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Category Archive: ENGINES, FORD, TECH, Videos

Playing Mad Scientist: Making A Lawn Mower Carburetor Feed A Blown Small-Block Ford

In 2022, Luke took his absolutely ratty and glorious Ford Maverick and created a way to run that car’s 302 with the carburetor from a lawn mower and proceeded to break a lot of brains in the...

Bringing A $400 1982 Dodge Charger Back To Life Is A Cry For Help

Given that I’m the actually proud owner of a late 1970s Dodge Charger, I usually get thrown into conversations of “what is the worst Charger ever made?” It’s a question...

Pest Control Fail: Vice Grip Garage Brings A Beetle Back To Life (WHY?)

I am not a classic Volkswagen fan. Let’s get that out of the way first. Ever since I was a kid, even before I was a mini-gearhead, I disliked the tweeting noise that indicated that one of these...

Larry Chen Takes Us On An Adventure In Dubai! Exploring Dubai and The Forbidden Cars We Americans Dream of Owning + More!

We all hear the stories about Dubai having nothing but exotic cars and that Lamborghini’s, Ferraris, etc are just left on the side of the road when they run out of gas because everyone is a...

Long Lost Barn Find Drag Car: The “Macho 1” 1970 Mustang Mach 1 Drag Racer 428 Cobra Jet Lives After Years In A Wrecking Yard!

“Barn finds” are the best. Whether they are actually garage finds, barn finds, woods finds, or whatever, they are the automotive equivalent of finding money in the pocket of your pants...

The Hot Rod Hoarder Gets A Full Tour Of This 1970s MUSCLE CAR Hoarder’s Crazy Collection

Tommy Lee Byrd is really good at finding and spotlighting hot rods, vintage drag cars, and historic muscle cars at shows and events all over the place, but he also gets access to some really cool...

Video Feature: David Carroll’s 1,000HP TWIN TURBO Tire Killing Squarebody Blazer Is A Beast On The Street AND The Track

Our friend David Carroll, who’s had project builds and features here on BANGshift before, has been playing with his squarebody Blazer for the past couple of years and it is a beast. This thing...

6×6 RV Feature: SEE INSIDE THE WORLD’S RAREST MOTORHOME! TAKE A FULL TOUR OF THIS REVCON TRAILBLAZER

I love vintage and weird RVs and travel trailers, and this Revcon right here is no exception. With only 67 of them ever built, this might very well be one of the rarest motorhomes ever built. This...

Can This GTO “Judge” Clone Return To Life? And Does Junkyard Digs Know What “Scope Creep” Means?

It’s the dream we all hope to have: we learn of a barn that hasn’t been opened in decades, and if we want whatever is inside, come get it. As you open the interior to fresh air for the...

There Is Something Oddly Satisfying About Rescuing This Odd 1961 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88

A 1961 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 was a very futuristic looking car when it was new, and still has a Jetson’s vibe today. If you were a fan of Oldsmobile’s, you loved them. But for many they...

The “Budget Bel Air” Build: How Cheap Can We Build A 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air For Cruising Fun?

The first step with any build is simple: determine what you want to build! If you’re a real Gearhead, that list is hundred’s if not thousand’s of cars long. Even within a specific...

Solomon Is Visiting Bumpside 4×4 Heaven! Awesome Video Of Some Killer Classic F250s. Just Look At These!

I might bleed Chevrolet orange, but these 3/4 ton Ford bumpside pickups are ultra rad. Just look at the TSL Swampers, and Boggers! The teal and white shortbed looks like it should be on the cover of...

1962 Chevrolet Milk Truck! This Bad Boy Has Been Abandoned For 50 Years! Will It Run For Mortske With A Little Love And Attention?

There is something cool about old milk and delivery trucks. For decades, Divco was the top manufacturer of delivery trucks and they are incredibly cool now when hot rodded. In the 1960s, Chevrolet...

Car Feature Video: This NASTY 900HP Rat Rod With A MASSIVE BLOWER Does Insane Street Burnouts!

There is always something cool about seeing a hot rod going down the road that just makes no logical sense as a street car. I know that this thing isn’t something you’d probably commute...