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California Man Reunited with Stolen 1969 Camaro Bought Brand New By His Vietnam Veteran Father!

We hear about car thefts all the time, and have been victims ourselves, so when we saw this story on the national news this morning we knew we had to share it. In 1969, after returning home from the...

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Drag Racing Photos: The PDRA Carolina Nationals 2026 At Darlington Dragway Featured Great Cars And Action!

Here’s the 2nd gallery of photos from the PDRA Carolina Nationals at Darlington. Check the out below and if you missed the previous photos we’ve got a link for that too! (Photos by David...

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Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

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Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

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This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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Southeast Gassers Association 2026: First Drag Race of The Year from Shadyside Dragway

Here’s a livestream replay from the Southeast Gassers Association’s First Race of 2026 at Shadyside Dragway in North Carolina. If you like traditional nose high gassers that still row the gears,...

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HOW MUCH POWER IS THE PERFORMANCE DESIGN LS3 INTAKE REALLY WORTH? LS3 VS PD 105 & 112-FULL RESULTS!

If you haven’t seen a Performance Design intake manifold, you are missing out. When this company first came onto the scene everyone in the industry wondered how they had come out of nowhere to...

The Mooneyes Open House 2023: More Bitchin Cars, Trucks, And More From This SoCal Landmark

Our second gallery of photos from the Mooneyes Open House is below, along with a link to the first gallery we posted yesterday. Check out all the photos and big thanks to Wes for sending them in!...

Rocky Mountain Race Week Adventures With Chad From Nobody’s Show. Day #4 – Racing In Pueblo Part 1

Day four of RMRW was Race Day 3 at Pueblo Motorsports Park and here is the video from Nobody Else’s Auto. This is the first of two days of racing at Pueblo Motorsports Park. Chad Ehrlich and his...

Columbus Goodguys Show Photos: Mike Brooks Shot The Entire Show, And Brought His New Squarebody!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) If you are a regular here on BANGshift, then you know that regular contributor Mike Brooks had his awesome squarebody Chevy truck stolen from the hotel parking lot while he...

Part 3: Watch This Epic Candy Orange Paint Job Get Finished On This Rad 1969 Camaro Drag Radial Racer

We shared Part 1 and 2 of this series over the past few days, and now it’s time for Part 3! And that means the shine is coming to this amazing color. I’m a sucker for an orange car, and for a...

Watch This Awesome 428ci Pontiac Rev To 9,500 RPM And Make 1,000 Naturally Aspirated HP!

We use the term Pontiac here with a bit of a wink because the engine you are about to see make some big power on the dyno does not have a single stock Pontiac part in it. What it does have it is a...

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These New Cordless Impacts Show Price Doesn’t Mean What it Used To. Big Power Impacts For Reasonable Prices!

We talk about how bad ass cordless tools have become all the time here, and since I’m a big bang for your buck type of guy who can’t afford the high dollar tools I’m always looking...

Make It Kustom Designs A Custom Split 1932 Grill For A Hot Rod Roadster – Part 3 How-To Make A Curved Flange With A Bead Roller

After installing a cool Duvall windshield on their 1931 Model A Ford Roadster, Karl at Make It Kustom wanted to do a split grill shell as well. The car is running a ’32 Grill Shell, which stock has...

GoodGuys Columbus 2023 …….The 25th Annual Summit Racing Nationals Columbus Ohio With Not Stock Photography

John Jackson was back at it in Columbus, for the Goodguys 25th Summit Racing Nationals and shot all kinds of fun videos of his adventures. John cruises the show and catches video like you would while...

Rocky Mountain Race Week Adventures With Chad From Nobody’s Show. Day #3 Racing At Bandimere Speedway!

Day three of RMRW was Race Day 2 at Bandimere and here is the video from Nobody Else’s Auto. Chad Ehrlich and his daughter Addie did Rocky Mountain Race Week in their WS6 Trans Am that Addie...

The IronTrap Garage Cleanest 1940 Ford EVER Project: Some Simple Stuff Has This Thing Driving Mint!

They said it was the cleanest 1940 Ford they had ever seen, and it just might be true. Check out the video below to see them taking this thing for it’s first drives after doing a tiny bit of...

Newbern Got Lucky And Found An Original 1955 Chevrolet To Bring Home! We Love It!

Newbern is back at it, but this time the new addition to the family is a 1955 Chevrolet. A bit weird since he’s so ’57 focused normally, but we understand because this one is rad. Just...

The Mooneyes Open House 2023: Bitchin Cars, Trucks, And More And We’ve Got All The Photos

The Mooneyes Open House is a SoCal staple and unlike most any other automotive event you are going to find. It’s different because Mooneyes is a MUCH smaller place than you might imagine, and that...

Is Higher Octane Fuel Better? Better MPGs? More HP? Let’s find out!

Full disclosure, this Project Farm testing is all being done on small engines, both of which are carbureted but we’ll talk about why that might be important in a second. In this video,...