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The Psychotic Shopping Cart: This 600cc Honda-Powered Trike Is The Toy We All Want!

To hell with every safety council that wet their pants at the sight of a three-wheeled ATV, I love the things. Honda 125 and 200cc three-wheeled four-stroke thumpers were what I grew up thrashing...

Wild Rides: Here’s Five Minutes Of Insanity From The World Of Nostalgia Drag Racing

This is five minutes of crazy. Five minutes of insanity from the world of nostalgia drag racing. Blower explosions, drivers getting bathed in hot transmission fluid, burnouts gone wrong, barrel...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Which Would You Rather Take, Brand New Truck Or Proven Workhorse Pickup?

Nothing like looking through old pictures to remember bad decisions in past car sales, is there? That photo dates back to 2005…the silver Ram is a 2001 5.9-powered Quad Cab that took the place...

Not A Slow Mod: This Twin Turbo 1951 Chevy Pro Mod Is Clean, Mean And Certified To 5.49

Ok, now THIS is awesome. You are looking at a twin turbo 1951 Chevy pro mod that carries a NHRA chassis certification that will allow it to run down to 5.49 seconds. The engine is a big wedge mill...

Awesome Historic Video: Combat Engineers In Action During WWII – Building, Fixing, Winning

As much as I love old films from WWII, this one may take the cake. The video is a tribute to the incredible work and achievements of United States combat engineers during the war. From building roads...

Vintage Drag Racing Video: Modified Production and Gas Class Action At The Old Eastex Dragway

Not this coming weekend but the one following will find the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing series at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. There’s been a load of killer drag racing in the...

Want To Rent A Turbocharged LS Swapped Volvo Station Wagon For $75 A Day? You Can!

BangShifter Troy Henderson sent us the link to what has to be the greatest rental car in the history of mankind and we needed to share it with you. Here’s the crazy part, it isn’t just...

Unhinged: The Strangest Lawn And Garden Tool Ever Invented, The Hover-Mower

For the last couple of days, I’ve been working on the lawn and garden aspect of BangShift Mid-West. Lucky for me, that involves sitting down and turning a steering wheel, because that’s...

This Is It! The Coolest Motorhome We have Seen in A While – 1991 International Cab Over, Cummins, Turbo Wing!

When it comes to the custom built motorhome world, we have always been fans around here and there are certain things that place others near the head of the class for coolness and this thing has them...

Other Options: Listen To The Screaming Nissan 5.6L V8 In This Toyota 86!

Part of hot-rodding that has always endured was using whatever was available in the quest for speed. This is why guys tore through scrapyards hunting down rusted Chryslers in search of early Hemis,...

Morning Symphony: The Renault 5 Turbo II – The Good Stuff That The French Didn’t Share

“Le Performance Car”…nope. “When there is a car from the country that just built the world’s fastest train”…congrats on the train, now try again. “Le...

Money No Object: This Clean 1993 Chevy Dually Is Packing A Supercharged Rat Under The Hood!

We can’t leave well enough alone with a good dually truck around here. Luckily, Brian and Chad both have trucks with duals at their house and as for me, I’m using a slightly disgusting...

2018 NHRA Denso Spark Plugs 4-Wide Nationals Coverage: More Killer Action Photos Featuring The Pros

(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – You know, one of the unsung heroes of the massive 2018 NHRA Denso Spark Plugs 4-Wide Nationals was the title sponsor of the event, Denso Spark Plugs. How...

Classic YouTube: “Styling And The Experimental Car”, A Ford Film Of Dream Machines

Concept cars…the dream machines that you never got but the manufacturers would sink millions into just to test some theories or to drum up some interest. They always had my attention…some...