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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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Question of the Day: Have You Ever

A couple weeks back out pal Dave contacted us and asked if we wanted an old rear end that was sitting in the woods behind a family member’s house that he was helping to get ready for sale....

Crazy Photos: The Entire Sideways Smoking Nova Burnout Sequence

Last week we dared you to try and caption one of the coolest drag racing photos we had seen in some time. The Nova in the photo was in the middle of a monster burnout but was completely and...

The Coolest Pedal Car Known to Man

Our buddy Jeff, the owner of the (formerly) Hack Job General Lee loves to hang out with his buds at the infamous “Bat Cave Body Shop”. These are the guys who painted the Hack Job and...

Show Coverage: We’ve got 250 photos from the 2010 John Force Racing Holiday Car Show

December means more than car parts under the tree for Southern California residents, it also means it’s time for the John Force Racing Holiday Car Show and Toy Drive 2010. Yorba Linda, home to...

Caption This Photo: One of the Coolest Drag Shots We’ve Seen in a Long Time

If this photo of a bad ass Chevy Nova heading east to west on a north to south drag strip doesn’t make you smile, check your pulse. The photo was posted on our Facebok page and we immediately...

eBay Carnage: A General Lee That Died With Its Boots On

Our soft spot for General Lee Dodge Chargers runs pretty deep and we’re not ashamed to admit that. We followed the epic rebuild of the Hack Job General Lee from the get go, and it was...

Video: The 2011 Camaro Convertible. We’ll take two.

We’ve got a 1969 Camaro Convertible in the BangShift.com project car fleet, so it only makes sense that we’d be excited about the new 2011 Camaro Convertible. We got to see one in person...

Video: Wheelstanding Stock Eliminator 1969 Camaro

Let’s face it, we like a lot of racing. But since we grew up around NHRA Stock Eliminator drag racing, and one of the family racers was a 1969 Camaro, we have a certain soft spot for first-gen...

Craigslist Truck Pick of the Week: 1969 GMC Long Horn C60

As an homage to our fearless truck and tractor aficionado, Brian Lohnes, we came up with this cool Craigslist Truck Pick which came to us via the BangShift bat phone. “Brn Agn” on the...

Video: Drag Car hits wall, comes apart, and almost takes out the camera man.

Sean Melton, one of our loyal BangShift Forum members, sent us a link to video that he shot at Immokalee Dragstrip in January of 2010. The video is pretty crazy to watch as Sean found himself...

Video: Chad Introduces Ridetech’s New Triple Adjustable Coil-Over Shocks

While at the 2010 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, we showed you several new products on video, but we still had one in the bag. After making it’s debut at the SEMA Show, we are introducing...

Buick Video Bonanza: Buford Engines Making Power on the Dyno

Yesterday’s look at the 409ci Chevy powered Riviera got us to thinking about Buick engines. The make has had some awesome power plants through the years and they’ve ranged from big inch...

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Project Goliath Update and a Peek Behind the Scenes!

Things have been moving along on the mechanical side with our big, lovable truck Goliath. The 1966 C50 has reached the end stages of work on the mechanical side and we’ll soon turn our guns on...

Video: More Aussie fun at the 2010 Spring Nationals in Victoria

While most of us are bundling up for a cold Fall season, our friends down under are enjoying Spring which means the 18th Annual Spring Nationals in Melbourne Victoria. And when we think Spring...