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One has a Flathead, One a Blown Olds, But Somehow These Traditional Hot Rods Share the Same Soul

There is just something about a traditional styled hot rod that just makes people smile. Even folks that wouldn’t describe themselves as traditional hot rod fans somehow find themselves drawn...

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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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Jay Leno Takes a ride in ONE of the TWO 1914 Knox Model 46s still in Existence: This is a 496 CI Overhead-Valve Monster From the Nethercutt Collection!

Sometimes we forget just how bad ass humans were 100-140 years ago. I say this because the amount of invention and ingenuity that was happening in the world was just insane. I mean people came up...

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BangShift Top 11: The Top 11 Coolest Cars The Big 3 Had To Offer The Year I Was Born (1972)

Nutting and Brian have both done their “Top 11” list of cool cars from the year they were born, and since they are both youngsters, born in 1984 and 1980 respectively, they didn’t...

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This Awesome Video Takes You Through the Bowling Green Corvette Plant – Follow The Line From Start To Finish

This is a really, really cool video that any gearhead will appreciate for the sheer technology involved. Basically over the course of the six minutes after you press play, you’ll follow the...

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eBay Find: A Mustang Body In White To Make Your Ford Racing Dreams Come True

So called “bodies in white” have always held a special spot in the hearts of hot rodders in all genres of racing. Why? Because they’re destined to be race cars! Both of the Detroit...

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Mission Meat: We Go 1,000 Miles In America’s Best Sedan To Deliver America’s Best Bacon

This was a trip of supreme importance, a trip that required the right kind of wheels to make sure that the job would be completed and everyone would end up happy. You don’t transport...

Former NASCAR Racer Jeremy Mayfield Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Stolen Goods Drug Paraphernalia – No Jail Time

The saga of former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield was one that unfolded a few years ago. In fact, we covered what were a daily string of insane stories the moment he was suspended from NASCAR for...

Craigslist Find: A 1960 Fiat 500 “Pro Street” Edition – Screw Chad’s Pacer, THIS Is Your Drag Week Ride!

So Chad wants you to buy a turn key, stroker big block Chrysler powered Pacer to hit Drag Week with but I think that is a terrible idea. What you NEED to do is to buy a completely ridiculous car,...

Ride Along On A Bad Fast Factory Five Cobra On The Autocross Course – Great Sound and Big Speed

It has been a while since we took you on a blazing ride around an autocross course. That’s mainly because the closest thing to an autocross at this time of the year is an ice race and half the...

This Video Of A Plane Crashing Into An Icelandic Drag Strip Is Shocking, Sad, and 100% Real

We have told you stories about airplanes landing on drag strips before. Some have done with permission, safely. Some have done it with permission and caused a giant disaster. Some have done it out of...

Gnarly Dyno Video: Watch MSD Test Its New Digital Rev Limiter For Circle Track Cars On The Dyno

Here’s a little sneak peek behind the curtain at MSD as the company performs what the military would call a “live fire exercise” with a race car on the company dyno. The crew down...

Vintage Video: An 80’s Bigfoot Music Video Tribute So Bad It’s Good

Today, Brian will be trying his hardest to convince you that the cars from the year he was born (1980) were better (Well, less awful, really) than the new cars from when I was born (1984). Rather...

If One Of You BangShifters Buys This Pacer And Takes It On Dragweek We Will Love You Forever

This would be the single coolest car on Drag Week if one of you guys bought it and took it. PLEEAAASSSE someone buy this awesome drag race 1975 Pacer so you can be the cool guy. It’s close to...

BangShift Top 11: The Top 11 Coolest Cars/Trucks From The Year I Was Born (1980)

So yesterday, Nutting unveiled his “Top 11” list of cool cars and trucks from the year he was born which was 1984. When we talked about the story no mention was ever made about whether...

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The BangShift Way To A Cool G: We’re Building A 1,000hp LS!

(By Richard Holdener (OnTheDyno.com)  The start of any build up should always begin with a goal. That said, the goal should be both realistic and achievable-blah, blah, blah, oh to hell with it,...

Historic Drag Video: Watch Mickey Thompson Take On The Mooneyes Dragster In England Circa 1963!

Here’s  some really neat video that will bring you back to a cool time in drag racing history, 1963. British interest in drag racing was on a growth spurt then and since the sport was...