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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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Watch AJ Fiorelli Pull A 770-Foot Wheelie In A Barracuda With No Wheelie Bar, A Manual Transmission, And A Motor In The Front

We’ve gotta love guys like AJ Fiorelli. Last weekend at Central Illinois Dragway, AJ took his Barracuda down the entire eighth mile strip, plus 100-feet on the rear wheels. This would be cool...

Crash Video: A Mud Bog Jeep Ends Up in the Pond

Racing high performance mud trucks ain’t easy. The task gets even harder when the dude who designed the mud pit apparently wanted to kill as many of the competitors as possible due to the...

Craigslist Find: The Oft Spoken About But Seldom Seen Lambo-Trar!

We’ve featured many Trars on the pages of BangShift over the years but none of them has been as  unique in the body department as this one is. Located by BangShifter Matt Cramer in Florida,...

Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2013 – News and Photos From The Road On Monday!

It was a great day of action at Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2013 sponsored by Gear Vendors and Pep Boys Speed Shop on Monday as racers attacked the quarter mile at the historic Beech Bend Raceway in...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Will Pro Mod Style Cars Ruin Hot Rod Drag Week?

We’ve got a strong opinion on this one, as does just about everyone else who cares about Hot Rod Drag Week, but we’re going to let you guys answer first and then I’ll let you know...

Photos: ADRL Dragstock 2013 Photos From Rockingham. Pro Mods, Drag Radial, And More.

Based on the crowd at last weekend’s ADRL Dragstock race in Rockingham, the locals are in love with ADRL Drag Racing. It is pretty bitchin, so we can’t argue with their passion. Luckily...

Video: Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2013 Unlimited Class Preview By 1320Video

While I was flying home from LS Fest to get equipment ready for BangShift.com’s LIVE streaming video coverage of the New England Hot Rod Reunion starting this Thursday, Kyle Loftis from...

1973 Drag Racing Documentary: Burn On – See The Best Jungle Jim Video Interview Ever!

To us, nothing is cooler than old school drag racing movies coming out of hibernation and finding their way onto the internet. We were tipped off to the newest and coolest one out there today. It is...

Gasser Video: Burnouts On BangShift’s Drive To LS Fest

We had an awesome time cruising from Ridetech to LSFest last Thursday and documented the trip on ShowTheDrive.com, but the highlight had to be when we slid into RB&S Automotive in Beaver Dam...

Question of the Day: If You Were 16 Today and Given $5,000 to Buy A Car What Would It Be?

Let’s play a little “what if” game today. What if it was your 16th birthday on this very date and a well to do grand parent handed you $5,000 in cold hard cash for you to purchase a...

Show The Drive: BangShift Chad’s Roadtrip To LS Fest Behind The Wheel Of A 1LE Camaro

This was a fun trip. Sure it was only a few hours of driving, but it was on some of the most beautiful and simple roads that Indiana and Kentucky had to offer. And thanks to Scott and Michael of...

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Event Photos: We Saw It All At Holley’s LS Fest 2013, And Have Photos To Prove It!

Lucky for us BangShift.com Contributor Bob Chiluk was on site snapping photos like a mad man at this weekend’s Holley LS Fest because Brian and I were announcing the entire weekend. While Brian...

Video: A Giant Antique Diesel Engine Comes To Life Again After 30 Years Of Sitting

Most of our regular readers will expect that this blog item would come from Brian rather than Chad, but the truth is we both dig watching cool old motors run, even if it is on diesel. The engine in...

MORE: HISTORIC

MSD Performance Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, We Find Out What’s Really Going On

When the announcement came out yesterday that MSD Performance had voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, everyone immediately started freaking out about parts availability, contingency...