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Boss Level: Watch This Forklift Operator Perform An Awesome Trick In A Behemoth Machine

One of the first motorized vehicles I can ever remember steering and then driving is a forklift. My dad has been in the pallet and box business for about 40 years and it was always a highlight as a...

American Powertrain Tuesday Shift: Battling The Field From First To Last To Fourth In A Screaming Lotus Cortina!

There’s something about the intensity of in-car road racing videos that I love. While you cannot see driver Steve Soper’s face in this film because of his helmet, you can pretty well bet...

Camaro Nationals Photo Coverage: Restored, Race Cars, Hot Rods, Restomods, Pro Touring, And More! All The Camaros Are Right Here!

We’ve got more galleries from the Camaro Nationals, and if you missed the previous galleries we’ve got a link below so you can see them all. (Words and Photos by Dan Grippo) A few...

NSRA Street Rod Nationals Photos From York: Hot Rods, Customs, Muscle Cars, And More Thanks To Jim Hrody

(Photos by Jim Hrody) Thanks to Jim, there are plenty of photos to see from the NSRA Street Rod Nationals in York and they are of course some of the coolest rides from the show. And they’re not...

Doug Cook’s Nova is BACK and Insanely Beautiful! Final Assembly Time For Motion Raceworks Most Famous Ride!

When Motion Raceworks’ Doug Cook crashed his famous Nova on Rocky Mountain Race Week last year, it was bad but he walked away and the car was rebuildable. It turns out it needed more work than...

GoodGuys Puyallup 2023 …..The Griots Garage Pacific Northwest Nationals Puyallup Washington

John Jackson was back at it at the recent Goodguys Show in Puyallup Washington and we’re glad he had the video camera rolling. This is a great show and always draws great cars. The show is one...

Make It Kustom Designs A Custom Split 1932 Grill For A Hot Rod Roadster – Part 5 How-To Fit & Weld Sheet Metal Panels In Preparation For Final Metal Finishing Of The Split Grill

It is time to finish fitting and welding more stuff up on the split grill! In this video on the custom ’32 grill, Karl is going to show you how to setup, fit-up, and weld your sheet metal parts...

Flat-out Cool: Watching This Scale Model Of A BMW RS90 Engine Come Together Is Awesome

There’s something about putting together little engines that is really fun. In fact, it has become a bit of a tradition here at the Lohnes manse over the years to do a model engine kit around...

Check Out The Action From The IHRA Sportsman Spectacular At MotorMile!

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) Thanks to longtime BANGshifter Benoit, we’ve got a cool gallery of photos from the recent IHRA Sportsman Spectacular at MotorMile. What Benoit didn’t know when...

Camaro Nationals Photo Coverage Continues Here! Dan Grippo Got Us All The Shots!

(Words and Photos by Dan Grippo) A few weekends back I was in Pittsburgh, Pa doing some Mustang stuff and while I was on the road, the 2023 version of the Camaro Nationals were happing 10 minutes...

Featured Product: Garrett Turbochargers Are Now Available at Holley. Buy Your Turbos Along With All Your Other Parts In One Spot.

When you went online at Holley.com to buy all the parts you need for your turbo LS swap, it kinda sucks that you couldn’t buy your turbo there too. I mean you can buy literally everything else...

HOW MUCH POWER IS A SBC TUNNEL RAM WORTH? 355 SBC INTAKE TEST-TUNNEL RAM VS RPM AIR GAP VS VICTOR JR

Tunnel rams make power! Period. But how much? And are they really just for high-rpm power? Do they only work on a racing engine? In this test from Richard Holdener you are going to see him put a set...

Shop Tool How To: Leaky Rusted Vintage Floor Jack Restoration (Snap-on)

I’m a fan of old tools, just like most car guys, and especially old jacks as they are usually WAY nicer than new ones. We’ve got a couple of Hein Werners that will live in our shop, but...

How It’s Made: Forged Aluminum Wheels RAYS | Forged Wheels Factory | Technical Manufacturing Process

If you haven’t heard of Rays wheels, then you probably haven’t ever been into anything imported. I say this not as a dig, but just a simple fact, as Rays wheels are an OG Japanese brand...