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One has a Flathead, One a Blown Olds, But Somehow These Traditional Hot Rods Share the Same Soul

There is just something about a traditional styled hot rod that just makes people smile. Even folks that wouldn’t describe themselves as traditional hot rod fans somehow find themselves drawn...

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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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Jay Leno Takes a ride in ONE of the TWO 1914 Knox Model 46s still in Existence: This is a 496 CI Overhead-Valve Monster From the Nethercutt Collection!

Sometimes we forget just how bad ass humans were 100-140 years ago. I say this because the amount of invention and ingenuity that was happening in the world was just insane. I mean people came up...

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Video: Ford Performance Unveils 2016 Mustang Cobra Jet – Response To COPO Is Strong!

Less than 24 hours after Chevrolet unveiled the 2016 COPO Camaro, Ford Performance had their own moment in the drag racing sun when they pulled the wraps off of the 2016 Mustang Cobra Jet. Like the...

Late Model Performance Cars and Race Cars at SEMA 2015 – Lots of newer iron and faster iron here

If you have been wondering where all the race car photos were and where all the late model muscle photos were, wonder not more as you’ve found them! Both Chad and I agree that there are fewer...

Video: What Happens When You Take A Twin Turbo Silverado Into The Dealership?

The guys at Armageddon Turbo recently played a joke on some unsuspecting technicians and service advisers at the local Chevrolet dealership when they took their twin turbo 2015 Silverado in to see if...

Muscle Cars And Classics At The 2015 SEMA Show – There’s Some Real Beauty In Here

While neither muscle cars or classic/kustom cars are in danger of being left out of the aftermarket world anytime soon, neither of those genres of car are overly populous here at SEMA 2015. There are...

Ever Wonder What A Car Designer Drives? In This Case A Bitchin Classic

“The car only screams when you put your foot on the pedal” says Radu Muntean, a car designer with a serious passion for cool cars like his BMW 2002. We like someone that describes their...

SEMA 2015 Coverage: The Most Mind Blowing And Diverse Group Of Trucks We Have Ever Posted

As anyone who has been reading BangShift for more than 10 minutes knows, I tend to get a little excited with my titles. That being said, I’m not exaggerating one iota when I tell you that this...

SEMA 2015 Coverage: A Bunch Of Killer Hot Rods From Inside The Show

There are lots of ways your mind can go when it hears the words “hot rods”, right? For this collection of 2015 SEMA photos we’re going the way that many people go when they hear...

SEMA 2015 Coverage: Hey, Lohnes: I DARE You To Hate This Steve Stanford-designed Thunderbird!

I’ll explain later why, but for Tuesday’s coverage at SEMA, I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked. So Monday night I was jotting down a list of cars and people I needed...

Twin Turbo Small Block Model A Ford Pulls Giant Wheelstand In Phoenix

One of the highlights of Hot Rod Drag Weekend was Troy Clark’s 1930 Ford Model A which is powered by a twin turbo small block Ford that hauls the mail. In Phoenix Troy left the starting line...

Dodge B300 Ramp Truck Greatness: This 1973 B300 Dovetail Has Got It All!

Custom Ramp Truck greatness yo! This Dodge B300 is one bitchin ramp truck. Unlike most, this one is more of a flatbed with a dovetail ramp out back, but we love it. And the B300 Dodge Van body is...

The Cars of The 2015 SEMA Show: We’re Still Cruising The Outside and Finding Gems

When you hear people who have attended the SEMA show before talk about how endless it is, think about the fact that virtually the only stuff we have showed you resides OUTSIDE the building to this...

2016 COPO Camaro Revealed At SEMA – Lighter, Smaller Camaro Has Big Speed Written All Over It

It was a fun Monday night at the 2015 SEMA show. We attended a Chevrolet Performance event where several concepts, special editions, and one off cars and trucks were introduced. The thing we were...

Trucks of SEMA 2015: Here Are More Rigs That Range From Bro-Dozers To Ant Hill Scraping Street Machines

As we continue to romp and stomp over every blessed inch of the 2015 SEMA show here in Las Vegas we’re going to barrage you once again with another installment of the trucks of SEMA. Amazingly,...

SEMA Show 2015 Photo Coverage: Our First Photos From The Inside – Incredible Stuff!

Yes, that is a Ford Econoline cab with a custom chassis and FOUR blown modular Ford engines behind it. Why? Because freaking SEMA, that’s why. Here’s our first glimpse inside the 2015...