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There Is A Four Door 1980 Corvette For Sale Right Now: As if You Needed ANOTHER Reason To Crave A 1980 ‘Vette

(By Greg Rourke) –Over the years a few cars have been referred to as a “four door Corvette.”  The mid 90’s Impala SS, the 9C1 Nova police car, and the CTS-V Cadillac to name...

Gearhead Zen Video: Getting This 1960s Vintage Homelite Gas powered Circular Saw Running Is Awesome

My kids were mystified. A GASOLINE POWERED CIRCULAR SAW?! What kind of freakish, medieval, bizarre implement of doom is this?! Obviously humans did not live in the realm of 18 and 20 volt battery...

Dumb Fun: Watch This Kid Put 4-Foot Wheel Spacers On A Pickup With Predictable (And Funny) Results

For starters, you need to check your attitude at the door here. If you do not approach this video with the idea that you are looking at a guy knowingly doing something goofy, you’re gonna get...

Rough Start: Feel Like Finishing Up A Swap? This 1979 Dodge Aspen’s 3G Hemi Swap Is Almost Done!

It isn’t everyday that a brown, four-door Dodge Aspen is going to catch my eye. In fact, it normally never would. I’m not a Dodge Aspen fan and the four-doors look so 1970s dowdy and...

Bronco-Licious: This 1970 Bronco Is All Original And It Has A Period Camper On Its Back

There are certain combos that just completely ooze cool. This 1970 Bronco is one of them. The fact that it is a ’70 Bronco is one thing. The fact that it is all original and has the right...

Morning Symphony: A Second-Gen Camaro’s Exercise In Simplicity

We cover a lot of racing events throughout the year. We see a lot of combinations that all work out beautifully. We see nitrous cars that take a dentist office’s monthly supply and turn it into...

Sometimes It Gets Weird Video: Odd Moments, Crazy Moments, and Bizarre Moments At The Drags – Must Watch Stuff

Drag racing is the simplest of motorsports. Fixed distance, straight line, two (ok, sometimes four cars), first guy or girl to the end wins. There’s this weird thing about humanity, though. We...

Rust In Peace: The One-Of-Twelve Lincoln Coloma By Caribou, As It Sits

Old, abandoned, decrepit cars are a kind of macabre fascination of mine. From my days as a kid playing around in one of the stranger sections of western Washington, poking around on overgrown dirt...

Coker Tire’s Chattanooga Cruise-In 2019: Celebrating Springtime With Style

The weather in the Southeast in April is, at best, a crapshoot. You would love to go out on a day that has a cool tinge to an otherwise sunny ambiance, but there is always the possibility that the...

They Are Still Racing (and Crashing On) The Dirt Quarter Mile In Sonora, Mexico

It was a bunch of years ago now that we first showed you video of quarter mile drag racing on a dirt course in Sonora, Mexico. While sitting on a plane home from SEMA I started to wonder if they were...

COMING THROUGH! Watch This Supra Take A Short Flight After Losing Its Brakes

While most of us have never lost our brakes during a competitive wheel to wheel racing situation I’m guessing the large majority of BangShifters have had a brake related pucker moment in their...

2019 Summit Racing Equipment Piston Powered Expo Photo Coverage: Gasser and Hot Rod Domination!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – It’s been all over the place in terms of the mechanical fun that we have showed you from the 2019 Summit Racing Equipment Piston Powered Expo in Cleveland,...

Hardcore Intake: Holley Releases A Single-Plane Split Design EFI Race Intake For Gen 3 LS Engines

If you are building a hardcore Gen 3 LS engine with cathedral port style heads, Holley has just dropped an intake manifold that you should consider for your build. This single-plane split design EFI...

Heavy Duty Teardown: Go Behind The Scenes With Hagerty As They Blast Apart The World’s Nastiest 401 Buick

Well, this is handy! We found a cool series on the Hagerty YouTube Channel that documents the behind the scenes process for the next “Redline Rebuild” video that the company will release....