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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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Gallery: The OCCA Great Labor Day Cruise – 30th Year of This Killer SoCal Cruise!

(Photos by Daphne) – We’ve got a bunch of great galleries coming for you today so we thought that starting on the west coast in Orange County, California with the Orange County...

Video Bonanza: Insane Wrecks, Saves, and Wheelstands From the 2012 YellowBullet Nationals

While the US Nationals was a rain filled disaster, the YellowBullet Nationals held at Cecil County Dragway was another epic success. With a huge field of doorslammers in every shape and size...

Free Live Streaming Video of the 3rd Annual Yellow Bullet Nationals

The YellowBullet Nationals V2012 is off an running. Mark Walter is live broadcasting the race and let us in on the fun. Hit the link below to watch the 2012 YB Nationals LIVE and FREE on BangShift!...

Gallery: Baer Brakes Hosts Cars and Coffee – From Trucks to Dragsters, They Were There!

Baer Brakes recently hosted their first cars and coffee event and it was a great success. The event drew come cool hot rods, a few wild off road trucks, and even a front engine dragster that was lit...

Motorized Freak of the Week: The Russian Caspian Sea Monsters

First off we have to thank forum member Malc for pointing us toward these most bizarre of vehicles. It seems we’re on a bit of a Russian kick as of late, but for some time, the Ruskies had the...

Question of the Day: What Are You Doing This Weekend – Wrencing, Racing, Relaxin’?

Labor Day weekend is one of those weekends that is packed with stuff to do, especially car stuff. There are car shows everywhere. Drag races like the YellowBullet Nationals, the US Nationals, and...

Ride Along On A 277Mph Bonneville Run in Lee Sicilio’s Dodge Charger Daytona – This Thing Is NUTS

If you followed BangShift’s 2012 Bonneville Speed Week coverage (and a zillion of you did!) you know that we closely followed the week of Lee Sicilio, our pal Scott Clark, and the rest of the...

RacingJunk Find: A Mechanically Cool and Aesthetically Bizarre Survivor 1960s Kustom Creation

We’re not going to lie here. There are very few 1960s custom cars that we “get”. This is not one of them. While this car is a very awesome study in custom car construction of the...

Video: Triple Black 440 6-Pack 1970 Cuda Owned By BangShifter John Cross On Big Muscle

BangShifter John Cross sent us this cool video that the guys at Big Muscle put together on his NorCal based 1970 440 6-pack Cuda. Although it is a numbers matching car, John pulled the original 440,...

Watch Andy Frost Cruise the World’s Quickest Street Legal Car Around the Streets Of England

As the gearhead world gets ready to lock their eyes onto all of the action at Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week event, which kicks off in about a week and a half, video of driving a heavy duty drag...

Historic Gallery: A Neat Tour of the Glenn Curtiss Museum – Historic Engines, Planes, Motorcycles, Cars and More!

(Photos by Jeremy George) – The Glenn H Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York is a true gearhead’s delight. The large facility is filled with ancient motorcycles, airplanes, old cars,...

BangShift Exclusive: Chevrolet Performance’s Dr. Jamie Meyer Talks COPO… Indy… The Future

Undoubtedly one of the biggest stories in drag racing heading into this weekend’s NHRA US Nationals is the official arrival of the COPO Camaro from Chevrolet Performance. The fruits of nearly...

COPO Camaro In Car Video: Aeromotive Fueled Patterson Racing Engines COPO Runs 9.78

The guys at Husky Liner are faithful customers of Patterson Racing Engines and Aeromotive, and shot cool video of their new COPO Camaro running 9.78 at Topeka this past weekend. You saw us showing...

Watch A 1960s Vintage Triumph Drag Bike Try To Launch Its Rider Onto The Strip

The first time I ever spoke to EJ Potter we were having a discussion about drag racing motorcycles in the 1960s. EJ said that there wasn’t a lot of love for two wheel competitors back then. In...