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Merry Christmas From BANGshift! We Hope You Enjoy Christmas With Your Loved Ones And That Santa Is Good To All Of You!

Every year the message is pretty similar, and on behalf of the Reynolds family, along with our amazing BangShift.com sponsors, I’d like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry...

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DID SANTA FAIL YOU? DON’T WORRY, THE BACONSHIFT SALE IS ON!!! FREE BACON, Plus $250 Discounts! It’s The BACONSHIFT Sale At American Powertrain And It Ends January 9th!

One of the most exciting times of year is when the BACONSHIFT SALE starts at American Powertrain! With $250 in savings on your favorite 5 and 6-speed kits, there is no doubt this is the perfect...

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Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras: This BIG BLOCK Swapped Squarebody ROLLBACK Is Going On A Road Trip! Break In or Break Down?

This rollback has had an interesting life, and after a fire and some other drama, this one has got a new to it engine and transmission. The fire wasn’t on this truck. The fire was on the truck...

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CHRISTMAS TREES GOING 6 SECONDS IN THE 1/4?!?!? MORE CHRISTMAS TREE DRAGS FROM BRADENTON!!!!

Spoold Media was on hand at the Christmas Tree Drags at Bradenton, and we’ve got their video right here. We’ve already shared the video from 1320Video and KSR, but this one is different...

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MOONEYES Christmas Party 2025 Video: Classic Cars, Hot Rods & Models Together Celebrating 75 Years Of Mooneyes!

The Mooneyes Christmas Party is always one of our favorite events of the year, and I really do miss it now that I live in Texas. It was one of those annual shows that we really looked forward to each...

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Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras: DETROIT DIESEL Dually Squarebody! Will It Make It 600 Miles Home or Leave Him Stranded?

This thing is cool! Well it looks cool anyway, even though I’m not a big fan of the 6.2 liter diesel under the hood. And before all you 6.2 and 6.5 fans start bitching, know that I grew up with...

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Question Of The Day: How Did You Picture Your First Project Car Turning Out?

We spend hours, days…hell, some of us, years…plotting out the perfect build for our projects. I’ll fully admit every one I’ve ever had a concept for: the 2001 Regal GS was...

Maple Grove Glory Days: More Car Show Photos Featuring The Coolest Iron At Da Grove

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Our own Joe Grippo is like the mayor of Maple Grove. Lots of people there know the guy and by the time I was done announcing at the Keystone Nationals last weekend I...

Aiming Nose High At The 2015 World Power Wheelstand Challenge At Byron Dragway!

The World Power Wheelstand Challenge isn’t a race. It’s simply a game of one-upmanship: who can hang the hoops higher, who can do the longer burnout, who can make it all the way through...

Petrolicious Goes On An Off-Road Excursion With A Toyota FJ40 – Hear The Story Of One Family’s Journey With This Off-Roading Legend!

Considering that the Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser has it’s roots in the original Toyota-Jeep BJ series vehicles from 1951, it’s not surprising in the least that the FJs have such a strong...

This Pro Street 1962 M37 Dodge Power Wagon Has A Blown Hemi And A Look All Its Own

I have to say that I actually admire guys who have the vision and the means to actually dream up a freaky build and then pull it off. For instance, the guy who funded the construction of this wild...

Fred Williams, Fresh From Watching Mad Max, A Ragged Out 1973 Road Runner, And The New Cummins 5.0L V8 Diesel…Yeah, This Will End Well!

Have you ever just looked at a picture and came to the conclusion that a ton of bad ideas were going to meld into one really good idea? Yeah, we’ve kind of got that going on right now. Fred...

The Rudezon Lives! Here’s The Scoop On The 2-Stroke V8 Powered Volvo From Sweden

It was about a year ago that we first told you about the Rudezon, a classic Volvo Amazon that was being fitted with a 2-stroke V8 engine with the intention of using it as a drag race car. The company...

Glory Days Nostalgia Drags At Maple Grove: The Coolest Cars And Trucks From The Show Area

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Last week we showed you some of the nostalgia drag racing action that took place at the Maple Grove Raceway Glory Days Nostalgia Drags. This week we’re back with...

Watch This 6.2L Hellcat Hemi Make An Engine Dyno Pull At Arrington Performance – HUGE Numbers

It seems we can’t go a day around here without showing you some sort of Hellcat content and there’s a reason for that. The engine is the most fearsome mass produced power plant to ever...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. And Jimmy Johnson Autocross Their Valvoline Reinvention Project Trucks

Valvoline partnered up with Dale Earnhardt Jr. And Jimmy Johnson on a couple of classic trucks that were built by Hendrick Performance and the results are two cool rides. What’s even cooler is...

Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo Coverage Starts Here! Trucks, Jeeps, UTV’s, Side By Sides, And More!

The Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo was this past weekend here in SoCal, at the famed Fairplex in Pomona, home to the NHRA Winternationals, World Finals, and Pomona Swap Meet. We’ve been unable to...

Gravelrama 2015 Coverage: More Action From The Big Eliminator Hill

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –  All the offroad magazine used to cover Gravelrama every year with big articles and lots of cool photos.  As a kid some 35 years ago I dreamed of visiting...

Swap Meet Photos: A Look A The Cool Stuff For Sale At The 2015 NSRA Nationals – Cars,Trucks, Parts

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is it – the last collection of photos we’ve submitted for your viewing pleasure (I hope).  In here we have some snippets from the swap meet and a...

Carbon Fiber EVERYTHING: The Callaway Corvette GT3-R Is FIA Legal And Ready To Do Battle

Putting the word “Callaway” in front of the word “Corvette” has this magical property that transforms the General’s two-seat wonder car from a completely obtainable...