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The Grasshopper: This Petrolicious Look At A 1962 AC Bristol And Its interesting Owner Is Cool

If there is one thing that I have learned over the years here at BangShift and everywhere else in the automotive world it’s that every car and every person has their own story. In this case we...

The Ultimate DSM: The Breakdown Of John Lazorack’s Brutal Chrysler Conquest

It is, in my eyes, one of the most underrated Japanese cars to ever hit the U.S. market. Captive import or whatever, doesn’t matter…the shape was right, the OEM performance was solid, and...

This 1950s Video About Engines is Awesome, Complete With Dangerous In Home Experiments!

There’s nothing better than finding old timey videos like this one. Made in the 1950 as part of an educational series for kids, this thing is all about how engines work. We dig it because the...

Classic YouTube: Putting Earnhardt’s Monte Carlo Back Together Again At The 1997 Daytona 500

You aren’t just handed the term “legend”. You bust your ass for years on end and do extraordinary things to earn that title. Richard Petty is a legend for his win streak and overall...

The SRT-4 Powered MG Midget: Suspension Design And Engine Mockup

We’ve been following a couple of deep-work builds, like the Mongrel and Project Binky. We love that people are using YouTube to kind of document their work…you might not see every single...

Jay Leno Talks Lamborghini Engines. One Is Little And One Is Huge, But Both Are Ultra Sexy!

I grew up as a die hard Chevrolet car and truck guy, but when I first started paying attention to vehicles outside the muscle car family there was no doubt that a Lamborghini was one sexy machine. I...

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Romp And Talk Video: Ride With Jim Pace As He Laps Daytona In A Shelby Daytona and Narrates The Lap!

There is nothing like hearing someone who is really good at something describe how to do it…as they do it. In this video we get the road racing version of just that as Jim Pace laps Daytona in...

Morning Symphony: Ride Onboard A Ferrari 512 BB LM At Imola!

Could you easily identify this Ferrari if I hadn’t put it’s name into the title? Not many could. It doesn’t look like a Daytona or a Testarossa-based machine, and no Ferrari that...

Check Out Duncan Pittaway Racing The Wheels Off The Beast Of Turin – Looks Like Fun!

We have pretty much run every single video that has ever been created featuring the amazing Beast Of Turin. That’s the massive 28-liter Fiat race car that Englishmen Duncan Pittaway spearheaded...

Video: Watch A Huge And High Horsepower Dually Run The Autocross At Super Chevy Las Vegas!

In the scope of things that rule, seeing guys in laid out dually trucks attack an autocross course with zeal ranks right up there. Added bonus points are  given for this dude because his truck...

24 Hours Of Pastrana: Travis And Crew Try Out 24 Hours Of Lemons!

Travis Pastrana isn’t afraid of any motorsport. Win, lose, or carried out on a stretcher with his thumb pointing up like a champ, he’s taken on a large share of motorsports in his years....

Street Kit Car Testing: Autocrossing The Hottest Dodge Aspen Available

“The hottest Dodge Aspen available”…if there was every a cynical statement, that’s it. There is truth to the statement…the 360 four-barrel Kit Car could knock out a 7.3...

The Mongrel Gets Some Sexy New Dimple Died And Bead Rolled Panels To Tie The Cage To The Body Even Further

You know how much we love the Mongrel Project from Matt at Urchfab, and with good reason. It should serve to inspire us and everyone else out there to get after it and build some cool stuff. The cage...

Cold Shouldered: The Not-So-Pretty Side Of The Zell am See Ice Race!

Hooray, ice and snow. For the playful in all of us, the world is our new drift course, filled with empty parking lots and soft snowbanks to quickly scrub off speed if we really need some help. Hey,...