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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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Book Review: Top Fuel Wormhole, the Cole Coonce Drag Strip Reader

Part travel log, part history lesson, part social commentary, sometimes frustrating, always thought provoking, and ultimately an awesome read, Top Fuel Wormhole; The Cole Coonce Drag Strip Reader is...

Video: 1,000-Plus Horsepower Blown Big-Block Chevy

Here at BangShift.com, we’re tuning up our video skills to bring you more action more often. One of the things we’ve been doing is hanging out more often at the Westech Performance Group...

Video: 2009 March Meet Action!

Way back when it was fresh news, we brought you six big photo galleries of the scene at the 2009 March Meet at Famoso Raceway near Bakersfield, California. At the time we also shot a bunch of video,...

eBay Pick, Bonus Edition: 1970 Cuda Funny Car

We stumbled upon this nugget of cool on eBay after we had seen the Monte Carlo with the insane asking price. It, too, is a bit pricey, but it’s a truckload cooler than the Monte. The owner of...

eBay Pick of the Week: 1971 Monte Carlo, Still High

Back in January we told you about a guy selling a former Hot Rod project car and the asking price was insanely high. The good news is that the price is come down, but it is still insanely high....

Monday Time Killer: Mazi Racing

Dawn and Mark Hovsepian are great drag racing photographers who hail from New Hampshire. Back when Goodguys had a racing series of its own, Dawn and Mark were the official photographers. Dawn’s...

Bob Tasca Sr. Spotted Testing His Cobra Jet Mustang

Our pal Jack Webster, a Mopar man by all accounts, was momentarily struck with the same affliction that we had when drooling over a Cobra Jet Mustang recently. It’s called,...

Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: GM Importing Chinese Cars

In a move that could be today’s equivalent to Benedict Arnold’s treasonous work with the British army during the Revolutionary War, GM has announced that, as part of its turnaround plan,...

This Week’s One Piece of Good News: Two Businesses Thriving in Detroit!

To offset some of the sheer anger and frustration of the weekly Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink blog item, here’s an actual bit of good news. It was sent along by our pal D2, and it’s a...

Save This Vintage Iron!

Our pals over at CarDomain.com posted an item on their blog that’s worth sharing. A Wyoming salvage yard that has tons of cool vintage cars that the owner of the yard wants to sell or even...

Government to Force GM and Chrysler Out of Racing?

With Chrysler essentially living on the government monetary feed-bag for the time being and GM seemingly headed that way shortly, some information has surfaced to suggest that the government is not...

Hot Rod Magazine is Giving Away a 2010 Camaro SS During Power Tour!

There has been speculation on the BangShift.com forums about what the 2009 Power Tour sweepstakes car will be, and now here’s the official news from HotRod.com: the prize is a 2010 Camaro SS!...

CraigsList Pick of the Week: Big-Block Jet Boat

After some recent discussion on the BangShift.com forums about hot rod boats, we located this water-borne missile outside the city of Chicago. Jet boats are big fun and even bigger when you have...

Cool Old Press Photos: 1957 Dodge Custom Royal Convertible

Automobile or aircraft carrier? This massive piece of rolling coolness is Dodge’s sporty Custom Royal Convertible, circa 1957. Even though it’s missing the fancy markings, you could still...