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OLD SCHOOL Dodge 1 TON TOW TRUCK Gets Repairs and Paint Work! A Vice Grip Garage Roadworthy Rescue Christmas Bonus Episode Not To Be Missed.

In honor of the Christmas holiday, Derek has been putting out a few extra Vice Grip Garage videos the past week and we dig them. Some of them are a bit of Behind the Scenes coverage, some combine a...

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Swapping SRT4 TURBO POWER Into A MINT 1985 Dodge Minivan!! Building an EPIC Family Hauler With A Crusty SRT4.

This one here is something special. Sure, there have been plenty of turbo 4 cylinder Dodge Caravans and Plymouth Voyagers over the years, but this van is so mint that it defies description. Just wait...

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2025’s Wildest World Rally Championship Stages: Dirt, Tarmac, Rain, Snow, And More! It Was An Exciting Year Of Racing!

The 2025 World Rally Championship season was something special and like any good WRC event, the drama and action were plentiful. We’re excited to see the season ending highlights that all the...

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IHRA Acquires Historic Memphis Motorsports Park In Millington Tennessee. Big Race Weekend’s Planned For 2026!

Well folks, the rumors that someone is buying Memphis are finally true! For the last 15 years I’ve heard rumor after rumor that someone was coming in to buy the race track formerly known as...

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Merry Christmas From BANGshift! We Hope You Enjoy Christmas With Your Loved Ones And That Santa Is Good To All Of You!

Every year the message is pretty similar, and on behalf of the Reynolds family, along with our amazing BangShift.com sponsors, I’d like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry...

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DID SANTA FAIL YOU? DON’T WORRY, THE BACONSHIFT SALE IS ON!!! FREE BACON, Plus $250 Discounts! It’s The BACONSHIFT Sale At American Powertrain And It Ends January 9th!

One of the most exciting times of year is when the BACONSHIFT SALE starts at American Powertrain! With $250 in savings on your favorite 5 and 6-speed kits, there is no doubt this is the perfect...

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Somebody Needs This GMC Typhoon In Their Lives! Who Wouldn’t Like A Screaming Little SUV?

During the early 1990s, General Motors got real bi-polar for a minute. Sure, they were cranking out V6-powered W-body sedans and pickup trucks by the millions, but for every yawn-worthy general car...

The Tale Of The Datsun 280Z ZAP: The First Car/Video Game Cross Promotion!

Picture this: It’s the mid-1970’s, and you work for an up-and-coming Japanese car company making serious inroads in the market. You have a successful sports car that you’ve been selling for a...

NHRA Winternationals History: Watch The Crazy, Tire-Smoking 1997 Final – Scelzi’s First Win, Alan Johnson’s Return

When Alan Jonhnson hired talented alcohol racer Gary Scelzi to be the driver of the Winston Top Fuel car for the 1997 season, it was a momentous and difficult job to be stepping into. Alan’s...

This 1974 Nova Is Injected Big Block Greatness! Super Comp Greatness

With a steel roof and quarters, and glass everything else, this wrong year Nova is injected wickedness that we can’t stop staring at! It runs 8.80’s with this mellow 454, and has an 8.50...

This 1954 Chevrolet 3100 Pickup Has A Cummins 4BT Swap!

The Cummins 6BT is one of the most legendary diesel engines to ever grace the engine compartment of a pickup truck. Whether you are a Dodge, Chevy, or Ford diesel guy, you have to be honest and say...

This Tube Laser Cutting Equipment Makes Products Like Choppin Block Suspension Possible

The products that are coming out of the aftermarket right now are blowing my mind, and it’s not just the companies themselves, but rather the manufacturing technologies that are making these...

Reaction Video: Watch Four Minutes Of People Seeing Top Fuel Cars For The First Time

Young or old, gearhead or not, seeing a top fuel car run for the first time brings out a physical reaction in people that nothing else in the world actually does. There’s no way to explain what...

This 1957 Anglia Gasser Has Been In Storage For 35 Years!

You have to check this thing out! After being in storage for 35 years, this 1957 Anglia Gasser has come back into the light of day. The owner says this is a nicely built car, not a pile of crap, and...

Big Block, Supercharger, 1/2 Ton, Short Bed, Swampers, Big Lift. Awesome!

There was a time when nothing in the world would have been cooler to me than owning this big lifted Chevy pickup. I still remember my first lifted truck. It was awesome! And it had Swampers. Well it...

For Sale Cheap: The Cleanest Police Interceptor Crown Vic On The Planet, Period.

This IS the cleanest Police Interceptor Crown Victoria that we’ve ever seen or heard about and with only 100k miles and at just $4999 it’s a screaming deal. Seriously, someone out there...

Roadkill! Two New Vehicles Are Brought In – A Rough Datsun Mini-Truck And A Big-Block Road Runner!

It’s been a while since Finnegan and Freiburger brought new vehicles into the Roadkill fleet, let alone a vehicle that they are fully vested into. The Dirt-Track Challenger was opportunity: hit...

AFCO Has Their 2017 Catalogs Ready – All Of Them! Here’s How To Get ‘Em Free!

AFCO is one of the most diverse companies in the high performance and racing world. They are a dominant suspension company in the world of drag racing, build some of the most awesome cooling system,...

Rough Start: Do Slot Mags And A Four-Speed Make A Plymouth Volaré A Hot Ticket?

One of my better tricks to hunting cars is to find an area close to a military base. There are two reasons for that: there are young military members with decent pay, and there are usually deals that...

Last Of The Lightweights? This 1966 R Code Galaxie Was A 427 Powered Factory Hammer And Maybe The Last Of The Breed

(By Greg Rourke) – In the early 60’s the Big Three all had factory lightweight drag cars.  Lots of aluminum and fiberglass body parts, holes cut in frames, and anything not required to...