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Automotive Archeology: Check Out This Big Block Mopar-Powered Model A Ford As It Comes Out Into The Light!

(Words by Junkyard Digs) We’ve all seen pictures of epic barn find Shelby Mustangs, or old Ferraris, but it’s not every day you find a Mopar powered Model A tucked away in a dilapidated shed!...

We’ve All Done It: This Video Of A Drag Car Being Backyard Tested Is Funny – Note Shifter Position

Everyone who has ever had a project car has at one time wanted to see what it sounded like and acted like when it was running…long before the thing was done. Such is the case with the guys in...

BangShift Project Files: We Follow Up On A Hemi-Powered 1931 Plymouth!

One of the more dreamworthy garages in the BangShift Forums belongs to “Hemi Joel” Nystrum. This isn’t a shock…Joel put a Factory Appearing Stock Tire car into the 10-second...

Rocky Mountain Race Week Action From Thunder Valley Continues!

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) This is our last gallery of photos from Thunder Valley, the second to the last stop on Rocky Mountain Race Week 2018, but that doesn’t mean we are out of photos all...

The 2019 Suzuki Jimny: Does A Modern Samurai Make Sense For A Small SUV?

Ah, the poor, maligned Suzuki Samurai, the automotive equivalent of the Weeble-Wobble. Small, upright, boxy, spunky, with decent off-road chops and the smear of a Consumer Reports claim of easy...

Would You Ever Buy A Classic, That Was Too Far Gone To Save, Just To Keep It From Being Crushed?

So I’m walking around my buddy Chad Ehrlich’s Nobody’s Auto Recycling, in Great Bend Kansas on Friday morning when something he says strikes me as funny and awesome all at the same...

Rough Start: Will This 5.0 Ford Ranger Be Your Hot-Rod Hauler?

Small truck, V8. It’s a wonderful combination. What’s better is when the factory more-or-less offers up a do-it-yourself conversion kit to make that dream come true! When Ford started...

Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: The Second Sacrifice Has Arrived At The Shop!

No, that is not the Great Pumpkin Mustang. That is not the replacement for the Great Pumpkin Mustang. What you’re looking at is the latest thing to be dragged to BangShift Mid-West’s...

7.0 @ 199 MPH: The “KING32” Skyline GT-R Is Out For Blood!

Nissan Skyline GT-Rs are the one of the best jokes the Japanese ever played on the world. What damage could a six-cylinder sports coupe do? Plenty. In stock form it was like any of the other bubble...

Trailer Burnouts Are Cool, And 1320Video Got Some Good Ones On Film From Rocky Mountain Race Week.

1320Video Rocky Mountain Race Week 2018 has been a riot! And part of the fun has been all the weirdo antics that everyone has been doing, including myself who did some things that perhaps were a bit...

Rough Start: When In Vegas, Play A Safe Bet, Like This Four-Speed 1973 Chevy Laguna!

First appearing on the Pontiac GTO in 1968, Endura bumpers soon spread throughout General Motors’ lineup as a styling tool that effectively molded the front bumper into the design. No longer...

Sharpening Tungsten Correctly, And Using The Right Cup, Can Be The Difference Between Okay And Awesome TIG Welds

Sometimes it is hard to know what to believe when it comes to welding prep. I say this, because sometimes the things you hear sound so weird that they couldn’t possibly be true. Other things...

Usually I Say To Each His Own With Regards To Car Builds. Today Is Not One Of Those Days.

WTF PEOPLE!!! Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. This is hideous. In every way. Thanks to our pal Rocco Bastone, who sent this one in, we all get to suffer and look at it together....

The 5th Annual Lone Star Summer Shootout Is LIVE Sunday Morning.

The Texas Motorplex hosts the 5th Annual Lone Star Summer Shootout and all of Sunday’s action will be live at the link below. The Texas Motorplex is the original mega track and one that we...