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Muscle Car Gallery: More Cars From The Show To End All Shows In Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – More muscle cars and assorted other things along for the ride.  Since the NSRA expanded the entries to include vehicles 30 years old and older the muscle...

Aeromotive Adds Camaro Notch Corner Applications To Stealth Fuel Tank Line – Bolt ‘Em In!

You can now have the best of both fuel system worlds when building or modifying your first generation Camaro. How? Aeromotive is now offering Camaro notch corner Stealth tanks that bolt into the...

Is There Anything Better Than Watching A 1966 Chevy Impala Going Wheels-Up At Launch? We Don’t Think So…Check This Out!

You can blame this video on my personal affinity for a black 1965 Impala that ran in NMCA’s Super Street category years ago: Nick Scavo’s Impala, nicknamed “Orca”. Between the...

Rough Start: Get Your Long Roof Fix With This 1979 Chevrolet Malibu Wagon!

If you haven’t noticed yet, the desirable late 1970s-early 1980s cars are starting to come up in value. What do we mean by “desirable”, when quite a few people dismiss that entire...

The Parting Shift: Ripping The Handle In A 347 Stroker Powered Mustang!

I ran across this gear banging video on YouTube and I dug it because it is full of hard shifting win and the car is something that I think most BangShifters can relate too. The machine is a Fox body...

Check Out This Collection Of All Of The Incidents From Bathurst 2016 Right Here!

Australians hold the Bathurst races at Mount Panorama in high regard, this we know. The racers drive like the Devil was on their tail the entirety of the run…again, this we know. And what...

Does This Qualify As A Miracle? Buick Sold Over A Million Cars By September 2016!

When General Motors shuttered Pontiac in 2008 as part of their corporate restructuring program following the near-meltdown of the automotive industry, we were stunned to see that Buick, of all...

BangShift Question of the Day: What Are Your Weird Daily Classifieds Searches?

“M-e-d-a-l-l-i-o-n” [Enter] That’s how I spent the first seconds of every day when I was working in an office. I was looking for the near-extinct Renault/Eagle Medallion for reasons I’m still...

Ken Block, Pikes Peak, And The Hoonicorn V2: No Wonder Block Is Scared Of The Car!

When we first learned about Ken Block’s new, 1,400 horsepower on methanol, twin-turbocharged refresh of his already monster all-wheel-drive Mustang known as the “Hoonicorn”, the one...

Supercars Series Announces New Diesel-Pickup ‘SuperUtes’ Category for 2017

In case you’d missed the news, both Ford Australia and Holden ended production of Utes in 2016. That means that, as Chevy pitches a new El Camino for the United States, Australian dealerships in...

Nitro Gypsy Lays Down Funny Car Odds At California Hot Rod Reunion XXV!

It’s a given that the California Hot Rod Reunion attracts some of the best racecars in North America every year and the 25th edition of this event (October 20 – 23) is no exception.  The...

Carolina Xtreme Pro Mod Action – The Last Race Of The Season Was Awesome!

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – That’s it, the Carolina Xtreme Pro Mods had a great 8 race first season that just ended on October 15th. The series champion was decided at the previous...

More Cool Hot Rods, Gassers, and Street Rods From The 2016 NSRA Nationals

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – As you may have guessed by now I gravitate to more traditional styling on just about everything and that applies doubly to early rods.  There is a lot you...

Edlebrock Releases Victor II Intake Manifold For Ford Coyote Engines

The Ford Coyote engine is a fantastic piece from the factory with 400+ horsepower on tap with all the stuff that FoMoCo sends it out the door with. The job of the aftermarket is to take those good...