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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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Killer Car: Aussie Racer Pete Kapiris’s 1958 Chrysler Saratoga Top Doorslammer

Pete Kapiris is a name that you’ve probably heard if you are a follower of doorslammer drag racing. Kapiris has been a long-time standout in the Aussie Top Doorslammer class, which are very...

Racing Junk Find: The $8500 Oldsmobile Rear End

Just because the economy is imitating a Valu-Jet swamp landing doesn’t mean that insane prices for rare muscle parts have gone down. We found a listing on RacingJunk.com for an Oldsmobile W27...

Swiss Gov’t Study Shows Diesel Cars to be More “Green” Than Battery Powered Ones

The Swedish government recently completed a study that looked at the impact that Li-Ion batteries from electric cars have on the environment. The results of the study may not be a huge surprise to...

Get There: Lead East 2010 Happens This Weekend (W/Photo Gallery)

Lead East, the rollicking car show created by Terry Cook, and known as the “World’s Largest 50s Party,” is kicking off as you read this in Parsippany, New Jersey. The show is...

Killer Drag Video: An Interview With Nitro-Shoe Mendy Fry Circa 1987!

Mendy Fry is one of the most sought after nostalgia nitro pilots in the world today. She’s in the Nostalgia Top Fuel 250mph club, has run down into the 5.80s in a nostalgia nitro flopper, and...

Tech: The BangShift 700-R4 Rebuild Part 4

Jeff Bradley is back with the fourth installment of how to properly rebuild at 700-R4 transmission. This is literally a blow by blow, step by step account of how to replace every part in the...

Camaro Wrests Sales Lead Back From Mustang

Like a pair of heavyweight prize fighters trading blows, the Camaro and Mustang continue to fight for sales and performance supremacy here in America. According to the dudes at Camaro5.com, 6,321...

It Came From the Forums: Photo Coverage of the 2010 Frog Follies Pre-’49 Car Show

Indiana-based BangShift member Drew recently attended the Frog Follies car show in Evansville, Indiana. This event is billed as the largest pre-49 car show on Earth and draws more than 4,000 cars!...

Project Goliath Update: Piddly Projects, Plodding Progress

It has been too long since we brought you any information on progress with our 1966 C50 called Goliath. The main reason is that there hasn’t been too much sexy stuff happening. We’re at...

Video: The Shortest Jump in the Biggest Truck

Recently the story of a security guard beating on a brand new Corvette ZR-1 has been sweeping around the internet. Not surprisingly, the guy is being hailed as a dumbass for not only flogging the...

Camaro Makes European Racing Debut at Nurburgring, Runs Strong

The latest Chevy Camaro, which has been seeing action on American race tracks for some time now  recently started turning tires in European road racing action. The Dutch GT4 team, Equipe...

eBay Find: The World’s Most Awesome 1976 Mercury Comet

There were few more depressingly awful cars produced by Detroit in the mid-1970s than the wheezing, homely, 1976 Mercury Comet. It was a far cry from the hot little number that the Comet once was....

Killer Video: Plymouth Roadrunner Ads

Chrysler may not have been the sales leader of the muscle car era, but they were certainly the fun leader. We found a great video showing a compilation of Roadrunner ads from 1968-what looks to be...

Question of the Week: What’s Your Most Trusty Mechanical Companion?

If you’re a gearhead, chances are that you surround yourself with different machines, tools, gadgets, and equipment. Some of that stuff has probably been around you for a while, rescued you...