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Great Read: Killer History on the Saturn Rocket Family – Some of Mankind’s Greatest Hot Rods

With NASA’s announcement of the latest class of astronauts this week we thought it was appropriate to look back a little and take a peek and the vehicles that got us to where we are today in...

Cool Video: Check Out This Neat Australian Tracked Army Truck Being Put Through Its Paces

Army trucks and vehicles are cool because they are designed and built to fix a problem, meet a need, or surmount some sort of obstacle that existing means can’t In this case we have a old video...

Brutal Torque Video: Chassis Twisting, Big Rig Wheels Up Action At The Rodeo Du Camion!

The “Rodeo du Camion” is a big event held up in Canada each summer that is a celebration of big trucks of all shapes and sizes. There are parades, parties, bands, and all of the other...

This Is Our Kind Of Drift Machine: Hot Rodded 1946 Seagrave Fire Truck Spins Smokey Donuts For Fun

It is Friday and therefore we can run a fun little video that features a dream vehicle for lunatics like me, anyway. This is a bobbed, chopped down, slammed, repowered, and otherwise unrecognizable...

This Dual Compound Buick V6 Is A Study In Daring To Be Different

Now this is some hot rodding right here, kids! How about a Series 1 Buick V6 with four, count them, FOUR turbochargers on it plumbed in a dual compound style setup. The vehicle this is all loaded...

1974 NHRA Le Grand National Sanair – The Photos Continue! Linda Vaughn Is In The Mix!

  (Photos by Bob Boudreau) – We told you that the hits were going to keep on coming and they are. Today’s gallery takes us back to that early 1970s meet at Sanair where the pro stock...

Ride Along On The Fastest Sidecar Motorcycle Lap Ever Run At The Isle Of Man TT

Anyone who competes at the Isle of Man TT falls into the thinly separated categories of brave and clinically insane but perhaps none more so than the guys running the sidecar motorcycle class. Take...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride Along In A Monza That’s Got A Stroker Small Block And A Lenco

For as complicated and big buck as drag racing can be, nothing’s better in our book than riding along in a car like the Monza that is featured below. That’s right, we’re going to a...

New Guy: Chuck Whitney Joins RideTech As New Production Manager – Aerospace and Racing Background

If there is one thing we like around here, it is knowing who makes our parts, right? The folks at RideTech understand that as well, that’s why they’ve told the world that Chuck Whitney...

2019 Detroit Autorama Photo Coverage: More Hot Rods, Race Cars, and Amazing Builds In Detroit

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – While not every automotive idea is original, it is incredible how many still are. If we look at hot rodding as an entity that has existed for 80+ years it is unreal...

Watch The 1994 NHRA Gatornationals Right Here – Pro Stock War and MORE!

There was very little love in the pro stock word as the 1994 season began to unfold. There was the Dodge team anchored by guys like Darrell Alderman and Scott Geoffrion and then there was the Johnson...

Rare Air: This Enderle Mechanical Stack Injection Unit For An AMC Is Supposedly 1 of 35 Ever Made

(By Greg Rourke) – If one wants to see rare and unusual intake systems, BangShift.com is the place to go. Here’s another one for the collection, an Enderle mechanical stack  injection...

Letting Go: Morgan Family Relinquishes Majority Ownership Of Company To Italian Investment Firm After 110 Years

They are interesting, they are a bit odd, they are expensive, old school, and they have a cult-like following. We’re talking about the British cars that carry the Morgan badge and still cruise...

Those Vintage Training Films? They All Came From One Guy, and His Story is Awesome

  If you’ve been following BangShift for a while, you know we love to find those great promotional films from the 1930s through the 1950s. Sharp-eyed readers will notice that at the...