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Cheap Shop Truck Idea: Hack Up A Minivan! This 1994 Plymouth Voyager Can Haul Whatever You Need Now That It’s Done Hauling Brats Around!

The Chrysler minivans were the answer to the prayers of what had been a failing automaker just a few years prior when they debuted in 1984. A box on wheels that wasn’t the massive truck-based...

How Would You Build It: This 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis Is Another Big Black Sled Coupe That’s In Great Condition To Start With, But It Needs More…

The long black car fixation…I don’t know what it is about big Mercury products from the 1970s, but I love the way they look. Overall, classy without being overdone, as smooth as a monster...

Mad Mule 2018 Photo Coverage: The First Big Pro Mod Throwdown At GALOT Was Awesome

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – There’s nothing like the start of a new racing season, right? Hope springs eternal, new parts are still new, the paint jobs and updated looks that make racers...

Southeast Gasser Association Photo Coverage: The C/Gas Class Rules The Earth

(By Doug Gregory) – For 2017 C-Gas has had the highest car counts.  These cars have a 2500# minimum and must weigh 8lbs per cubic inch of displacement.  Run 6.499 or quicker and you’ll...

2018 Detroit Autorama Photo Coverage: Another Gallery Of Awesomness From The Motor City

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re back with more photos from the 2018 Detroit Autorama and you are going to love the variety in these. From classic monster trucks to hot rods, muscle cars,...

The Flying Pickle: Watch Michael Roemer’s Chevy S-10 Get After It In Georgia!

This is a truck that needs no introduction to any of us behind the scenes at BangShift. This is Michael Roemer’s Chevy S-10 known as “The Flying Pickle”. It’s super easy to...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: SUVs Sell? Apparently Lamborghini Now Knows!

The season is in full swing! Racing is on at just about every level, from testing and tuning events at the local tracks to Pro Mod fields that have a sweet-16 layout completely under the four-second...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Ultimate “Bring Back From Death” Car?

I’ve seen many a dead car that went on to the crusher and the great beyond that didn’t deserve it’s fate. There was the 1970 Chevy Kingswood that had nothing wrong with it other...

Rough Start: A Budget-Buster Worth Getting The Loan For, This 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Is BRUTAL!

Brutal and functional…do you need a hot rod to be anything else? Hell no you don’t. You need power, you need durable parts, you need enough safety gear that you’ll walk away if you...

Durability Tested: Watching This Tuff Truck Jeep Cherokee Crash And Come Back To Life Tells Us We Need To Get One!

Lets talk about Jeep XJs for a second. The Cherokee is one tough little SOB…they showed what American Motors could do with the right influences from Renault, Richard Teague’s eye for...

The Snow-Cone Machine: Watch What 1,000 Horsepower Does To A Frozen Lake!

Do you love to play in the ice and snow when you finally get winter weather? We aren’t talking that white-knuckle drive into town for supplies after Ma Nature proceeds to leave a great big...

BANGshift Question Of The Day: If You Could Live In Your Shop, Or One Like This, Would You?

Warehomes, Barndominiums, Live Work Spaces, or Shouses, whatever you call them this might just be the ultimate way to live for car guys and gals. At least it would be for me. Daphne and I talked for...

More NMCA West AutoX Action From California Speedway In Fontana

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) If it’s still cold and ugly wherever you are, and you haven’t been able to get out and enjoy some racing action, then I am sorry for sharing these photos with...

Rough Start: A Mercury Comet That Is Ripe For A Build

I love Mavericks and Comets. I grew up with a 1973 Comet GT that entered the yard…it showed up painted red and black, with a hit on the driver’s side behind the door that was mild enough...