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One has a Flathead, One a Blown Olds, But Somehow These Traditional Hot Rods Share the Same Soul

There is just something about a traditional styled hot rod that just makes people smile. Even folks that wouldn’t describe themselves as traditional hot rod fans somehow find themselves drawn...

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From Dirty Dozen to Unreal Adventure 2026 Invited Subscriber: Pete Meyer and his 1963 Willys Wagon Made The Cut!

A few days ago we shared the Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen, those 12 rigs that came from more than 100 submissions to be chosen to participate in Unreal Adventure 2026. Out of those 12, 5 will be...

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Retropower’s Austin Allegro Build Is Restomod Greatness. But is it Hiding a Secret? You Bet Your Ass It Is!

This here is something special. It’s not that an Austin Allegro is at the top of my british car list, but it is certainly up there! And when you see what has been done to make this what some...

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Building A 1968 Camaro Drift Car In Autoshop, and Then Taking It To The SEMA Show AND PRI! This is Something Special!

When the Los Angeles Career Center decides to do something, they go all in. Given the fact that Southern California is the epicenter of hot rodding and racing, it makes sense that a project like this...

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Jay Leno Takes a ride in ONE of the TWO 1914 Knox Model 46s still in Existence: This is a 496 CI Overhead-Valve Monster From the Nethercutt Collection!

Sometimes we forget just how bad ass humans were 100-140 years ago. I say this because the amount of invention and ingenuity that was happening in the world was just insane. I mean people came up...

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MSD is Back With a Killer Rebate in 2011!

After their highly successful “Cash for Cruising” rebate program in 2010, MSD Ignition is back with another killer rebate offer for this cruising and racing season. The Rev’n in...

Who Gets the Blame? Are Ford Raptor Frames Faulty or Are Owners Expecting Too Much?

One of the hotter stories floating around the internet for the last couple weeks involves Ford’s bad Larry off-road truck, the Raptor. It has come to light that these trucks are experiencing...

Funny Car Wreckage Video: Mike McIntire Hits the Wall in Grand Bend

The amazing photo to the left was shot by a photog from Canadian Drag Racer Magazine and captures one frame of a scary wreck from the Mopar Canadian Nitro Jam Nationals at Grand Bend Motorplex last...

Satan’s Weed Whacker: The Twisted Tale of the Kawasaki Triples

“But it’s only 60 horsepower…How wild a ride could this possibly be?….” Ya, in this age of storebought 9 second uber bikes, the H-2 Kawasaki looks almost silly on paper....

Caption This Photo: When Good Trailers Go Bad

So-called “stacker” trailers are a staple at races of all shapes and sizes these days. From Top Fuel dragsters to Indy Cars, they are a tool that teams use to maximize space and...

Killer Barn Find: A 100% Original, Running and Driving 1932 Ford Tudor

Ever cruise your Duesenberg in a parade, run into an older woman who has an all original 1932 Ford in her family that she is looking to sell, and drive the unrestored, totally original find home?...

Killer Barn Find: An All-Original 1932 Ford Tudor!

Joel Nystrom went on a simple parade cruise in his amazingly bitchin’ Duesenberg and ultimately ended up driving home one of the most original and intact 1932 Ford Tudor sedans in the world. It...

Great Video: Drag Racing (Legally) In the Streets of Sioux City, Iowa

We got tipped by multiple people to this killer video showing an event called Rock-N-Rods, held in Sioux City, Iowa. While lots of cities host car shows, few actually create a safe eighth-mile drag...

Gallery: The Lifters King of Club Car Show – Barona, California

We got this cool gallery of photos from Alan Milczewski who is a pal of BangShift reader Bryan McTaggert. He attended the Lifters Car Club King of Club Car Show in California and fired off a bunch of...

Ludicrous Speed: Bill Warner Goes 311mph at Loring – Sets New LSR Record for Traditional Motorcycles

Floridian Bill Warner set a new land speed record for traditional (read: non-streamliner) motorcycles at the 2011 LTA meet in Loring, Maine last weekend. His mount was a 1300cc turbocharged Suzuki...

Video: 48 Hour Camaro Highlights including Air Conditioning Tech

If you missed out on the crazy, live, build of the 48 Hour Camaro, you missed out on a lot. We’ve got video coming over the next few weeks highlighting all the components that went into this...

Video: Ididit Steering Column Tech

Need a steering column for your hot rod, street machine, golf cart, or muscle car? The boys at Iditit have a column for anything and everything. Ken Callison from Ididit tells us what we need to know...

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Chadmouth: It’s the skinny pedal on the right.

Corn, lots and lots of corn. Is Illinois the corn state? Which college football team is the Cornhuskers? Isn’t that Nebraska? Hmmmm…. All of this is going through my mind in a matter of...

Randy Johnson wins Inaugural Todd Gartshore Memorial Award at HPCC

A few weeks ago we announced the loss of an industry icon, good friend, and truly nice human being. Todd Gartshore was the face of Baer Brakes and a whole lot more. It’s the more part that...