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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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500 Strong: This Video Shows A 327 With A Mini-Blower Making 500hp and 500 lb-ft On The Dyno – Cool!

There was once an engine that roamed the Earth in such numbers that many thought it would rule forever. It was compact, it was small, it was light, and it was as versatile and powerful as anything...

When The Germans Fought Back: This Review Of The 1989 BMW 535i Is A Fun Look Into The Past

It was 1989 and the executives at German car companies were sweating…profusely. Why? Much like the fictional characters on the show “Game of Thrones” they knew a massive threat was...

Iconic Racer And Team Owner Don Schumacher Dies At 79: Motorsports Icon Don Schumacher Leaves Lasting Legacy After Battle with Cancer

JUPITER, Fla. (December 21, 2023) – It is with heavy hearts that the Schumacher family announce the passing of motorsports icon Don Schumacher. The NHRA team owner and Funny Car pioneer had spent...

Don Schumacher, Transformational Force In Professional Drag Racing As Boss, Owner, Manufacturer Dies At 79

Don Schumacher, a one man force of nature in the sport of NHRA drag racing for more than 50 years passed away on December 20th due to illness related to a protracted cancer battle, he was 79 years...

Engine 101: How to assemble an LS top end, including heads, valvetrain, intake, and valve covers!

Putting an engine together can be a pretty intense and difficult task depending on the engine and on the tools that you may or may not have. But, luckily, an LS engine is one of the easier ones to...

Vice Grip Garage Gives This 1948 Studebaker Champion Its First WASH & BUFF In 47 Years! Budget Transformation!

I love it when you can take a solid old car and give it a little bit of a spit shine and some careful touches and make it look like something truly special. So when I saw this latest video from Derek...

Same Blower, Different Engines: 3.8L V6 VS 4.8L V8 CHEAP M90 BLOWER TEST. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU RUN THE SAME BLOWER ON BOTH MOTORS?

Richard has been turning the internet on its ear recently with his M90 Supercharger tests. He’s built an adapter plate to run one on a 4.8 LS and has obviously been testing them on the 3.8...

World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet: The ROTTEN 57 Chevy Gets Her Final Patch Panel – PLUS Homemade LS Fender Well Headers

As if there wasn’t enough rusty sheet metal replaced already, Dan has got one more spot to fix on what he’s calling the World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet. In fact, he even goes so far as...

This Profile of GATR Racer Shawna Robinson Shows How Wild Big Rig Speedway Racing Was In The 1980s

While this video is centered around the lone female driver in the Great American Truck Racing Series (Shawna Robinson) is is a spectacular look at the series as it was in 1985. The truck were still...

Video: Watch And Listen To This Little Toyota V8 Make 510hp At More Than 8,100 RPM

The Toyota 1UZ-FE engine is interesting because when it debuted in the late 1990s people immediately saw the potential for it to be a strong horsepower maker. It has six bolt mains, an over-square...

Smashing, Baby! This British Review Of The Then New 1974 Lotus Elite Is Glowing To Say The Least

The 1970s were not a great time in the world of British automotive manufacturing. In fact, their domestic car industry kind of came to pieces during that period and never fully bounced back. Sure...

Abandoned 1984 Chevrolet 1 Ton 454 Big Block! Will Mortske Make It Run?!? 4×4 Square Body Transformation.

Mortske is back at it, this time working on a big block truck that he thought he should get in order to have a tow rig. Of course other projects came along and it got pushed to the side, but in...

Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – CHEAP Transformation! Paint match, Buff Job, Trim Polish, Body Alignment, and MORE!

Today’s update on the budget shop truck build, which includes a clean long bed to short bed conversion, features some spit shining, polishing, and buffing to make it look as good as possible...

Burnouts, Burnouts, and More Burnouts: Buick G-Body Burnout Greatness From The AutotopiaLA Crew

If you are a fan of the Buick G-Body then you are going to love this video from AutotopiaLA. These folks are into burnouts and donuts which makes them our people for sure. Just check out this video...