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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Vintage Baja Chevy Truck Formerly Owned By Steve McQueen And Raced By Mickey Thompson Heading For Auction

Well if this isn’t the coolest Chevy 4×4 of all time, I’m not quite sure what is. This 1969 Chevy truck was the first ever factory built Baja competition truck that the company...

Roadkill: Freiburger and Finnegan Attack The Wilmington Mile With A Crusty Old Monza And Five Leaf Blowers!

Having seen the glory of the leaf blower supercharged Monza in person at the season’s first ECTA event in Wilmington, Ohio, I was super interested to see the rest of the story about how the...

Video: Watch An 8,000 Pound Ram Diesel Try To Move A 15,000 lb Dumpster

Kyle at 1320Video is a good friend of ours, and we always love his videos, but this one here is a preview of things to come from the recent 1320Video burnout contest. Normally they only do this thing...

Cruise Gallery: The South Coastal Corvette Club All Makes/Models Cruise Night – Weymouth, Massachusetts

Since May, my traveling and announcing schedule has been pretty jam packed with events all over the country. I am eternally thankful for that but it doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for doing...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Four Speed, Five Speed, or Six Speed?

Like we always say around here, today’s aftermarket provides a nearly limitless sea of options for hot rodders and BangShifters to swim in when building their cars and trucks. We’re truly...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” Ace Ventura Pet Detective With Range Rover Flip

Ace Ventura, played by Jim Carrey, is known for some really stupid, but funny, lines, but he’s also known by car guys for his amazing ability to park a car. In the first Ace Ventura movie it...

Video: Urban Outlaw – An Unbelievably Well Done Story Of A Hot Rodders LIfe

The description of this video says “URBAN OUTLAW is a portrait of Magnus Walker, the rebel Porsche customizer who turned a hobby into an obsession, and an obsession into a successful business....

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Drag Action Gallery: The Cecil County Dragway Outlaw Street Car Shootout – June 2013

(Photos by Jim Colraine) – Call it a tune up for the YellowBullet.com Nationals that’ll be rocking Cecil County Dragway in Maryland at the end of the summer or just call it a bad ass drag...

Video: Ford Recall’s 465,000 Cars For Fuel Leaks, We Show You Pinto Explosion Video!

With news that Ford is recalling 465,000 cars because of fuel leaks, it made us think about the always exciting Ford Pinto crash test video from the 70’s. It’s awesome because the poor...

Craigslist Find: One Weird Son Of A Bitch Three Wheeler Thing

When the title of a Craigslist ad reads,”1984 Tri Muler one of a kind not many of these around” you know it is going to be good. We looked high and low for information regarding the...

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Updated: Walt Arfons Dies At 96 – Innovator, Thrust Driven Drag Race Pioneer, LSR Record Holder

(Editor’s Note: After this remembrance of  Walt Arfons ran yesterday we were contacted by our pal Bret Kepner and enlightened on several aspects of Walt’s life and accomplishments that...

Gallery: The Gooodguys Rod And Custom Association Pleasanton Summer Get Together 2013

(Photos by Chad and family) – Last weekend, Chad was at the 2013 Goodguys Pleasanton Get Together. The Goodguys “get together” shows are open to all year American cars, so unlike a...

Video: Hilarious Trailer Fail Video. Or…I Swear It Fit Through This Door Before!

What goes in, doesn’t always come out. LOL This is one hilarious video that shows you a few things. A. An “interference fit” is not something you want to hear when talking about...

Barnstormin’: There’s No I In TEAM (Or Brilliance Largely Works Alone)

Yesterday’s news and subsequent story about the passing of the great Walt Arfons garnered me more personal emails regarding the relationship between Walt and Art Arfons than the great majority...