Tool Tech: Mythbusting! Putting 20 Myths About Using An Impact To The Test! Which Do’s And Don’t Actually Matter?

Opinions are like belly buttons, meaning everyone’s got one, but that doesn’t mean they are based on facts. It is absolutely insane how many people have opinions on how to use a tool...

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This Show is PACKED with RARE Muscle Cars & Cool Corvettes! It’s Corvette Expo And Chevys In The Smokies!

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it with another great video of some insanely rare and awesome muscle cars. These cars were all on hand at the Corvette Expo and Chevys in the Smokies...

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BluePrint Engines Tech: Compression Testing The Right Way. Check Out The Simple Tools And Techniques You Need!

Doing a compression test on an engine is pretty straight forward, and only requires a couple of tools. And only one of those is a “specialty” tool, and you can either rent one from your...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Wreckage Sequence! Watch A Mud Racer Lost The Handle On His Truck At High Speed With Disastrous Results

(PHOTOS BY CHARLES WICKAM) – Recently, Charles Wickam was shooting mud drag racing action at the Brazoria County Mud Drags in Texas. We’ll have all his awesome race coverage next week...

Ship Fail: The Cargo Ship Canadian Miner Was Supposed To Be Scrapped For Profit -Project Is $24-Million In The Hole – What A Mess! Photos and The Story Here

(By GREG ROURKE) – Most of us who regularly read BangShift don’t live in gated communities. As such, we all have someone in the neighborhood with junk in the back yard. Or maybe it’s you....

Check Out This Great Old Tractor Collection We Found At The Alameda County Fairgrounds In Pleasanton, California

So there I was, minding my own business looking at hot rods and muscle cars at the Goodguys show when I turned around and nearly swallowed my tongue. As it turns out the fairgrounds that the show was...

This Big Block Chevy Powered Astro Van Is The Coolest Sleeper Of 2014 – Complete Q-Ship!

We post lots of sleepers here on BangShift and that is mainly because we love them so much. The good news is that we know you love them because we get so many tips and emails about unsuspecting speed...

Ken Kelley’s 1956 Ford F-100 Is Fat In All The Right Places, Just Like An Effie Should Be And Now It Is For Sale

(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Here at BangShift, we like a little bit of everything. Some oddities that normally would be frowned upon, we love. We also like some of the iconic cars and trucks...

This 1950 Willys Jeepster Is Literally On Death’s Door – Junkyard Spotted And Crusher Ready

Having been away from the house for the previous week, I was looking to have some fun with the boys as they had the day off from school yesterday. Tom wanted to eat at his favorite diner so we hopped...

A Spacecraft Called Rosetta Will Be Landing On A Comet Today And You’ll Be Able To See Photos And Video – Incredible Stuff!

We live in incredible times and while this has nothing to do with blown hemi enignes, hot rodding, or lighting up the scoreboards with the lowest elapsed times, it does have to do with the highest...

The Guys With The Insane Dual Russian Tank Engine Pulling Tractor Have Added A Blown Hemi, Because Why Not?

Of the more amazing creations we have ever featured on BangShift is a European pulling tractor called Slaedehunden (sled dog) which uses a pair of massive 40-liter Russian tank diesel engines that...

SEMA 2014: One More Load Of Trucks To Check Out – Virtually Bro-Rig Free!

Yesterday we took you for the first of two trips into the truck hall at SEMA 2014. One of the things that was mentioned in the comments both on BangShift and on the Facebook post about the photos was...

If Fitzgerald Had Any Brains He Would Have Built His Blazer Like This Guy – Meet The 1978 MaliBlazer

So Fitzgerald finishes the Blazer and it looks all nice and stock and original. If you are into that kind of thing you probably really like it but let’s be honest here, he took the safe way...

Bottom Dollar Blazer: The Conclusion

While Lohnes and Reynolds were off devouring their 14th platter of free shrimp at SEMA, they forgot they never confiscated my keycard to BangShift HQ, giving me — the most hated man in...

Not A Lightning: This Turbocharged V10 Powered F-150 Is Odd, But Is It Fast? Craigslist Find!

I guess that I am in a V10 kind of mood today. Ok, well Drag Week veteran Mark Covey bears some responsibility for this because he’s the guy that sent me the link to this pretty interesting...

SEMA 2014: The Coolest Trucks On Display In The Truck Hall (Part 1)

One of the things that some people use to tell how “big” at SEMA show is entails checking out the truck and truck accessory hall. In leaner years, there would be a fair amount of space...

Gumbo Video: A Bobbed 5-Ton Truck On Tractor Tires Pull a Monster Ford Out of an Impossible Mud Pit

If you happen to own an old five ton Army truck, we’re jealous. If you own a 5-ton Army truck and decide to bob the chassis, add what look to be 50 inch tractor tires, and proceed to kick the...