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Classic YouTube: You’ve Heard Of Log-Rolling…But What About Log-Jumping?

Here’s a great scenario for you. You’re traveling upstream along a small river in a wooded area in a jet boat. You encounter a log straddling the entire width of the river, bank to bank....

BangShift Project Files: A Turbo Lincoln LSC That Is Getting The Full-Kill Build Treatment

The Fox-body Lincoln Mark VII and LSC are criminally underrated. Take every positive aspect you can come up with about a similar-vintage Fox Mustang, add the aero shape that is shared with the...

The Cruiser Cutlass: This 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Is A Dream Backroad Trip Machine!

Some cars shouldn’t be turned into tempermental, psychotic street beasts. They should be left alone or barely upgraded and left to be the civil, comfortable cruiser that will just eat up the...

Need A Hardcore Oil Pan For Your Ford? Weiand Has Offerings You Should Check Out

If you are working on a 351 Cleveland, 400M, 315M, or 351 Windsor engine these days and you need an oil pan, Holley could be the place you need to shop, especially if said engine is going into a Fox...

This Professionally Made Film From The 1972 NHRA Winternationals Stars Garlits And Prudhomme And Is One Of The Coolest Things Ever

I find myself saying this often, but the reality is that when these old drag racing films surface, one always seems to be better than the last. Such s the case with this amazing 20-minute video that...

Classic YouTube: The 1971 Ford Transit Supervan – Part GT40, Part Mental Instability

It is strange to think that 1971 was a year that pretty much saw the end to a wild party that had been raging more or less since 1965. What had been wild times that saw advancements in music,...

Watch The Sneaky Pete Peterbilt Mud Bog Truck Wreck Hard In Michigan

This is not the first time we have showed you the cool Sneaky Pete Peterbilt mud truck on the pages of BangShift.com. In happier times we have showed you the high riding, unique, slogging beast...

Rocky Mountain Race Week 2018 Finale! Tina Pierce Takes Home The Big Money! Results And Last Day Photos Start Here

(Photos by Dominick Domato/DRD Photos) No matter how wore out we are from the trip, each and every year we find ourselves wishing Rocky Mountain Race Week was still going on once we get home. I...

Rare Fox: This 1986 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Turbo Is A Nearly Extinct 80’s Performance Car You Probably Forgot Existed!

Just about every gearhead out there looks back fondly at their high school ride. Wile some of you may still have your first car, most everyone (myself included) sold their teenage chariot long ago....

Monday Shopper: This 1972 Ford Maverick Is Too Good! What A Neat Little Cruiser!

I have a special place in my heart for Ford Mavericks. They were one of the first cars I ever paid attention to, long before I truly blossomed from a car-obsessed kid into someone with a mental...

American Powertrain Announces ProFit Transmission Systems For 1967-1979 Ford F-100 Trucks

It ain’t just about C10s anymore, kids! It is not news to anyone that classic half ton trucks of all varieties have become some of the hottest things in the world of hot rodding. Guys are...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: It’s …Super Weiner?!

Hello, summer. Hello, summer storms. Hello, barbecue weather, sunburns and swamp ass, mosquitoes at sunset and pounding down water so you don’t turn into human jerky. Hello every form of racing...

Rough Start: Welder, Shower, And A 1965 International Scout? Bring Your Own Tent!

Early Scouts are awesome. International Harvester’s attempt at playing the market that previously had belonged completely to Willys with the Jeep wasn’t so much a risk, but the...

Over 240 MPH In A Half Mile – Sal Patel’s Viper Is A Freaking Beast!

The V-10 engine that is used in the Dodge Viper (and the V-10 truck block used in Rams) owes it’s existence to the LA 360ci small-block. While saying that the V-10 is a 360 with two more...