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Steve Magnante Is Back! He’s Recovering From A Bad Health Scare With Truck Week Videos!

Our friend Steve Magnante has been out of commission for a few months as he’s literally been fighting for his life from a bad brain infection, but he’s back! You may know Steve from all...

Magnante Makes it Better: Check Out This Neat Look At The Rarely Seen AWD Chrysler Town and Country Mini-Van

When Steve Maganate’s Junkyard Gold series was discontinued, he knew that the idea still had an audience and he knew that he still loved making that type of content. The solution? Keep it up on...

Where Do Old Tow Trucks Go To Die? Steve Magnante Finds An Old Relic In The Junkyard

In recent years Steve Magnante has become known for his amazing automotive knowledge on stage at Barrett-Jackson auctions where he is part off the television broadcast team on stage. If you know him...

Buy The Book: Steve Magnante’s 1001 Muscle Car Facts

When Steve Magnante recently told me that he had a muscle car facts book coming out, I was both excited and a little worried. Being a guy who reads lots of lots of books, many of which are about...

Magnante Speaks: The Story Of The Bad Seed Chevette – Cheap Project Car Insanity – Part 2

(Words and Photos by Steve Magnante) – 11 Seconds For $2,000 Fast & Cheap! Editors Go Insane! This is the continued story of the Bad Seed Caddy 500 powered Chevy Chevette, one of the more...

Magnante Speaks: Here’s the True Story Of The Bad Seed Chevette – Part One Of Three!

(Words and photos by Steve Magnante) – It has been over a decade since the April 2000 issue of Hot Rod magazine appeared on newsstands across the nation. The main image depicted an austere...

Teaser: Steve Magnante Comes To BangShift And Tells All About The Bad Seed In Epic Three Part Series — Starts Tuesday! Be HERE!

(Photo – Steve Magnante collection) – We’re rat bastards for doing this but we have to let you know what’s coming. Firstly, Steve Magnante is our newest BangShift contributor....

Steve Magnante’s Bad Seed Caddy Powered Chevette Lives!

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – The public loved it, the magazine company lawyers hated it, Steve Magnante built it, and gearheads still are obsessed with it to this day. The infamous “Bad...

TECH VIDEO: WATCH STEVE MAGNANTE INSTALL AN MSD ATOMIC EFI SYSTEM

MSD’s Atomic EFI system has been a huge hit since being released at the 2011 SEMA show. The bolt on EFI upgrade for virtually any car that runs a four barrel carb has been tickling the fancy of...

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The IROC-Z Had The Heart Of A Corvette, And Was Named For The All-Star Racing Series That Would Entertain A Nation

In this video from Steve Magnante you’ll hear some of the history and cool facts that follow Chevrolet’s IROC-Z Camaro. It was the ultimate 3rd Gen Camaro performance model, and while I...

Rough Start: Mom, Get The Small-Block! This 1980 Chevette Needs It!

Don’t try to walk in here making sense. Don’t say it’s too small and would be much too wild on the street. Don’t sweat the small stuff like creature comforts that you’ve...

Unhinged: The Sunset Of Print Magazines

The starting point was a silver Hot Wheels C4 Corvette with the cream-colored interior tub and the red luggage case visible in the rear hatch. The ignition moment was when my uncle Benjamin and the...

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Plokhoye Semya: Stuffing A Lada With A V8 Out Of A Russian Work Truck!

The typical weight of a VAZ-2101 (read: the classic Lada) is about 2,100 pounds. It’s a tiny little speck of the former U.S.S.R., a Soviet bloc car that used to be the standard-bearer that most...

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This 1977 Chevrolet Chevette Is Dead-Stock And Ready For A Re-Powering!

Recently, I got to spend more time than I ever wanted with a Hyundai Santa Fe. And for the most part, I hated it. I hated the blandness, anonymity-promising nature of the little gray crossover. I...