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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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Killer Old Video: Streamlining 1930’s Style

Today we complain loudly that cars pretty much look all the same. Sure, there are blips on the radar screen, but most of the stuff people use as general transportation has morphed into the same...

Drag Week 2010 Registration Open: Dates and Venues Announced

It’s put up or shut up time once again. Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week will once again be held in 2010 and they’ve opened the window for registration as well as announced the dates...

RacingJunk Find: A Huge by Large Chevy Mud Truck

After watching lots of YouTube videos showing big trucks pulling against each other, slogging through the mud, and jumping through the air, we decided to find one of our own. We did just that on...

Event Coverage: 347 Photos from Rod & Kulture Magazine’s DragFest 2010

After hearing about Dragfest for the past couple of years, we vowed not to miss it in 2010. Rod & Kulture magazine has been committed to putting on a real nostalgia drag race, with traditional...

Historic Drag Video: Mickey Thompson and Danny Ongais On Nitro in 1969

This is one of the coolest drag racing videos we’ve ever found. It features Mickey Thompson and Danny “On the Gas” Ongais during the 1969 season, racing the funny car that Thompson...

Good GM News: The Next Generation of Small Block V8s is in the Works

The Chevy small block isn’t dead. In fact, GM just announced that it will be putting more than $890 million into developing the engine and the facilities that will be producing it. Engine...

British Virgin Islands Government Considers Building a Drag Strip to Encourage Tourism

Drag racing has been on a global tear over the last few years. With the major infusion of cash from the middle east and the recent announcement of the NHRA Worldwide Network, this international...

Craigslist Find: A Bad Ass Canadian 1970 ‘Cuda

We decided to take a trip north this week and search Craigslist in Canada for a cool rig to show off on the blog. We hit a home run with this kick ass 1970 ‘Cuda that stopped us dead in our...

Just a Good Ol’ Boy: JC France Skates on Charges, Allowed to Race Again

JC France, the grandson of “Big” Bill France Sr., Grand-Am racer, and guy who was busted street racing while in possession of cocaine, has escaped the jaws of the legal system and has had...

Crazy Carnage Photos: Fiery Wreckage From the ADRL Race in Valdosta, GA

We finally got around to checking out the ADRL homepage for coverage of the Hardee’s Georgia Drags VI, which was held last weekend at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta, Georgia. In...

Screamin’ Six Dyno Video: A 266ci V6 at 9,800 RPM

We were browsing dyno videos as we often do and came across this gem featuring a bad ass, 266ci six-cylinder race engine on the pump. We don’t know what form of racing would be home for this...

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Killer Show Coverage: The 24th Mooneyes Street Car Nationals from Tokyo, Japan

When we think of Japanese car show photos, the last things on our mind are hot rods, street machines, and muscle cars. Images of small cars that have been oddly modified usually fill our head. Thanks...

Event Gallery: The Spring 2010 Madison Classics Car Show and Swap Meet

Another BangShift.com field photo agent, Greg Rourke, has come through with a killer dispatch from his home state of Wisconsin. Greg recently attended the Spring Madison Classics Car Show and Swap...

Cruise Gallery: Tons of Cool Iron at a Local Sonic in Pennsylvania

Cruise season is on and we want your photos! Joe Grippo’s photographic prowess is once again on display today as he shared with us a load of snaps from a cruise night at his local Sonic...