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Magnante’s Junkyard Crawl: Today’s Ride Is A Real Deal 340 Duster, WITH A 4-Speed! This Is Muscle Car Goodness Right Here!

Magnante is back baby, and this time with a 340 Duster that came with a 4-speed behind it! Magnante is the king of the junkyard crawls and is always finding cool stuff. And speaking of cool,...

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STUBBY BOB, the LIMO TRUCK, FREIBURGER, FINNEGAN, and a Big Road Trip That Sets A Gas Mileage Record! What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

They’ve got the band back together once again, but this time Freiburger and Finnegan are getting MULTIPLE youtube hero vehicles together as both the Limo Crew Cab dually AND Stubby Bob will be...

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More I-24 Lebanon Dragfest 2026 Photos! This Indoor Drag Racing Showcase Features Some Amazing Race Cars, History, And More!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Here in the northeast section of the country we are in the deep freeze so most of the fun stuff moves indoors. We took a break from off season race car upgrades and...

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Holley Pro Spotlight: Alan Johnson Talks About How They’ve Built 30 Years of Craftsmanship at Johnson’s Hot Rod Shop

I’ve known Alan Johnson for a while now. I’ve realized lately that whenyou get my age, in this industry, it means that you get to know people for way longer than you ever expect when you...

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New Jump Pack Battery Tech: Are They Worth It? Testing These New Little Jump Packs To Find Out If Any Of Them Are Worth Owning

I have to say that I have only had a couple of jump packs ever, but the one I have now does work pretty good. I haven’t put it through anything ultra tough, but when I’ve needed it to get...

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This Clean 1962 Chrysler Imperial is Road Trip Greatness! Buy This Thing And Haul All Your Friends On Power Tour Or Rocky Mountain Race Week!

When a buddy of mine saw this thing on Facebook Marketplace, and shared it to a group chat, I took one look at it and thought that a smart person would buy this thing, bag it, and then road trip the...

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Dyno Insanity Video: A 3,000-HP Ford Big Block at Steve Morris Racing Engines

Long story short, this is a video depicting one of the craziest Ford engines on planet Earth. A twin turbo, 572ci big block that made 3,000hp on the dyno at Steve Morris Racing Engines, it is a mill...

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Cool or Not: A Traditional, West Coast 1962 Impala Low Rider

Here’s one that may split right down geographic lines. This 1962 Chevy Impala was parked outside of the 2011 SEMA show and caught our eye while walking past it one afternoon. Low riders were...

Video: Big Rigs Racing On an Oval Track – Major Wreckage Involved!

While big rig oval track racing has been dead here in the United States for a couple of decades, the intrepid racers in Canada have never stopped…or at least up until 2005 they hadn’t...

Epic Fail: Austin Formula One Race and Race Track Both Appear Dead

In news that the dead corpse of Ray Charles could have seen coming, it appears that both the Austin, Texas 2012 Formula One race is dead and with it, the racing facility the event was to have taken...

Show Gallery: The 2011 Vintage Specialties Open House – Gettysburg, PA

The late fall show galleries just keep on rolling! Here’s a nice gallery from Pennsylvanian shooter Doug  Garrison. Doug recently attended the 2011 Vintage Specialties open house event in...

Nuclear War: 2013 Shelby GT500 to Have 650hp – 200-Mph Capable

Leaping lizards! Ford has announced that the 2013 Shelby GT500 Mustang will have 650hp and will be capable of going more than 200mph. They also made a point to mention that the 5.8L DOHC blown V8...

Event Gallery: Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest 2011

Pennsylvania’s Bruce Larson is one of the most accomplished Funny Car racers in the history of drag racing. He was a hitter from the earliest days of the class with his awesome 1966 Chevelle,...

Firepower: A Look at the Red Jacket Firearms Jeep JK8 by V-Werks

There were some killer Jeep JK8s at SEMA this year, but one really jumped out at us and we’re going to tell you more about it. The particular Jeep we’re talking about was built by a new...

Major Ford Eye Candy: Killer Builds Happening at Tube Chassis Designz

It has been far too long since we darkened the door at our pal Jon Sandahl’s shop, Tube Chassis Designz. As usual, he is rocking on several awesome builds. If you are a Ford fan, you’ll...

Bitchin’ Video: The induction of Gray Baskerville into the SEMA hall of fame

Gray Baskerville’s induction into the SEMA Hall of Fame was certainly well earned. He was one of the most familiar and widely read voices in the realm of hot rodding for decades. He was at the...

BangShifty Barn Find: A Low Mileage, Pristine Condition, 1961 VW Beetle

Cool barn finds are an awesome part of the car hobby. Finding one is like hitting the gearhead lottery and in some cases it is like hitting the actual lottery. For BangShift reader Jeremy Holt, his...

Crash Video: Helmet Cam Footage of a Violent Karting Wreck!

Long before we knew better, we laughed when heard guys say that they raced karts. We then drove one and soiled our racing suit, so to say that we have lots of respect for the people who race these...

Cool or Not: The Ring Brothers Dragon 1970 Mustang

The genre of the “high end” muscle car build tends to be polarizing. Lots of guys identify more with the “bleeding in the driveway homebuilt car” end of the hobby and look...

Racing Junk Find: A 1950 Plymouth Business Coupe That is All Business on the Strip

Back in the days of yore, most manufacturers sold some variation on the “business coupe”. Designed with a minimum of options and luxury but lots of trunk space, these were cars designed...