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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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Hot Rod Power Tour: A good hot rodder always carries his own spare.

Well, we knew it was unlikely we would make it through Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour 2010 without doing some kind of repair. We were hoping we were done after applying some tape to a piece of...

Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour 2010 Day 2 Show Coverage

Day 2 of Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour was just what we expected. After having a perfectly smooth uneventful first day, many folks, including ourselves, got comfortable with the trip, headed...

Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: A Huge Stash of Power Tour Photos

    Bangshift.com forum member Louich is out of the Power Tour jamming along with our Forum Freaks and all the other crazies hamming it up on the week-long cruise. This collection of Power...

Cherry Bomb on the Power Tour Trail

One of the coolest parts of the Power Tour is the fact that there are so many companies involved, and not just involved by throwing money at the event, but actually cruising their own junk! Matt...

Freiburger’s New Hot Rod Project Camaro Revealed on Power Tour

The F-Bomb has a shinier, younger brother. Hot Rod editor David Freiburger’s new project Camaro was spotted by our own Chad at the Power Tour stop in Newton, Iowa. Powered by one of GM’s...

Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: The Coolest Fire Truck Ever

    Here’s a quickie installment of our Guerilla Power Tour Coverage, which is being submitted by BangShift.com readers out on the Power Tour. Power Tour participant Bill Dunphy sent...

Guerilla Power Tour Coverage: Good Times, Near Misses, Chad Holds Court

      With the first “official day of the 2010 Hot Rod Power Tour in the books we wanted to give you another great load of Power Tour news, stories, and Power Tour pictures....

2010 Hot Rod Power Tour Photo Coverage: Day One, Newton, Iowa

Jump here to see the photos! Day One of Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour 2010 has been as event filled as your typical Power Tour Week, but we’ve still got almost 150 photos for you to check...

2010 Hot Rod Power Tour Guerilla Coverage: Blown Tires, Hitch Hikers, and Chattering Rear Ends

      The great (and not so great) stories are already rolling into our special Power Tour e-mail hot line. Power Tour participants are rolling toward Newton, Iowa, the starting point...

Event Coverage: Bob’s Big Boy Cruise June 2010

The Bob’s Big Boy in Toluca Lake, California plays host to a great cruise night every Friday. It’s a pretty famous deal and people travel from all around the country to take it in....

Vintage Drag Video: Billy Meyer and Gary Densham Burn Their Floppers to the Ground

It’s been said that if you drive a Funny Car long enough, you’ll have to experience a fire. Both Gary Densham and Billy Meyer certainly did, as evidenced from this vintage footage from...

Alabama Drag Strip Reopens After Years of Being Closed

Nothing warms our hearts like hearing about race tracks coming back from the grave. Such is the case for a drag strip in Alabama known as Lassiter Mountain Dragstrip. The grand reopening of the strip...

Unintentional Stunt Jump Video: A Drunk Driver Launches Her Car in Dallas

Well this may have sobered her up. A suspected drunk driver in Dallas, Texas, launched her car over a set of toll booths at the DFW Airport when she failed to slow down and pay the toll. We can only...

RacingJunk Find: The Pisano and Matsubara Nostalgia Funny Car

Nostalgia Funny Cars are where it’s at right now in drag racing. There are dozens across the country and they’ve gone from side show to featured attraction with dedicated events happening...