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The Engine Is On The Wrong End! Will This ABANDONED Corvair Monza 900 RUN AND DRIVE After Years?

How does Derek end up with cars painted like American Flags? I mean I can’t even think of a time when I saw a car painted like an American flag for sale on the web. Yes, I’ve seen some...

Mini Feature Video: Check Out This Chopped 1954 Plymouth Savoy Custom At Holley MoParty!

I’m normally a Chevrolet or GM guy to the core, but in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s there were some seriously cool looking rides coming out of all the big three. In truth, they had some very...

4.10 Gears, Rain, And A 450-Mile Drive…Vice Grip Garage Brings Home A Wild Chevelle

As much as I’m sure it pained Derek to do, retiring the Independence Chevelle from competition was the right thing to do. The patriotic A-body put on plenty of good shows, but being very...

Tour The World’s Largest Trophy Truck Factory – Brenthel Industries Shop Tour 2022

Shop tours are super cool, and they are especially rad when they are at places like Brenthel that make some awesome machines! In this video tour of their 55,000-square-foot warehouse building, you...

Single Seat Race Car Is Done And Goes Racing: 10 Days in the Dust – Red Dust Revival 2022

The Midnight Special is going for its maiden voyage and is off and running! Here is the first outing and man this thing is cool as hell! Bennett’s Customs is an Australian traditional hot rod...

Would You Rather: ’74 Nickey Camaro vs. ’74 Firebird Pro Touring Build?

Remember the joys of Christmas shopping? Not the mall, not Santa, not Christmas music until you puke…the moment you were in the toy store and your parents said they would get you one...

Vice Grip Garage Pontiac GTO Project: It’s Done But Will It Make The 800 Mile Drive To Florida?

If you have missed the first three episodes of this build, that’s okay because we have a link below that will let you see them all. In this episode, the car is done and ready to go back to the...

Making The Worst Car Cool – Turning A Boring Lada Into A Cosworth Duratec Powered Street Sleeper!

The Soviet Lada was never considered to be anything special, and in fact some models weren’t even mediocre. But, if you take all the crappy drivetrain and electrical out of them, I see a boxy...

Cool Cars At Mecum Collector Car Auction – Kansas City 2022 1965 Mustang Fastback & Red Corvettes!

Our boy Chad Ehrlich, from Nobody’s Show, is at the Kansas City Mecum Collector Car Auction and is showing off all kinds of bitchin cars from this great event.  We trust Chad’s eye, as...

Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals Photos: Bob Chiluk Chooses A Bad Ass Mopar For The BANGshift Pick Award.

Here’s our final gallery of photos from Bob Chiluk, and this one is of the 1971 Plymouth Sport Fury owned by Dave Arent that we chose for our BANGshift Pick Award. Bob did an awesome job,...

Leroy Breaks His Record AGAIN!!!!! QUEST FOR 6’S HAS BEGUN… Cleetus Pushing It!

Leroy, the twin-turbo Vette cart that was built by Cleetus McFarland, is a quick and fast hot rod. It’s been in the 7’s using an H-pattern shifted manual transmission, has the looks of a...

FINNEGAN’S NEW JET BOAT? 1,300HP WITHOUT NOS, TURBOS OR A BLOWER! PART 1 OF 3: RACING A 10.5L JET BOAT!

Sometimes you end up buying something even when you weren’t actually shopping. That’s what happened to Finnegan. We’ll let him tell the story. Video Description: It’s been six...

BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Entering Our OId Rig Into A Car Show? That’s Right!

(Cover Photo Credit: Wayne Deslauriers) Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it...

Derek From Vice Grip Garage Surprised His 12 Year Old With A 1969 Camaro Project!

When I was 13, the 1969 Camaro Convertible which had been my dad and uncle’s drag car since I was 6, became my own. The two had split from racing together and my uncle had planned a full...