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Cool Movie Car History: Here Are 10 Cool Facts About Kenny’s 1973 Custom Vette From The Movie Corvette Summer

There was a time when I couldn’t stand the Corvette from Corvette Summer. I don’t know why, but back when flares were a thing, I couldn’t stand them. Now I kinda dig them actually....

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Classic Truck Drag Feature: “Uncle Jessie” This 1969 Ford Pickup is equipped with a MASSIVE Twin Turbo Big Block setup and it HAULS ASS!

Classic trucks are cool, and no stranger to the dragstrip, but something like this isn’t what you normally see at a No Prep race. They are either nice and clean S10 trucks, the occasional late...

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1,800 Miles Home! Will This Classic Ford Mustang RUN AND DRIVE From Arizona To Tennessee? Vice Grip Garage Part 2

We shared Part 1 of this whole Mustang II adventure last week and now it’s time for Part 2. Will it actually run and drive and make it all the way from Arizona to Tennessee? Watch to find out....

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Gassers At Shadyside! Southeast Gassers Association 2024 | A/Gas Eliminations | Shadyside Dragway

The Southeast Gassers Association puts on some of the most fun drag racing in the world. It’s an awesome series with old school gassers being driven like God intended and they certainly know how to...

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Vintage Drag Car Feature: This TIME CAPSULE 1963 Corvette Drag Car with De-Stroked Lingenfelter Small Block Is AWESOME!

Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is always finding super rad rides to highlight and feature in his videos and this one here is no exception. With a destroked Lingenfelter built small-block under...

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The Stanceworks Honda-Swapped Ferrari RE-BUILD Begins Now! He Blew It Up And Now It’s Time For Improvements

The K24 Ferrari… This evil bastard launched the rods out of it on the back stretch at Buttonwillow not long ago, and in the previous video we learned why. In this video there is a rebuild about...

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This Sinister Ford Galaxie Looks Ready For A Starring Role As An Evil Villain’s Ride!

Big, black, low and nasty…all words that come to mind seeing this 1972 Ford Galaxie two-door. There isn’t much that the ad does say about this nearly monochromatic coupe –...

This 1951 Chevy Ramp Truck Is A Duramax Powered Luxury Hauler We’d Kill To Own

Haulers come in all different shapes, sizes, and varieties. From the humble pickup truck based units to old wedge died machines that have been dragged from barns, to stuff like this 1951 Chevy shown...

Top 11: Our Christmas Wish List From The Mecum Kissimmee 2016 Auction

Dear Santa, It has been a long year filled with hard work. We have travelled across the land, putting in the hours, staying up late to finish our chores. We even managed to exercise restraint when we...

Aqua-Grunt: This Tow Boat Uses 20,000 Cubic Inches Of Power To Move Barges – Here’s The Scoop

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – The ability to transport goods is what opened up the middle portion of the United States. Before railroads, we had the Illinois and Michigan Canal, where...

This 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Is A 427 Powered Clone That Looks And Thunders The Part

The factory drag wars of the early 1960s sometimes get lost in the historical mix among fans who are transfixed in the stuff that happened from 1965 forward. That’s too bad because Detroit was...

BREAKING NEWS: Steve Morris Engines Has Unleashed Their In-House Built V-16 Engine For The Upcoming Devel Sixteen Hypercar: 3000 HP On Pump Gas, 4500 HP On C-16!

Sweet mother of overkill, we have a winner. Steve Morris Engines just dropped a bombshell, unveiling an in-house built V-16 with quad turbochargers that is slated to appear in the much-hyped and...

Speed Shop Shenanigans: Watch As Australia’s “FarmUte” Holden Repaves The Lot At Castlemaine Rod Shop!

The Drag Challenge is Australia’s take on Drag Week, and as much as we’ve been able to learn from our counterparts on the other side of the Pacific, it’s pretty much a...

Watch As This Audi Quattro And Lancia Delta S4 Cut Loose At The Monza Rally Show – Group B Gone Wild!

If you ever wanted to know what would happen if we ever managed to get our hands on any Group B rally car, this video would show you exactly what would happen. Highly pressurized rally cars wound...

This 1977 Ford LTD II Trar Is Ready To Handle Whatever Winter Throws At You This Year!

It’s December, which means that winter is just about to set upon us in earnest. That isn’t something we look forward to…the cold weather does not help our aching bones, the sun...

What In The…?! We Weigh In With Our Opinions On This 1986 Ford Ranger That Has Been Converted Into A Lincoln Pickup!

What does it take to shock the guys behind the keyboard here at BangShift? Find something we have never seen before and would have never, ever thought of, even at our most intoxicated moments, and...

Toasty! Ford Everest SUV Self-Immolates During Press Drive, Ford Australia Looking Into The Cause

When we are lucky enough to get our hands on a brand-new vehicle to test out, we may be looking for issues, but we aren’t expecting to find anything that can’t be written off as either...

SEMA Drag Race! Finnegan, Fred, Jessi And A Guy From Super Street Take To The Tarmac In An All-Nissan Battle!

Hopefully seeing “Nissan” in the title isn’t enough for you to ignore this, because there are four good reasons for checking out this video. Since Nissan sponsored The TEN...

Bruce Larson Open House 2015: Our Final Fresh Coverage From The Gearhead Event

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Well we have finally come to the end of Joe Grippo’s great photos from the 2015 Bruce Larson open house in Pennsylvania. While the photos concentrated on the...

We’re At America’s Greatest Junkyard Fire Sale RIGHT NOW – Here’s the Details On The Gates Salvage Madness

As you read this, depending on what time of the morning or day that it is, Craig Fitzgerald and I are heading to a place called Gates Salvage in Hardwick, Vermont to take in what is the most...