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Restore This REO Bottlewagon And Take It On The Run, Baby

Casual music and automotive fans will likely both know of the REO Speed Wagon (and/or Speedwagon if you want to be pedantic about spelling), but few will know about the existence of the REO...

Funny Stuff: Taking Up Donations For A Worthy Cause, Done Right…Or, Don’t Date Crazy!

(Photo: Cody Adams, via V.I.S.I.T) Breakups are the worst, aren’t they? What started out as this amazing thing that two people shared, what brought them close together, has now become a vortex...

A Hemi Powered Opel Kadett? Old School Race Car Awesome That Could Be Brought Back

I’m a fan of Opels. But in recent years the Opel Kadett in particular has been the one pulling on my heartstrings. So you can imagine how excited I was when I say this Opel Kadett with a Hemi...

eBay Find: This 1972 Mercury Comet GT Would Make An Awesome Cruiser! If You Want A Mustang Alternative, Here It Is!

A 302 and a five-speed in any Ford product outside of an F-600 is a recipe for fun, but when you put it into a Mercury Comet (the Ford Maverick’s fraternal twin), the fun is at it’s...

Imagine What Mid Engine Fun You Could Build With This! Powerglide/Winters Quick Change Transaxle

You hear about it all the time. The guy who starts a project just because of a set of wheels he found, or a blower and injector hat, or an engine. It all starts with one thing. Well this is an...

This 1967 GMC Commercial For The New C10 Is Awesome

There are so many cool old car and truck commercials out there, and every time we see a new one we get all excited. So when Scott Liggett sent in the link to this 1967 GMC Commercial the other day I...

Grab Some Popcorn And Watch Carfection Rate Their Eight Best Car Advertisements From The U.K.!

Good car advertisements are a rare thing nowadays, but that wasn’t always the case. It used to be that strangeness, a little self-deprecating humor, a good soundtrack or a killer mustache would...

Street Outlaws Kamikaze Goes Full Tube Backhalf On The El Camino For 2016

Kyle and the boys at 1320 Video got a sneak peek at Street Outlaw’s Kamikaze’s El Camino the other day and shared the video with the world. Never before had anyone publicly seen this...

Engine Teardown: Watch As This Porsche 930 Turbo Flat-Six Gets Taken Down To The Bare Block!

Spring is a little late to be tearing into a project engine, but better late than never. The sooner the engine is torn down, the sooner it can be built back up to be even better than it was before....

ChallengerFest 7 Gallery: Take A Tour Of The Parking Lot Festivities During Friday’s Car Show!

What was supposed to be an awesome day of Modern Street Hemi Shootout racing on Friday turned into Mother Nature’s temper tantrum. Shortly after qualification runs started, the clouds rolled...

Morning Symphony: The Machine-Gun Blast Of A Skoda Fabia WRC Will Get You Moving In A Hurry!

Nothing will grab your attention faster than a strong anti-lag system getting strung up under boost. Nothing. Take it from a combat veteran…hearing a machine-gun POP-POP-POP! will scare the...

Watch The LIVE Replay Of The NMCA/NMRA All-Star Nationals 2016 Right HERE!

Starting this Friday, BangShift.com will be bringing you live streaming action of the 2016 8th annual Borla Exhaust NMCA/NMRA All-Star Nationals from Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia. This is one...

A Complete, Untouched, Still In The Truck, 1948 Ford Flathead V8: Asking $1000

A complete Flathead Ford V8 with transmission, in almost virgin condition, for $1000 sounds like a screaming deal to us. Anyone out there looking to build a tradition hot rod, restore a truck, or...

This SN95 Mustang Drag Radial Car Has A 347, Paxton, And A Lot Of Killer Parts And It’s ALL NEW!

Sometimes buying someone else’s unfinished project is the way to go when picking up a new race car or hot rod. But sometimes you can get just as good a deal by finding the finished car that...