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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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Registration is Open for Hot Rod Drag Week 2012!

Ok boys and girls it is time to put your money where your mouth is and get yourselves signed up for Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week Version 2012. We’ve announced the tracks (this year the...

Follow Our Mission to Bring Project Buford T Justice Home LIVE!

By the time you read this, the fun mission to drive our new 1987 Caprice 9C1 project car from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts will have begun. We’re cruising down to PA today, collecting up the...

Event Gallery: Hotchkis Sport Suspension Mopar Open House 2012

(Photos by Elana Scherr) – Hotchkis makes great handling parts for all kinds of classic and modern muscle cars and every year they host some fun events at their California HQ. They’ve...

Event Gallery: More Photos From the 2012 Run to the Coast

(Photos by Elana Scherr) – The rave reviews and fun stories continue to come in from last weekend’s “Run to the Coast” pro touring event, held at the old El Toro Air Base in...

Cool Video: Talking AFCO Shocks at the Drags

There’s a reason that AFCO shocks are the choice of virtually every seriously fast small tire car in the country. They are the most tuneable, tweakable, and tailored pieces on the market. In...

eBay Find: A 1964 Mack B81 Tandem Axle Tractor – Old Big Rig Perfection

We’ve come across some cool old Mack Model B trucks over the years here on BangShift but this one is probably the biggest and nicest one we have found yet. This large and lovely beast is a 1964...

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Hotchkis Offers New Suspension Components and Tools for Classic Mopars

Hotchkis Sport Suspension currently offers a wide array of parts and pieces to make your classic Mopar turn and burn with the best of them. From their Total Vehicle Systems to individual parts for...

Watch Spectators Set a Barbed Wire Booby Trap and Wreck a Baja Buggy at the SCORE San Felipe 250

In my conversations with Bill Caswell and a few other guys who have participated in desert races like the Baja 1000 and others, the subject of spectator booby traps has come up. Mostly they are...

Introducing Project Buford T Justice – Our 1987 9C1 Chevy Caprice – The Adventure Begins!

Just like the title says, this is the official introduction for the first real deal project car we have done here at BangShift. I am calling this 1987 9C1 Caprice, “Buford T Justice” in...

Aeromotive Rolls Out New Stealth Fuel System for 2005-2009 Mustangs. Up To 1900hp supported with Drop In System!

Aeromotive’s innovative line of “Stealth” fuel systems continues to grow and expand. The company recently announced that they are now offering a Stealth system for 2005-2009...

Watch a Toyota Supra Explode and Turn the Strip at E-Town into a Hibachi Grill

While all the strips in the greater LA area may be shut down, the drag plants in New Jersey are awakening from their winter dormancy to the delight of drag racers from all over the New England and...

Epic Thread: Check Out One of the Largest and Coolest Collections of Stuff We Have Ever Seen

We got tipped off to a pretty amazing thread on the massive off road message board Pirate 4×4. Before you stop reading and write this off as something about big trucks, do yourself a favor and...

Watch a Russian Rally Team Survive One of the Worst Rally Wrecks Ever at WRC Mexico

There are wreck and then THERE ARE WRECKS. This one falls in the second category and displays just how toughly little rally cars are built. Russian rally driver Evgeny Novikov and his co-driver...

Event Gallery: The 2012 American Street Car Series Run to the Coast

(Photos by Bill Fowler) – The American Street Car Series is a cool group that puts on a great series of events aimed at Pro Touring cars all over the country. As they have in years past, the...