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FireAde Joins With Gray Motorsports Pro Stock Camaro Driver Shane Gray
We get a lot of Press Releases landing into the email In-box, but this rendering of Shane Gray’s sleek Jerry Haas-built Chevy Camaro caught our eye. The new FireAde Camaro will debut at the...
Monday Shopper: 1977 Chevrolet El Camino – Mecum Kansas City, 2014
Auctions have changed over the years. They used to be places where you’d go to get a good deal. Now, thanks to the hot TV lights of Barrett-Jackson on a Saturday night, auctions seem to be a...
A Peek Inside Customs By Bigun – The North Carolina Shop Does Everything From Gassers To Small Tire Killers
So I got into town basically a full day early before the NHRA Four Wide Nationals in Charlotte. Knowing that I was going to have some free time, I hooked up with Eric Yost for a day of fun and...
Incredible Shop Tour Gallery: A Peek at the Inventory of Then and Now Automotive
(Editor’s Note: This story ran in April of 2010 — Since it is a Saturday, I decided to drag it out again. This place is absolutely incredible. Hit the link below to skip to the gallery...
BackFire! An Impassioned Reader Response To Our Editorial Columns By BangShifter Bryan McTaggart – Do You Agree With Him?
Editor’s note: Last week Chad and I both wrote columns lamenting stuff. Chad’s was about globalization and identity while mine was about apathy and youth disengagement with hot rodding....
BangShift Question Of The Day: Have You Ever Had A Shop Disaster? Are You Prepared In Case Something Happens?
Yesterday’s coverage of the explosion and destruction at Bill Kuhlmann’s race shop got me to thinking about shop safety and preparedness. I work on my junk outside for better or for...
Video:Doorslammer Legend Bill Kuhlmann’s Shop Explodes – No One Hurt – Shop And All Cars Inside Destroyed
(Photo Credit: Brook Hasch) – Bad news out of Missouri today as the workshop of famed drag racer “200mph” Bill Kuhlmann was reduced to rubble after a massive explosion leveled the...
Craigslist Christmas Find: A Bitchin’ 1978 GMC 4×4 Fire Truck
I am a man of simple tastes. It doesn’t take a lot to keep me happy. For instance, if I were to receive this awesome 1978 K6500 4X4 fire truck for Christmas, I’d be totally satisfied with...
Roadside Find: A Bitchin’ 1970s Dodge Power Wagon Fire Truck – Front Mounted Pump Goodness!
I stopped by Jon Sandahl’s Tube Chassis Designz chassis shop yesterday to have some stuff welded for Buford’s suspension resurrection and on the way there, my eye caught what looked to be...
Camaro Parts Guru James “Floyd” Stinson, Founder of Firewheel Classics, Died at 65
Firewheel Classics, Texas’ largest Camaro restoration parts supplier, is located in Wylie Texas in a nice brick building just down the road from notable hot rod and performance companies like...
Feature: A Day In the Life of the Champion Speed Shop Nostalgia Top Fuel Team
(Words and photos by Red Line Synthetic Oil) – Race fans in the aging wooden grandstands at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield let out a collective breath as a pair of Nostalgia Top Fuel...
Is Firebird International Raceway Going to Close in 2013?
A murky but altogether depressing picture is beginning to emerge regarding the future of Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Arizona. Some statements made by the track operator, Charlie...
Great Tech Thread: How to Remove the Motor of Your 4th Gen Camaro/Firebird From The Bottom
BangShift member Buddy blew the LT1 engine in his Camaro up about a year ago while ripping through the gears. This was not going to be a quick fix, the plant had to be pulled out of the car. At that...
Project Goliath Update: We Install All Six of Our New Firestones!
After picking our freshly refurbished wheels and newly mounted Firestone tires from the tire shop, we hot footed to the airport for SEMA 2010. Having not installed them before we left on the trip,...