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The Caddy Is Back! Finnegan Continues To Make Big Progress On This Epic Drag And Drive Machine!

We shared major progress and changes to this car a few weeks ago and are so thrilled that the work is continuing! One might hing it has taken a step back since the body isn’t on it in this pic,...

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Classic Cars in the Woods – Exploring an Abandoned Car Collection With The Hot Rod Hoarder

You aren’t going to see this kind of collection of old cars just anywhere, because if they aren’t hidden in the trees somewhere then they would find their way into someone else’s...

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Sick Week 2026 Preview: Sick Week 2026 Prep and Testing Is In Full Swing For Devin Vanderhoof’s New Ride!

Trust me when I tell you that finishing up a brand new build, and then going straight to a major drag and drive event with it, can be really stressful. By most logic it isn’t smart either. But...

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Paintucation: How To Make A Split Bumper RS Nose Fit Perfectly With Kevin Tetz And Some Auto Metal Direct Parts!

Kevin Tetz is back at it with more paint and body tech! He’s been painting cars and trucks for decades, showing millions how to do it on tv for decades, and actually educating folks on paint and...

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ABANDONED 1970 CHEVELLE! Will The WORLDS WORST One RUN AND DRIVE After 40 Years? Derek At Vice Grip Garage Thinks So!

Derek is back at it, and if you thought that his last couple of will it run videos didn’t pose enough of a challenge, then how does a Chevelle that has been sitting for 40 years sound? If he...

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Car Culture is Global And Here’s Proof: Here’s A Taste Of Everything Larry Chen Captured in 2025 From His Global Adventures

Larry Chen is a hard working guy, but he’s also incredibly fortunate. He’s built a career that has gotten him access to places, people, and car culture that many dream of. Lucky for us,...

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Gas-Tastic! Photos Of The Neatest And Best Running Gassers At The Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion In Bowling Green

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – What we have here is a collection of gasser-ishness in the form of 50s and 60s cars.  There were a lot more of these things rolling around than what we...

Summoning The Beast: Listen To Danny Thompson And The Challenger II Crew Fire Up The Streamliner

With Bonneville rapidly approaching (only a month away!) land speed racing teams are making their final preparations, entering the final phases of their thrash, and sorting our cars of all shapes and...

Cars and Coffee Coverage: The Indy Cars And Coffee Was Packed With Stuff From Every Aspect Of The Automotive World

(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – When our main man in Indy, Jacob Marshall told us he was hitting the local Cars and Coffee get together we were interested to see what his photos would depict. Was...

Everybody’s Going Nuts Over The Miami Vice Ferrari That Mecum Is Selling, But Here’s Some Other Cars From The Auction We’d Rather Blow Our Non-Existant Money On!

If you’ve been paying attention to news feeds or your favorite automotive sites besides us, then you’d know that the white 1986 Ferrari Testarossa from Miami Vice is going to cross the...

Question Of The Day: ECTO-1 Got An Update, Do You Care?

If you are a fan of the Ghostbusters franchise, then either you’re waiting with anticipation or dread for the 2016 version to hit theaters. Honestly, if you ask me personally, I was never into...

Even More Way-Too-Close Footage From Rally Poland – You Can Almost See The Whites Of Their Eyes!

One overly enthusiastic rally fan with their phone on a selfie stick might not completely convince you that the fans at Rally Poland were getting way too close to the cars for comfort. It’s one...

Reaction Video! Watch As A Couple Of Gearheads From Isreal Meet Insanity Racing’s Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8!

The side of me with the twisted humor loves these reaction videos: plant some sucker into the passenger seat of a car that has unholy amounts of power and train a camera onto their face. Then take...

Intake Tech: Edelbrock Drops The Knowledge On Single VS Dual Plane, What May Be Best For You

While we all fantasize about building some full-kill engine that can swallow all of the competition whole, ordering your parts by using the “bottom of the page” method of decision making...

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A Legend Returns: Tommi Mäkinen To Head Up Toyota’s World Rally Team

(Photos: wrc.com) Tommi Mäkinen’s reputation in World Rally Championship racing is set in stone. The man has four WRC titles under his belt (1996-1999) that he earned while throwing Mitsubishi...

Ebay Find: This 1973 AMC Matador Is The Perfect Big-Blocked Plain Brown Box

We’ve looked at plenty of AMC products here at BangShift, but if there is one model that we don’t pay much attention to, it’s the Matador. Unless you are a die-hard fan of Adam...

This 1962 Buick Invicta Custom Estate Wagon Is The Perfect Cruiser And Slingshot Push Car

If you had yourself a dragster in the middle to late 1960s, chances are strong that you had a wagon like this one to drag the thing to the track and then push start it. Sure, some of the fancy tracks...

2015 Orange Drag Strip Reunion: The Coolest Rods, Trucks, Muscle Cars, and…Vans?!

(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – It was a heck of a weekend at Sterling Airport during the 2015 Orange Drag Strip Reunion. Steve Magnante was announcing the action, hundreds of the coolest...

Rough Start: This Built 1985 Ford Thunderbird Just Might Be The Best Find Yet

The entire point of the Rough Start series was to find the best balance between a maximum budget of $5,000 total for a vehicle and the desirable reasons for owning said vehicle. We’ve seen...

HUGE NEWS: BangShift To Provide LIVE Streaming Coverage Of 10th Annual NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl!

From July 30th through August 2nd BangShift.com will provide live streaming video coverage of the 10th annual NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing. This is a race that combines the...