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California Man Reunited with Stolen 1969 Camaro Bought Brand New By His Vietnam Veteran Father!

We hear about car thefts all the time, and have been victims ourselves, so when we saw this story on the national news this morning we knew we had to share it. In 1969, after returning home from the...

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Drag Racing Photos: The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 At Darlington Dragway Featured Great Cars And Action!

Here’s the 2nd gallery of photos from the PDRA Carolina Nationals at Darlington. Check the out below and if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link for that too! (Photos by David...

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Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

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Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

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This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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Southeast Gassers Association 2026: First Drag Race of The Year from Shadyside Dragway

Here’s a livestream replay from the Southeast Gassers Association’s First Race of 2026 at Shadyside Dragway in North Carolina. If you like traditional nose high gassers that still row the gears,...

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The “WTF?!” Files: 1969 Ford Mustang Wagon – Um, This Could Get Controversial.

Hey, look…a neat 1969 Ford Mustang! That’s always a good start to a story, right? The Mustang had started to get a little bit bigger, but with models like the Mach 1 and the Boss 302,...

Violence And Comfort: NASCAR Exhaust And Vintage Air For The Hoonigan Chevy C-10!

Violence and comfort in the same vehicle. Can it be done? Should it be done? Depends on your idea of a pure build, but we can’t argue against either. We like the idea of a screw everybody,...

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Morning Symphony: Over A Thousand Horsepower And Hubcaps On This V6 Holden!

It isn’t too hard to be a fan of the Buick V6…it’s one of the most criminally underrated engines ever produced. Front-drive, rear-drive, supercharged, turbocharged…it’s...

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If You Can Find The Vandalism Damage On This Sweet Plymouth Barracuda, You’re Eyesight Is Better Than Ours!

Checking out Copart.com is just about the same as asking for a tour of the local morgue. You know what to expect, yet you still want to see it for yourself. Luckily, not everything at Copart is a...

1,800 Horsepower, Twin Engine Volkswagen Lupo. Total Insanity Has Been Achieved!

The twin-engine car thing has been picking up steam a little bit. Used to be that if it had two engines inside, you were looking at an unadulterated, one of a kind freakshow. Today, I can name off a...

304.77 Miles Per Hour: Watch As A Modified Bugatti Chiron Lays Down The Number!

Let’s get one asterisk out of the way now: the Bugatti Chiron that went over the 300 MPH mark at Ehra-Lessien isn’t production car material. It’s 25mm longer than a stock Chiron,...

Happy Labor Day From BangShift.com!

The end of summer and the arrival of autumn can be marked in many ways. There is the official method, which is the autumnal equinox, which occurs in the early morning hours of Monday, September 23,...

Historical Video: Check Out This Chrysler Training Film From 1967!

It’s always good for dealership techs and mechanics to get a brush-up on new and incoming features, but sometimes a good review of the basics is needed to bring a mechanic’s ability to...

Classic YouTube: Two-Wheeled Bus Action From Finland, Starring “Crazy” Vesa Kivimäki!

The more I study Finnish automotive culture, the more I’m convinced that there simply isn’t anything that they won’t do. This is a country that has given more top-tier rally drivers...

That’s Not Supposed To Do That: This 13-second Ford Escort GT Is A Surprise For Anyone…Who Doesn’t See That Huge Intercooler!

To date, my best quarter-mile time is a 13.61 second pass, running a 2006 Ford Mustang GT in the cool nighttime air at the now-dead Speedworld strip in Arizona. Not too bad for a mostly stock Mustang...

Classic YouTube: Toyota’s 1990 Off-Road Racing Season – “Ironman” Stewart And Jeff Huber Flying Toyotas To Victory!

I don’t want to know how many quarters I dumped into an “Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart’s Super Off Road” arcade game when I was a kid…the figures might make me...

Hot-Rodding A Desk Engine: Turning A 16-Cylinder Sterling Engine Into An Electric Turbine!

I might be a gearhead first, but being an aviation geek runs a very, very close second in my world. I spent years on a flightline working around jets, helicopters, planes and pilots who kept me...

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Here’s How You Smooth Out Steel Fender Flares: Project Mongrel Has Got Some Big Hips That Need Some Massaging

We love project Mongrel, as anyone who reads the site regularly knows. You will also find a video on how to make a jig for making tubular control arms, which are also for the Mongrel, but this one is...

Finnegan Found A Good Trade For His Big Red Ramp Truck. Wait Until You See This Thing.

Weeks ago Finnegan put the word out that he wanted to hear from all of you in the car world with any, and we mean ANY trades that you might be willing to make for his Big Red Ramp Truck. He told all...

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