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Project Buford T Justice: The Long Arm Of The Law Gets Longer With A Stroker Build – 388ci Of Budget Fun

By the end of last summer, it was pretty clear that something had to be done with the existing power plant in my trusty Buford T Justice 1987 9C1 Chevy Caprice. The thing was literally pumping oil...

Cool Classic Trucks At The Big 3 Swap Meet In San Diego – West Coast Iron That We Envy!

For 49 years the Big 3 swap meet has been the place to go to see cool stuff, sell cool stuff, and buy cool stuff. There are literally miles of aisles set up in the parking lot at the old Jack Murphy...

Whoops! How To Free A S197 Mustang From A Muddy Ditch At An Autocross

Mudding and Ford Mustangs don’t normally exist well together, and this video will show you just how strained the relationship actually is. After getting a little too exuberant at an autocross...

Footage of Solaris Motorsports’ EuroV8 Camaro Tearing Around Monza – An Orphaned Race Car Screaming In Anger

Unfortunately, this is a kind of bittersweet video. This Camaro has been over in Italy for quite some time, running in the SuperStars and EuroV8 racing series. Unfortunately, that entire series has...

Holley Announces Sponsorship of Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals – Lutz, VerSchave, Hundreds More To Participate

Holley has announced their sponsorship of the drag racing portion at the 2015 Tri-Five Nationals which will be held at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky August 14-15, 2015. The event is...

Merrill Ice Drags Coverage – 100+ MPH In The Eighth On ICE! 100% BangShift Approved Mayhem

(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – For us Midwestern gearheads it’s not often that we get to hear open headers and smell the sweet scent of race gas in the cold winter months. And even...

Truck Pull Collection: Dodges On The Sled In Oregon – Street Trucks Getting It Done!

You can knock on Dodge trucks all you want to for rusting, but when you get one running right, you could drag a mountain across the yard in 4-lo and second gear just fine. Proof of that point is in...

This 1937 GMC Wrecker May Look Like A Technicolor Mess, But There’s An Amazingly Intact And Complete Truck Here

I came shockingly close to rolling right past the listing for this 1937 GMC wrecker on eBay because let’s be honest, at first blush the thing looks like a disaster. The wild coloration of the...

Apex Video: McLaren’s Official P1 GTR Introduction Video, Complete With The F1 GTR

A few days ago, we told you about the McLaren P1 GTR, the track-only version of the McLaren P1 hybrid supercar. The 986hp beast is the spiritual successor to the McLaren F1 GTR, the de-tuned...

Photo Coverage: 55th Annual Cavalcade of Customs Cincinnati – Nostalgia Drag Cars, Hot Rods, Wagons!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Throw the term ‘nostalgia’ around with a dozen gearheads and you will likely get a dozen different answers.  For me I’ve come to define it as cars...

Take A Hot Lap Of The Nurburgring Nordschliefe On Board An Ariel Atom – Blower Whine And Apexes For Days!

Sun, a killer racetrack, a very capable car…is this heaven? Well, one quick look outside dispatches that for us, but for the owner of this Ariel Atom, it most certainly is, because today...

Perhaps The Best Jeep Sales Video Ever? Watch This Dude Do Donuts For Days

A buddy of mine sent this one over to me the other day, and then on the phone said something about this guy having this Jeep listed for sale and that there was a link to the video in the ad. I was...

See The Don Garlits Quest For 200mph In An Electric Dragster As Never Before – Nitro America Film From Inside Testing

This is a rare exception to Les Mayhew’s always loud and rocking drag racing videos. No, we’re not saying that the quality or story telling is lacking but what is not present is the noise...

Pro Touring Tuesdays: This 1964 Buick Skylark Is A Family Labor Of Love

“Pro Touring Tuesdays” is all about bring you guys and gals the best of the Pro Touring builds and videos that we uncover while on our endless search for all things Bangshifty. Some are more...