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One has a Flathead, One a Blown Olds, But Somehow These Traditional Hot Rods Share the Same Soul

There is just something about a traditional styled hot rod that just makes people smile. Even folks that wouldn’t describe themselves as traditional hot rod fans somehow find themselves drawn...

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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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Jay Leno Takes a ride in ONE of the TWO 1914 Knox Model 46s still in Existence: This is a 496 CI Overhead-Valve Monster From the Nethercutt Collection!

Sometimes we forget just how bad ass humans were 100-140 years ago. I say this because the amount of invention and ingenuity that was happening in the world was just insane. I mean people came up...

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Texas Brought The Trucks – More C10s In The Park Photo Gallery Coverage!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with more Charles Wickam snaps from the 2018 C10s In The Park presented by Brothers Trucks. There were more than 850 entries into the event in...

Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Night Of Fire: Lighting The Candles One Last Time, Part One

It didn’t matter if they had two or two hundred jet cars on the property, it was very apparent what the crowd that had filtered into Rocky Mountain Raceway had come to see: jet cars. We had...

BangShift Drives: The 2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI Is The Perfect Mix Of Fun And Practicality

Earlier this year, I got chucked the keys to a 2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI by the fine people at VW and rather than just zip around town in it, we hit the highways and byways of New England to have some...

C10s in The Park Coverage: Over 850 Trucks Packed The Park In Texas – Photos Here

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We love the stories of events that started as small gatherings and have exploded into massive, nationally known shin-digs. Such is the case with the Brothers...

Legit Nostalgia For Sale -This 1978 Corvette Raced At The US Nationals – Someone Needs This Rocket!

People are hot on nostalgia drag racing see days, especially the funny car stuff. No, not just the full-kill nitro powered nostalgia stuff but the alcohol driven cars as well. Heck, there is a series...

Rough Start: Ford Fans, This 1970 Fairlane 500 Is A Must-Have!

Ford’s intermediate class of cars in 1970 was, by far and large, all about the word Torino. Torino Cobra. Torino King Cobra. Torino GT. Torino Brougham. Except for two options: the super-base...

The European Screamer: Meet The Ford Taunus That Came From Estonia To Run Drag Week!

Blunt truth: I could go forever not knowing anything about Andres Arnover’s 1972 Ford Taunus except for what it looks like and be quite content. Part of me likens it to a 1970s Escort, the...

Fall 2018 Redneck Rumble: Get A First-Person Look At What Shows Up When The Days Grow Shorter!

For three years now, I’ve been trying to go to the Fall Redneck Rumble in Lebanon, Tennessee. I’ve gone to a couple of the Spring shows, but everyone who I’ve ever asked says that...

This 1963 Clark Cortez Motorhome Is Incredibly Nice – Chad, Hide Your Wallet!

We’ve always been on the bleeding edge of cool old motorhome discoveries here at BangShift but we may have actually outdone ourselves here. This is a 1963 Clark Cortez motorhome and it is one...

Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Night Of Fire: Let The Racing Commence!

Coming into the early evening hours of Saturday in Salt Lake City, we were looking at a few distinct and equally important issues. One was a wildfire that was just due westward of the track that we...

SAVED! This Video of The Top Five Saves From The Goodwood Revival Is Awesome

We have showed you some cool videos from the 2018 Goodwood Revival in England but this one is the best yet. The footage you will see highlights the top five saves that were made during the racing...

Holley LS Fest 2018: Our Coverage Comes To A Very Rainy End!

Well, everything has to come to an end, and so it goes for the 2018 Holley LS Fest. Sunday was the day of reckoning…we knew we had gotten lucky with two days of very decent weather, we knew...

Someone In Your Life Love Big Oly? This Forthcoming Acme Die Cast Replica Would Do Them Good!

Normally we like vouching for stuff that we have personal experience with here. Parts that either we or our friends have used. Brands that have been accepted as quality and continue to carry that...

This 1969 COPO Chevelle Is An Understated Badass! 427, Four-Speed, 4.10s Out Back!

Part of the beauty of the 1964-74 Musclecar Era was that manufacturers had started to embrace the idea that the buyer needed to be the one dictating options, not the factory. The first-generation...