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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 4 Rally Racing Action, And A Night In The Desert With No Support, Is Taking It’s Toll!

Stage 4 action, highlights, and more are below! Bodies and vehicles are being put to the test and the carnage and emotions are real! This overnight stage was tougher than many expected. Dakar Rally...

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Unreal Adventure 2025: Unreal Adventure Hits The Pacific Northwest! Episode 7 – Part 1 Razor Sharp LAVA ROCK vs 4x4s: Oregon’s Rim Butte Trail

Unreal Adventure is back and we’ve got Part 6 below! Don’t worry, if you missed the previous videos we’ve got links to those as well.  In the last episode, drivers and crews learned what...

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This Guy Is Asking Strangers to Paint THEIR Car… What Would You Say If Approached By This Guy?

It’s one thing to have a driveway cleaner or mowing guy come to the door and ask if they can mow or pressure wash for free. I mean they do the work right there at your place. But what if...

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Ruined Or Remarkable? CHOP CHOP Part 1: How To Cut Up A Perfectly Good 1937 Chevrolet To Make It Shorter!

A chopped top is one of the most iconic, and extreme modifications you can make to a custom hot rod. Whether you are talking about a 1930’s hot rod, a 1940’s or 1950’s custom, or...

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1966 Oldsmobile Feature Video: He Saved this BIG BLOCK ‘66 Oldsmobile from DESTRUCTION

This is NOT your father’s Oldsmobile, although it looks like it could be. With lots of performance upgrades, it is what a restomod is all about. Plus it has many custom features that look like...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 3 Rally Racing Action From The Insanely Rocky and Dangerous Conditions in Alula

Stage 3 action, highlights, and more are below! This was some carnage filled action! If you missed the previous video, use the link below. Dakar Rally 2026 is on! The worlds longest, toughest, and...

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Best of BS 2015: Making A 1993 Ford Bronco Into A Late Model Ford Raptor Seamlessly Makes This Guy A Hero

It is always cool when people integrate new stuff into older cars and trucks but sometimes that program doesn’t exactly work as planned. The newer bits can be awkward looking, just not fit...

Best Of 2015: This First-Gen Durango Is Hiding A Surprise Under The Hood, And It’s The Last Thing You’d Expect

When Mike Brooks sent me an eBay link to me, I opened it up and didn’t think much about it. Keep in mind, I’d been awake maybe five minutes and was still not sure on which planet I was...

Best of BS 2015: When You Fire An Angry Equipment Operator You Better Take His Keys

This is destruction video supreme. According to the description on this video, what you are about to see is the scene left after an equipment operator was fired on a Friday afternoon and decided to...

Best of BS 2015: Driver Survives Complete Annihilation Of His Truck With Minor Scratches In I-84 Pileup

This is literally unbelievable. The man you see pinned into the annihilated wreckage of his pickup truck survived needing only “two band-aids and some ice” after an horrendous pileup...

Best Of BS 2015: Watch This Homebuilt Ford Cleveland V12 Made From Two 302 Blocks and Three Cleveland Heads Make Dyno Pulls

First off, you’re right. Ford never made a Cleveland V12 but brilliant hot rodder Jan Baker sure did and we have video that shows how the whole package came together and of the engine making a...

Best Of BangShift 2015: An Ex-Wife Is Making Her Ex-Husband Sell His 1978 MGB – The Craigslist Ad Is Pure Genius

We want to buy this guy a beer for posting one of the most genius, smart-ass Craigslist ads we have ever seen. This is not over the top craziness like many of the “funny” ads try to post...

Anyone Can Race! I Autocross For The First Time Ever!

You have probably seen blog posts or magazine articles before that command the reader/viewer to stop being a spectator and to get behind the wheel and start racing, right? It seems like I get regular...

Best Of BangShift: Thundering Bastard – The Day A Super Duty Pontiac Tempest Destroyed The World’s Best Sports Cars

One of my favorite movies of all time is the western Pale Rider. After Clint Eastwood’s character mangles a group of bad guys in a street fight with a simple axe handle, he quietly says,...

Check Out FCA’s New “Predator” Advertisement For The Hellcat Twins And Viper – Pay Attention, OEMs, This Is How You Sell A Car

We’ve lamented over and over about the sorry state of performance car advertising in the past. Simple marketing teaches you that if the customers don’t know what the hell you are selling,...

Freedom To Choose: Aeromotive Reminds You That They Offer Tanks With Pumps And Pumps That Fit In Tanks

This is a great weekend to hunt for hot rod parts, right? Maybe your project is coming together and you are hoping to have it up and running by the end of the summer. With most people having a couple...

Holley And Hooker Unleash A Full LS Swap Kit For 1973-87 GM 2WD Trucks!

Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that GM’s LS engine series has had a tremendous impact on the automotive scene. You’d have to be blind to not notice the amount of different swaps...

Top 11: McTaggart’s Delusions – Take Your Pick For The Strangest Thing To Come Out Of This Brain

When Brian and Chad hired me on last year, I’m sure even they had a thought or two about what I might bring to the table. I’ve been known for my strange, slightly off-the-wall ideas and...

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How To Screw Up At The Tree And Save Your Reputation In One Easy Step! (VIDEO)

“A picture is worth a thousand words” never fit so well than right here. Last yellow bulb on the tree has come down and the owner of this late-model Mustang has made a sincerely poor...

Crash And Burn: Randy Pobst’s Pikes Peak Accident – Even The Best Aren’t Immune To The Danger

Randy Pobst’s name has been getting a lot of mentions here, and for good reason: he is Motor Trend’s resident hot-shoe, he’s an accomplished driver (and I’m underrating that...