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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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eBay Find: An Alaskan Archimedean Screw Tractor

We’re not trying to brag, but when it comes to weird Archimedean Screw tractors, BangShift.com is pretty much the internet leader on the subject. We’ve given you the history of the design...

Near Death Fail Video: How Not to Pull Down A Tree

Pulling junk with a truck or tractor is cool as hell. We fondly remember our dad yanking bushes and stuff right out of the ground back in the day. Now that Goliath has his sea legs under him,...

Great Story: Mopar Enthusiasts Complete a Sick Friend’s Project, BangShifters Involved

No doubt that you’ve heard the stories of car club members or buddies banding together to help get a sick friend’s project done, but we’re betting they don’t usually get them...

Car Show Gallery: The 2010 Long Beach Motorama

The Long Beach Motorama has been going since 1958 and continues to feature some of the most beautiful and wonderfully executed kustoms in the world. The show is really broken into two parts. There is...

Photo Gallery: 11th Annual Cruisin’ For a Cure, Costa Mesa, California

Cruisin’ for a Cure is an annual charity car show held in Costa Mesa, California. It is a huge affair, drawing more than 3,000 cars, featuring more than 200 vendors and exhibitors, and it even...

Video Bonanza: Baldwin-Motion Machinery in Action!

As we eluded to in the previous story about the Baldwin-Motion Phase III GT Corvette, the stuff that rolled out of Joel Rosen’s Motion Performance shop was simply beyond compare in the late...

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Ultra-Rare Baldwin-Motion 1971 Phase III GT Corvette Found and Restored

Simply hearing or seeing the words, “Baldwin-Motion” makes our little gearhead heart start to run faster, but when we were informed that the very last Phase III GT Corvette ever built by...

The Turbo Revolution is Upon Us, Projections Say One-Fifth of Vehicles Sold to be Turbocharged by 2015

Turbochargers are still an exception rather than the rule when is comes to domestic cars here in the United States. European manufacturers have been employing them for decades with differing levels...

Cool Video: 1980’s Sand Drag Action Complete With an Awesome Blower Explosion

Back in the 1980’s TNN was the place to be for awesome gearhead television programming. We say that because of the great lineup of shows that they had on Sunday mornings. American Sports...

Lex Joon’s Top Fuel Team Seeks Sponsorship on eBay

Lex Joon and his team Top Fuel have decided to hit eBay in an effort to grab a sponsor or two that would enable them to run the final two races of the NHRA tour this season. Joon has been racing in...

Physics Wins Again Video: How Not to Mud Bog Your ATV

Riding four-wheelers can be loads of fun. Bombing around in the woods, doing some mud bogging, making some high speed runs down fire roads and under high tension wires, a jolly good time. As fun as...

Sad News: Lenny Woods, California Ford Dealer, Son of Drag Racing Legend Tim Woods Found Dead

Lenny Woods, a man who grew up in the midst of the gasser wars and went on to own a Ford Dealership in Chino Hills, California was found dead inside the now closed business, suicide is suspected....

Craigslist Finds: The Donks of Memphis

The classic American full size car has many natural enemies. Demolition derbies have claimed umpteen thousands of them, they have been gutted for their big blocks in junkyards, and most recently they...

NASCAR’s Chase Apparently Chasing Away Fans

Maybe the headline should have read, “Jersey Shore” out draws NASCAR on TV, because it did, by hundreds of thousands of people. Last weekend’s NASCAR event at New Hampshire Motor...