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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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Incredible Burnout Video: The Most Wild Flaming Aussie Video We Have Ever Seen!

Aussie BangShifter John Tearle tipped us off to this video of a Commodore Ute not only burning the tires off, but also nearly burning to the ground during an Aussie “power skid” contest....

Celebrity Car Death Match: Magnum PI’s Ferrari 308 GTS VS The Miami Vice Fake Ferrari Daytona Spyder (w/video)

Celebrity Car Death Match has taken on a life of its own. We’re getting proposed match ups, hate mail, and weirdo automotive fan clubs all riled up at this deal and that’s absolutely...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Trooper – Boys In The Bright White Sports Car (1979)

This one should resonate with our BS brothers and sisters living in Canada as Trooper is one of the country’s better known rock bands and they are the group that recorded this tune, Boys In The...

Have You Cruised Chris Alston’s Chassisworks New Product Catalogs? You Should!

We like to make sure that good, hard work gets recognized. When we learned that the squad over at Chris Alston’s Chassisworks had reworked, revamped, and released some new product catalogs...

The Wilshire Shaker Is For Sale And It Could Be Yours! (w/video!)

In the coming weeks, you’ll be seeing some cool stuff from the electronic pen of Steve Magnante here on the pages of BangShift. We were cruising his new site SteveMags.com and came across an...

Sideways With Rodney Prouty: Who is “That Guy”? Wait, I Know, I Know…

Every week or two Rodney Prouty sends us his next edition of Sideways and we love them all. Great stories from a regular Joe hot rodder who races his daily driver ’68 Camaro as often as...

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BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Hanous Cross Brand Violation You Have Ever Seen?

After the Mustang photo that we posted yesterday, with the Chevy Rally Wheels on it, I got to thinking about other weird cross brand violations. Of course engines are a big one that get people all...

Nostalgia Funny Car Testing Photos From Famoso: Stone, Woods, and Cook Plus More

Zane McNary and the Stone, Woods, and Cook Team were up at Famoso this past weekend for an open test and tune session in their Dark Horse II Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car. They weren’t the only...

Drag Gallery: The First Annual Nostalgia Drag Race At Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Bangshift contributor, Tommy Lee Byrd is at it again, with another gallery of photos—this time from the first annual Nostalgia Drag Race at Brainerd...

Celebrity Car Death Match: The A-Team Van VS The Fall Guy Truck! (W/video!)

By now you know all about Celebrity Car Death Match, our on going series that places two famous cars or trucks into the ring against each other and a winner is chosen based on your comments below the...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Turn The Page” Bob Seger (1973) and Metallica (1998)

Bob Seger rules. I’ve been a fan since I was a kid, have seen him live, and applauded when Chevrolet decided to use his song for their ad campaigns. And anyone that ever saw Tom Cruise lip sync...

Guess What’s Wrong: What Is Wrong With This Mustang? Tell Us For Fame And Glory

We hit the Pomona Swap Meet yesterday and, as usual, saw some weird stuff. A van with a whacky body lift that was like 30 inches tall, and other strange stuff, along with tons of cool cars and parts....

Shop Tour: Murpho’s Hot Rod and Customs – Austin, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re finally at the end of Wickam’s amazing 2013 Lonestar Round Up photo coverage with this great shop tour gallery at Murpho’s Hot Rods and...

Question of the Day: Is it OK to Spec a new Camaro or Mustang With a V6?

We recently read some stats that suggested half of new Mustangs and Camaros sold leave the lot equipped with a V6. The V6 motors that Chevy and Ford are offering in the cars are certainly stout for...