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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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Racing Junk Find: Billy Moffitt’s Bottoms Up Wheelstander

My unnatural love for exhibition drag racing machinery means that I immediately dream and salivate over the possibility of owning something as cool as Billy Moffitt’s “Bottoms Up”...

Show Gallery: The Pomona Swap Meet – October 2011

And the hits just keep on coming! Bob Chiluk didn’t sleep all that much on his California adventure and here’s more proof. He was up before dawn yet again to shoot this gallery of photos...

Car Show Gallery: The 2011 Road Kings Car Club Show

The Road Kings Car Club of Burbank, California has a long and storied history. Started in 1952 as a drag racing club, the group had members like Tommy Ivo, Don Prudhomme, Bob Muravez, Tony Nancy, and...

eBay Find: A Crazy 20-Foot, Two Man Battleship With 120-Horse!

Yes, we know that this is not a car or a truck, but this mini-battleship, designed to carry two people is so wild, we had to share it. For sale on eBay for the princely sum of $80,000, it is a hand...

Car Show Gallery: Jalopyrama – Annapolis, Maryland

There’s nothing like an old school car show at an old school location. During the formative years of the hot rod crazy, National Guard Armory buildings proved to be among the most popular...

Car Show Gallery: 2011 Chrysler Performance West Fall Fling

The Chrysler Performance West Car Club puts on two big Mopar shows every year. Their Spring and Fall Fling events draw people from all over the USA, Canada, and points even farther off than that. The...

Mud Slingin’ Video: Bad Ass Mud Bog Action From 1987

The mud boggin’ scene in the 1980s was pretty wild. Horsepower was becoming easier and easier to find, trucks were getting larger, faster, and more capable and the Budweiser bowtie logo was...

Cruise Gallery: Donut Derelicts – Huntington Beach, California

Bob Chiluk’s California automotive adventure tour galleries continue today with a nice one from the vaunted Donut Derelicts weekly get together in Huntington Beach, California. This early...

Rumor Confirmed: Drag Package Camaro to Debut at SEMA – Count on It

BangShift has learned, through a trusted source that the rumored Chevrolet Camaro Drag Package car is a reality and will make a debut at the 2011 SEMA show next week. The car is the third such...

Car Show Gallery: The Mass Cruisers Bass Pro Shop Cruise – October 2011

The cherry was effectively placed on the top of the cruising season in New England last week with the last running of the Mass. Cruisers Association Bass Pro Shops Cruise. This is the largest cruise...

Road Trippin’ With Scott: Racking up 1200 Miles in a Recently Freshened 1973 Monte Carlo

I’m surprised to hear how few people will actually get in their old project ride and just hit the road. Sure, thousands cruise Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour, but that number pales in...

Photo Galleries: The 2011 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion

While Chad mans the scaffolding high above the legendary drag strip at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California, our own Scott Liggett is snapping away with his camera to bring us great photos from...

CLICK HERE TO Watch Free Live Streaming Video from the 2011 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion!

For the 5th consecutive year, BangShift.com brings you FREE Live Streaming Video from the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. Watch dozens of nitro burning Funny Cars and Dragsters run down the famed...

Cruise Gallery: Bob’s Big Boy Cruise – October 2011

Normally Bob Chiluk is sending us galleries from the Chicago car scene, but he escaped the Fall doldrums and went out to California recently for a week or cars and surfing. We hate him too. Anyway,...