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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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BangShift Question of the Day: What Dead Car Company Would You Bring Back to Life With One Billion Dollars?

The list of dead car companies is damned long. Some of the names are infamous like Yugo. Some of the names are legendary like Duesenberg and nearly all of them are lamented by legions of devoted...

100 Photos of Chevy Novas!

The Chevy Nova is a staple at car shows, drag strips, cruise nights, autocrosses, and anywhere that car guys are getting together with their classic American iron. Hell, my dad still races the 1970...

BangShift Blog Archive: We Interview EJ Potter, The Michigan Madman

(Editor’s note: We ran this piece on EJ Potter back in 2010- We’re running it again today because we were thinking of EJ yesterday when the dude wiped out on the V8 bike in the vide we...

FREE REPLAY Of Our Interview With Pro Mod Drivers, And Track Owners, Martin And Haney

That’s right folks, tonight we’ll be starting our LIVE Streaming Video broadcast of the Throwdown in T-Town with an hour (or more) of fun with Pro Mod drivers Todd Martin, Keith Haney,...

Tech Video: How to Degree a Camshaft

As we all know, one of the biggest pieces in being successful with building your own high performance engine is attention to detail. The details of keeping your work space clean and organized, the...

The Lambrecht Collection Auction By The Numbers – Here’s the List Of Every Car and Every Sale Price!

It was one of the most hyped, publicized, and anticipated car auctions of all time. It was a massive collection of old dealer trade ins as well as “new” cars that were close to 50 years...

Video: Henry Ford’s Sweepstakes Racecar Rides Again With NASCAR’s Carl Edwards

Our boy Ronnie Mankins sent us the link to this one yesterday and it’s bitchin. You hear all the stories about the racecars of the early 20th Century, but you can’t imagine what it must...

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Rumors: Jeff Lutz Goes 6.97/216 In His 1957 Chevy – Heading To Oklahoma To Tangle With Street Outlaws TV Cast!

So the soup can with the string attached to it here at the remote BangShift HQ in Florida went nuts last night with reports that Jeff Lutz was testing at Indy and laid down a big 6.97/216-mph lap...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Lamest Automotive Excuse?

From the parking lot cruise night to the race track and beyond, you can always find a car guy with an excuse as to why something isn’t going as planned. The dude who crap talks other...

Video: Texas Pro Mods VS Fuel Altered Showdown At North Star Dragway

Les Mayhew has done it again with his latest video from the Texas Pro Mods VS Fuel Altered Showdown at North Star Dragway in Denton Texas. It was an event that pitted light weight ill handling...

Show The Drive: Ridetech’s Awesome Adventures On The Goodguys Road Tour

Last week we gave you a sneak peak at what was going on during the Goodguys Road Tour from Pleasanton California to the Lonestar Nationals in Fort Worth Texas, but trust us there is a ton more to...

Watch A Large Scale Model Of A 1927 Miller 91 Race Car Get Entirely Built Of 3D Printed Parts – Truly Amazing

We have shown some cool videos featuring the amazing technology that is 3D printing here on BangShift over the nearly six years we have been around, but this one takes the cake by a country...

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Save The Fatties! 34 Massive, Vintage American Cars Destined To Be Demo Derby Fodder For Sale! Buy Them And Save Them One By One!

We have to thank Gray Had for the tip on this wild Craigslist ad which was targeting the eastern Colorado area. The ad is simple enough, it states that a former serious demo derby competitor is...

This Video Of A Massive Horde Of Classic Cars and Trucks In Texas Will Blow Your Mind!

Drag Week gasser ace Keith Fox posted this amazing video (that we think he actually shot) on his Facebook page yesterday and our jaws have not come up off the floor yet. As Fox lives in the Lubbock,...

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