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Dylan McCool Bought an UNKNOWN Drag Car at Auction… It Had ROD KNOCK! Can They Race It?

You never know what you are going to get when buying cars at auction, and that’s because you may or may not even be able to start them and hear them run. It totally depends on the auction, and...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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WILL IT RUN?! Aaron And Emily Picked Up This 1984 Peterbilt 359 That Has Been Parked for 20+ years. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!

Emily and Aaron are stepping it up big time with this one! They keep getting bigger and bigger projects, whether for on the road or on the water, but this one takes the cake. They got themselves a...

Nearly 500 Cubic Inches! This 8-litre, Record Setting Bentley, Takes on Goodwood In Style

The engine sizes in some of these really old race cars is just mind boggling when you consider that they are often just 6 cylinders. I mean this Bentley here is from 1933. We’re not talking...

Is Finnegan’s New Trailer The BEST Drag And Drive Trailer EVER Built?! A Few Stand Out, And This One Might Be At The Top Of That List

Drag and Drive trailers range from the sublime to the ridiculous and everything in between. I’ve built big ones, small ones, and medium sized ones, but at each drag and drive event you see more...

Will This Supercharged Slant Six Be A Beast Or A Dyno Disappointment? Can An Early 1960’s Inline 6 Make Real Power?

Ah… the leaning tower of power. This is arguably one of the most famous and prolific Mopar powerplants, and yet it was also it’s most anemic. While everyone knows the famed Hemis, and the...

Hey IndyCar, WTF Are You Going On About? IndyCar Is NOT The Fastest Racing On Earth! And Pato O’Ward Is Kinda Slow For A 25 Year Old

Maybe it’s my old age catching up to me, or maybe it is the fact that the world has decided that reality isn’t trendy anymore, but whatever it is that made me mad when I saw the IndyCar...

Open Wheel Shootout Supermodified Feature Race! These Beasts Are Some Of The Nastiest Cars To Race A Paved Oval

If you haven’t seen a Super Modified circle track racer before, you are missing out. There isn’t anything about them that isn’t designed to go around a left hand corner as quickly...

Our 2025 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels Photo Coverage Continues: There Is Something Special About Indoor Car Show Season.

(Photos by Mike Brooks) Here’s Brooks third gallery, and we’ll have even more galleries this week! The World of Wheels Car Shows have been around for decades and are often the only connection...

Grand National Roadster Show Photos: The Suede Palace, Traditional Hot Rod Central, Plus 75 Years Of AMBR Winners And More!

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) Our latest gallery features awesome rides from the Suede Palace! The 75th anniversary of the Grand National Roadster Show was a historic gathering of hot rods, especially...

5 EASY Mods For Your CHEAP Welding Table – Harbor Freight, Vevor or Klutch Tables Can All Benefit From These Mods

If you are an average carjunkie, like us here at BANGshift, then we know that you are always looking for the best bang for your buck on tools and equipment for your garage. And when you want a fab or...

Who Makes The Best Cordless Impact Driver: All The Name Brands Tested! What Happened To Milwaukee’s Impact Driver?

We’ve worn out a couple of Rigid Impact Drivers while building the new shop, mostly because we’ve used them so much, but I’ve had to do a couple of repairs because I dropped them...

Muscle Car Feature Video: This 1,000HP Hellephant Powered Cuda Restomod Has Been Elevated To Supercar Territory

Let’s face it, adding a Hellephant to just about anything will make it cool. I mean, one of these engines in the worst Mopar ever would still make it a riot to drive and to listen to. But when...

The Mangled Mercury Project: Part 6 – Making The Sail Panels, The Last Major Panels Get Fabricated For This Awesome Chop Top 1939 Merc.

We introduced the Mangled Mercury Project recently and shared the first cuts, plans, etc. for this soon to be cooler ride. We continued with more videos in the series, and if you missed those then...

Stanceworks Real Ferrari F40: Part 5 – Fabrication Is About To Get Real On This Rad V12 Powered Ferrari. Tube Bending At Its Best.

It’s time for another build episode of the Ferrari F40 over at Stanceworks, and that means it is tubing time! The chassis started coming together in the last episode, but there is going to be some...

SMOKIN’ THE TIRES AND SAYING ADIOS TO HIS ’57 CHEVY WAGON! Finnegan’s Gasser Wagon Is Going To The Winner!

It seems like everyone is giving away a car lately, and if you missed the announcement, that includes Finnegan who is giving away this 1957 Chevrolet station wagon gasser. This is going to be a...