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The Martin Lundqvist Racing Street Week Sweden Drag and Drive 1969 Camaro Project Continues! The 8HP and LS Get Custom Mounts!

I can’t wait to see Project 508 in person in Sweden in a few weeks! This project is in full swing and we are super excited about what is going on with this machine. We’ve got another couple...

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Our Final Gallery of Lost Buckeye Skips Day One Drag and Drive Photos! We’ve Got On Track Action and Checkpoints, and More From Day 2 Coming!

Here’s our third gallery of lost photos from Day 1 of Buckeye Skip’s Drag and Drive, and we’ve got plenty more where that came from! Plus, if you missed the previous photos...

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All The Racing Action From This Weekend’s SCTA El Mirage Flying Mile. 200 MPH Plus On Dirt! Watch Right Here.

While Bonneville gets most of the attention in Land Speed Racing, because it clearly is home to the biggest and baddest land speed racing events of the year, most land speed racers will tell you that...

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Dirt Daily with Fred Williams. His Barn Find 1989 Land Cruiser FJ-62 gets a Dissent Off Road Rear Bumper!

Years and years ago I built a 1987 Toyota FJ-62 for my buddy Sean and I loved it. We painted it, lifted it, improved a bunch of suspension and drivetrain, and then he drove the hell out of it. It was...

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Larry Chen AWD K24 Turbo EG & Drift S13 Feature Video: Indonesia’s Top Tuner Show Produced These Two Amazing Builds!

These things are siiiccckkkkk. Yes, I love the EG hatch a bit more than the S13, but that’s because I have one at home. This one here looks absolutely insane and I love it. But so does the S13...

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Have They Successfully Turned This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 4!

In Part 3 of the series, this beast went for its first test drive. Now it’s actually being put through its paces! Here’s the Part 4 video in the series, and that means actual testing!...

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Tim Allen’s Moal Roadster is up for Grabs on eBay

In the past week we showed you Boyd Coddington’s last custom rod for sale on eBay. Now here is a super high-dollar rod for sale from the collection of Tim Allen, best known for his role on Home...

Event Gallery: New Years Bracket Bash in Fontana California

While most of the country was embroiled in one of the most widespread cold spells in history, the greater Los Angeles area was enjoying temps in the mid 70s on New Years. And if that wasn’t...

Photo Tour: The Petersen Automotive Museum

A few days ago, we brought you a photo tour of the Justice Bros. Racing Museum in Duarte, California, as an introduction to stuff you can do when you are a gearhead visiting the Los Angeles area. Now...

Government Funding Engine Projects, Yunick’s Hot Vapor Engine Seems To Be Among Them

Apparently while sweeping under the rug, the US Government located $187 million dollars and decided to dole it out in the form of grants to companies that build engines. The money is to be used for...

Aussie Spec Ford Falcon is Dead According to Ford’s President Mulally

The Ford Falcon, long a staple of high-performance motoring in Australia, will not be produced in the current form much longer according to Ford boss Alan Mulally. Citing Ford’s new “One...

The Story of a Chevelle and A Demolished Dealership

We ran into a bittersweet story on SouthtownStar.com about an Illinois man who owns a 1967 Chevelle that he bought brand new from the now demolished Sunrise Chevrolet located in Midlothian, Illinois....

Only One Dodge Team Left In NASCAR for 2010

It has come to this for Dodge in NASCAR. Roger Penske’s team will be the only one left running a car with a Dodge logo and headlight stickers on it for 2010. It is a far cry from the triumphant...

Racing Junk Pick: A 1977 Holden WTF-amino

We love looking at stuff on RacingJunk.com because you don’t normally need to weed through a bunch of crap to see cool iron. Case in point is this thing, a 1977 Holden HX ‘ute that is...

Caption Contest: Cardboard and Aluminum Foil Bling Bling

It’s that time again, friends. Time for the BangShift.com caption contest, where you write the caption for a chance to win the admiration and laughs from both of the readers who will be...

Bob Toia, Founder of Gratiot Auto Supply, Dies At Age 95

Bob Toia, the founder and longtime operator of Gratiot Auto Supply, a former giant in the world of aftermarket parts sales, has died at the age of 95. There are few companies in the performance that...

Photo Gallery: Long Beach Swap Meet, January 10, 2010

The Long Beach Swap Meet is a great local hangout in Southern California, and it was about 70 degrees here last Sunday, so while many of you were freezing your gonads off, we were cruising the deals....

Photo Tour: Justice Bros. Racing Museum in Duarte, California

Lots of guys ask us what kinds of car guy stuff they should do when they are in Southern California for work or vacation, so BangShift.com decided to start bringing you some of the best gearhead...

BangShift.com Project Car: The 1969 Camaro Convertible comes home!

Since I moved from Texas to California a couple years ago, my 1969 Camaro convertible has been sitting in our shop in Texas collecting dust and losing parts to Dad’s 1968 Z/28 Camaro. But...

Saab: Last Minutes Offers Still Coming In

We know you thought that you were waking up to a Saab-less world this morning, but the Jason Voorhees of car companies, Saab, just refuses to admit that it is dead and some business folks think that...