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Category Archive: CAR FEATURES, HISTORIC, Videos

Epic Barn Find: Historic 1957 Corvette Custom Show Car Dug Out After 57-Year Hibernation

Barn finds are nearly always cool as hell, but range from super exciting to frustrating as well. I say this, because sometimes it is so annoying to find that something has just been sitting, for no...

This 1980s IHRA Factory Modified Video Pays Tribute To A Bad Ass And Short Lived Class

Sometimes people think that drag racers fall out of the sky. People with piles of money that just magically appear with a car to compete in. Those people are morons. Everyone who has ever done a damn...

The Chainsaw: Early RX-7 Plus Snowmobile Engine Equals Fun…And Tinnitus!

“Well, that was a dumb idea, wasn’t it?” Forget trying to make me feel better after I botched a jump, separated from my dirt bike and augured into the ground like a 160-pound lawn...

More 1960 Cadillac Metal Work: Make It Kustom Hammer Forms, Welds, And Finishes More On The Caddy Project

The 1960 Cadillac Coupe De Ville is coming along slowly but surely. With a project this big, both figuratively and literally, there is going to be a lot of sheet metal work when rust repair and floor...

Vice Grip Garage Does Sick Week: Day 4 – South Georgia Motorsports Park, Overheating, And Don Garlits Museum!

I swear these cars kind of don’t like Derek. Not a hate thing, but more a “I want you to make sure you understand you aren’t my favorite person and that I can do bad things to you...

Install Video: Using The Ridetech StreetGrip System To Upgrade The Handling Of Your C2 or C3 Corvette Is Easy! Watch!

Ridetech contines to expand the line of StreetGrip applications and that is now great news for classic Corvette owners. If you have an original C2 or C3 Corvette that is finally ready to have the...

Great Video: This 1979 GM Promotional Film Shows Off The Blazer, Medium Duty Trucks, and Vans, Man!

With the launch of the new Ford Bronco, one has to look at GM and wonder just what the hell happened? The company has absolutely nothing for either Jeep or Ford, the current Blazer is a weird...

Cleetus Bought AND BROKE a RIPSAW Tank!!! 700hp Duramax Powered Tank That Does 70mph!

It shouldn’t surprise you that Cleetus would end up with something awesome like this 700hp Duramax powered RIPSAW, and it also shouldn’t surprise you that it took just two days to break...

Vice Grip Garage Does Sick Week: Day 3- And The Wheel Falls Off…It Fell The F*^&K OFF!

Dude, at some point you wonder if it might just be better to stay in bed one morning, cause ain’t this the poop. Oh well, it’s par for the course in this Day 3 adventure. Check it out below....

Watch A Beautiful Failure Run Up The Hill At Goodwood – The Ferrari 712 Can-Am Car Was A Light Hitting Legend

This car is powered by the biggest engine that Ferrari ever made and it never won a race. The Ferrari 712 was the company’s answer to the question surrounding how it was going to attack the...

Polyester Perfection: Watch The 1977 NHRA Summernationals Right Here – Big Names, Big Heat, Big History

This weekend for the 49th time in NHRA history there will be a race run carrying the title of the Summernationals. The first one was run in 1970 at York US 30 Drag Strip in Pennsylvania. In 1971 the...

Pinstriping Inspiration: Design Ideas Practice With Hot Rod Jen

We’ve featured some of Hot Rod Jen’s work here on BANGshift lately and appreciate her cool videos that show how to pinstripe, her work flow, and her process for practicing and perfecting...

Vice Grip Garage Does Sick Week: Day 2 – Derek Flips His Trailer, Gets Wet, And More.

We’re not sure how he did it, but this boy can tear up a crowbar so it is no surprise that Derek somehow figured out how to flip his Sick Week trailer. Oh well, it’s par for the course in...

Bonneville History Video: Watch Craig Breedlove Talk About The Rocket LSR Car That Never Was…Or Was It?

Here’s a cool piece of Bonneville history caught on video as Craig Breedlove talks about the rocket powered LSR car he was planning to construct in the early 1970s to keep ahead of an ever...