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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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Gallery: The 2014 Austin AutoRama – A Huge Collection Of Awesome In Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was a busy weekend for BangShift’s Charles Wickam as he traveled to the wilds of Austin, Texas and covered two events in two days. We’re going to...

1000 Horsepower LS Turbo Getting The Headers Cherry Red. A Sneak Peek On Our LS 383 Turbo Project.

Last week we gave you Part 1 of our Cool G: 1000 Horsepower Turbo LS engine build and told you all about how the naturally aspirated combo went together. We’ll be showing you the completed 1000...

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Is This The Quickest Big Rig In The World? The Beast Goes 10-teens!

So this should rile the troops up because for the first time in your lives you’ll find yourselves embroiled in a debate about what a “real” big rig is. Like the never ending,...

Project Violent Valiant Update: The Floor Comes Out And The Cage Starts Going In

With the holiday season behind us and arctic temps settling in around Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle in Illinois, work has resumed at a feverish pace on Project Violent Valiant. In this update we’re...

There’s A Drag Strip In The Tiny Country Of Malta And They Run Top Fuel Cars There! (Video)

We mentioned that a BangShifter from Malta emailed us with a video tip earlier today. In his email he intimated that there were lots of cool cars on the tiny island nation and that the hot rodding...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Worst Used Parts Buying Experience?

As a gearhead, shopping for parts can be tough. Sure, in theory most projects should be relatively easy to shop for as, whether or not we’ve all realized it, this really is a Golden Age in regards...

Win Stuff: The RideTech, “Heading To Barrett Jackson” Contest IS ON! You Can Win By Commenting On This Blog Item!

As we told you earlier in the week, the famed “Grouchy” ’33 from RideTech that has carved up road courses and autocross events all across our great land s heading to be auctioned...

22 Photos From The KOI Cavalcade of Customs In Cincinnati – Lots of Vintage Drag Cars, Pro Street, Hot Rods

(Words and Photos by Chris Mohring) – One of the bad things about living in Ohio and being a gearhead is going through withdrawals for a few months of winter without any kind of car related...

LIVE STREAMING REVEAL OF 2015 CORVETTE Z06 HERE — WATCH!!!

At 9:30 AM Eastern today we’ll have live streaming video of the reveal of the 2015 Corvette Z06 AND the reveal of the C7.R racing Corvette. It should be really cool and there has been...

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BREAKING NEWS: THIS IS THE 2015 FORD F150

Minutes ago, Ford Motor Company released the first official photo of the 2015 Ford F150. This is going to be one of the biggest stories of the 2014 North American International Auto Show. The 2015...

Watch This Nitrous Swilling Small Block S10 Blazer Hang The Hides And Run Deep 8’s!

Kyle and the gang at 1320Video put this 1300 horsepower nitrous huffing small block S10 Blazer video up recently and we just can’t get enough of it. Daniel Burk is the owner of this one and...

F’ing Awesome Videos: Ride Along With Quain Stott Rips His Four Gear 1941 Willys Gasser

Quain Stott is one  of the greatest door slammer drag racers of all time. He was there on the ground floor of Pro Mod and through the years has been a world champion with the IHRA in 2006, a force...

Gear Jammin’, Small Block Screamin’, Perfecto Video – A 1963 Falcon Mixes It Up With Cobras, Tigers, And The Corkscrew At Laguna Seca

Is you Sunday lacking in awesome? We have the cure right here in the form of this video. Filmed in 2009 at Laguna Seca during the Monterey Historic races, the car you’ll be riding in is a 1963...

eBay Find: This 1950s Kellison Could Be The Starting Point For A Bitchin’ Project

One of the coolest cars we have ever featured on BangShift is a Kellison. Lots of you probably remember the “Zorro’s Charger” Kellison that we ran on the site back in 2012. That was...

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