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Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting A Custom Build DIY Rear Swaybar

In this video from the Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the rear suspension get some...

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MiniTruckin Nationals Photos From Maggie Valley North Carolina – Old School, New School, Mini’s And More!

I didn’t make it out to the 2024 Mini Truckin Nationals in Maggie Valley, but boy I can’t wait for next year. That’s because our friend Damon Steinke from E3Extreme hit the show and...

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Mud And Dirt Racing Photos: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Epic And We’ve Got The Photos!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) With the unfortunate passing from a courageous battle with cancer back in 2021 of famed and beloved mud racer Darryl Jones, pilot of the legendary “Scooby Doo”...

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BIG TIRES & BLOWERS – The Hot Rod Hoarder Hits Up The Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run 2024 And Man There Were Cool Cars On Parade.

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood,...

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Our Final Gallery Of 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Check Them All Out Here, Along With A Link To Any You Might Have Missed!

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as...

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Newbern Helped His Neighbor Get This SS Chevelle Up And Running For Burnouts After Sitting For 40 Years And A Seized Small Block

There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down...

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2016 Kontinentals Bayou Round Up Photo Coverage: Sweet Stuff!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The Kontinentals Bayou Round Up took place a little while back and our own Charles Wickam was there on the scene to tell us all about it and give us a great look...

Do Your Holiday Shopping From a Racing Shop’s Liquidation Auction

If you’re sitting around warming up your credit card for the forthcoming four weeks of holiday shopping, you might want to take a peek at the Walker Racing liquidation auction recently put up...

J.R. Todd Named Driver Of DHL Nitro Funny Car, Coughlin Jr. To Assume Seat In SealMaster Dragster, more

The hotly anticipated announcement from Kalitta Motorsports regarding their driver situation was made yesterday and the crux of the message is that J.R. Todd will be taking the driving role in the...

Here’s A DIY Air Tool Holder You Can Make At Home With Scraps, But That Really Kicks Ass

I hate messes in the shop, which would surprise you if you saw the inside of mine most of the time. Like most of us, I too am amazingly adept at finding something to sit on every available...

Remember The Red Trans Am That Nearly Crashed At Redemption 6.0? Here’s The Video

Some times it’s dumb luck and sometimes it’s skill, but regardless of how you get yourself out of a crash in your race car it’s a good thing. Especially when the reason you are in...

The Ultimate Beat Rental? This Dodge Charger’s Front Subframe Is Nearly Torn Out!

Rental cars aren’t babied…we know this. I’m guilty of this…reverse donuts in a Dodge Stratus, e-brake skids in the snow in a Corolla, and don’t ask what happened to the...

eBay Find: This 1969 Blown Hemi Dart Pro Street Car Is Radical

We’ve always fallen on the side of pro street cars around here at BangShift and the classic big tire look has weathered many trendy storms over the years and keeps coming back strong. The...

Fake It Like You Made It: This 1979 Rowley GTC Combines Italian Sexiness With Chevrolet Value!

You see that Ferrari Daytona, the one sitting on the iconic Borrani wire wheels, painted “arrest me” red? Yeah, the one over there, the Spyder, with the quad pipes jutting out, ready to...

How To Fabricate DIY Threaded Inserts For The Frame Of Your Hot Rod

Matt and the gang at Eastwood are always having fun building cool stuff and showing us how it’s done. In this video he’s making the final preparations for bolting the body of his...

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Watch This Tiny Italian Fiat Rip 9-Second Passes on a Runway

We’re not really sure what’s under the hood of this tiny Fiat Uno hatchback in Italy, but whatever is making the power is doing a pretty good job. If you’re not familiar with the Uno, it’s a...

We Need These Gas-Powered Power Wheels To Play In The Snow! Check These Little Monsters Out!

Is the ultimate end for a Power Wheels toy destined to be down a dirt trail at high speed with an individual of questionable mental capacity on it? We love “Barbie Jeep Racing”, but we...

This 1953 Twin Coach Mayflower Moving Van Is The Coolest Old Big Truck Ever

Nothing on earth would be a cooler vintage car hauler than this thing. Nothing. We’ve never seen a Twin Coach before, but they were built by the Fageol Brothers based on a Red Diamond and...

Would You Rather, ’60s Suicide Doors Edition: Thunderbird or Continental

I’ve recently been thumbing through a library copy of Nick Georgano’s Art of the American Automobile: The Greatest Stylists and Their Work to get some learnin’ about American car design. It’s...

We Hit The Last Pomona Swap Meet Of 2016 And Here Are All The Photos!

We’ve got almost 400 photos from the Pomona Swap Meet, and we’ll be putting up a gallery per day until they are gone! Here is the first gallery from all the cars in the show/car corral...