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BangShift Question of the Day: If The World Devolved Into A Mad Max Situation What (Real) Vehicle Would You Be Driving?

Yesterday’s item about the mammoth Kenworth 963 oil field truck got a bunch of commenters mentioning that it seems like a good choice for a zombie apocalypse or a Mad Max dystopia type of...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Pontiac Blues – Sonny Boy Williamson And The Animals (Recorded 1960s)

While the song Rocket 88 gets roundly awarded the praise for being the first rock and roll song about cars, there was automotive themed music long before the late 1940s when Rocket 88 was recorded....

BangShift Quick Tech Tip: Chassis and Body Grounds. They Are Your Electrical Friends.

Our pal Todd Ryden, sent us this quick tech tip last week, along with a great new kit from Painless Performance that gives you all the grounds and fasteners you need to make sure your car or truck...

Chadmouth: Paul Harvey and Ram – Plus A Bunch Of Other Whining Bitches

So let me get this straight. Dodge uses a Paul Harvey monologue in a commercial for Ram Trucks during the Super Bowl, thereby creating the best commercial of the game, and arguably one of the most...

Buford T Justice Update: A TCI 700R4 And Breakaway Torque Converter Get Our 9C1 Caprice Shifty!

Last week I installed the cylinder heads, COMP lifters, rockers, pushrods,and LS lifter guides into Buford’s small block mill. While all that was nice, we still had a massive problem on our...

Gallery: The National Motorcycle Museum Tour Grand Finale Gallery

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Yesterday we showed you the first of two galleries that our own Greg Rourke shot on a recent visit to the National Motorcycle Museum. There was so much cool stuff that...

Video: Helmet Cam Footage Of What It Is Like To Drive An Exploding Top Fuel Dragster In Australia

In today’s world of great editing, high definition camera, and slick video tricks, it is easy for a cool piece of raw video to get missed. Take this purely awesome video of a top run for...

Cruise Gallery: More Great Photos From The Kemah Cruise – Kemah, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We told you that Charles was crushing it on the photo front with his photos from the Kemah cruise in Texas and we weren’t lying! Yesterday’s gallery...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: The General Lee – Johnny Cash (1983)

During the height of the Dukes of Hazzard’s popularity in the early 1980s, a promotional album was released by the studio behind the show. Most of the songs on it were covers or stuff that...

Watch:Ford Raptor Destroyed While Landing A Massive Jump – Rednecks With Paychecks Carnage!

The Ford F-150 Raptor is one bad ass truck. Having thoroughly worked one off road and even jumped in it, I can say that they’re capable of standing up to almost everything a sane person could...

WE HAVE A WINNER!: BangShift.com Facebook Photo Contest Votes Are In

We have to admit that while we loved doing our first BangShift.com Facebook Photo Contest, it was not our idea originally. When our sponsor Ridetech did one on their Facebook page, we thought it was...

New Sponsor: BangShift.com Welcomes Crane Cams To The Party! Happy 60th Birthday!

We have the greatest sponsors in the world here at BangShift.com, and we couldn’t have gotten where we are without them. Companies like Ridetech, Aeromotive, and MSD, have been with us since...

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...