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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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VOTE NOW! Cherry Bomb Nominated for Speed Parts Hall of Fame

Alright BangShifters, it’s time to help the fine folks at Cherry Bomb Exhaust as they have been nominated to be part of the class of 2009 in the Hot Rod Magazine Speed Parts Hall of Fame. We...

Drag Week Carnage: Yost Firebird Frags a Transmission at National Trail; The Thrash Is On

OUCH! Drag Week Competitor Eric Yost fragged the Turbo 400 in the awesome turbocharged Firebird he is driving today at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio. In true Drag Week fashion, the guys are...

Caterpillar Rolls Out Hybrid ‘Dozer To Dealers After a Year of Testing

Irony. It’s all around us every day. We’d say that a hybrid bulldozer would fall under the ironic category. Calling it a “green” bulldozer would be downright oxymoronic, but...

Video: Fun With Backfires

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re big fans of dumb fun around here. The guys in this video are as well. They have a 1995 Caprice that is backfiring through the exhaust. The guys...

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Your Car is Safer, It Just Seems More Dangerous

It can be stated as fact that the new cars hitting American roads are the safest ones ever built. Crash test results are often touted by manufacturers in advertisements and the vaunted “five...

Detroit Speed & Engineering Deep Tubs for 1962-1967 Novas

Our friends at Detroit Speed & Engineering have a bunch of trick parts, and we’re big fans of their Deep Tubs kits that make it much easier to mini-tub a car for tire clearance. With Deep...

Wednesday at Drag Week 2009 by Jay Brown at FordFE.com

We’ve been following Drag Week with the diary of racer Jay Brown in his SOHC-motored 1964 Galaxie. If you don’t know the car we’re talking about, see the video of a 9.53 pass here....

Art Arfons’ Green Monster on eBay

One of the most significant cars in the history of American motorsports is currently for sale on eBay. The “Green Monster” of Art Arfons, a vehicle that was one half of the greatest LSR...

Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week 2009, Day 3, Norwalk, Ohio

The five-day road show and drag race that’s called Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2009, presented by Gear Vendors, had more drama than the Wendy Williams show today as transmissions got changed,...

Hot Rod Drag Week 2009 Day 3 Results Are In

The results of Day 3 of Hot Rod Drag Week at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, have been posted here at the Hot Rod Magazine web site. Go there to download the pdf, which is getting too large...

SideJobPhotos Great Shots from Drag Week 2009

While you’re awaiting tonight’s BangShift.com coverage of Day 3 at Hot Rod Drag Week 2009, go check out the SideJobPhotos web site to see some very cool shots of many of the competitors....

Video: Jay Brown’s 1964 SOHC Galaxie Running 9.53 at 140 MPH During Drag Week

Jay Brown is the racer who we have been following on Hot Rod Drag Week 2009 through his diaries at FordFE.com. As of Tuesday, he was the leader in the Modified Naturally Aspirated class with a best...

Drag Week Breaking News: Jeff Lutz’s 1957 Chevy is Out!

BangShift Chad just called from Norwalk, Ohio, with the news that Unlimited racer Jeff Lutz and his bad, 7-second 1957 Chevy are out of the competition at Hot Rod Drag Week. It seems that a broken...

600 Horsepower, 12.33-Second E.T. for Vortech 2010 Camaro, Says Edmunds

What do you get when you cross a brand new, six-speed-automatic Camaro SS and a V-3 Si-Trim Vortech supercharger? How about 603 hp and 518 lb/ft of torque? That’ll ruffle your toupee for sure....