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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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Event Gallery: Fords at Carlisle 2012

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Show season at the mammoth Carlisle, Pennsylvania fairground is in full swing and our own Joe Grippo spent the weekend there at the yearly “Fords at...

2012 Hot Rod Power Tour Gallery: Tons of Photos From the Muskegon Stop!

(Photos by Chris Chenlo) – As you all know, the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour got underway a few days ago and the massive group of cars is working their way through the center of the country to...

Watch a Wild Tractor Tired Chevy LUV Truck Catch Huge Air and Slog Through Mud Bog Pits!

Owning a gnarly truck that rolls around on tractor tires is definitely on my “to do” list and after watching this video, it will probably be on yours too. What you’ll see is an old...

Ridetech Releases New Suspension Packages For 78-88 General Motors G-Bodies

The world seems ready to embrace something we have known for some time and that’s the fact that the G-body can be a great platform for building a car that can turn well. They were made by the...

Question of the Day: Who is the Most Sympathetic Figure in Automotive History?

I keep seeing ads for an upcoming documentary on the Discovery Velocity channel that will analyze and study the horrifying 1955 LeMans crash that killed more than 80 people and sent shockwaves...

Private Mack Attack: An Awesome Look at a Private Collection of Ancient Mack Trucks

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – It is always cool when one of our contributors shoots an email in saying, “I’m not sure if you want to use these photos but…” because it is...

Watch Chris Holbrook’s Massive Cobra Jet Wheelie From the ADRL St Louis Race – Super Car Showdown Action!

Chris Holbrook got some SERIOUS hang time during the ADRL Gateway Drags last weekend. He and his Cobra Jet Mustang were competing in the ADRL’s Super Car Showdown class. Having seen and more...

Kurt Busch Suspended by NASCAR For One Week After Threatening Reporter

Kurt Busch’s tough talking stupidity at Dover last weekend has earned him a week off and could potentially end his already shaky driving position with car owner James Finch. As you’ll...

Not Surprisingly The Weirdest Automotive CraigsList Ad Ever Is For a VW Van (Bus Transporter)

There are ads on Craigslist for everything. Looking at just the gearhead realm there are tens of thousands of cars, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, and parts listed in virtually every major...

Barnstormin’:The Little Drag Strip That Could, Did…After Almost 50 Years

It will go down as the coolest gearhead non sequitur I have ever seen. Walking up to the old Boston city hall building, deep in the heart of downtown and seeing Bob Tasca III’s nitro funny car...

Event Coverage: Houston Cars and Coffee – Exotics, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Big Trucks!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re pretty sure that this takes the cake of the most diverse gallery we have ever published here on BangShift. Charles Wickam was juiced up to hit the...

Watch Kurt Busch Go From 0 to Complete DB in Mere Seconds While Talking Tough To a Reporter

Monster Energy Drink is getting their money’s worth out of Kurt Busch in their first season as a NASCAR Nationwide Series sponsor. He’s been in the headlines for all kinds of stuff like...

Video: Watch the IndyCar Series Go Back to Being a Sad Joke As Their Detroit Circuit Falls Apart, Causing Wrecks

With my planned day at the drag strip rained out and threatening skies above, me and my boys retired to the confines of BS Eastern World HQ and played Hot Wheels, killed time, and waiting for racing...

Gallery: The Connecting Rods Car Club Cruise – June 2012

I’ve been remiss in some of my cruise reporting duties thus far in 2012, so it was good to sneak out on Friday night with my sons and father in law to hit a local cruise in Halifax,...