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Rough Start: 1987 Shelby Charger GLHS – To Daily Or Not To Daily…

Whether they are genuinely coming into their own, are getting overdue respect simply because of nostalgic feelings for cars from the past or are only gaining positive vibes due to those who...

Built Ford Tough: This 1974 Ford Galaxie Has Seen Tornados and A Lot Of Downtime!

If there is one weather phenomenon that scares me more than anything else, it’s a tornado. You have time to run from a hurricane. You can prepare for a blizzard or flood conditions. What the...

Great Start: Going Sky-High During Testing At A Mustang And Mopar Get-Together!

The first few days of January are usually reserved for the post-holiday hangover and the first week back to work, which usually brings it’s own form of hangover to the party, the one where you...

Watch This New Zealand Drag Racing Crash That Seems As Though It Will Never End! Insane!

The scene is the Masterton Motorplex in Masterton, New Zealand. The cars are supercharged door slammers and while we’re not sure what the race is, we’re damned sure that it is...

New Year, Same Joint: Photos From The First Donut Derelicts Gathering Of 2020!

Throw on a jacket, rumble out of the neighborhood as softly as possible and arrive at a nondescript strip mall just after sunrise. Sounds like the opening scene from some sort to murder-mystery show,...

Camshaft Fun Video: What’s The Value Of A Cam Swap With and Without Boost On A 2V Ford Mod Engine?

The 4.6L Ford 2V engine is one of the most overlooked and nearly forgotten V8 engines of the last 50 years when it comes to performance potential. No, it may not have the deep breathing potential of...

Really Big Block: This 1940s Era Rolls Royce Griffon Engine Is 2,000hp Of V-12 Fun!

The Rolls Royce Griffon was the last big V-12 aircraft engine that the company produced and they made about 8,000 of them between 1940 and 1955. They came in a variety of setups and power levels but...

Wonder No More: See How Much Horsepower Larry Larson’s Wild Cadillac ATS-V No Prep Car Makes On The Hub Dyno

Larry Larson likes rules. Well, no racer really likes rules but when we look at some of the neatest stuff this guy has ever built to race, the machines have been built around exploiting potential...

Money No Object: 1977 Buick Century – Less Can Be More

Mecum Auctions’ Kissimmee 2020 event is currently underway, and right now the biggest question from their show is a doozy: “How much do you think the Bullitt Mustang will go for?”...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Worst You’ve Ever Gotten Stuck?

You know the sensation: momentum has stopped, RPM is building, and the machine isn’t going anywhere anytime soon…except to China, the way the tires are digging in. Been there? Done that?...

Long Roof Life: 1966 Pontiac Catalina – Turn-Key Cool, Ready For Spring Thaw!

While a good portion of you are hammering away in your shops, heaters on, wrenches flying, some of you might be looking at the quick way out of project car hell. Can’t blame you, making the...

Classic YouTube: Motorcycle Ice Racing At Potter Lake

Riding my three-wheelers in the snow was one thing…that was a good time all-around. Riding my dirt bikes in the snow? Yeah…no. The smaller 50cc and 70cc bikes were fine enough, and...

The Great Escape: Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s Run From Japan Is One For The Movies

Just you wait…there will be a movie about this story within ten years’ time. Probably sooner, because no Hollywood hack could’ve dreamed up half of what actually went down. On...

This Might Be The Cleanest 1975 Monza Ever And It’s Already Small Block Powered!

Monzas and Vegas were some of the cooler little economy cars of the 1970s. Like Pintos and Mavericks at ford, the Monza and Vega served to move the masses with light weight and little engines that...