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This 1934 International Is Big-Blocked, Bright Yellow And…Well, Look For Yourself…

The question was innocent enough at first glance. As I sat at the computer working, BangShift contributor Scott Liggett shoots me a message: “You like 1934 International trucks?” While...

Go For A Ride Around Grattan Raceway In The New Ford Shelby GT350 – Forget Fast, Forget Handling…THAT NOISE!

Taste, touch, sight, smell, and hearing. The five senses can tell you everything you need to know, and car geeks can tune in well to what works and what doesn’t. We know the crisp smell of the...

This 1970 Chevelle SS Shorty Looks Like A Riot…If You Can Fit Inside Of It!

Take a stroked 427 breathing through dual quads on a tunnel ram, hook it to an automatic trans, and jam it into a 1970 Chevelle that has had 27 inches whacked out of the wheelbase and a Pro...

FAST Jack Beckman Runs 3.90 At 325.69! Quickest And Fastest Funny Car Run In History!

Jack Beckman is hauling ass! With multiple records in the past couple events, everyone expects Jack Beckman to be a force to be reckoned with, but will this be yet another record-breaking weekend! In...

Watch FREE Live Streaming Video From The IHRA AND PDRA Right Here RIght Now!

That’s right, we’ve got live streaming video LIVE right here at BangShift.com from not one but TWO races this weekend thanks to Mark and the gang at Motormania TV. Click the giant link...

Listen To This NASCAR V8 Get Dyno Pulled To 9,700 RPM Three Times In Under A Minute – Sweet Music!

It is always fun when a bunch of new dyno videos jump onto the internet and for this current blast we have to thank the people at DEPAC Dyno Systems. That company makes instrumentation and software...

This 1978 Dodge Aspen Street Kit Car Is Clean, Bare Bones, And As Nasty As It Got In The Late 1970s

Think what you will of Chrysler Corporation’s decent towards insolvency in the late 1970s, but somewhere in Highland Park existed at least a few people who remembered what made them great just...

This Collection Of Subaru Crashes Is Here To Remind You That All-Wheel-Drive Does Not Save You From Poor Driving.

Subaru, prior to the mid-1990s in the United States, anyways, was famous only for four-wheel drive or all-wheel-drive cars that made a funny noise…oh, yeah, and that one really off-the-wall GT...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News: This Week, MORE Airbag Woes, A New Mach 1, and more!

  1. A possible Mach 1 return? Hell yes! It’s a personal thing with me, but of all of the names associated with the Ford Mustang, Mach 1 just resonates with me. Running from 1969-1978 on...

This Ford Territory Turbo AWD Wagon Is Perfect Sleeper Material – Eleven Seconds Out Of A Crossover Wagon!

Squint a little bit at this Ford Territory and tell me you don’t see a little bit of Ford Freestyle/Taurus X in the body lines. Think about those cars for a second…do you think that they...

Here, Kitty, Kitty: The Ford Shelby GT350 Has Started To Roll Off Of The Assembly Lines

The patience of Ford fans who have been waiting for the new S550-based GT350 and GT350R can finally be quelled, as Ford has started rolling the angry version of the Mustang off of the Lime Rock...

Want To Add An Overdrive Automatic To Your Mopar B or E-Body? American Powertrain Has Your Solution!

We all love to take our iron out and let it run, but with the rising speed limits on the Interstates, owners of older Chrysler products might think twice about running their muscle cars out on the...

V8 Chevrolet LUV vs Blown Chrysler V8-Powered Alfa Romeo GTV6 In Germany –

Straight from Hockenheimring’s drag strip in Germany, we bring you one of the more strange pairings we’ve seen. In the near lane is a mostly-typical V8 Chevrolet LUV build. A 400ci...

GM’s AGL-4 Was An Articulated, 4×4, Monster Corvair Truck That Should Have Been Built – Incredible Video Of The Beast In Action!

As you can imagine, I almost whizzed my shorts about fifteen times watching this amazing video of the little known GM AGL-4. This was a truck designed and built by the guys at GM to test the concept...