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ROAD TRIP GOLD! Freiburger Highlights Abandoned Places and Americana From His 1968 Ford Galaxie Road Trip!

Freiburger loves a road trip. I’ve been fortunate enough to be on several with him over the years, and he’s the king of a side trip and of just following wherever the trip takes you. He...

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Check Out The NEW GMT800/NBS GM Truck 5&6 Speed Manual TransmissioConversions From American Powertrain!

That’s right folks, American Powertrain just dropped their New Body Style GMT800 stick shift swap kits! Available with a 5-speed Tremec TKX or a 6-speed Tremec Magnum, these kits make your...

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Funny Car Chaos Set To Kick Off 2026 Season With Back-to-Back 32 Car Showcases! It’s A Funny Car Extravaganza!

We’ve got big news coming out of the Funny Car Chaos camp as they are kicking off the 2026 season with TWO big Funny Car shows you won’t want to miss. With 32 cars battling it out at BOTH...

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Here’s Our Final Gallery From The Drag Racing Showcase at the I-24 Lebanon Dragfest 2026

We’ve shared three of Joe’s great photo galleries so far, but we’ve got the final one left right here! If you missed the previous galleries, use the link below to check them all out...

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Buyer Beware! 1/3 Of The $500 Worth Of Spark Plugs Tested Were Counterfeit! Order Your Plugs From Someone Legit!

I’ve heard about counterfeit tools a lot in the last few years. Stuff that looks like DeWalt or Milwaukee, but that is just a cheap fake. And some that even say the brand name on them! Hell,...

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NOSTALGIA TOP FUEL DRAGSTER ELIMINATIONS FROM THE 2026 MARCH MEET! FRONT ENGINE DRAGSTER GREATNESS!

While we still wish we were livestreaming the March Meet at Famoso, we are super grateful that the Monday Morning Racer was on hand to shoot all the action so we can still check it out and share it....

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2016 O’Reilly Auto Parts Houston Autorama Coverage Starts Now! Photos!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – If you have been a BangShift reader for any amount of time, you know what happens around here during Thanksgiving weekend, right? That’s correct. Charles...

Perfect Hot Rodder Christmas Gift Idea: A Subscription To The Rodder’s Journal

The award-winning Rodder’s Journal has been showing hot rods and customs the respect they deserve for more than two decades. With 150+ pages, colorful photography and in-depth stories, it’s more...

Regular Car Reviews Cruises A Used 2012 Chevrolet Caprice Cop Car –

It is about time for lots of the Chevrolet Caprice cop cars that departments across the country bought when they first hit US shores to be turned out at auction. That means lots of these things will...

More Sportsman Action Photos From Mt. Park Dragway – Wheelies, Hemis, Big Fun!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Quain Stott was very clear when he told me the two exhibition cars running with the Southeast Gassers were not to be included in the photos with them. ...

Rally Legends: The Marreau Brothers – Private Renaults Against All Comers At Dakar!

With the 2017 Dakar Rally looming ahead in less than a month’s time, it felt appropriate to take a look at two Frenchmen whose performances at the beginning of the 1980s earned them a spot in...

Get In Touch With Your Inner War Boy With This 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle – Truck Frame, Five-Speed And Nitrous!

For once, I’m speechless. I have nothing to offer up for this 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle. It’s both an affront to everything I know about a Chevelle, and yet unrivaled in it’s...

Morning Symphony: The Call Of The Wild Two-Stroke

When I was riding, I wanted to try out whatever anyone had. Not that I didn’t love my Yamaha bikes, but I wanted a variety of reference points to validate what I was experiencing. I rode big...

2016 Bayou Round Up Photo Coverage: More Great Images From Louisiana

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with more photos from the great and rapidly getting greater Kontinentals Bayou Roundup which was held in Lafayette, Louisiana a little while back....

General Tito: This Yugo Waits Mercifully for the Crusher in a Missouri Junkyard

Bizarre and terrible Dukes of Hazzard-painted cars are easy to find in the world. Nissan Sentras, Suzuki X-90s…You name it, it’s worn the General Lee’s paint. That said, we’re not sure...

This Chrysler Conquest Is Wicked – Dare To Be Different Done Right!

The Mitsubishi Starion/Chrysler Conquest sports cars have a cult following, but overall are the automotive equivalent of an endangered species. That’s a shame, because unlike the preceeding...

Is Dodge Coming Back To NASCAR? Sergio Marchionne Says They’re On The Verge

Motorsport.com is reporting that Fiat-Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne has publicly said that the company is considering a return to NASCAR racing. It was Marchionne who removed the company from the...

Drag Action Gallery: Sportsman Racing From Mount Park Dragway!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – While we were down at Mt. Park Dragway taking in the Southeast Gassers brackets were also running.  Capturing vehicles burning fuel is way more fun that...

What’s Better Than A Draguar? How About A 502 Powered Larguar?

People have been stuffing Chevrolet engines into Jaguars for a long, long time. While the classic E-Type machines were largely spared of this fate, tons and tons of 1970s and 1980s Jags were Chevy...

More Pomona Swap Meet Photos: Here Are All The Cool Cars And Trucks For Sale In SoCal

Okay, maybe not ALL the cars and trucks for sale in SoCal, but certainly a ton of the cool ones. This is our second gallery from the Pomona Swap Meet car corral and show area, and we have to say...