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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 Question Of The Day: Have You Had So Many Cars That You Actually Forget Some Of Them Sometimes?

This isn’t a bragging type of question. Trust us. We’re not lighting our cigars with $100 bills around here and forgetting that we have a Bentley parked around back by the servant...

Craigslist Find: A Never Titled Or Registered 1969 SS Camaro With Racing History

Robert Martin at MSD found this one yesterday and sent it over saying that this one was rare. You think? Hell yes it’s rare! Who else has a ’69 Camaro SS that has never been titled or...

Event Gallery: Corvettes At Carlisle – Street Freaks, Barn Finds, Race Cars, Restos, and More!

(Photos by Jeff Lee) – There’s no denying that the Corvette nameplate is one of the most deeply seated in the American high performance automotive world. From sports car racing to the...

PowerShift is BACK – Come Watch LIVE With Chad and Brian! The Show Starts At 6pm Pacific/9 Eastern!

After a couple week break, BangShift’s no-ready-for-primetime show PowerShift returns LIVE TONIGHT! We’ll be kicking things off at the normal time of 6PM Pacific and 9PM eastern time that...

National Challenge ’72: Lundberg, Garlits and The Greatest Rogue Drag Race Ever

(Editor’s note: We ran this story last year the day the US Nationals kicked off and we’re doing it again in 2013. We’ve added some info, so give it a fresh look!) This weekend the...

Amazing Video: Watch An Awesome Close Call On The Nurburgring That Results In Zero Wreckage – Awesome Driving!

Hey, I guess today is “near miss” day on BangShift. That’s fine with me because like the video of the wild drag boat “save and sink” earlier today this video featuring...

Barnstormin’: You Don’t Want Reality So Stop Bitching About Not Getting It

On Tuesday, the guys from Jalopnik ran a cool story that investigated the thousands and thousands of FCC complaints filed by NASCAR fans watching races on TV. It really is a great read and gives you...

Caption This Photo: SCHWING!

NEWSFLASH – Chad and I are both mentally children. Sure we strike you as the buttoned up, formal, locked down kind of professionals you’d expect to find editing phone books but...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Best Burnout Machine You Have Ever Owned?

Burnouts. They’re not proof your junk is fast, or that your junk is any good at all, but they rule. They rule in a straight line, in circles, backward, forward, and sideways. They’re...

Video: Dick Johnson, Tearing It Up At Bathurst 1983. Listen To The Clevelan Scream.

This is one of those videos that you just want to watch over and over again. At the famed Mt. Panorama in Bathurst Australia, this is one hell of a race track. At the end of the video Dick wads this...

Last Blast: Our Final Gallery From The World Series Of Drag Racing – Nitro At Night!

(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside….we’re back with a last blast of bad ass photos from the 60th running of the World Series of...

Blind Man Sets Record At Bonneville! On A Motorcycle No Less

Former Pro Mod racer Dan Parker, who lost his sight during a horrific crash behind the wheel of his Corvette Pro Mod car in early 2012, has entered the record books on the Bonneville Salt Flats....

Is This The Most Powerful Buick Small Block Of All Time? It Was Once…And It Is Coming Back To Life!

Well, the tri-shield guys are probably going to fry my ass for calling it a Buick, but the NHRA saw fit to classify it as one and the parts and pieces were sold as Buick items, so I’m telling...

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Video: Watch The Install Of An Aeromotive Phantom Fuel System Pump And See Just How Simple It Is!

Aeromotive’s Phantom fuel system set SEMA on its ear last year and the company has been working overtime to keep them on the shelf as orders from customers and distributors all over the country...