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BangShift Project Files: When Grand National Meets Riviera, Only Good Can Result!

If you dig in the vault of project cars that have graced the forums at BangShift, you will find many unique and interesting cars. You will see short-term projects, mild builds, full-on race cars,...

Round Tube Back Half G-Body El Camino, Small Block, Nitrous, Big Tires, Grudge Ready!

I’m 100% certain that you couldn’t build this El Camino for this kind of money even if you did 80% of the work yourself. This one is as clean as they come, and the fact that it has a...

Straight, Unmolested California 1967 Camaro And Big Block Donor Vehicle For Just $7500!

This thing isn’t pretty, but it looks straight and it is completely unmolested which rules. This 1967 Camaro is begging for a big block and TH400 which is perfect since for the $7500 asking...

Ramp Truck! This 1956 Ford COE Has Got Some Cool Tricks Going On.

I love COE trucks. So much so that James Crosby and I actually made a special stop to check one out that we saw from the freeway last week. What’s cool about COEs is that they had such cool...

Take A Quarter Mile Rip In A Four Speed, Steel Bodied, Blown 392 Hemi Powered, 1941 Willys

(Video and photos by Christian Rowell) – When is comes to icons and hot rodding, nothing can really touch the late 1930s/early 1940s Willys coupe. They have been built in every possible form...

Prolong 5W-30 Oil Formulation Is New, Delivers On Performance AND Economy

Never before in the history of the car have we had better quality lubricants and such a selection of them to choose from. It can be dizzying to try and sort out what would work best for your...

The Petersen Automotive Museum: Photos From Our Visit Yesterday!

The Petersen Automotive Museum, founded by Robert E. “Pete” Petersen and his wife Margie has been a gathering point for gearheads, a home for amazing iron, and a place that every car...

Snow Got You Down? Watch This Snowboarder Get Towed Behind A Jeep And Cheer Right Up!

Snow and ice can kiss the fattest part of my backside. Seriously…I’d rather sweat all year long than to deal with snow and ice. I don’t care how pretty it is, I don’t care...

Donut Derelicts Coverage: We Munch Donuts And Check Out The Coolest Hot Rods In SoCal

Escaping the clutches of a major league blizzard that crushed the East Coast, I made my way to southern California at the end of last week. The purpose of the trip was two fold. First I came out to...

Craigslist Find: This LS-Swapped 2002 Jeep Liberty Has An Exemption From The Crusher It Deserved To Meet!

We’ve heard you, the lot of you, who automatically go into full-on rage mode each and every time the phrase “LS Swap” is published by us. “It’s unoriginal! It’s...

Classic YouTube: A Dodge Shadow That Isn’t A Rear-Drive Conversion, Isn’t Subtle And Should Be Feared!

The Ford Tempo that Brian ran yesterday got me thinking: most of the cars that were around when I was in my single-digit ages are all but gone. Just between the ages of 5-10, let’s see how many...

How Would You Build This 1983 AMC Concord? It Is For Sale In The Ancestral Home Of AMC, Kenosha

(By Eric Rood) – Few remember American Motors’ Concord–although the two-door hatch served as the basis for the final AMX–but along with the compact Spirit and the proto-CUV...

Unhinged: Thinking About Buying A Cheap Classic Beater To Fix Up For A Driver? Here’s What You Might Be Getting Into!

“They don’t make cars like they used to.” Yeah, ain’t that the truth. Growing up, I heard that crap every time I went to brag about my 1979 Cutlass, or my 1987 Monte Carlo,...

eBay Find: This 1957 Plymouth Suburban Wagon Has Been Customized But Not Hacked

As we have said many tines, custom cars are an interesting thing because when someone has a car built or builds a wacky car to their personal taste, it does not always translate into cool for...