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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: This 351, 4-SPEED, 3.50:1 TRACTION LOCK 1971 TORINO GT Is Cool!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Ford. How about a real deal 1971 Torino GT with a 351, 4-speed, and a 9 inch with...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Tuesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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SHADYSIDE OUTLAWS APRIL 2026: THIS OUTLAW SMALL TIRE SHOOTOUT SETS THE LIST! SEE WHO MAKES THE CUT!

Shadyside Outlaws is back for 2026 and that means it is time to set the list for Outlaw Small Tire, and that means it is shootout time. Check out the video from our friends at Spoold Media and let us...

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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It

We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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Two-Wheel Too Cool: This 1975 Kawasaki KZ400 is how you’re supposed to build a cafe bike

Cafe bikes have become the new rat rods. What started out as the ultimate expression of form following function turned into guys just throwing together hideously ugly motorcycles with bubblegum welds...

Screaming Video: Watch A Jag XKE Race Car Mix It Up With Other Classic Iron At Pacific Raceway

After I landed in California a week or so ago to ride with Chad up to Bakersfield for the March Meet, the cool old cars were all around. The one thing that everyone from California takes for granted...

This Factory Hemi Road Runner Is Mean, Clean, And Hiding A BangShift Approved Hot Rod Secret

The Chrysler hemi was introduced in March of 1964 and lots of us in the hot roddy media business are honoring it in different ways. Consider the highlighting of this totally awesome factory hemi 1969...

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Video: Fred Williams Is A Lunatic And Is Building A Go-Kart From A Motorhome Chassis – DO WANT

Fred Williams of Peterson’s 4-Wheel and Off Road is a certified nut and he’s a pal of Chad and I. The guy is a heck of a fabricator and someone who truly loves trucks, off roading, and...

2014 Detroit Autorama – More Great Shots By DRD Photo

(Photos by DRD Photo/Dom Damato) – Yesterday you all went rightfully nuts over the great photos of the 2014 Detroit Autorama from DRD Photo. The good news is that we were holding our cards...

Dodge Dart Pro Stock Debut And Wind Tunnel Video Right Here!

If you are a fan of door car drag racing, like we are, then you are going to be excited about seeing the new Dodge Dart Hemi Pro Stockers that were just debuted and will make their first passes down...

Looking For A Drag Racing Job? Maple Grove Raceway Is Hiring An Operations Manager!

If you have been looking at a way to break into the exciting world of drag racing as a full time job, one of the finest strips in the country may have just the opportunity for you. Maple Grove...

More 2014 Detroit Autorama Coverage – More Cars, Bikes, Trucks, And Stuff We Can’t Describe!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – As we told you earlier, we’re going to run you down with 2014 Detroit Autorama coverage this week. We had a couple guys at the show blasting away and even have...

Hacks of the Week from Reddit’s JustRolledIntoTheShop

Look, we’ve all used a butter knife to turn a screw and some of us have opened a beer or two with a cigarette lighter, so we’re all about multi-tasking. With that in mind, the theme of...

Apex News: Nurburgring sold to Capricorn Group

It has been confirmed that the famed Nurburgring in Germany has been sold to the Capricorn Group, a German company that specializes in parts development and engineering for motorsports, for “over...

Roadside Find: A Geo That Needs To Be Nuked From Orbit

(By Bryan McTaggart) – If you had told me that I would ever feel sorry for a Geo Metro convertible even ten years ago, I would have laughed my ass off at you. I can appreciate the concept of...

Insta-Highlight: Here’s An Instagram Account You NEED To Be Following

Each week, we’re going to highlight a cool account on the photo sharing social media site Instagram for you to follow. Unlike other social media sites, Instagram is devoid (mostly) or...

Awesome Video: Watch A Guy Fire Up And Rev A Quarter Scale Ford Hot Rod Coupe With A Running Mini-Gas V8!

We’ve showed you lots of running miniature V8 engines over the years here on BangShift but none of them have ever been attached to an actual car, well that changes right now. Craftsman Tom...

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Gallery: A BangShifty Tour Of The GM Heritage Collection By DRD Photo

(Photos by DRD Photography) – When our man Dom Damato said that he was going to Autorama this year and that he’d love to get a look at the GM Heritage Collection while he was in the area...