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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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Influence & Impact Episode 19 – Jason and Marcel Talk About Obscure Muscle Cars: Buick Grand National, Ford Torino, CTSV, And Muscle Trucks

Remember when a Buick Grand National first came out? Do you remember how they were weird because we were in desperate need of some speed and fun but couldn’t quite wrap our heads around why it...

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Finnegan’s Mystery Drag And Drive Project Car Is Here and So Is The Engine! Can You Guess What It Is? We All Want To Know!

Finnegan has a jillion cool projects going, but he’s been trying to keep this one a bit of a secret while tickling us all with posts on his new engine build over at ACE. He’s going to...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: Verge Motorsports Quick Outlaw Series – Beech Bend Raceway Park – Sunday Race

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING is going on at Beech Bend Raceway Park this weekend and it is going to be a hell of a busy one. With the Quick Outlaw Series running both 4.70 door cars and 4.50 dragsters,...

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Street Freak – Part 5: The Chassis Now Has A 25.2 6.0 Cert! This Thing Is Nuts! All Wheel Drive Swap And Lambo Power!

Here’s the fifth video in the series, and the tube work is done! The chassis in this bad boy is now certified to 6.0 which means it is going to be legal to haul ass! In the last episode some of the...

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Cool Movie Car History: Here Are 10 Cool Facts About Kenny’s 1973 Custom Vette From The Movie Corvette Summer

There was a time when I couldn’t stand the Corvette from Corvette Summer. I don’t know why, but back when flares were a thing, I couldn’t stand them. Now I kinda dig them actually....

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MSD’s Atomic EFI LS System Wins Innovation Award At The 2013 Hot Rod And Restoration Trade Show

The news is certainly out about MSD’s cool Atomic LS EFI system that removed lots of headaches and wiring from the job of swapping an LS engine into whatever application you can dream up. Since...

Aussie Road Trip Gallery: The Roadside Finds On A Long Trip Across Oz

(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – We’ve been showing you cool photos from the Top Gear Festival in Australia recently and those photos came from Darryl Danies who lives down there. Darryl went...

Event Coverage: Trucks, Rat Rods, Traditionals, and Street Rods From Goodguys Spring Lonestar Nationals

Once again Charles Wickam delivered. Great photos, of great trucks and street rods, for you to enjoy. Last weekend’s Goodguys Spring Lonestar Nationals were HUGE, and the stuff that was there...

Sideways, With Rodney Prouty: Being The Underdog May Be A Handicap, But Rodney Doesn’t Show It

Sideways, with Rodney Prouty, shows the trials and tribulations of a regular working stiff who built his car on his budget, drives it every day, and races it as often as he can. Oh and did I mention...

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Throwback Video: Chad Taunts Death Shooting Killer Drift Footage With Team Scion And Death Runs Away Scared

Way back in 2009 I was asked by John Naderi of Streefire to come out and shoot some video at Irwindale for a Scion Drift Team Test session. Turns out they were giving rides to some Rockstar Energy...

Event Coverage: Muscle Cars, Street Machines, Customs, and More From Goodguys Lonestar Nationals

Thanks to our man on the street, Charles Wickam, we have great photos for you from the Goodguys Spring Lonestar Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth Texas. Charles ran his ass off snapping...

eBay Find: A Chopped And Hemi Powered 1933 Dodge Hot Rod That Is Period Perfection

Lots of times we find weirdo stuff on eBay and make fun of it, but today that is absolutely not the case. This 1933 Dodge hot rod is so good in so many ways it makes us tear up with joy. The body was...

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BangShift Daily Tune Up: Hot Rod Heart – John Fogerty (1997)

John Fogerty rose to fame as the front man of the legendary band Creedence Clearwater Revival and has gone on to have a great solo career. There was all kinds of crazy legal stuff that went on...

Project Buford T Justice Update: Where Has Our 9C1 Caprice Been Hiding?

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – So it has been a while since you’ve seen anything with respect to our much beloved project Buford T Justice Caprice. What the Hell, right? We can assure you...

Screaming V8 Video: A NASCAR V8 + A Scion FR-S = A Toyota That Does Not Suck

We typically do not sing the praises of Toyota here at BangShift…quite the opposite really, but when something cool gets built we’re all over highlighting it. In this case, that cool...

Car Show Gallery: Photos From The Grove At The 2013 March Meet

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – Frequent BangShift LA-area contributor Scott Liggett hopped into his vintage big block powered Chevy Caprice and hauled the mail up to Bakersfield on Saturday at the...

Event Gallery: The 2013 Top Gear Festival Australia – More Great Photos Of Hot Rods From Down Under!

(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – Last week we showed you some great photos from the 2013 Top Gear Festival Australia from Aussie BS contributor Darryl Daniels. The good news is that we are back...

Craigslist Find: A 1959 Dodge Coronet-camino – Is It Wrong To Like This Creation?

In terms of custom built ‘caminos this one ranks high on the strangeness and coolness scales for us. The fact that the front end is proportionally off when compared to the business end is...

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Ridetech Equipped Ridler Contender Wins For The Third Year In A Row!

The Ridler award was founded in 1964 to honor the late Don Ridler. The winner is judged based on creativity, engineering, and workmanship, all of which were in great supply on the Ron Cizek owned...