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Rumor Mill: The Ford Maverick Is Returning As A Small Pickup

Alright, we can’t show you the actual stamped steel plate that sure as hell looks like a Ford tailgate with the word “Maverick” embossed low like the Ranger, the F-series and the...

Studezilla: “This Is The Most Bad Ass Thing I’ve Ever Stepped On The Gas In.” Scott Palmer

Our friend Chad Ehrlich is a guy that has a pretty cool business selling old cars and trucks, and he’s also friends with some pretty cool guys from the midwest. Scott Palmer, or Scotty to those...

Preparing For The Final Goodbye: Giving A Destroyed Dart Sport A Final Cleaning

When you are a kid, chances are good that you wanted to be a cop , or a firefighter, or a well-paid athlete. Maybe you wanted to go to space, or to see the world. When you are young, the...

Holley Dual Inject Low Ram Intake Bases Now Available! Ready For Low Pro Applications, Or Big Boost Intercooler Setups

This one is killer. Dual injector low ram intake bases from Holley for LS engines are now available and PERFECT for one of the many available billet or sheetmetal intake and intercooler...

Money No Object: 1963 Dodge 330 Two-Door Clone

There are two points about this car that need to be mentioned. One, this is a Chrysler B-body. Same as a Road Runner, same as a Charger, same as a Cordoba. Yeah, the styling couldn’t be any...

Junkyard Like A Pro! Here’s How To Pick The Right Junkyard Engine For Your Next Project

Getting an engine from the right vehicle at the wrecking yard matters! There are lots of things that can result in a vehicle finding the end of its usable life and moving onto a wrecking yard to be...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Who Is Your Partner In Crime In Your Misadventures?

I’ve only been writing about the stuff I do within my capabilities since 2014 in an official manner. Prior to that, you had to follow me around on the Internet, on about forty different forums,...

Between Muscle And Malaise: 1972 Ford Gran Torino

In each and every line of vehicle that was available at the time that could be considered a muscle car in any way, shape or form, there is a point where you see the muscle die and the malaise take...

Cleetus McFarland Almost Poops Himself Riding In Finnegan’s Game Over Jet Boat!

You’ve seen Mike Finnegan’s killer 700 plus cubic inch, 1,700 + horsepower, twin-turbo jet boat named Game Over on here before and we love the thing. It is sick, fast, and sexy as hell....

Four Digit Stomper: Check Out The Parts And Pieces Freiburger Is Going To Turn Into 1,000+ Naturally Aspirated Horsepower

Everyone has goals, right? Somedays our goal is to make it a full day without covering our shirt in mustard, somedays it is to get some work on a project knocked out, and somedays it is to find cool...

Watch And Listen To This Ford GT40 Make A 170MPH + Fly By At The Silver State Classic Challenge

The car you will see and most importantly hear cross your screen below is a late 1960s Ford GT40 that was running in the 170mph average class. What that means is that the car in the category with the...

Four Minutes Of Slick Wrapping, Ant’s Eye View, Slow Motion Drag Launches

Our pal Javier Padron made this video and it is four minutes of drag car launches shot with what we’d consider to be an “ant’s eye” view. Even more neat is the fact that the...

If Watching This Fire Truck Do A Burnout With The Siren On Doesn’t Make You Smile, You Are Dead Inside

Sometimes I like to post stuff because it makes me happy and by doing that I am assuming that it’ll make smile as well. Case in point is this bright yellow fire engine doing a burnout with the...

This 1962 Volvo 122S Commercial Has To Have One Of The Best Taglines Ever Used: “You Can Drive It Like You Hate It.”

Volvo’s reputation for building safe, durable automobiles has been cemented for years now, but in early 1960s America, if it didn’t come from an American manufacturer, chances were good...