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How to Prep an All-Original 1932 Ford to Chop – Haters Welcome, Cause This Thing Has Been Untouched For 93 Years!

Here’s a video showing you everything that has to happen to plan and prepare to chop an all original 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan. There is a lot of measuring and taping and measuring and measuring...

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Patina Paint Tech: The Famed FREIBURGER COMET WASH, Plus Testing Other Cleaners With Before And After Tests!

I remember the first time Freiburger said we needed to Comet wash a car. We hadn’t started CarJunkieTV yet, but it wasn’t long beforehand. During the next two years I’d Comet wash...

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Christmas With Vice Grip Garage! – Derek and Jessica Open Gifts From Fans On This Holiday Special!

I know that a lot of YouTubers get gifts and stuff from fans and viewers all the time, and many of them do videos where they are opening mail and packages from them. But when it’s Christmas...

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FREE LIVE Drag Racing From The 11th Annual New Year Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park – Saturday

There are only a couple of races happening before the clock strikes midnight on Sunday to ring in the new year and while we’re sure 2026 is going to be awesome, 2025 isn’t done yet! Our last big...

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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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$75k Buys You The Fastest 2006 Mustang In The World: And It’s Street Legal.

That’s what the ad says! Don’t shoot the messenger. According to this ad this is the fastest 2006 Mustang in the World, and there is proof. It was clocked at 214 mph during the 2012...

2015 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals: More Great Show Photo Coverage

(Photos by Dom Damato/DRD Photos) – Here’s another fantastic load of photos from the recently completed 2015 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals. These photos were captured from the lens...

This Strange Mystery Jeep Is Anything But Stock! Check Out All The Weirdness!

(Photos courtesy of the Canadian Government)   I’ve been on a Jeep kick lately, so when I saw this weirdo creation posted over at the Grassroots Motorsports Forum recently, my jaw dropped to...

How To Destroy A Camaro In One Hit: This Did Not Look Bad Until It Got Really Ugly… Ouch

We hate seeing guys crash, regardless of where it’s at. But when this clean 2nd Gen Camaro got out of shape at this weekend’s Street Car Super Nationals in Las Vegas, we thought it was...

eBay Find: This 1940 Ford Deluxe Is The Perfect Hot Rod – Nailhead Power!

Ok, I should have finished off that title with “perfect hot rod FOR ME” because everyone’s tastes are different but c’amon. This thing is so flipping awesome if you...

AMC Fan Christmas Gift Idea: 440ci, 401-Based, 635hp Road Racing Engine – Dry Sumped!

Ok, now that Thanksgiving is way in the rear view mirror (hey that was 24 hours ago!) it is time to set our sights on the stuff that you people will want for Christmas. We’re starting with the...

The Blitz Fogger Was The Most Well Intentioned But Horrendous Idea Ever Created For Garden Tractors – How’s That DDT Taste?

There’s an old saying that goes something like, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”. Consider the story of the Blitz Fogger as one of those “good...

This 1956 Film Shows How Ford Tractors Built Levittown, PA and Virtually Every Attachment Possible

If you have been reading BangShift for any time you know that I love nothing more when modern history and mechanical stuff collide and that is exactly what we have here in a pretty extraordinary...

American Powertrain Is Having A Black Weekend Sale: Get 10% Off All Hydramax AND Free Shipping On EVERYTHING!

Is your significant other camped out in front of Walmart waiting for the Black Friday sales to start? Well you don’t have to do any of that, and in fact can be sitting at home enjoying a...

More Street Car Super Nationals Wheels Up Action – Launches You Have Not Seen Yet

If you counted the number of awesome wheelies that were ripped over the course of the Street Car Super Nationals you’d achieve a number that was comedically large. See some of the cars pulled...

Truckin’ Perfection! This 1958 Chevy Apache Has NAPCO Four Wheel Drive And The Perfect Look

If you take all of the elements we love in old Chevy trucks and stick them together you’d get something that looks eerily similar to this 1958 Apache that is equipped with NAPCO four wheel...

Rough Start: It’s Rough, Alright, But People Pay For The Kind Of Patina This 1974 Dodge Charger SE Has!

The Coke-bottle shaped 1971-74 Charger never did quite live up to the reputation that the 1968-70 version had. It had it’s fans, sure…Richard Petty seemed to love his cars…but...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Buyout, A Solid Lesson In “Waste Not, Want Not”

I find it surprising that almost eighteen months since I left the store, that I still learn details of the counter clerk’s job that I didn’t know existed. Considering how much covering I...

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Listen To The Way This De Tomaso Mangusta Carves Up A Hillside In Italy!

De Tomaso’s Mangusta was only the second product to come to production after the company was formed. It succeeded the Ford Cortina-powered Vallelunga, and set the stage for De Tomaso’s...