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Merry Christmas From BANGshift! We Hope You Enjoy Christmas With Your Loved Ones And That Santa Is Good To All Of You!

Every year the message is pretty similar, and on behalf of the Reynolds family, along with our amazing BangShift.com sponsors, I’d like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry...

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CHRISTMAS TREES GOING 6 SECONDS IN THE 1/4?!?!? MORE CHRISTMAS TREE DRAGS FROM BRADENTON!!!!

Spoold Media was on hand at the Christmas Tree Drags at Bradenton, and we’ve got their video right here. We’ve already shared the video from 1320Video and KSR, but this one is different...

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MOONEYES Christmas Party 2025 Video: Classic Cars, Hot Rods & Models Together Celebrating 75 Years Of Mooneyes!

The Mooneyes Christmas Party is always one of our favorite events of the year, and I really do miss it now that I live in Texas. It was one of those annual shows that we really looked forward to each...

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Vice Grip Garage Christmas Extras: DETROIT DIESEL Dually Squarebody! Will It Make It 600 Miles Home or Leave Him Stranded?

This thing is cool! Well it looks cool anyway, even though I’m not a big fan of the 6.2 liter diesel under the hood. And before all you 6.2 and 6.5 fans start bitching, know that I grew up with...

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Stop Telling Me How To Drive! They Might Be Good At Instructions, But What Happens When a Rally Co-Driver Takes the Wheel?

Have you ever been driving down the road and had a backseat or passenger seat driver telling you how you should be doing it better? Or telling you straight up that you are doing it wrong? Worse yet...

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Is This Even Savable? THE FRAME REPAIR MASTER TACKLES THIS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX MERCEDES TRUCK FRAME REPAIR

I don’t know that most frame shops would even want to repair this thing, or that the condition of the wrecked truck would be worth saving. But that’s what is happening in this video here...

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Watch A Legendary Vincent Black Shadow Engine Dissection

There are engines that seem to transcend time and space. Engines that are larger than the sum of their parts and hold an aura over gearheads for seemingly unending numbers of decades. One of those...

Retro Review: This Look Back At The 1984 Buick Century Estate Wagon Is Grandma Approved

The mini-van was a transformative vehicle in the 1980s and Chrysler was cleaning up, leaving all the other manufacturers to scramble for their own version. GM was among the scramblers and in 1984...

European Clap Back: This Film From The 1971 Questor Grand Prix At Ontario Is Amazing

Back in the late 1950s American Indy Car drivers went to Italy to take on the best Formula One drivers in the best Formula One cars at Monza. Twice they went and twice they brought the bragging...

This Short Video Showing The Maintenance On A 5,000hp Locomotive Engine Is AWESOME

Now this is the kind of thing that BangShift readers LOVE. You are about to see a short video showing the maintenance on a 5,000hp locomotive engine and it’s not some long drawn out affair....

Merry Christmas From All Of Us At BangShift.com! Have A Happy And Safe Holiday Season!

Brian, McTaggart and I, along with our families and BangShift.com sponsors, would like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry Christmas. We also send a hearty Season’s Greetings...

We’ve Got Photos of Nitro Revival 6, An Awesome Party Of Friends And Fans!

(Photos by Kim Fuller & Darr Hawthorne) • When the California Hot Rod Reunion was created by Steve Gibbs and Wally Parks in October of 1992, it was to be a gathering of old friends to celebrate...

All Of Our Wally Parks Nostalgia Nationals Photos : Nitro Funny Cars, Dragsters, Fuel Altereds, Back Up Girls And So Much More From Famoso!

Check out the gallery below AND a link to all the rest! (Photos by Kim Fuller and Darr Hawthorne)  This season-ending event for West Coast NHRA Heritage Series racing celebrates events at Famoso...

All Of Our North Carolina State Fair Tractor Pulling Photos Are Right Here! Wheels Up, Dirt Throwing, Fire Breathing Beasts.

We’ve got a gallery below, plus a link to all the rest right here! (Words and Photos by David Whealon) Well, we’re back on our yearly stop for the “Southern Showdown” at the NC State Fair...

All Of Our Street Rod Nationals Kalamazoo Photos Right Here: Check Out All The Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks, Street Machines, And More, Plus A Link To Anything You Missed!

Here’s our final gallery AND a link to all the rest! (Photos by Jim Hrody) Thanks to Jim, we’ve got photos from the NSRA Street Rod Nationals in Kalamazoo and they are of course some of...

Here’s Our Final Gallery Of Street Machine Nationals Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks And Street Machines Galore!

Here’s our final gallery of photos from the Street Machine Nationals, and if you missed any of our previous photos there is a link below that will take you to all of them as well. (Words and Photos...

MORE SEMA Show 2023 Photo Coverage: Cars, Trucks, Customs, Hot Rods, Parts, And More From The SEMA Show In Las Vegas

Here’s another photo gallery from the SEMA Show in Las Vegas! If you missed the previous photos, you can use the link below to check them out. The 2023 SEMA Show was another example of the...

Drag Racing Photos: Our Final Gallery Of Photos From The PDRA Carolina Nationals Is Right Here.

Here’s our final gallery of photos from the season ending Carolina Nationals in Darlington. If you missed our previous PDRA Photos, use the link below! We have to thank David Whealon for his...

PRI Show Photos: Here’s The Last Gallery Of Photos From The PRI Show, Plus A Link To All The Rest If You Missed Any!

Here’s our last batch of photos from the 2023 PRI Show and a link below in case you missed any of them. We’ve got more photos from the 2023 PRI Show in Indy. Man this place is full of epic stuff...

OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational- 2023 Edition: Bob Sobey’s Nissan GT-R successfully defends its title

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley & Royce Rumsey) Bob Sobey’s Nissan GT-R became the third vehicle to successfully mount a title defense in the 16-year history of the OPTIMA...