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Tool Testing: Who Builds The Best Cordless Heat Gun? Testing All Of Them Will Answer That Question And More!

It’s time for more tool testing, and this time it’s cordless heat guns that are being put through their paces. Everyone needs a heat gun in the shop, and I remember very well when I got...

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Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Begins Now! Saving A Ramp Truck And A C50 Means This Is Going To Be Awesome!

If you don’t pay attention, or haven’t watched Newbern’s channel much, you might not know that he’s gotten a few important projects in recent years that are now going to come...

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FREE Bathurst Livestream: The Meguiar’s Bathurst 12 Hour Endurance Race IS ON NOW! All The Weekend’s Action LIVE Right Here!

It’s time for the Bathurst 12 hour, LIVE! If you dig endurance road racing, at one of the most famous race tracks in road racing history to boot, then you are going to want to watch all the...

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Grind Hard Rebuilt the Most Extreme ATV From 1970! They Would Never Let These Pay Cats Be Sold New Today!

Growing up in the 1970’s and 1980’s means I’ve seen some products offered for sale that would never be allowed as a new product sold today. Lawn Darts are the ones that everyone...

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One Of The Most Powerful Corvettes Ever Produced Getting Tested! The New 2026 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Is a Track Weapon!

1,000 horsepower Corvettes, from the factory. Man it is good to be an automotive enthusiast in 2026. With more than one offering above 1,000 horsepower, and multiple others not far below that four...

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Evil Little Road Car Feature: This Hand Built SUPERCHARGED RENAULT Is Called “La Brute”, And It’s A Bad Ass!

I’m a fan of the weird body styles and models of cars, especially when they come from somewhere else in the world. When talking about cars from the 1940s through the 1970s, many cars from...

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Project Mini-Max Is Complete! Check Out This Scratch Built, Amazingly Detailed RV Model Big Enough For Dogs To Hang Out In!

Pal O’ BangShift Mike Casella has been featured on these pages many times. He’s the guy who literally makes and saves unobtanium parts every day at his job in the machine shop at Then...

Burnout Insanity: Watch Aussie Steve Nogas’s 632ci, 16-71 Blown Fifth Gen “Killer-B” Camaro Fog Bank The Entire Country Of Australia

There are Aussie burnout machines and then there’s this crazy 5th  gen Camaro that is owned by Steve Nogas. The car is absolutely wild with a 632ci big block Chevy engine topped with a...

Cruise Night Photos: Maryville Tennessee’s Hot Rod Scene Is Happening

Maryville, Tennesee, which is pronounced more live “Murvil” or “Marevil”, is a cool little Eastern Tennesse town. It’s home to our own Mad Matt Graves from American...

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Gallery: More Bitchin’ Photos From Muscle Car Madness And York US30 Drag Strip Reunion!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we brought you the first of two galleries from the 12th Muscle Car Madness car show and York US30 Drag Strip Reunion as shot by Joe Grippo. Today we’re...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Biggest Setback Hot Rodding Has Ever Endured?

In many ways the world of hot rodding is kind of like the “thing that wouldn’t die”. Since the earliest days of what we would consider the hot rod hobby it has survived a multitude...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “409” by Junior Brown And The Beach Boys. Yes, It’s Different.

Jr. Brown, the country artist and guitar pickin’ machine, has sang a whole lot of songs. But this is one we did not expect to find. Singing The Beach Boys iconic “409”, with a...

BangShift’s Live POWERSHIFT Show Is Happening TONIGHT! 6PM Pacific 9PM Eastern!

We’ll be live tonight from both coasts as Chad will be in his home base outside of Los Angeles and I’ll be broadcasting live from New Hampshire at New England Dragway in Epping as...

Camper Battle: My 1977 Chevy Blazer Chalet Is Far Cooler Than The Crap Can Chad Picked

The best part is that I am writing this without ever seeing what Chad picked, but I know that this thing is better so it’s all good. Now, why a camper battle? The question should be why not a...

Camper Call Out: Let The Battle Begin. Brian’s Toy Has No Chance Against This 6×6 Beast

So Brian calls me last night as says he wants to have a Camper Battle. I’m like “What?” and he proceeds to tell me how he has now gotten hooked on checking out these bastards too...

New Snake and Mongoose Trailer Released — Check It Out NOW!

Like all other fans of drag racing history, we’re looking forward to seeing the upcoming film Snake and Mongoose that tells the story of Don Prudhomme and Tom McEwen who rose to national...

Auction: Another Bitchin Collection Of Hot Rods, Parts, and More On The Block

This one came to us from Jesus “Chuy” Nava at MSD who is always sending us good tips on stuff. How he got a newspaper that was advertising this auction, we’ll never know, but...

Video: A Holley Equipped Twin Turbo LS Drag Week Motor Hits The Dyno At Steve Morris Racing Engines

Drag Week competitor Clark Rosenstengel is stepping up his game in a major league way for Drag Week 2013 and we have video evidence! In 2012 Clark raced his 2010 Camaro in the Street Race small block...

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Saturday Night Nitro: Records Fall, Heat Rises, And The Bakersfield Boise Blitz Is In Full Swing

(Text and Photos by Darr Hawthorne, Photos Paul Schmitz)  Another hot Kern County, California weekend welcomed nitro cars to the second Saturday Night Nitro event of 2013 to Auto Club Famoso...

Gallery: The 12th Annual Muscle Car Madness at the York Reunion – Drag Cars, Muscle, and More!

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – York US 30 was shuttered way back in 1979 but the memories and history of the legendary Drag Strip continue to draw old racers and fans back to York, Pa once...