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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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Watch The World’s Quickest And Fastest Street Legal Hearse Run 10.70s and Fry The Tires For Miles!

This video serves as more proof that horsepower can cure all ills. The guys at AMS Performance in Wisconsin took a mid 1990s Chevy Caprice hearse built by Superior Coachworks and stuffed it full of...

Barnstormin’: Creativity For The Sheeple And The Lost Art Of Making Something From Scratch

Yesterday, Chad went into full berserker mode over the Paul Harvey voiced Ram “farmer” commercial during the Super Bowl. I think I shared the same reaction as many other people by being...

Liberation Of A Sanctioning Body: How The IHRA Was Saved, Who Saved It, And What The Future Holds

Not a shot was fired, no blood was shed, and there were no adoring crowds lining the sidewalks when Kenneth Feld, leader of the family owned Feld Entertainment empire agreed to sell the International...

BangShift Question of the Day: If The World Devolved Into A Mad Max Situation What (Real) Vehicle Would You Be Driving?

Yesterday’s item about the mammoth Kenworth 963 oil field truck got a bunch of commenters mentioning that it seems like a good choice for a zombie apocalypse or a Mad Max dystopia type of...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Pontiac Blues – Sonny Boy Williamson And The Animals (Recorded 1960s)

While the song Rocket 88 gets roundly awarded the praise for being the first rock and roll song about cars, there was automotive themed music long before the late 1940s when Rocket 88 was recorded....

BangShift Quick Tech Tip: Chassis and Body Grounds. They Are Your Electrical Friends.

Our pal Todd Ryden, sent us this quick tech tip last week, along with a great new kit from Painless Performance that gives you all the grounds and fasteners you need to make sure your car or truck...

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Chadmouth: Paul Harvey and Ram – Plus A Bunch Of Other Whining Bitches

So let me get this straight. Dodge uses a Paul Harvey monologue in a commercial for Ram Trucks during the Super Bowl, thereby creating the best commercial of the game, and arguably one of the most...

Buford T Justice Update: A TCI 700R4 And Breakaway Torque Converter Get Our 9C1 Caprice Shifty!

Last week I installed the cylinder heads, COMP lifters, rockers, pushrods,and LS lifter guides into Buford’s small block mill. While all that was nice, we still had a massive problem on our...

Gallery: The National Motorcycle Museum Tour Grand Finale Gallery

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Yesterday we showed you the first of two galleries that our own Greg Rourke shot on a recent visit to the National Motorcycle Museum. There was so much cool stuff that...

Video: Helmet Cam Footage Of What It Is Like To Drive An Exploding Top Fuel Dragster In Australia

In today’s world of great editing, high definition camera, and slick video tricks, it is easy for a cool piece of raw video to get missed. Take this purely awesome video of a top run for...

Cruise Gallery: More Great Photos From The Kemah Cruise – Kemah, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We told you that Charles was crushing it on the photo front with his photos from the Kemah cruise in Texas and we weren’t lying! Yesterday’s gallery...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: The General Lee – Johnny Cash (1983)

During the height of the Dukes of Hazzard’s popularity in the early 1980s, a promotional album was released by the studio behind the show. Most of the songs on it were covers or stuff that...

Watch:Ford Raptor Destroyed While Landing A Massive Jump – Rednecks With Paychecks Carnage!

The Ford F-150 Raptor is one bad ass truck. Having thoroughly worked one off road and even jumped in it, I can say that they’re capable of standing up to almost everything a sane person could...

WE HAVE A WINNER!: BangShift.com Facebook Photo Contest Votes Are In

We have to admit that while we loved doing our first BangShift.com Facebook Photo Contest, it was not our idea originally. When our sponsor Ridetech did one on their Facebook page, we thought it was...