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California Man Reunited with Stolen 1969 Camaro Bought Brand New By His Vietnam Veteran Father!

We hear about car thefts all the time, and have been victims ourselves, so when we saw this story on the national news this morning we knew we had to share it. In 1969, after returning home from the...

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Drag Racing Photos: The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 At Darlington Dragway Featured Great Cars And Action!

Here’s the 2nd gallery of photos from the PDRA Carolina Nationals at Darlington. Check the out below and if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link for that too! (Photos by David...

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Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

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Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

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This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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Southeast Gassers Association 2026: First Drag Race of The Year from Shadyside Dragway

Here’s a livestream replay from the Southeast Gassers Association’s First Race of 2026 at Shadyside Dragway in North Carolina. If you like traditional nose high gassers that still row the gears,...

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Caption this Photo: How not to Move a Car on a Train

This photo had our mind reeling with possibilities of awesome captions. We should give you some background info first, though. No one was hurt in this accident. In fact, no one was even in the...

Video: The History and Awesome Personal Story Behind The Meyers Manx – An American Icon

It is a little bit ironic that we’s find this killer Hot Rod Unlimited episode about the famed Meyers Manx on the day when we already ran some air cooled VW content, but it would be appropriate...

Show Gallery: The Belair Plaza Cruise – 2012 Daytona Turkey Run – Pro Street, Hot Rods, and More!

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – The huge gathering of hot rodder known as the yearly Daytona Turkey Run has its own traditions. One of those traditions is an “outlaw” car show at a...

LIVE 6PM Tonight! PowerShift With Chad And Brian: Dragstrips, Power Adders, Choppers, and More!

After last week’s technical issues during our second episode of PowerShift hear on BangShift.com, Chad and Brian will be back at it for Part Deux TONIGHT at 6pm Pacific Time. In this...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Like Christmas Car Art and Cartoons?

We just ran a blog item where the Holley Gearhead News featured a cool Pro Touring Vega backed up to the speed shop and getting all loaded up with goodies by some hot rodder wearing his Santa hat. We...

Coyote Den: This Harmless Looking T-Bird Is One Of The Coolest Sleepers We Have Ever Seen

(Photos by Dave Nutting and Tube Chassis Designz) – We all love sleepers. Whether it is the idea of smashing someone with a flashy ride in the mouth (figuratively speaking) with something that...

Cool Christmas Car Art And More: Holley and Chris Froggett’s Take On Car Guy Christmas

One thing we dig about this time of year is all the funny car guy centric Christmas cartoons that you see depicting car guys decorating a starting line christmas tree rather than a regular green one,...

Car Show Photos: Operation Santa Toy Drive Car Show By La Habra Lions Club

Our SoCal dude on the street Newell Ruggles was back at it this weekend shooting photos at the Operation Santa Toy Drive Car Show hosted by the La Habra Lions Club. He sent us a bunch of cool photos...

Video: Watch A Hyabusa Powered Lawn Tractor Blow Off Cars And Pull High Speed Wheelies

A couple of weeks back we showed you the awesome Australian V8 powered lawn tractor spinning the dyno rollers down under. We’re back today with another exceptionally overpowered lawn tractor...

Ebay Find: Pro Street 1970 GTO. This Goat Has Some Junk In The Trunk!

One of our web geeks, Scott, sent us this one yesterday and we couldn’t pass up throwing it up on the site since we are huge fans of the Pro Street movement around here. We are firm believers...

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Monday Moment of Photo Zen: There are No Words – We Think It Needs A Red Flag On The End

I’ve got to thank my pal Brady Basner from Powermaster Starters and Alternators for this photo that has been making me laugh since he sent it to me a couple weeks ago. He didn’t know...

Brake Tech From Baer: How To Properly Season Your Rotors and Bed Your Brake Pads

High performance brakes are a great upgrade to your street machine, pro touring style car, autocross warrior, or even your daily driver. Most of us start building horsepower before setting the proper...

Video: An Update On The Viper Powered Maverick Project – Fuel Tank Fitment And A Roll Cage Fail With Bonus Guff!

We’ve been following the adventure of our pal Jason Lewis and his cool Maverick project which he has seen fit to jam full of Viper V10 goodness. The car has been an on going project for some...

eBay Find: A Monstrous 1967 Dodge Sweptline Show Truck Rolling On 53″ Rubber – Flawless Paint – Limited Functionality

Functionality is a big part of my automotive tastes. Stuff doesn’t need to be practical, but it needs to function in the manner that you’d expect in my world. My old wrecker runs and...

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