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Can You Build A 427 LS Out Of A 5.3? Powell Machine Shows Us How. The Cali 5.3 427 Build: Part 1

We’ve talked about Powell Machine’s videos here on BANGshift before, and I find them to be really informative and easy to follow. Now I’m a nut for engines, both naturally aspirated and power...

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Dirthead Dave Chappelle’s Slammed Nissan Hardbody Gets Fuel, Brakes, And Steering Finished! And Then It Moves Out Of The Shop!

A huge portion of the fans of Dirthead Dave, and the Dirthead Shed YouTube Channel, know him as the off-road guy who builds cool stuff and loves being outside climbing over rocks and playing in the...

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New Mods for Blasphemi, Finnegan’s Hemi-Powered 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air! Lots Of Little Things To Make This Thing Even Better Than Ever!

Blasphemi, Finnegan’s awesome blown Hemi powered 1955 Chevrolet is a special machine and we dig it. So does Finnegan, and he’s been giving this thing a lot of love over the past two years...

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Our Final NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Pro Stock And Mountain Motor Pro Stock Photos: More Bad Ass Door Car Action Shots From Charlotte’s Four-Wide Nationals Did Not Disappoint!

Here’s our final gallery of photos from the Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, but if you missed any of our Top Fuel, Funny Car, or Pro Stock action, just click the link below after checking out...

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Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Recycling Door Latches So They Will Actually Latch Nice And Stay Closed!

In the last video, Brent fixed up some dents, got the doors aligned with all the new rockers and running boards, and worked on shaved door handles too. In this one he’s working on door latches...

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Wild Video: Watch Kenny Brack Race A GT40 In the Rain – Some Of The Most Amazing Driving Footage EVER

While Kenny Brack is retied from full-time racer driver mode, he still races a lot and he serves as the chief test driver for McLaren so it isn’t like the former Indy 500 winner and IndyCar...

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Craigslist Find: A Top Fuel Dragster Claimed To Be Shirley Muldowney’s 1991 Car

We’re taking this one with a grain of salt here, but whether or not the dragster belonged to Shirley Muldowney, this is an impressive find. What you have is a 300″ wheelbase chrome-moly...

More Great 2015 Grand National Roadster Show Photos

We’ll be running around the Grand National Roadster Show all weekend snapping photos, which means we’ll have tons of photo galleries going up over the next several days. If you have...

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This 1930 Ford Model A Rural Mail Car Is For Sale, Has Amazing History, And Even Video Of It in Action

Chances are you have seen this car on the internet before. It was “discovered” a few years ago in Montana and the guy selling it has done an incredible job accumulating the entire history...

Hot Rods, Hot Rods, Hot Rods: Our 2015 Grand National Roadster Show Coverage Continues

The 2015 Grand National Roadster Show is, as usual, one hell of a show. I’ve been going since I was a little kit, when it was in Oakland. On our way to the show on Friday I was asking him about...

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2015 Grand National Roadster Show: More Wide Open Photo Coverage From The Huge Show

Normally when we go to cover a car show, we shoot photos of the stuff that we think is cool or that catches our eye. In the case of the 2015 Grand National Roadster Show that was every flipping car....

Unhinged: How Many More Automated Systems Must Be Added Before NHTSA Figures Out The Problem Is The Idiot Behind The Wheel?

I’m gonna start with a press release from NHTSA: Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to add two cutting-edge...

Somebody Built A RWD, Drifting Toyota Prius – Here It Is In Action

It actually happened. An enterprising individual converted a Toyota Prius to rear-wheel-drive and got the thing to go sideways, do donuts, and fry the rear tires. And surprisingly, they did it...

BangShift Project Files: Making a 1962 Falcon Into A Hard-Charger On A $5,000 Budget

It takes effort to look at a rough car and convince yourself that you can make the diamond in the rough shine through, but usually most project cars don’t start with having to move a skull out...

More Takata Woes: Executive Indicted By Department Of Justice For Seatbelt Price-Fixing

Takata doesn’t need any more bad press…after a disastrous airbag recall that pretty much affected most major automotive manufacturers, it’s a miracle that the company hasn’t...

Forget Caption This, Someone Explain This Impala/Sierra Trar To Us, Please!

I don’t even know where to start with this thing. Someone in Illinois (and I’ll assume southern Illinois until proven differently) combined a rough-but-complete Chevrolet Impala body with...

The Best Argument For Public Rail: Crosswind Landings At Birmingham Airport In The U.K.

Flying an aircraft is a forced-immersion experience: if you aren’t fully aware, focused, and functioning, you and the machine will become one in a crumpled ball somewhere, with or without fire...

Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Ford Performance’s “50 Years Of Fun” – Extra Footage And Background On The Cars!

We recently showed you Ford Performance’s short film “50 Years Of Fun”, where Ford got Vaughn Gitten, Jr., Ryan Tureck, and Chris Forsberg to take a collection of Mustangs to the...

Mr. Bean’s McLaren F1 Is Up For Sale! Low Miles, Recently Repaired…

Before the words “Bugatti Veyron” existed, the pinnacle four-wheeled tour de force was the McLaren F1. The three-seat rocket put the driver in the center of the 2,300 lb. car, a naturally...

This Video Of A Ford Doing A Huge Burnout With Mattracks Is Kind Of Awesome

Lots of truck content on Ye Olde BangShifte today. Want to know why? Stop asking so many damned questions, that’s why. The man driving the truck in the video is apparently the CEO of the...