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FREE LIVESTREAM: Barrett Jackson Scottsdale 2026 Is On! Check Out All The Awesome Rides Up For Auction This Weekend!

Barrett-Jackson is one of the premier automotive auction companies, and while they have big auctions all over the country there is something truly special about Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale. This event...

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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: Watch Every Day Of King Of The Hammers Right Here! The Baddest Of The Bad Attacking Johnson Valley Starts Now!

It’s time for a couple of weeks of off-road racing across Johnson Valley California at King of the Hammers 2026. We’ve got the livestream rocking right here the whole time, so make sure...

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More Of Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and The Best Drag Race Action of 2025!

Here’s another great Photo Gallery from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the previous gallery, we’ve got a...

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American Power And Road Racing Prowess: Here’s 1 hour Of Pure Ford GT40 Heaven From Goodwood.

We love sharing videos from Goodwood, because whether it is action from the Festival of Speed, Member’s Meet, or the Goodwood Revival, you know it is going to be good. There are so many awesome...

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He’s Baaack! Steve Magnante Feature Videos From Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2026!

We’re so thrilled that our pal Steve Magnante is back out there crawling junkyards and sharing his automotive knowledge with the world. After a life threatening case of encephalitis, that...

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How to Chop An All-Original 1932 Ford Tudor: Chopping a True Survivor – Now That The Roof Is Back In Place, It’s Time To Tackle the Hardest, Most Crucial Welds — The A-Pillars!

The real critical stuff has happened. We’re talking about fitting and welding this original roof back in place, just a few inches lower. But now is the time for the most delicate welding and...

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We Cruised The Coast During Tour D’ Orange 2019 Here In SoCal And Here Are The Photos

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) For the past few years, on New Year’s Day morning, a group of folks have been putting on a cruise through Orange County here in SoCal that has become known as Tour D’...

The 2019 BangShift Mid-West Project Car Assessment: Where Do We Stand Right Now?

Neither Christmas music by the truckload, nor New Year’s snacks, nor a cold that could level a bull moose on it’s best day will keep me down. It’s 2019, a brand new year, and as...

The Year In Photos: David Whealon Picks His Finest Images From 2018 (Part 1)

(Photos by David Whealon) – As we continue to melt your eyeballs with killer photos from our pool of BangShift contributors, it is time we turn our attention to the varied work of David...

Rough Start: The Under-Appreciated Fox Body Thunderbird

I wanted to start off this year’s Rough Start hunting right: a decent price, a platform that has tons of potential, a car that could be driven as-is without any mods whatsoever if you so chose,...

A Year In Photos: Benoit Pigeon Shares His Favorite Images From 2018 – Great Stuff!

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re pounding you with the killer 2018 year in review photo blogs from our contributors and that’s the way we drew it up. Coming back off of our...

Underdog No More: This 1975 Chevy Vega Is Every Flaw, Fixed

If you are forced to pick just one car to illustrate every last possible thing wrong with General Motors, most people will point the finger directly at the Chevrolet Vega. The compact car had a lot...

A Year in Photos: Joe Grippo Shares His Favorite Images Of 2018 – Great Stories As Well!

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – It is a few days before Christmas as I tap out this post which means we have BangShifted our way through another 12 months. Now it’s time to take a glimpse...

Best of 2019: This Awesome Chart From COMP Cams Compares Valvetrain Life Cycles In Different Applications

Hot rodding is a numbers game, right? Whether we are talking horsepower, drag strip numbers, heck, even the price of parts. Numbers rule our lives when it comes to cars. But there are some numbers we...

Morning Symphony: Six In A Row Will Make This Nova Go

Are you a V8 or die kind of gearhead? I’ll admit I am. I’ve had great experiences with a supercharged Buick V6 that was a riot to wheel around in, but I still regarded that car as a a fun...

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Crushing Video: Watch A Varied Pile Of Old Cars Meet Their End With Hydraulic Pressure – Ouch

Ya know, a part of me really struggled with this. Should I share a video from a channel that has a load of them that depict the workings of a wrecking yard car crusher? Does this run against every...

Don’t Mess With A Good Thing: Regular Car Reviews Looks Over A K5 Blazer

Behold, the true basis for every sport-utility vehicle that is on the road today. Look, nit-pick all you want about Jeeps and Jeep variants like the Willys Jeep station wagon, or even the...

What Does A 200,000-Mile Truck Engine Like About Big Boost? NOTHING! Cleetus KILLS The Auction C6 Corvette!

Following the story of the “Auction C6” Corvette that Cleetus bought at the end of last year has been kind of fun, actually. What started out as a knee-jerk impulse buy that left a strong...

Photo Highlight Reel: Mike Brooks Picks His Favorite Photos From The Year That Was

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Mike Brooks is one of BangShit’s most stalwart contributors. He and his Cadillac 500 powered C10 really get around during the season and when it is snowing and...

Best of 2019: Watch The Awesome ‘Ole Tater Hauler 1951 GMC Wheelstander Make A Wheels Up Rip At The Dragstrip

There are some things that are better left unchanged. Your grandmother’s recipe for mashed potatoes that requires three pounds of butter, and original hemi engine inside a 1960s muscle car, and...