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Mecum Auction Photos From Harrisburg. More Cars You Hope End Up Under Your Christmas Tree!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Mecum Auctions have been growing by leaps and bounds the past few years. In a time when automotive auction houses find themselves battling for the biggest and best collections,...

Think GM Was The Only One Playing With Fuel Injection In The 1950s? Get Caught Up On Chrysler’s Electrojector Fin Cars!

In the late 1950s, manufacturers were going manic with new offerings. Fins and chrome abundant were the actual least of the offerings. Power windows, power seats, air conditioning systems that would...

Bonus Photo Galleries: We’ve Pulled Out Never Before Seen Fleming’s Pumpkin Run Photos To Share Right Here!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Whenever Joe Grippo sends us photos from Fleming’s Pumpkin Run it is always fun to see what has come out for the year. Grippo has been hitting the show for years and he...

Mustangs, Mustangs, And More Mustangs From The Carlisle All Ford Nationals

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Pony car fans rejoice, all you Ford fanatics are in luck because we’ve got nothing but Mustang photos from the Carlisle All Ford Nationals this year. Clearly the Carlisle...

Fresh From The Farm: This 1964 Flatbed Ford Gets Prodded Back Into Life!

As Kevin beds in for another lovely Iowa winter, he’s been hard at work getting the videos of his adventures and revivals of 2019 put together for viewing. He was busy this year, between that...

Big Name Sponsor’s Coming To Nostalgia Drag Racing? Peck Racing’s “The Instigator” To Be Sponsored By Quote Wizard

United Nitro Funny Cars, the NHRA Heritage Series, and Nostalgia Drag Racing in general are some of the hottest and most fun nitro drag races you’ll find anywhere. Most teams competing in any...

BangShift Question Of The Day: FCA + PSA, Good Or Bad?

Earlier this week Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA agreed to a $50 billion, 50/50 merger of their businesses. The new company will be based out of The Netherlands, and so far at least, there...

Bonus Drag Week 2019 Photos From ATCO: Street Car Racing At Its Finest From The Northeast!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) Drag Week has long been one of our favorite events, as we were on the first one and many since, and we love running photos from the event’s many stops. When Grippo...

Project Hay Hauler Update: We Raced It, Broke It, Fixed It, Lowered It, And Yet We Still Can’t Leave It Alone!

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) It’s been over a year since​ I last updated you on the progress of my ’67 GMC pickup. ​I do have to apologize for my lack of updates. A lot has...

Iron Fist, Leather Glove: Meet The 10-Second Lincoln Continental Mark III

In the late 1960s, if you wanted to prove that you were king of the neighborhood, you had one of two options: Cadillac or Lincoln. You either had a Continental Mark III or an Eldorado. Other than...

Classic YouTube: A Japanese Take On Land Speed Racing

Land speed racing is a drug. One hit is more than enough to excite. Two hits and you’re just about done. Any more and you’ll end up an addict, craving more and more speed. And either you...

BangShift Tune-Up: “Wolf Totem” by The Hu featuring Jacoby from Papa Roach (2018)

Music is a world language. Words might not interchange, but the beat of the drum, the roll of the bassline and the highs and lows translate through culture. You can take any particular genre of music...

In Memoriam: Robert G. “Junior” Johnson

The moonlight at midnight is a haunting glow. Colors turn to shades of black, blue and silver. What would be a mild thicket of trees becomes a wall. Normally, the only noises to be heard are the...

2019 AACA Fall Hershey Meet Photo Coverage: Antique Cars, Parts, Automobile, and BangShifty Goodness

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – A short while back, Joe Grippo hit one of the great legacy automotive gatherings left in the country, the AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) fall meet in...