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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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Free Live Streaming Drag Racing: 20th Annual World Footbrake Challenge Big Money Bracket Racing – Sunday

The 18th Annual World Footbrake Challenge is the bracket race event for all you folks who don’t like a trans brake, delay boxes, etc. and we are thrilled to be bringing you all the racing action...

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LIVE: LARIS Motorsports Insurance $100K Presented by Vintage at Beech Bend Raceway Park – Sunday

Watch the Motormania LIVE Coverage from the TB Promotions Laris Insurance $100k at Bowling Green. This is going to be some great racing with a $25K race, two $50k races, and the big $100,000...

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Ridetech’s SEMA 2009 Experience: Awards, Drama, and More!

Longtime BangShift.com sponsor Ridetech seems to be everywhere at all times, and the 2009 SEMA show was no different. Ridetech not only launched thier incredibly trick new line of Select Shocks and...

Video: The 40th Anniversary Ignition from MSD

Earlier in the week, BangShift.com showed you the new MSD 40th anniversary 6AL ignition box in a cool retro-style look. Power TV was also there in the MSD booth and got this video of our friend and...

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Event Coverage: SEMA 2009 Friday Photo Bonanza

Here’s our last big gallery from the 2009 SEMA show. This one was shot on Friday and looks at some parts and lots of cars and trucks. One of the neatest parts of the show is the major traffic...

2009 SEMA Show According to Cherry Bomb

While we BangShifters were out covering the SEMA Show last week, so were all of our site sponsors. Wild man Matt Graves at Cherry Bomb had some cool projects in the works that we’re not going...

Breaking BangShift.com Project Junk News: Our 1966 Chevy C50 Comes Home

It’s been a wild weekend for us around here. First we winged home from the 2009 SEMA show on Saturday, then got all wound up for our trek on Sunday to officially score our new 1966 Chevy C50...

Carnage Video: Flaming Rollover Crash at Shakedown at E-Town

This video has it all: a half-track wheelstand, a rollover, a guardrail smash, and fire. The best part is that driver Joe Newsham walked away from this wreck that happened at the Shakedown in E-Town...

BangShift Approved: Holley’s new EFI

After spending three days at SEMA surrounded by the coolest cars and horsepower around, it’s not easy to be impressed by another speed part—but this new EFI from Holley gives us lumber....

BangShift Approved: RHS LS Block

We like big power, boost, and spray here at BangShift.com, and this new aluminum block from RHS is made to handle all of the above in spades. The 6-bolt head pattern, extra-thick deck, and clearance...

Bangshift Approved: New Parts from Detroit Speed & Engineering

Detroit Speed & Engineering is a one-stop shop for all your haul-ass American muscle-cornering needs. They build stuff that can launch you into the realm of complete Italian “super...

SEMA 2009 Parts Spotlight: Painless Performance

Painless Performance Products is known for having top-quality, easy-to-install parts, and at this year’s SEMA show they brought out several new products that continue that tradition. For...

Killer 1962 Corvette Is Goodguys Street Machine of the Year

As you’d imagine, we’re not the only members of the automotive blogosphere here at the 2009 SEMA show. The dudes from Autoblog.com are here as well, and their man Drew Phillips spent some...

Jeremy Mayfield To Auction House, Cars, Guns, Wife’s Jewelry

Thanks to a tip from Bangshift.com forum reader Wally, we found out that Jeremy Mayfield is set to auction off his home that sits on 475 acres, his car and gun collections, and his wife’s...

Bangshift Approved: The McLeod M-800 5-Speed Transmission

One of our favorite parts of the 2009 SEMA show is McLeod’s brand-new M-800 five-speed manual transmission. This thing has survived 800 ft/lbs of torque and enough torture that the guys...

SEMA 2009: Notes From the Floor

We’ve been giving you the nuts and bolts from the show, but we know that what you really want is the inside line on what’s happening. There hasn’t been an incredible amount of juicy...