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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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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Sunday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage at Beech Bend Raceway Park – Sunday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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Are All Motor Oils The Same? Project Farm Tests Diesel vs Car vs Aviation vs Marine vs Motorcycle Oils To See If There Is A Difference.

If you are a regular around here, you know that we love to share oil tech and often feature videos from our friend Lake Speed Jr. who has a YouTube channel called MotorOilGeek. His videos and tech...

Transforming ViceGrip Garbage Camaro From A 1974 into a 1970 RS – Watch The Epic Conversion Here!

It’s time for some more updates and love for the Garbage Camaro project, and in order to make it into the ultimate 2nd Gen that means a 1970 Camaro RS split bumper conversion. Kevin is killing...

Newbern Is Building A 1955 Chevrolet Sedan To Be The Ultimate Family Daily Driver Cruiser

I’m an old car freak. I don’t own anything that is newer than 30 years old, which seems weird but cool all at the same time. I’ve had a bunch of different daily drivers over the...

Watch This Video To See Powell Machine Grinding A Model A Ford Camshaft For Full Race Power

We’re not talking about some 3/4 Race cam here, we’re talking about a full race grind. But how do you actually grind a Model A Ford camshaft to get it to full race specs? Watch this video...

Stanceworks Is Building A Real Ferrari F40: Part 4 – Chassis And Roll Cage Improvements Beyond What Ferrari Designed For This V12 Beast

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...

Air Flow Research’s New 200cc SB Chevy Enforcer Cylinder Heads

Not every BANGshift reader is huffin’  a twin-turbo Mountain Motor, here’s a new performance Street Head from Air Flow Research that’ll make a lot of Small Block Chevy...

Cool Or Not? Rebodied Challenger Hellcat Becomes A 1968 Dodge Charger. It’s Clean, And Took A Lot Of Work, But Do You Approve?

(Words by Scott Liggett) While sipping our morning caffeine, we came across the daily notification from Bring A Trailer. One of the auctions that came up yesterday was this heavily modified 2023...

DIY Tube Bumpers & Rock Sliders Build: On This Dream 4Runner, Or Your Ride, These Clean Tube Sliders and Bumper Work!

Tube Bumpers have been commonplace on off-road rigs for a long time, and for good reason. They work, they are clean, and they offer a much lower profile that makes them harder to hang up on rocks...

This Body Dropped Nissan Hardbody Project Isn’t Going To Finish Itself! The Dave Chappelle Thrash Begins Right Here!

It’s time for the Nissan to get done! Dave has decided he’s going to push to get this thing ready to drive and show, so he’s setting himself some goals and deadlines. Check it out....

Junkyard Crawl Video: Exploring the LARGEST CLASSIC-CAR JUNKYARD In America with Freiburger! Muscle Cars, Classics, Trucks, And More!

We love walking through junkyards, and while it really doesn’t matter whether the cars and trucks in them are newer or older, we do get another level of enjoyment out of classic car and truck...

Bump Steer: What Is It? How Do You Measure It? Can You Fix It? The Basics Are Right Here, So Watch.

We’re going to be sharing a lot more tech around here in 2025, including a bunch on suspension systems, but we figured that sharing this short video on Bump Steer from the guys at TRZ would be...

This Slammed AE86 From Northern California Wowed The Crowd At Tokyo Auto Salon 2025

When this Toyota Corolla was new, it was just a little econobox car. There was nothing special about it, and it definitely wouldn’t be described as sexy. Like most economy cars of the mid...

The Mangled Mercury Project: Part 4 – Stretching and Reshaping The Roof Gutters On The 1939 Mangled Mercury To Make The Chop Top Perfect

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...

This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 12 and 13: The Vintage Dragster Isn’t Done Yet! More Steering Parts Going In!

Like we said in the last two update videos, you need steering to drive a dragster. And the steering box and a custom pitman arm were built in those videos. In the next two you’ll see more of...