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Jay Leno Drives the Ultimate 1967 Muscle Car Unicorn (With an American Powertrain 6-Speed Swap!)

Just 187 1967 Pontiac 2+2 HOs were built from the factory, and man is this thing a real unicorn. With the 428 under the hood, and a factory 4-speed, it was a fun car to drive, but it’s a whole...

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FREE No Prep Drag And Drive LIVESTREAM: Back To The Streets 2026 Is Hitting Wabash, Wagler, Brown County And Bunker Hill Dragways This Week!

It’s Drag and Drive season and that means more and more folks are taking their hot rods and race cars out for racing and road trips and we love them for it. Back to the Streets is one of the more...

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NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Our Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car 4-Wide Drag Racing Photos Continue!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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More NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Action Photos From Zmax In Charlotte: Nitro Burning Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car4-Wide Drag Racing Photos!

(Photos by David Whealon) – It was a cool, fast, and adventurous weekend for the stars of the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, North...

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This Hidden 1938 Ford Convertible Hot Rod Was Found In An Old Garage In Upstate New York And Saved After 50 Years!

The Iron Trap Garage boys have been BUSY in 2023 and we’re sure 2024 is going to be much the same. In this series of videos you are going to see this cool 1938 Ford Convertible, that was found...

Is This Really Australia’s Ultimate Street Car? Jekyll & Hyde, The 1800hp VL Commodore, Just Might Be The Ultimate Australian Street Car

If you know Australian Drag and Drive racing then you have seen this car before. This is the Jekyl and Hyde Commodore, and despite looking like your average family sedan from across the parking lot,...

CHEAP $89 JUNKYARD M90 SUPERCHARGER MAKES 537 HP! HOW TO RUN A CHEAP V6 SUPERCHARGER ON A 4.8L V8!

Less than $90 for a supercharger that bolts onto your LS engine? Sounds too good to be true, and of course there is more to it than that, but yeah it actual works! Without the blower on it, this LS...

A Car Is Born: This 1960s Film Showing Life In The River Rouge Plant Is A Jaw Dropper

It has been said by people far smarter than I ever will be, that Ford’s River Rouge plant is the greatest factory ever built. At its height, ore and raw materials would enter one end cars would...

Listen To A BRM V16 Scream Up The Hill At Goodwood, Best Sounding (Non-Nitro Burning) Race Engine Ever

BangShift reader Jack Church sent us the tip on this cool video that was made at the 2014 Goodwood event and it is really awesome for two reasons. The first reason is the fact that we get some fun...

Watch A Series Of Porsche Engines Make Dyno Pulls – 200hp Through 900hp!

When it comes to cool engines, one cannot deny that the Porsche legacy of flat power plants is among the top. These varied nature of their size, their power output, their displacement, and even the...

This Simple Video Is A Great Little Learning Lesson About How Interesting Nitromethane Is As A Fuel

This is a cool video because using a very simple demonstration it vividly illustrates how interesting nitromethane is as a fuel. Obviously it is the foundation for some of the most incredible drag...

HOW TO: Make a SIMPLE PLASTIC HAMMER FORM for Sheet Metal – Custom Dash For The Make It Kustom 1931 Model A Roadster

Karl has made several hammer forms on his YouTube Channel over the years and they are WAY easier and cooler than I ever realized. I never had put much thought into it, but didn’t realize how...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Building A Custom Forward Tilting Hood From Spare Parks And Scrap In The Shop

In the next installment on the GMC Roadster Pickup build there is some more welding going on, as Brent works on the hood and making his own forward tilting mechanism from parts, pieces, and scrap...

1974 Dodge BIG BLOCK Shortbed Truck! A Mortske Budget Friendly Transformation Resulting In One Cool Mopar Muscle Truck!

A 1974 square body Dodge like this is always fun to see, but a grandpa owned ride like this isn’t very common anymore. I mean this thing was clean and grandpa perfect, and then Mortske got a...

John at Not Stock Photo Shows Us Around Murray Kustom Rods Fort Worth Texas – Whats in the Shop + Photoshoot with His Custom 61 Cadillac

John Jackson from Not Stock Photo has been shooting some pretty sexy cover shots and car features and that means being on location and getting the car from all the angles. While we dig John’s...

Featured Product: Simpson Off-Road Suspension Seats. Containment, Control, and Comfort From These High Tech But Affordable Seats.

These new suspension seats from Simpson are just what you need for your Side by Side, UTV, rock crawler, mud truck, or desert racer. With high strength, suspension, and containment there is no...

This 1961 Bel Air BUBBLE TOP was saved from CRUSHER by Puddin! Some assembly required!!!

While we love walking around wrecking yards full of classic cars, it’s almost cooler to walk around a normal late model wrecking yard and find some gem of a muscle car or classic hidden off in...

Sideways and Flying! Monza Plus Porsche 911 Race Car Plus Talent Equals Epic Video

An Italian race track, a German car, a British driver. As it turns out, that’s a magical combination for making a killer video and we bet that you will agree with us after seeing the footage...