Rocky Mountain Race Week’s MegaWeek Registration Opens To The Public Tomorrow! The Biggest Drag And Drive In History! Be A Part Of It!

When we announced that Rocky Mountain Race Week was going to do something different in 2025, we weren’t kidding. Rather than doing two big events like usual, Matt Frost decided he wanted to...

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THE BACONSHIFT SALE EXTENDED DUE TO SNOW!!! FREE BACON IS BACK, With $300 Discounts! It’s The BACONSHIFT Sale At American Powertrain And It Ends January 13th!

SNOW AT AMERICAN POWERTRAIN HEADQUARTERS SHUT DOWN THE SALES DEPARTMENT EARLY ON THE 10TH, SO THEY EXTENDED THE SALE THROUGH THE 13TH!!! One of the most exciting times of year is when the BACONSHIFT...

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Behind the Build Episode 3: John McGann Leads The HOT ROD Shop Tour At JMS Racing Engines In El Monte, California.

If you are like us and are always interested in finding out what goes on behind the scenes at a shop, or during a car build, then this new series from John McGann and the gang at Hot Rod is going to...

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Who Wants To Own A P-51 Mustang For Cheap! Get This Movie Prop, Made From Real Parts, For Way Less Than A Real One!

To be clear, this is not a flying airplane. But I’d sit in it and make airplane noises and pretend, all the time. It would be awesome. My friend Tim said he’d sit in it and make airplane...

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Derek Show Us How To Do A DIY CHEAP Classic Truck Interior Restoration and New (vintage) Wheels On A Squarebody.

I don’t know what it is about interior rehab videos that gets me excited, but for some reason they do! Maybe it’s because my daily is kinda rough in some spots inside and this makes me...

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Ultimate Flap Disc Test: Noemon And Sait Encore Face The Extreme Grinder Test Rig To See Which One Survives Best In Round 13.

We’re making our way through the totally insane Fireball Tools flap disc test series with two flap discs at a time. This testing is about as thorough as it gets, and I can tell you that so far it...

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Another Epic Original Find: This 1970 Ford F100 Will Make You Hate Us Rust Free Californian’s Even More!

Brian just commented on a series of photos from the Pomona Swap Meet of rust free trucks that he is totally jealous of. Sorry dude, here’s another one. This truck is even better because it is...

More Sweet Trucks From The Pomona Swap Meet – We Hate These West Coast Guys For All Their Clean Stuff!

Yes, we’re back with another group of photos featuring sweet trucks from the Pomona swap meet last weekend. These photos both bring joy and pain to my little heart. The joy comes from gawking...

This Weekend’s Baja 500 Is Full Of Favorites. Check Out The Full Entry List Here.

The SCORE Baja 500 is going on this weekend, and we can’t go. Which sucks. But hopefully some of you will head that way to see yoru favorite off road stars tear it up in Mexico. We just got the...

A Survivor 1971 Mopar That Is The Yin To Brian’s 1969 Roadrunner’s Yang. You Gotta See This!

Rarely do you find ’60s and ’70’s era cars with original paint, original interior, and little or no wear like the one below. The fact that it’s got 134,318 original miles on...

BangShift XL Photos: Sweet Trucks A The June 2014 Pomona Swap Meet – Big Ones, Tall One, Short Ones, Small Ones

Last weekend the massive Pomona Swap Meet went down and we were there, right in the thick of it all. There was so much neat stuff that we’re going to bust it up into chunks for you to take in...

Hedman’s New Swap Headers For 1954-1972 Ford F-100 Trucks Makes That FE Or 385 Big Block Swap A Breeze

We’re pretty sure that there hasn’t been more or better aftermarket support for the Ford FE and 385 series big block engines than there is today. From heads and cams to intakes and...

Watch A Syracuse, Utah Dad Use His Lifted Ram To Stop A Crazed Driver From Running Over Kids At A Park

(Words by Bryan McTaggart) – A fourteen year old decided that he would grab the keys to his grandfather’s Hyundai Veloster and go driving around Syracuse, Utah like he was used to doing on...

Watch Four Minutes Of Hilarious Trailer Loading Fails To Get Your Monday Started Right

We sure hope you had a fun weekend. The crappy part, as we all know is that a fun weekend ultimately comes to an end when Monday morning rolls around and that’s just one of the realities of...

eBay Find: This 1957 Thames 800 Freightliner Van Is The Only One We Have Ever Seen And Ripe For BangShifting

We love it when we find out about cars and trucks we never knew existed in this country. Take for example this 1957 Thames (English Ford) 800 Freightliner van. We’ve never heard of these let...

Craigslist Find: This Survivor 1965 International Scout 80 Is An Amazing Survivor That We Want

Normally when we’re talking about “survivors” we are talking about muscle cars and other high horsepower, limited production, super desirable vehicles. Rarely does the term apply to...

Craigslist Find: Is There Anything Sadder Than A Clapped Out Former Jacuzzi Limo?

The career arc of a stretch limo is pretty interesting to consider. When new, they haul important people, bachelorette parties, prom dates, and drunken wedding goers around in high style. Then, like...

The BangShift History Of Railroad Crossing Signals PLUS Bonus Video Of A Locomotive Smashing A Big Rig In California Just Days Ago!

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Streets and railroads sometimes have to share the same space. Trains always have the right of way, so there must be a way to warn traffic of their approach....

WTF Video: Please, Please, Please Help Us Figure Out Why This Virtually Submerged Big Rig Is Driving Down A River

We have posted nearly 11,000 blog items here on BangShift in the five (going on six) years we have been in business and NONE OF THEM has elicited the type of initial response that this video clip...

XL eBay Find: A Hummer That Isn’t Really A Hummer But Is More BangShifty Than A Hummer

Sometimes things are not what they appear to be and this truck pretty much sums that up to a T. What you think you are looking at is a military spec Hummer that has been upgraded, updated, and made...