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Money No Object: 1969 Ford Torino Cobra 428 SCJ

If it wasn’t bright red and it wasn’t wearing a couple of little badges and the giveaway hoodscoop, this would be a basic-model Ford Torino, complete with body-colored wheels and...

Tank on Empty.com – How Far Can You Roll Past E? This Site Will Tell You!

For the most part, buying gas for your daily driver sucks. Pumping some of that sweet high-test into your hot rod is an entirely different deal, but standing in the crappy weather and filling up the...

Every Story Has Two Sides, And Carfection Found The Other Side To The DeLorean Motor Company Story – From The People Who Supported John Z.’s Dream

The story of John Z. DeLorean has been told time and time again, and that’s just here on BangShift. There is no doubt that the man was gifted when it came to his vision of what a car should...

Big Shoes For Big Bud: The Big Bud 16V-747 Gets It’s First New Shoes Since 1977

This isn’t just a big tractor…it’s been the biggest tractor in the world since 1977. It weighs in at up to 68 tons in normal working trim. That’s about the same weight as an...

Bitchin’ Historic Drag Video: 13-Minutes of Amazing Vintage Drag Racing Home Movies

Now this is the good stuff! We dug up a totally awesome 13-minute long video of vintage drag racing home movies. This footage comes from a variety of places like Enid, Oklahoma, Amarillo, Texas, and...

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

It’s been a minute since we’ve looked at the pile of news feed items in the corner of the desk and pawed through them, hasn’t it? I guess that means that 2020 isn’t a complete...

Rough Start Fox Mustang: Radiator, Fan, And Some Electrical Tidbits

Oooh, would you look at that…there’s an engine sitting in the bay of the Rough Start Fox! It is a hollow victory as there is no transmission, no way to fire the engine off at the moment,...

Video Proof That Rally Racers Are The Most Nuts Guys On The Planet! This Is Wild!

If there was any doubt in your mind that rally racers were not the hardest core, do anything to survive mo-fos in racing, let this video erase that. Shot down in South America somewhere, what you...

Drag Week 2020 Is Cancelled, But Rock Mountain Race Week 2.0 IS A GO FOR SEPTEMBER! Street Car Racing Is Still Happening!

UPDATE: It’s on folks! Matt and June and the gang at Rocky Mountain Race Week have come to the rescue and are going to be holding Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 in September during the time that...

The World’s Fastest Cadillac Is Up For Auction: 409 mph At Bonneville With Lots More Potential

This one makes me sad and happy both. Sad because it is the end of a journey that I was a part of from the very early stages, but happy because I am hoping someone takes this rad machine and makes it...

Money No Object: 1986 Chevrolet El Camino Choo-Choo Super Sport

The small truck. The sport truck. The muscle truck. The coupe utility. The Chevrolet El Camino might not have been the first… The owner goes to an Australian Ford… But it made an impact in the...

Junkyard Wide Body Mustang: It’s Creative, And Kinda Cool, And You Can Do It Too!

There have been several times when I was looking at a project and trying to stuff as much tire under it, that I realized there just wasn’t any more room underneath and that the fenders would...

Classic YouTube: Mustang Vs. Camaro, 1994, Courtesy Of Motorweek!

Welcome to my “dammit, I’m getting old” moment, right here. In 1994 I was eleven years old, one year away from the rot-box Camaro that would be my first car, and happily tooling...

2020 Southeastern Chevy/GMC Truck Nationals: Bring Out Your Bowties!

Whoops…I almost forgot that there was another gallery of trucks that I shot while roaming the Wilson County Fairgrounds for the Southeastern Chevy/GMC Truck Nationals! Call me crazy from the...