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Question Of The Day: Tell Us About The Car With The Phantom Problem!

You see that 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe making a lukewarm effort to climb the pile of fill dirt in my backyard? That truck belongs to my father in law, and for the last six months, up until yesterday...

Money No Object: This 1979 Chevrolet El Camino Pro Street Build Is The Perfect 1990s Throwback!

I grew up going through all of the magazines…Hot Rod, Car Craft, Popular Hot Rodding and every other rag that my stepdad had subscriptions for…and seeing cars just like this Chevrolet El...

Nearly Nine Seconds In Cadillac Comfort – This CTS-V Coupe Is Wicked!

The modern age of horsepower is the golden age of horsepower. It’s true. By the time you’re reading this I’ll be at Beech Bend, making the first passes down the dragstrip in a...

Watch a Road Racing 1968 Mustang Get Destroyed at an Aussie Touring Car Masters Race

The Aussies have a lot of this racing stuff right. Consider their Touring Car Masters series. It is the type of vintage Trans Am series we should have here in the USA. Old school cars with old school...

Performance Ain’t Dead Yet: Hellcat Sales Nearly Doubled In 2016!

It was hard to predict how Hellcat sales would affect Dodge and FCA…on one hand, you cannot deny the absolute bomb blast that shook the market when the twin 707-horsepower monsters dropped, but...

Watch The Iron Big Block Chevy Powered Metal Mafia Fuel Altered Take On Ozark Motorsports Park

We have told you about and showed you video of the Metal Mafia fuel altered before. These guys are awesome because the car has an iron big block Chevy engine. We’re talking all iron from the...

Gallery: Our Last Batch Of Cool Hot Rods, Street Rods, and Ratty Rumblers From NSRA 2016

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –  Last gallery of our coverage from the 2016 NSRA Street Rod Nationals in Louisville, KY.  If you haven’t been to one of these I urge you to do so. ...

RideTech Develops StreetGrip System For 1964-1970 Mustangs – Pre Order Now!

RideTech’s StreetGrip systems have proven themselves as great upgrades for hot rodders who want to improve the ride quality and driving experience of their classic cars and the company has just...

Question Of The Day: How Would You Built This Four-Speed Chevrolet Celebrity?

Yes, it’s another 1980s front-driver from McTaggart, the patron saint of automotive lost causes. Bear with me on this one, because this is one of the strangest oddballs I’ve come across...

How Many Cars Went Into This Custom 1973 Porsche 914? Chrysler, Chevrolet, Ferrari…Are We Missing Any?

Happy Halloween! Ok, that might be a bit harsh, but let’s be honest: I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve ever late 1990s Chrysler body panels mated up to a Porsche roadster...

Formal Done Right: This 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ Is One Classy Machine!

You know what a 1970s “personal luxury coupe” really is, right? That’s where the manufacturers took what was a muscle car, stuffed it with the kind of luxury they thought buyers...

Today Would Have Been Marvin “Killdozer” Heemeyer’s Birthday – Remember Him?

(By Greg Rourke) – Today would have been the birthday of Marvin Heemeyer. It’s been said that you cannot fight city hall. That may be true, but Marvin found a loophole. He ran over city...

Ride Along With Matt Farah As He Takes The Detroit Speed Monte Carlo SS Shop Car Out For A Run!

There are plenty of GM G-body fans within the BangShift readership. Aw, who are we kidding…there are two major G-body fans writing: Nutting, who owns two Monte Carlos (that I can remember at...

SEMA 2016 Preview: Hot Rod Garage’s Project FishTail – Tony And Lucky Are Bringing A Drift ‘Cuda!

It’s called the SEMA crunch: it seems that right before the big event that everyone in the automotive world waits for, all of the builders suddenly realize that they are down to weeks in order...