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These Eastwood Videos Show Just How To Use A Bead Roller On Some Of Your Projects. We Want One!

The list of tools and shop equipment that I want in my new shop is as long as my arm, and I know I’ll not be able to get them all right away. But, when I do start acquiring some of them, you...

More Photos From The Search For The Ultimate Street Car In Las Vegas! Pro Touring Machines At Their Finest

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Pro Touring racers and enthusiasts alike will enjoy all the cool photos we’ve got from this wonderful spring event. And if you missed yesterday’s photos, make...

Hoods–Up Weekend Provides Visitors with a Close Up Look at the Heart of the Early Automobile

(Words and Photos by Troy Thomas) Let’s see the business end of this…  What are you running in that thing?  What’s under the hood?    For many auto enthusiasts, what occupies the engine...

Air-Cooled Awesome: Get The Dune Buggy And Enjoy The Sun!

Of all the positives that one can lay at the tires of the Volkswagen Type 1, there is one massive negative for most people: it looks like a Beetle. Some people dig the shape of VW’s iconic...

BangShift Tune-Up: “No Excuses” by Alice In Chains (1994)

When I moved to Washington State in 1993, it was under a bit of turmoil, plenty of which had started before the actual move. Only a few days after my brother and I had arrived, we were greeted with...

Classic YouTube: The Heavy Hitters From Gravelrama 2017

Of all the things I shot last year, Gravelrama was probably the highlight. It is rare that I shoot anything off-road, it’s even rarer than I get to be that kind of close to the action (I...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Are We Entering The Age Of The Tailored Car?

See that monster Porsche? That’s the 911 GT2 RS…700 horsepower, 553 ft/lbs of torque, a 0-60 run that is well under three seconds. It’s the stripped down, raw and uncut form of the...

Rousing The Dead: After 24 Years Quiet, This 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 Will Wake Up!

It probably seems like I’m stuck on revival videos…and I am, for good reason: inspiration. When your project car has spent five of seven years dead, sooner or later you start to lose hope...

Want To Learn How To Use An English Wheel On Your Own Projects? Watch This!

An English wheel is one of those tools that you only have if you are serious about shaping metal. Most race and customs shops don’t even have one. The art, and we do mean art, of using one...

Classic Dash Unveils New Racepak or Holley Digital Dash Inserts For 5th Gen Camaros

Mounting a Racepak or Holley Digital Dash into a late model car can sometimes be tough. Connecting one via ALDL port is simple, but getting one to fit and look nice in your race car, hot rod, or...

This 1971 Vega Kammback Wagon Is The Ultimate Sleeper With An LS Swap And Rad Patina

There is no way that you could build this car for the asking price, and we know the guys who built it so we know it will be a fun runner. The 400 horse all aluminum LS3 screams in this little bitty...

Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Hits Las Vegas And We’ve Got The Photos

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) When the USCA and Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car comes rolling into Vegas, you know the field of pro touring cars is going to be epic. Top Notch rides...

This Ford Commercial Truck Promo Video From 1968 Shows Loaded Trucks Being Jumped And Mercilessly Beat Up On

Nothing beats manufacturer produced promotional videos like this one for the Ford commercial truck line in Great Britain for 1968. They show the trucks working hard and doing the kinds of truck like...

Spinning An Eaton M112 Supercharger With A Shop Vac Is Kind Of Awesome

This is a good video for a holiday. It is largely pointless, doesn’t rally prove anything, but at the same time it is entertaining in the gearhead fashion that we love. What is it? Basically it...