWERSHIFT WITH CHAD AND BRIAN! OUR WEEKLY VIDEO SHOW THAT COVERS ALL THING BANGSHIFT!

Thursday again, already?! You betcha and that means tonight at 6PM Pacific/9PM Eastern we’ll be live with our latest installment of Powershift, the live weekly show starring BangShift’s...

Drag Gallery: Liam Garrity’s Retro-Cool Images From The 2013 March Meet

(Photos by Liam Garrity) – BangShift photo contributor Liam Garrity was shooting photos like a mad man at the March Meet. He spent some time putting the artistic touches on them that he digs...

Insane Wreckage Video: Two Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Truck Get Into a Dog Fight And Both Lose!

We’ve showed you some off the wall crashes from the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series before but this is the capper. Racers Casey Currie amd RJ Anderson get into one another while flying through...