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Westen Champlin Crotch Rocket Swapped A Very Small Car – Hyabusa Powered BMW Isetta, But Not The Way You Think.
When Westen says that something is sketchy, that means it is SUPER DUPER DOUBLE DOG SKETCHY. And that may not be sketchy enough. I’ve known Westen for a few years, and he always puts a smile on...
Broader Performance Shows Us How To Check An Automatic Transmission Dip Stick For Accuracy. You’d Be Surprised How Off They Can Be!
Most of you have probably never found your engine or transmission dipstick to be off, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t. When you mix aftermarket dipsticks, tubes, and oil or transmission...
BARN FIND Anniversary Corvette Parked 37 YEARS! Will it RUN AND DRIVE Home For Derek? Or Will This Be A Vice Grip Garage Disaster?
Barn finds are awesome in general, but when you know the story behind the car and the people who owned it actually cared about it, it is something a bit more special than a car that was just parked...
Can This Vehicle Be Saved? A Shop Wants $12,915 for Repairs On This Thing! Is It Worth Doing The Work Yourself At Home Instead?
Project Farm is back at it, with a slightly different spin than their normal video. In this one he’s taking a car that the shop says needs almost $13,000 worth of repairs. One of those things...
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....
Tech Tip: Here’s How A CO2 Or Electric Shifter Can Improve Your Racing Program. There’s More To It Than You Think!
Lots of folks think that a CO2 or electric shift solenoid is something that only bracket racers want or need, but that just isn’t the case. In this video from the gang at Motion Raceworks...
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...
This BURIED Plymouth Barracuda Has Been Parked for 22 YEARS! Will it RUN, AND DRIVE 400 Miles Home For Vice Grip Garage?
Video Description: A guy bought a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda Sight Unseen from some fans of Vice Grip Garage. It was previously restored, but parked for 21 years. It’s rough, doesn’t run,...
Is It Stupid To Fix Up A 300,000 Mile Vehicle? Or Are They Only Good For Parts? Project Farm Wants To Settle This!
We talk about junkyard LS engines all the time around here, and I’ve personally had LS powered vehicles with nearly 300,000 miles on them. Hell, one of them gave up it’s engine for one of...
Tony Angelo Swaps An 800+ Horsepower NASCAR V8 Into His 1955 Chevy Street Car! This Is Going To Be A Riot
Tony Angelo is back at it on his cool 1955 Chevy, and even if we weren’t Tri-Five fans around here we’d totally approve of the 800+ horsepower small-block NASCAR combo he’s got...
Dylan McCool’s 1971 Roadrunner Might Have Been Forgotten For 35 Years, But What Will It Take To Make It Run Again?
Dylan McCool is back at it with his long forgotten 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner. This bad boy needs to come back to life and Dylan is working to make that happen. Cars like this one are so cool to find...