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FREE LIVESTREAM: Barrett Jackson Scottsdale 2026 Is On! Check Out All The Awesome Rides Up For Auction This Weekend!

Barrett-Jackson is one of the premier automotive auction companies, and while they have big auctions all over the country there is something truly special about Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale. This event...

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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2026: Watch Every Day Of King Of The Hammers Right Here! The Baddest Of The Bad Attacking Johnson Valley Starts Now!

It’s time for a couple of weeks of off-road racing across Johnson Valley California at King of the Hammers 2026. We’ve got the livestream rocking right here the whole time, so make sure...

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More Of Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and The Best Drag Race Action of 2025!

Here’s another great Photo Gallery from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the previous gallery, we’ve got a...

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American Power And Road Racing Prowess: Here’s 1 hour Of Pure Ford GT40 Heaven From Goodwood.

We love sharing videos from Goodwood, because whether it is action from the Festival of Speed, Member’s Meet, or the Goodwood Revival, you know it is going to be good. There are so many awesome...

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He’s Baaack! Steve Magnante Feature Videos From Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2026!

We’re so thrilled that our pal Steve Magnante is back out there crawling junkyards and sharing his automotive knowledge with the world. After a life threatening case of encephalitis, that...

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How to Chop An All-Original 1932 Ford Tudor: Chopping a True Survivor – Now That The Roof Is Back In Place, It’s Time To Tackle the Hardest, Most Crucial Welds — The A-Pillars!

The real critical stuff has happened. We’re talking about fitting and welding this original roof back in place, just a few inches lower. But now is the time for the most delicate welding and...

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Watch This 1900s Door Mortising Tool Get Restored And Returned To Working Order – Amazing Stuff!

The best episodes of hand tool rescue are the ones when Mr Hand Tool has some totally bizarre old tool that no only looks weird, but is virtually impossible to visualize actually working....

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Biggest Underdog Engine?

There are a slew of engines that have come and gone over the years that were good runners, yet largely underappreciated by the masses. In today’s world hot rodders have an insane number of...

Rebeldryver’s Garage Gets Their 1965 Impala SS Running Again With Help From American Powertrain!

Rebeldryver, AKA Scott Liggett, is one of the early BangShifter’s and his ’65 Impala has been a staple on these pages since the beginning. Scott has written about upgrades and tons of...

This List Of 2023’s Top 10 US Motorcycle Rides Seems Like A Great List To Try And Hit This Year!

I know we don’t talk about motorcycles all that much around here, but I pay attention to motorcycle riders’ opinions on roads quite a bit because they are usually looking for the same...

FULL COVERAGE OF SMALL TIRE AT DA PAD 2023! BILLY THE KID, BEATER BOMB, KC MAXX AND MORE!

It’s street race video time and what better place to film that Da Pad near New Orleans. If you don’t know about Da Pad, then you have been living under a rock. It is most recently famous...

Privateer: The NHRA’s Newest Nitro Funny Car Team Is Coming Out Of A Machine Shop In Massachusetts

If there is one thing that we know about the world of drag racing it’s that once the sport finds a way to get into your blood, it never leaves. The other thing we know is that competing on a...

Kearney Cruise Night 2022 – More Muscle Cars, Hot Rods, Street Machines, Trucks, And More!

Scott Liggett is always contributing cool things to BANGshift and we love him for it, so when he sent me an email right before the new year and said he had some Kearney Cruise photos he had never...

New Years At The Grove No Prep: Action Photos From Maple Grove’s First Race Of The Year Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Here’s Gallery #3 of Grippo’s No Prep coverage from Maple Grove! Well, if you had told me a few years ago that I’d be standing on the starting line at...

Dakar Rally Stage 8 Video Coverage: More Carnage And More Excitement From The Halfway Point In The Desert

Stage 8 Extended Highlights are below! Hours of great DAKAR 2023 coverage! Dakar 2023 is on and man is it already living up to its reputation of being one of the toughest races in the world. Famous...

Shabby Sporty: Junkyard Digs and Pole Barn Garage Team Up To Bring This Rusty Chevrolet Back From The Dead

The 1973-1991 GM “squarebody” trucks are one of the best options for project vehicle out there right now. With tens of millions of them made throughout the long production cycle, many...

The Dodge Grain Truck: Out From The Cold And Back To Life

The life of a grain truck isn’t an easy one. They are a workhorse from the word “go”. When they are being used, they are beast of burden, and when they are not, they sit silently....

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Hey, Buddy, Can You Hear Me Now?

There’s no time like the rush, is there? You don’t have to have worked the parts counter to understand what that’s all about. Picture being the poor sap making burgers at lunchtime,...

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Dirt Lifestyle’s Ultimate Suzuki Samurai Buggy Build: Episode 1 Unimog Axles, Wheels And Tires.

It’s hard to find someone that doesn’t like a Suzuki Samurai. Okay, so some folks might not like the stock ones much, but everyone can appreciate these little beasts when they are turned...

This Week’s Photo Extravaganza! Check Out All The Cool Event Photos We’ve Had This Week!

We’ve got some of the greatest contributors in the world around here, and we can’t express our gratitude for their dedication enough. This week I’m going to start doing something...