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Found: This 1948 Packard Hearse Is Large, Lovely, and A Blank Slate For Building A Hot Rod, A Hauler, or Whatever You Want!

There are certain vehicles that just kind of have the ability to be anything and pull it off. This 1948 Packard hearse is one of those vehicles in our estimation. Right off the bat we can think of...

Spring Planting: Burying Mega Trucks In One Deep Hole In Michigan!

February is still a bit early to actually break out the tiller, but it’s the perfect time to start preparing the layout for the garden at BangShift Mid-West. Yeah, that’s right, when...

High Desert History: Watch The 1990 NHRA Arizona Nationals Diamond P TV Show – It’s Back This Weekend

This weekend the NHRA 2020 tour continues in Arizona with the running of the Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. This event has been a staple on the tour forever. Early in its life...

We’ll Always Have Yaris: Mighty Car Mods Test Out Their Hot-Rodded Toyota Hatch!

It takes effort to say that there is such a thing as making a Toyota Yaris a rocket ship or a track attack machine. It’s akin to the old yip about polishing a turd…you can make it pretty,...

If You Want Something That Really Fits Your Custom Project, Then Chassisworks CustomFit Is The Chassis Solution For You

Just yesterday I had a friend asking me about my Caprice chassis swap that I did in my 1956 Bel Air Station Wagon named Rusty. I did this swap in 2005, and it happened just out of dumb circumstance...

Watch Marcus Birt Take Flight In His Radial vs The World Nitrous Corvette – Hang Time Supreme!

South Georgia Motorsports Park has been known as the “Home of the Flying Cars” for years and frankly it had been a few since we have see a car do what Marcus Birt’s did during...

BangShift Question Of The Day: How Much Fun Have You Had With Rolling Garbage?

In the grand scheme of things, what does a few hundred bucks buy you? Be fair now…no family deals, no wink-wink-nudge-nudge “trades” with your friends. You’ve got a couple...

Rough Start: 1997 Subaru Legacy GT – Manual-Trans Rally Daily

When it comes to Subaru, the first vehicle I think of isn’t a WRX, or an STi, or even the 555 rally cars of the late 1990s. Those are all good, don’t get me wrong. Subarus were the first...

This Rolling Metal Shop Table Project Is One You Can Do At Home And Would Be Seriously Handy

I’m a big fan of shop tables that move around so you don’t need to take up all your space, all the time. Of course there is also a danger when you talk about horizontal spaces, because...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week:

Chad’s out racing, Brian’s doing his thing in the tower and I’m neck-deep in Mustangs, both my own and other people’s. The “racing season” might be a little bit...

The Last Comeback: The Story Of Tim Richmond’s 1988 Daytona 500 Drama

He had a playboy reputation and had just started to gel with Hendricks Motorsports and legendary crew chief Harry Hyde. For the 1986 season, he had racked up a string of first-place finishes and...

Finnegan Gets A Birthday Surprise! It’s Amazing What Stuff Will Make A Square Body Crew Cab Guy Happy!

Normal people sometimes don’t understand the stuff that makes us car guys happy. Square body guys are even a different breed, and because some stuff is so hard to find we get pretty giddy when...

Here’s How To Make Bitchin Aluminum Seats That Pay Homage To The Original Bomber Seats Of Old.

Bomber seats are super popular in traditional hot rods, customs, and rat rods, but they aren’t for everything. I love them, and would love to have them in a couple of my projects, but I also...

The King Of The Hammers 2020 Rock Bouncers VS Crawlers Shootout Was Epic! Watch Here

King of the Hammers is an event like none other. If you haven’t gotten to see rock bouncers or rock crawlers in action, then you are missing out. It is some of the craziest combination of power,...