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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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On-Car Video Of Larry Dixon’s Incredible Non-Crash From Australia – Ride Along On The Wing!

Yesterday we showed you down track footage of Larry Dixon’s hair raising incident from Australia where his dragster apparently sheared an axle off and proceeded to blow a full 360 in the middle...

Caption This Photo: A Convertible Cab Over Big Rig the Hard Way

Obviously this photo comes from somewhere in Asia, but that is really beside the point. It could come from the moon and we’d still glare at it for minutes on end because it is absolutely...

BangShift Question of the Day: Have You Ever Saved a Car or Truck From the Crusher?

Hearing about old cars and trucks getting crushed always causes us to grit our teeth, but knowing one is headed for certain destruction and having the chance to save it is a totally different deal....

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Shut Down (Live) – The Beach Boys (1964)

As I have written many times before, The Beach Boys are my favorite band. This live version of their classic street racing tale “Shut Down” is super good because it appears they are...

Art Malone – Drag Racing Pioneer and American Racing Legend Dead At 76 Years Old

(Photo credit: Mike Carter) Today we have the sad duty to report to you that Art Malone, one of the great drag racing drivers of all time, a life long friend of Don Garlits, the first man to break...

RON CAPPS WINS STAR94.1 MARCH MAN-NESS COMPETITION THANKS TO YOU!

WE WON WE WON! CONGRATULATIONS TO RON CAPPS AND THE DRAG RACING COMMUNITY AT LARGE. TAKE THAT YOUTUBE STAR DUDE! It was a tough battle, with the results actually showing 50/50 on the ladder. That...

Why The AFCO Vortex Cone May Be The Perfect Solution For Your Drag Car In Situations Where Mufflers Are Required

Lots of drag strips now require sportsman cars in many classes to run a muffler. While some racers will go the route of adding actual mufflers to their cars, that may not be the best route. Adding a...

Question of the Day: Which Buick Electra 225 Would You Pick?

Big Buicks represent some of the finest cars Detroit pushed out during the good ol’ days. Imagine our joy when we stumbled upon two of the lumbering giants, a decade apart in age but nearly...

Wreck Video: When Co-Driver Indecision Causes Rally Havoc

This video is from the Targa Tasmania, a race three times as wild as the name would suggest. You’ll see what happens when a codriver and driver lose communication for only just a half a second....

Gallery: 3Dog Garage Open House – America’s Greatest Ford Hot Rod Collection – Incredible Stuff!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – So if you thought yesterday’s look at the Trans Am and IMSA cars housed at the 3Dog Garage was cool, wait until you get a freaking load of this gallery! Joe...

Watch A Wild Swedish Off Road Buggy Pull Of The Gnarliest Jumps We Have Seen Yet!

We keep our eyes peeled for killer videos from the Swedish Formula Off Road scene because those guys build some awesome trucks that leap and fly and climb like few other things on this Earth. This...

Gallery: The 2013 Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show – Hot Rods, Customs, Bikes, and Weirdos!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’ve been hammering you with great photos from the 2013 Northeast Rod and Custom Car Show all week by Joe Grippo and here’s our last (and biggest!) blast...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Racing In The Streets – Bruce Springsteen (1978)

This could be the most melancholy song about street racing ever recorded, but like most of Springsteen’s music it manages to strike the right chord with us. There have been a bunch of car...

PowerShift TONIGHT! 6PM Pacific/9PM Eastern – Chad And Brian’s Weekly Romper Room Session LIVE!

That’s right kids, we still haven’t quit this weekly hour of fun and shenanigans known as PowerShift LIVE with Chad and Brian. We cover all the topics you want to hear about in the world...