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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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Rough Start: This 1997 Camaro Z28 Is Clean And Taken Care Of, And It’s A Manual!

Sorting through the tons and tons of used car deals out there is a crapshoot. Do you go for original and pay later to modify the car or do you roll the dice on a previous project? If you have any...

Sweet Cars From The 15th Annual Goodguys Del Mar Show – From Weird To Wild They Are In Here

How about this BangShifty pair above and below to get us rolling on our car coverage from the 15th Goodguys Del Mar show, eh? We have the blown flathead with the swapped ports above and the totally...

Question Of The Day: How Many Versions Of The Dodge Challenger Are There?

The name of a car can make or break it, and Dodge struck gold when they thought up “Challenger”. The name is tough…you picture the up-and-coming, ready to knock the current champion...

Watch This Ratty Looking Ford Truck Scream, Slide, And Wail Around An Autocross At Lime Rock

So my motivation with this post is two-fold. Firstly I want to show off this awesome old Ford truck and its screaming 358ci Windsor style small block, ratty good looks, killer stance, and handling...

How Good Is The QuickTrick Portable Alignment System? Everyone From Pro Racers To Fleet Owners Are Using It – Here’s Why

Our longtime pals that make the QuickTrick Portable Alignment System were recently involved with the build of the RideTech 48 Hour Corvette and there’s a simple reason why. Their stuff WORKS...

The Rigs Of Del Mar – More Shined Up, Muscled Up, Or Ratted Up Trucks From Goodguys Del Mar

I was recently sampling some beers with a fellow gearhead and he proclaimed that “trucks are boring”. I restrained myself from hitting him over the head with a bottle, dragging him into...

This e85-Converted Hellcat Laid Down 753 HP and 670 Ft/Lbs of Torque At The Wheels!

You’d think 700-plus horsepower would be more than enough for most people. You’d think so, but if that number is stock, it’s safe to assume that someone, somewhere will try to eek...

NASCAR Racers Are Now Getting Digital Dashboards In The Cars

(Photos: twitter.com/@jamiemcmurray) It’s true, NASCAR is making a slow adaptation to a digital dash setup for the race cars. Driver Jaime McMurray tweeted out a couple of pictures of the...

Kyana Spring Swap Meet: Cool Toys, Cool Trucks, Race Cars, Parts, And More – Hide Your Wallet!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – One more loaded swap meet with lots of goodies.  The Delco battery cooler wasn’t for sale, but I had to have a picture.  We happened upon what seemed...

Prolong Launches New Website, Cool New Content, Better Online Store – Free Shipping On All Products In USA, Even Drums!

If there are any people that understand what it is like to redesign and reconfigure a website it is us so when the guys from Prolong told us that their redesign and upgrade was finished we jumped...

This 1949 Studebaker 2R10 Truck Is Pure Original Stude From Front To Back – A Cool Workhorse Rarity!

If you like things that are good, you’ll really love this 1949 Studebaker 2R10 truck because it is a rare old Studebaker truck and secondly because it has not been corrupted, molested, or...

Goodguys Del Mar, California – A Look At The Coolest Trucks At The Huge Show

The California wing of the BangShift enterprise was really busy last weekend as you have seen. We were bouncing around to multiple shows and events, trying to bring you all the stuff that you want to...

Action Photos: Sportsman Cars And Testing Passes From The Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod Season Opener

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Last week we showed you series and today we’re back with more photos from the event featuring the sportsman racers who were there competing in various classes...

This Rear-Drive SJ Cherokee Is Getting A Turbocharged Modern Hemi And Six Speed – We Can’t Wait To See The Finished Product!

When you look at one of the full-sized Jeep SJ-platform SUVs, what do you think of first: mud truck, rock crawler, farm implement, prairie decoration or overstuffed yuppie wagon? The SJ, much like...