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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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Paris Auto Show 2010 Coverage – 1968 Diamond Reo Unveiling

Big websites with stuff like “travel budgets” and “dress clothes” have sent reporters to France in order for them to breathlessly report on a slew of cars that will never see...

Event Gallery: The Vintage Racer Group at New Jersey Motorsports Park

Vintage road racing, like the nostalgia drags, is great. While we’d submit that the competition at the nostalgia drags may be a bit more intense, seeing historic cars from all over the world...

MSD Tech Video: Chad Installs an MSD Crank Trigger

When it comes to getting the most out of your high performance engine, timing is literally everything. Maximizing the efficiency and accuracy of the ignition system on your mill will get the most...

MORE: ENGINES, Videos

Swedish Nostalgia Nitro Flopper Headed to the 2010 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion

The NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion is right around the corner and already we’re getting flooded with news and information about some of the awesome iron that will be running at the race. One...

Auto Trader Classics Find: A Neato 1956 Talbot-Lago

An admission that we’re not too sad to make is that we really want to someday own an old right hand drive European sporty car. Eventually, said car would probably end up with a blown Hemi in...

Engine Masters Challenge 2010 Coming Next Week: BangShifters Thrashing on an Entry

The 2010 Amsoil Engine Masters Challenge is set to start rocking the dynos at the University of Northwestern Ohio, Lima campus next week. One entry, the team of Hot Heads Research contains a couple...

Cool Shop Tour Video: Be Cool Radiators

There have been some very serious advancements made in high performance cooling systems over the  last 15 years and many of them can be traced back to the people at Be Cool Incorporated located...

MORE: MISC, Videos

Caption this photo: Larry Larson and Jeff Lutz Share a Word on Drag Week 2010

Larry Larson and Jeff Lutz were the two heaviest weight competitors on Hot Rod Drag Week 2010. They had a great battle all week long, with Larson getting the upper hand at the end of the week, but...

Shocking Video: World’s Quickest Electric Bike Goes 7.46/177 With Larry McBride Riding!

We generally hate electric powered vehicles. The whole internal combustion deal is kind of close to our hearts. That being said, this drag bike, which looks all the world like a Nitro Harley from...

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...