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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, CAR FEATURES, ENGINE, ENGINES, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Barn Find 1960 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Neglected for 50 Years! Will It Run?!? Check Out Mortske’s Amazing Transformation!

This 1960 Cadillac Coupe DeVille absolutely embodies American style and is about as iconic as they come. So you can imagine how excited Mortske was when he was able to buy this thing out of a barn....

Street Freak – Part 8: This Mid-Engine Drag And Drive Lambo Powered All-Wheel Drive Volvo Is Getting The Engine And Trans Installed!

Here’s the eighth video in the series, and the engine is going in! With just a few weeks to go before Street Week starts, it is time to make big stuff happen and this sure counts. There is still...

Puddin’s 1961 Mercedes 4X4 Build Makes This K5 Blazer FRAME SWAP Seem Like A Great Idea! Perfect Fit!??

Trars are cool. We’ve featured several of them over the years here at BANGshift and I don’t know anyone who doesn’t dig them. I mean, not everyone wants one, but everyone looks at...

Tony Angelo Is Doing A DIRT CHEAP Turbo 6 Cylinder Build! With Boost On The Slant Six, They Cut The 0-60 Time IN HALF!

I’m a fan of junk builds, as well as projects that have no good reason to do other than to put smiles on the faces of those doing them. I mean that’s what hot rodding is all about, right?...

Will This 1955 Chevy Belair RUN AND DRIVE After 37 YEARS Parked In A Garage? A Day With Derek Just Might Do The Trick!

This one isn’t Derek’s! No really, this isn’t his car but he’s going to do everything he can to make it run and drive again after sitting for 37 years on the garage....

Street Freak – Part 7: This Mid-Engine Drag And Drive Lambo Powered All-Wheel Drive Volvo Needs To Be Ready For Street Week!

Here’s the seventh video in the series, and more fab work is happening because some stuff hasn’t worked out so far. Now that doesn’t mean all is lost, but it does mean the pressure is...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Making Headway On The Custom One Off Front And Rear Bumpers

Custom bumpers baby! The custom bumpers on this truck are something special and although Brent has gone back and forth on them, we know they are going to be something special. I love the idea of...

Puddin’s Fab Shop Model A Project Update: Finishing Up The Floors With A Custom Trans Tunnel, Toe Boards, And More!

Puddin’s new Model A project sure is a good looking car, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some issues hiding below the skin. We’re looking forward to seeing this thing go from being a...

New Wrecking Yard Inventory! Another F Body! 1983 Chevy Camaro Berlinetta! T-Tops, Originally a V-8 car, Solid

Chad’s got some new inventory at the wrecking yard, and if you are looking for a solid 3rd Gen Camaro project to start, then this one might be the right choice for you. It’s a solid car,...

Metal Fab Video: Bello’s Kustoms Made A 1951 Chevrolet Post Car Into A Hard Top And NOW They Are Chopping The Top!

We shared the first video from this series a couple weeks ago and now we’ve got the second one to share. In the first video, Bello made this post car into a hard top and now it is time to start...

Finnegan’s Twin-Turbo Cadillac Project Is Back! It’s Time For Some Headers And Turbo Plumbing!

Finnegan is back at it with the Caddy project and we’re glad to see it coming together. He’s got more fabrication to do before the mockup engine can get replaced by the real engine, but...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Bed Is Getting Designed!

In this video from the Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the bed start getting...

Does Iron Trap Garage’s Fresh Blown Ardun OHV Flathead Fit In Their 1933 3-Window Coupe?

A couple of weeks ago we shared a video from the guys at Iron Trap Garage that featured a bad ass Blown Ardun headed flathead Ford that is truly something rare and special. If you missed the previous...

Iron Trap’s Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod: This Super Simple Rear Gravel Pan Cleans Up The Custom Rear Of The 1938 Ford Convertible

In this update on the Iron Trap Garage 1938 Ford Convertible project, Matt and the crew are cleaning up the rear. They’ve already leaded in some custom tail lights at the tips of the rear...