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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: THIS RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 350 HAS HAD A HOD ROD LIFE! COME SAVE IT!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Pontiac. How about a real deal 1987 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that has had a few good go...

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Wild Ride at the May 2026 El Mirage California SCTA Meet – The Spirit of AutoPower III Comp Coupe Hits A Bump at 228 MPH!

The Spirit of Autopower Comp Coupe is a pretty radical machine, and a staple in the land speed racing community. This thing is based off a little tiny first generation Honda Civic, but the rest is...

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Lonestar Round Up 2014 – Top Notch Burgers Cruise NIght

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Charles Wickam has been doing a fantastic job of keeping us up to date and in the know about his weekend adventure with BangShifter Scott Brown at the 2014 Lonestar...

Houston Man Drives Brand New ZL1 Camaro Into Pool, Discovers It To Be Horrible Submarine

The 2014 Camaro ZL1 is a very fast and capable car. With a supercharged engine, huge brakes, tuned suspension, and more, it is capable of running with some of the most well known and highest priced...

Goodguys Del Mar 2014 – More Awesome Photos From The Show

We’re going to be slapping you upside the head with Goodguys Del Mar, California photos for days on end and today we’re maintaing that threat. This is another collection of sweet photos...

Watch This Fed Ex Truck Roll Away And Narrowly Miss A House As The Driver Chases It!

I’ve never talked a whole bunch about what I did for a living when I was a productive member of society. Basically I was an operations guy for a couple of large companies. I oversaw delivery...

Watch WRC Rally Driver Drive Through A Vineyard And Then Crash Into An Electrical Pole During WRC France

There are certain sentences that I have always wanted to write and these next couple happen to have been on the list. In this video you’ll see WRC rally star Petter Solberg crash during a 2012...

The Legendary Turbo Sleeper Maverick Is For Sale! This Round Mound Of Brown Rules

An infamous sleeper masquerading as a well used, brownish Ford Maverick that’s actually packing a turbo big block is for sale and someone here should buy it. The car that has been featured on...

Lonestar Round Up 2014 – Donuts, Shop Tours, And Awesome Times In Austin

(Words and  photos, Charles Wickam) –  We started the second day of our Lonestar Round Up 2014 adventure out at Round Rock Doughnuts. The place has been all over tv on shows featured by the...

GOODGUYS DEL MAR 2014 – COOL CARS AND TRUCKS IN THE SHOW

We showed you some autocross action from Goodguys Del Mar 2014 earlier today and now we’re shifting gears into show mode. The majority of participants at any Goodguys show are on the grounds to...

Video: Four Single Cylinder Briggs And Stratton Engines Turned Into One Engine

There are lots of projects we don’t entirely understand the motivation behind but we revel in their greatness anyway and this is one of those. The engine in the video began life as four...

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Friday Action Gallery From The Goodguys Del Mar Autocross – Muscle Car Corner Burning

This weekend Chad is at the Goodguys Del Mar autocross flapping his gums and keeping the masses informed and entertained as they watch a host of cool muscle cars attack the cones. The Goodguys...

This 1958 Ford Was Built Into A Junior Stock Drag Car In The 1960s And Now It Is For Sale – Time Capsule

There’s nothing better than seeing a car that was modified back in the day and then never really touched or messed with again after. That’s pretty near the car of thie 1958 Ford which was...

BangShift Version 2.0: What Have We DONE?!

That’s what you are thinking, right? We thought so. Welcome to the new BangShift.com which is both very much the same and very much different than what you were used to seeing even just a few...

IHRA San Antonio 2014 – More Nitro Soaked Photos From The Drags!

(Photos by Bob Snyder) – We have to thank Bob Snyder for this latest batch of photos from the 2014 IHRA Nitro Jam at San Antonio Raceway in Texas. Although it has been a few years since...

Friday BOOM: Watch a Canadian Drag Racer Suffer A Massive Nitrous Explosion at The Grand Bend Motorplex

If nitrous explosions are judged on shrapnel and how high stuff flies, particularly chunks of the hood scoop, this one may be a hall of famer. The video shows a pair of Top Sportsman cars launching...