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MiniTruckin Nationals Photos From Maggie Valley North Carolina – Old School, New School, Mini’s And More!

I didn’t make it out to the 2024 Mini Truckin Nationals in Maggie Valley, but boy I can’t wait for next year. That’s because our friend Damon Steinke from E3Extreme hit the show and...

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Mud And Dirt Racing Photos: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Epic And We’ve Got The Photos!

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) With the unfortunate passing from a courageous battle with cancer back in 2021 of famed and beloved mud racer Darryl Jones, pilot of the legendary “Scooby Doo”...

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BIG TIRES & BLOWERS – The Hot Rod Hoarder Hits Up The Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run 2024 And Man There Were Cool Cars On Parade.

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood,...

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Our Final Gallery Of 2024 PDRA East Coast Nationals Action Photos: Check Them All Out Here, Along With A Link To Any You Might Have Missed!

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as...

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Newbern Helped His Neighbor Get This SS Chevelle Up And Running For Burnouts After Sitting For 40 Years And A Seized Small Block

There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down...

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Featured Product: This Easy to Apply KBS Bed Liner Protects Truck Beds and Body Panels And You Can Do It At Home!

We’re big fans of KBS products around here, but if you haven’t seen their products here on BANGshift or haven’t caught up with them at the PRI or SEMA shows, then you need to check...

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SEMA 2014: A Fresh Batch Of SEMA Cars And Truck From Inside AND Outside The Las Vegas Convention Center

As promised, we’re going to keep the SEMA 2014 news, photos, and information flowing like wine this week. One of the things we have failed to show you thus far in our coverage is some of the...

SEMA 2014: The Jet Hot Double Down Roadster Half Naked! The Car Runs, Drives, And Even Picked Up Some Style Points

The Jet-Hot High Performance Coatings Double Down roadster has gotten a lot of electronic ink on our pages since last year at SEMA when the the car appeared at the show while it was under...

Chevrolet Unveils Special SEMA Corvettes, Camaros, And Trucks And We Have Photos

Every year on the Monday night before SEMA, Chevrolet puts on a cool party where they debut all their special cars for the SEMA Show. Sure you can see them at the show, but this is a special deal...

Mustang King Cobra Bows With All Of Ford Racing’s Bolt-On Parts, Bringing Over 600HP To The Street

Um…what about the Mustang II? While we’ve got nothing against the Mustang II King Cobra, the truth is it was a malaise-era muscle car that looked more than it actually did. But after...

Volvo X: A 1967 Volvo 122 That’s Not At All What It Seems, Unless It Seems Like An Ass Kicker

(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Last fall I pulled up in my Scamp at a local car show with my dad on a dreary Saturday morning and looked around only to see a very small group of cars. Even if...

Automotive Insanity Defined: Ken Block’s AWD, 845hp Mustang Gymkhana Car

Ken Block’s entire career has pretty much ran non-stop on the result of taking the established concept of car control and launching that book into a woodchipper. Ever since the original...

Takata Airbag Recall News: Honda Now Ordered To Give Report To Federal Investigative Team

The tornado of bad news that is the Takata airbag recall is climbing the Fujita category scale quickly. 17 million cars worldwide are affected and dealerships are scrambling to prepare for the cars...

SEMA 2014: The Roadster Shop Rampage 1970 Camaro Is As Polarizing As It Is Aggressive – There’s No In Between With This One

Race car? Street Car? Both? Those are the tip of the question iceberg when we were looking at what could be one of the most aggressive 1970 Camaros ever built as it sat in the Go Pro booth at the...

Revealed: MSD Atomic AirForce Intake Manifold For LS and LT Engines – Innovative Design Allows For Bolt On Power And Porting Opportunities As Well

Wow! Another SEMA show and another year of MSD dropping a major product release on the world. This year, that product is the new MSD Atomic AirForce intake manifolds for GM LS and LT series engines ....

SEMA 2014: BONUS Photos! Low Riders, Hot Parts, Trucks, A Barn Find Shelby Mustang, More

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with another awesome collection of photos that we blasted during Monday setup day at SEMA 2014. Fair warning here. While we’re...

Rough Start: This 1979 Thunderbird Is Far From Rough, And The Price Is Nice

Life on a budget does not have to suck. You are not relegated to some early 1990’s FWD turd that not only can’t get out of it’s own way but was so neglected over the years that it...

SEMA 2014: We Hung Out With The North American Eagle LSR Car And Its Crew As They Unloaded It From The Hauler – 45,000HP Gearhead Nirvana

It was a scene that brought on thoughts and feelings of what it could have been like to watch Craig Breedlove, Art Arfons, Nathan Ostich, Walt Arfons, or any of the other land speed heroes of the...

Not At SEMA: This 30th Anniversary Camaro With Conestoga Wagon Wheels Is Not In Las Vegas But It Could Be In Your Garage

This break from all that is right and good in the automotive world known as the 2014 SEMA show is brought to you by BangShifty tipster Mike Kenworthy who posed the unanswerable question, “When...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: I Vaguely Recall You, But I Don’t Recall Your Vehicle

You couldn’t pay me enough to work at a dealership right now. I’m hard-pressed to think of one manufacturer that hasn’t seen some kind of recall this year, and the recalls run the...

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