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Magneto Chat: Uncle Tony Gives A Good Primer Course In Magneto History and Operation Here!

The trusty magneto has been around for a long, long time. Long before cars were starting themselves and had fancy pants ignition systems, the trusty magneto was there. If you have ever wondered how...

“We Are QA1”, The Video That Shows You Who The Folks Are Behind The Cool Stuff At QA1

I’d probably be less poor if we just took money from anyone that wanted to advertise here on BANGshift.com, but we’ve always been particular because we really like companies who make...

Super Bitchin Video!!!! Driving a Turbo ’51 Dodge Dually Like a Sprint Car on Dirt! Rockabilly Ruckus 2021!

When Josh Dietrich sent me a Content Submission email yesterday, with a link to this video, I started to laugh a little. I laughed because this is what Josh said in his email. “This is my video...

Lost No More: This Semi-Final and Final Round Footage From The 1976 NHRA US Nationals Is Epic!

Some would call it the most massive upset in NHRA history. Others would simply call it the magic of the NHRA US Nationals. You are about to see semi-final and final round action from the 21st running...

The Smallest Block: Machine Work And Assembly Of The Hagerty Honda CT70 Engine

It has been a while since we’ve heard about the Hagerty CT70 bike restoration project. Those little machines are some of the most coveted in the pits of any race track and certainly people who...

Vertically Challenged: The Restoration Of This Upright Steam Engine Is Mr Hand Tool’s Most Ambitious Project

If there is one thing I truly love about the Hand Tool Rescue channel on YouTube it is that you can never possible have a clue as to what’s coming next. Will it be some apple peeler from the...

Love It? Hate It? This Camaro Was Built In Thailand, Where American Cars Are Rare. What Do You Think?

(Words by Charles Wickam) Just when you thought you couldn’t build a 1st gen Camaro any other way it takes a builder with the foresight to merge trends from two continents and apply them to a...

Dyno Video: It’s Not Pretty, But It Doesn’t Make Much Power. Low Buck, Junkyard Dodge Magnum 360 Mods, Part 1

When you think Magnum, you think big. So it’s only natural for everyone to have thought that big power numbers should come along with the Magnum 360 name when Dodge put them out in their trucks...

Someone’s Fixin’ To Get TEN GRAND Richer Today! Footbrake Only At The Colonial Footbrake Triple 10’s

We all know that big money bracket racing has gotten bigger, and richer, and more exciting over the past few years, but within the bottom bulb big money bracket racing community is a special group....

Can Rebeldryver Make A Cheap Parts Boat With A Hole In It Into A Cheap Fun Boat? Or, Will It Sink?

There are many of us who have bought some kind of parts vehicle only to get it home and realize it might be too good, or too fun, to cut up and use just for the parts. That goes for both too....

$3,500 Build: Did He Choose The Wrong Chassis? The Chopped, Channeled, Bagged, And Bitchin Chevrolet Project Is Underway

More progress, but with some hiccups too. What should Casey do? He’s asking your opinions on this one, because he may have chosen the wrong chassis for this build. After successfully building...

Take A C10 Truck To Mexico, Fix It Up, And Drive It Back Home. Sounds Easy Right? Well, Not Quite That Easy…

I love this story, because I have always wanted to drive a car down to Mexico to get a paint job or interior done in it over a couple of days while hanging out in Mexico. But I love Mexico, so maybe...

Alex Taylor’s Quest For The 6’s 1955 Chevrolet Can’t Run The Number Without This Big Block And Twins!

This project has come a long way in way less time than anyone would normally believe. And it is all being built in house at the Taylor’s hot rod shop, where the entire family works to build...

The Greatest Tuff-Truck Video Of All Time: Packed House, Lunatic Racers, Carnage For Days!

Tuff-Truck competitions have been around for a long, long time. They are a staple of many off-road shows, they happen at state fairs, and generally speaking, they are the four wheel drive...