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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: THIS RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 350 HAS HAD A HOD ROD LIFE! COME SAVE IT!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Pontiac. How about a real deal 1987 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that has had a few good go...

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Wild Ride at the May 2026 El Mirage California SCTA Meet – The Spirit of AutoPower III Comp Coupe Hits A Bump at 228 MPH!

The Spirit of Autopower Comp Coupe is a pretty radical machine, and a staple in the land speed racing community. This thing is based off a little tiny first generation Honda Civic, but the rest is...

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BangShift Project Spotlight: A 1972 Camaro That Stepped Right Out of a 1970s Time Warp

For ages, the looks of 1970s street machines have been scorned. Their ass high stance, too big tires, square hood scoops, velocity stacks, and gold anodized everything led to the monochromatic pastel...

The 2010 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Television Show Airs Tonight!

The Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge is truly the premier competition amongst the best Pro Touring cars in the country, and the world. Taking place each year, the weekend after the SEMA show...

AFCO Racing Joins the BangShift Sponsor Family

We are proud and honored to announce that AFCO Racing, one of the most diversified companies in the high performance aftermarket has joined on as a sponsor of BangShift.com. With product lines...

Painful Fail Video: A Snowmobile Crosses a Creek and Eats a Tree

Here’s a video that shows how one can go from hero to bone crushing failure in about half a second. In the film, you’ll see a snowmobile launch off to skip across a creek somewhere out in...

Awesome Roadside Find: A Stepside Cadillac Eldorado

Intrepid BangShift reader Eagle Kammback was cruising the streets in his native New Jersey when he came upon what may be the single greatest roadside find in the history of the internet. This is an...

Video: A Fuel Injected Pro Stock Hemi Tuning Session on Ray Barton’s Dyno

We teased you the other day with a short video of an 1100hp full race Hemi screaming into the night through the exhaust system of the dyno at Ray Barton Racing Engines, now here’s the whole...

New Jersey Motorsports Park Declares Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

These are tough times to be running a race track in. Recently, the operators of New Jersey Motorsports Park, a multi-use racing facility in Millville, NJ declared Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in order to...

Stop and Gawk: Header Flaming Wheelstand Drag Race Photo Coolness

Kevin Blalock’s photos have appeared on the pages of BangShift before, but they have always shown cars exploding, on fire, or barfing parts. This time he sent one along that is just pure...

Racing Junk Find: A Beautiful Bonneville Racer 1955 Chevy

While there are probably a number of practical racing arguments against owning this absolutely awesome 1955 Chevy LSR machine, the non-practical reasons for owning it number in the thousands. The...

Bitchin’ Old Video: A Collection of 1936 Chevrolet Newsreels

Old promotional newsreel films are always a gas. This collection of Chevrolet-centric films from 1936 does not disappoint. There’s a bevy of bathing beauties using the car as a water slide and...

Robby Gordon Placed on Indefinite Probation by NASCAR

Robby Gordon, the multi-faceted driver that sees action in NASCAR, off road, and open wheel racing has been placed on “indefinite probation” by NASCAR officials after an scrum with his...

New Video From the Best Engine Explosion Ever, HD Detail of The Exploded Mill!

A short while back, we found video of the Never Satisfied pulling tractor exploding and launching the engine right out of it’s chassis. We were actually the first people to post that video and...

Tune In: Captain Jack McClure to Appear on the Wally Bell Show Tonight!

Captain Jack McClure one of the craziest guys we’ve ever had the chance to interview and feature here on BangShift.com, and the driver of the insane rocket powered go kart drag strip terror of...

Sayonara Saleen Mustang – Production to Close This Summer

t is the end of an era. For the first time since the early 1980s there won’t be a Saleen Mustang next year, hell, there won’t be a new one by the end of this summer. Revstone Industries,...