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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Video Of Corvette Museum Sinkhole Released – Helicopter Drone Footage From Inside The Hole!

Here’s newly released video showing the sinkhole swallowing Corvettes at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This does not show all the cars going in, but a few. It looks...

Photo and Joke Update: Sinkhole Opens Up Inside National Corvette Museum – Swallows 8 Cars

  CLICK HERE FOR THE JUST RELEASED VIDEO OF THE CARS FALLING THROUGH THE FLOOR Multiple sources are reporting that a large sinkhole has opened up inside the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green...

Bitchin’ Historic Drag Racing Photos From The Golden Age Of Action At Sanford, Maine

 (Photos from Sy Sidebotham Collection Via Bruce Wheeler) – (Editor’s note: Yesterday we ran an old drag racing movie from Sanford, Maine that was shot in the late 1950s. After seeing...

Mission Impossible: Nutting Picks Eleven Of The Best And Worst General Motors G-bodies

 Last night Brian called me up and we had the following conversation: Brian: “Nutting, it’s the middle of the week and your last two blog items have been weak sauce, so I’ve got a challenge...

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Gearhead Magazine: The Best Thing About the 1990s

I was digging through my record shelf the other day and was kind of surprised to find that I had a relatively complete collection of split singles that all came from the same place: Gearhead...

Effing Awesome Fail Video: A Massive Truck Tug of War Goes Very Very Wrong

Forgive us as we try to reconstruct the events leading up to this momentous video. There were cans, nay, gallons of Keystone beer chugged. There were minutes of angry Ford versus Chevy rumblings and...

Done: Toyota To Cease Manufacturing In Australia Come 2017 – Will Officially End Australia’s Auto Industry

 For a country as obsessed with cars and hot rods as Australia is, it seems unfathomable that no new ones will be made there when 2017 rolls around, but that is the reality the country faces now...

Watch This Front Wheel Drive Drag Car Suffer A Catastrophic Tire Failure On The Dyno!

 We love chassis dynos but we also fear them to some degree. Obviously we have run our projects on the dyno with varying levels of success, some destruction, and the constant thought in the back of...

Barnstormin’: The Culture Of “Everything Sucks”

I try to be a positive guy. Whether it is people, cars, sports, politics, or whatever, I tend not to go straight to the negative angle of stuff. Yes, I enjoy breaking the chops of weird or ugly cars...

V8 Symphony: The Sounds Of Thundering Power At A Swiss Hill Climb Will Make Your Day

 This video was literal music to our ears so we wanted to share it with you. The video was shot at a hill climb event in Switzerland and it concentrates on some of the sweet V8 powered cars that...

Epic Hacks: Reddit’s “Just Rolled in the Shop” Subreddit Will Give you Nightmares

  Reddit has a million “subreddits” on everything from trees to male fashion advice. Our favorite is “Just Rolled in the Shop,” a collection of photos from mechanics all over...

Project Violent Valiant Update: The Valiant’s Face Gets Chopped Off And Cage Building Continues

Project Violent Valiant is soldiering along at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle these days despite the crushing forces of winter trying to freeze half of the country to death. Kevin Tully is keeping warm by...

eBay Find: The Most Second Gen, 2nd Gen Camaro In The World

There was a time when this Camaro ruled the streets of whatever city or town it was built in. Ok, maybe that’s not true because it doesn’t appear that the car was ever driven all that...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: What Music Do You Listen To When Wrenching On Your Vehicles?

Driving home today, I realized that the majority of my day’s activities involves listening to music, whether it’s on the commute to and from work, slogging through some debugging and...