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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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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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Stop Telling Me How To Drive! They Might Be Good At Instructions, But What Happens When a Rally Co-Driver Takes the Wheel?

Have you ever been driving down the road and had a backseat or passenger seat driver telling you how you should be doing it better? Or telling you straight up that you are doing it wrong? Worse yet...

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Is This Even Savable? THE FRAME REPAIR MASTER TACKLES THIS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX MERCEDES TRUCK FRAME REPAIR

I don’t know that most frame shops would even want to repair this thing, or that the condition of the wrecked truck would be worth saving. But that’s what is happening in this video here...

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NHTSA Sets Sights On Ford Crown Victorias and Mercury Grand Marquis Headlight Switches

The NHTSA, still fresh from a public dressing-down by a Federal auditor earlier this year, has now turned their focus to Ford and an issue that has been investigated before: 2003-05 Ford Crown...

Rough Start: Finding A Drivable 1970 Chevelle For The Budget? It Is, But Expect Some Compromises…

It is well beyond the time to start looking at four-door versions of cars as something more than a parts donor. That might be a hard pill to swallow, especially for the “four-dorks” crowd...

Random Car Review: The GM Futurliner – Showcasing The World Of Tomorrow, Twelve Tons At A Time

Imagine you are a farmer at the beginning of the 1940s. You’re working a stretch of field near a road. You are used to Model T Fords, and have seen cars like the Ford V8 and even that new...

This 1964 Rambler 770 Is Dead-On Perfect! Take Out Home Equity, Smash The Piggybank, Someone Bring This One Home!

It takes a tremendous amount of talent to make a car look plane-Jane, absolutely menacing, period correct, and show-quality in one package, and usually an attempt results in a car that might do one...

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Caption This: “Yep, Just Like I Thought. Still Leaking! I’m Coming In, Guys.”

Maintaining a racing superbike is a labor of love, emphasis on labor. As the rider, you and your team together have to be responsible for keeping the temperamental two-wheeler in tip-top shape for...

Quarter-Million Dollar, One Of One Hundred Aston Martin, You Say? Let’s Ride Along As Chris Harris Drifts It!

It is really an Aston Martin Vantage V12 on a serious dose of steroids. Winged, bodykitted and reeking of fresh carbon fiber and the smell of burnt hundred-dollar bills, the Aston Martin GT12 is...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Big Fords, Purple Mopars And More!

Is the week over yet? It’s been an interesting one, complete with blisteringly quick professional drag racers, a blustery Internet tidal wave of opinions over a staged street race somewhere in...

Short Street Rod Shop Tour: The “Hustlin’ Hillbilly” 1946 Chevrolet And The 1929 Ford Model A Phantom Build!

Missed the first installment? CLICK HERE to see the 1955 Ford Fairlane street freak! The Fairlane might be the newest ride at the shop, but it isn’t the only ride. There are currently nine cars...

Watch The Throwdown In T-Town LIVE TODAY! Pro Mods, 10.5, And Radials Oh My!

Pro Mods, 10.5s and Drag Radials oh my! The Rain Delayed Throwdown In T-Town is this weekend! BangShift.com is once again proud to bring you all the drag racing action you can stand from Tulsa...

Gallery: 2015 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion – The Amazing Cars Of The Monterey Historics

There are few automotive events in North America that have the mystique and history behind them than the 2015 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion along with all of the other stuff that happens in...

Bangshift Visits The 24 Hours Of LeMons: Pure Automotive Insanity!

Last weekend, the insane automotive circus/racing event/social commentary comedy that is the 24 Hours of LeMons settled in at the Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson CT. In brief, the 24...

Customer Support FTW – FAST Tech Line Is Now Open 9-4pm Central On Saturdays

Customer service and support are two of the hottest topics on everyone’s lips these days because with the increasingly technical nature of the stuff gearheads are bolting on their cars for more...

Watch The 1974 NHRA US Nationals Wide World Of Sports Broadcast Here

So am I currently in prep mode for the 2015 US Nationals. I like to have lots of notes and stuff with me when going to do a race, especially stuff of a historical nature and no race is more important...

eBay Find: This 1929 Auburn Was Turned Into A Road Going Locomotive 60-70 Years Ago!

While lovers of classic Auburn automobiles may be made sick to their stomach when learning that the vehicle you are seeing both above and below began life as a 1929 model, we’re not so busted...