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Party Barge: 1,000 Horsepower Worth Of Chrysler New Yorker At It’s Wildest

Long, low, wide and monstrous in every possible dimension, a 1970 Chrysler New Yorker is far from subtle. They are smooth-looking cars, sure…the Fuselage C-body design looked great for 1970 and...

Historic Promo Video: The Chrysler Airflow at Bonneville and Driving Coast to Coast

The Chrysler Airflow will forever be known as a car ahead of its time. One of the first cars to have been designed with aerodynamics in mind, the shape and contours of the vehicle were just too much...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Have Considered The Ford Ranger Raptor?

We approved of Ford’s decision to bring back the Ranger nameplate on a truck smaller than the current F-series pickup truck. We like it’s looks, we like it’s size, we like what we...

Gearhead Americana: Men, Women, Mechanics, Machines of Speed, and Machines of War

(All photos from Library of Congress Digital Archive) – So my romp through the seemingly endless photo archive at the Library of Congress website continues. This week I decided to hone in on...

This Will End Well: The Terrafugia Transition Order Banks Are Open, With Deliveries Starting Next Year

I’m certain that some of my friends who are pilots might be excited by this bit of news, but on the whole, I’m actually kind of horrified. If you don’t know what a Terra-what-in-the...

That’s A Huge “Nope”: Is This The Most Disgusting Eagle Talon? Check Out The De-Contamination Process Here!

Over this past year, I’ve had a fascination with bringing dead vehicles back to life. Obviously, a big portion of that program involves making the vehicle more than just a moveable lawn...

American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ripping Gears In A 550hp 1968 Mustang With A TKO

We live in a world where everyone wants to have a 1,000hp street car that does not break and can get them to work every day. While it seems comical that even 20 years ago 400hp was some big time...

No More, Thanks: Holden Stops Production Of Commodore And Equinox Because They Aren’t Selling

It was a foregone conclusion that when local manufacturing left Australia, that selling an imported product was going to face an uphill battle. Both Ford and Holden loyalists weren’t going to...

October 2018 Pomona Swap Meet Photos: Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, Low Riders, and Projects For Sale

(Photos by Wes Allison) –  Here’s our latest and greatest grouping of photos from the October 2018 Pomona Swap Meet. We’re talking trucks, cars, low riders, and a load of project...

A Look To The Past: Looking Back Nearly Forty Years In One Camaro’s History!

In December 2015, Brian Lohnes found one unique eBay surprise: a seriously worn-out 1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS that had been treated to a mid-1970s full-kill customizing job…though, you could...

2018 AACA Hershey Fall Meet: More Photos From The Legacy Show In Pennsylvania

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – From campers to Model Ts, the 2018 AACA Hershey Fall meet had it all. Like we told you yesterday, this is one of the most wide ranging, interesting, weird, and awesome...

Hilarious Video: The Car Bros Lose Monterey Car Week – Funny Stuff!

There are certain things that one cannot deny. The sun rises in the East, paying taxes sucks, and there’s a really kind of douchey element attached to Monterey Car Week, that yearly gathering...

27th California Hot Rod Reunion – BANGShift’s Gypsy Delivers The Nitro Funny Car Odds!

(Photos by Dyan Lover, Mike Burghardt, Jeff Burghardt, Bob Snyder, Kim Fuller and Darr Hawthorne) – The end of this 2018 nitro funny car drag racing season comes to a close at the 27th...

Money No Object: Benny Parsons’ 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Will Be Hitting The Auction Block!

Benny Parsons might not have had the amount of overall wins that bigger names of his day had, but he was good on one major account: consistency. He might not have been in first place, but you would...