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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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eBay Find: 1976 Chevy Limo-amino

We have to thank Bangshift.com member Mr4Speed for this amazingly awesome eBay find. It is true perfection. A 1976 El Camino limo, one of three actually built and the longest of the troika. It the...

New Jersey Man Patents Supercharger Control System

It was announced yesterday that a New Jersey man has been granted a patent on a “Supercharger Control System.” This control system is essentially an on/off switch for a supercharger that...

Old School Gearhead Uses Steamboat Project to Fight Parkinson’s Disease

You may not care much for boats, especially those of the steam-powered variety, but we know you’ll dig the story of Charlie Thomae, a 77 year-old Cape Cod resident and seeming lifelong...

Rest In Peace: Shaun Carlson

As you may heard already, racer and fabricator Shaun Carlson has passed away. Carlson suffered from a heart condition known as Brugada Syndrome and had recently received a pacemaker to help deal with...

Video: Dan Wilkerson Walks Away From Wild Funny Car Wreck in Memphis

Dan Wilkerson, nitro Funny Car racer, and son of nitro Funny Car racer Tim Wilkerson was involved in a violent and bizarre crash at the rain delayed NHRA Mid-South Nationals, held at Memphis...

Report: Mayfield Looking to Hire Celebrity Lawyer Mark Geragos

Just when we thought the Jeremy Mayfield versus NASCAR saga was headed into a winter hibernation, word comes from the Associated Press that Mayfield either has hired or is in the process of trying to...

Book Review: Merchants of Speed by Paul D. Smith

When we open the BangShift.com Gearhead University, this book, Merchants of Speed by Paul D. Smith, will be first semester required reading. It is an awesome look back at the anchor companies of the...

Breaking News: Tasca’s Cobra Jet Mustang in the 9.40s

We’ve received word that Tasca Ford’s 2009 Mustang Cobra Jet has run into the 9.40s in recent testing. If this is accurate (and we have little to no reason to suspect otherwise) than it...

BangShift.com Day of Destruction: It’s a Wrap

October 5, 2009, marked the first ever BangShift.com Day of Destruction, where we brought you action videos every hour on the hour all day long, with every video loaded with crushing, exploding,...

Destruction Video: Vintage Crash Tests

As our last item on the BangShift.com Day of Destruction, we bring you back to the old school with a crash test video from the 1960s, one that is probably from the 1940s with a ’30s car, and a...

Destruction Videos: Mopars Getting Mangled

Anyone who watched enough Dukes of Hazzard as a kid got filled with enough Dodges and Plymouth destruction to last a life time. Consider this a little dessert. If you only have the stomach for one...

Destruction Video: Amazing Industrial Accidents

So far today, the BangShift Day of Destruction has been all about the wrecking of motor vehicles. But a lot of car guys like anything with an engine and power, and the ability to wreck things, and...

Destruction Video: Road Rage Gone Wrong

Not that we endorse road rage or acts of violence against the Man, but every once in a while some chucklehead combines the two with results that backfire right in his face. Like the gentleman in the...

Destruction Video: When Animals Attack Cars

Here’s something you probably didn’t worry about on your drive to work this morning, but there was a chance that your car could have been attacked by a pack of wild baboons, or maybe a...