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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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It’s Time For Buckeye Skips 2026! We’ve Got Photos Starting With Day 0 Right Here! Who Showed Up, and Who Are The Favorites?

(Photos by Neal Sabo) We just finished sharing our lost Buckeye Skips drag and drive photos from 2025 the other day, but we’re excited about 2026! Yesterday was Day 0, when everyone shows up...

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More Car Show Photos From Pueblo’s Biggest Father’s Day Event! The 2026 Father’s Day Car Show!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) Billed as the biggest Father’s Day event in Pueblo, the Father’s Day Car Show at the Pueblo Christian Center is in it’s 8th year and fills up fast on show...

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Australian Drag and Drive Machine! This 1400hp HQ Ute was Built to Survive Drag Challenge. Street and Strip Greatness!

The Aussies are something special when it comes to hot rods, race cars, and especially their street strip machines. With all the restrictions they have on what you can do to a car or truck over...

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John Jackson visits Squeeg’s Kustoms: Shop Tour, Projects, an insane Dodge A100, and photographing the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster!

After missing it for a couple of years, it was good to be back at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona in 2025. It was especially cool because the field of cars that were in contention for...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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Rumble Guts: This Naturally Aspirated Ford 632 Cranks Out 1,100hp And Big League Torque

There’s just something about a finely tuned, properly built, natural aspirated big block engine making four digit power on the dyno. This particular monster is a 632ci Ford big block that runs...

Goodguys Spring Lone Star Nationals Photos: Trucks, Customs, Hot Rods, And Muscle Cars Galore!

Here’s another gallery of photos from Goodguys. There are so many great cars at this show, from home-built hot rods to shop-built beauty queens and everything in between. We had a good time...

FINNEGAN SECRETLY FILMED CROWD REACTIONS TO HIS TURBO 2JZ-SWAPPED CHARGER!

This is epic! While I’m not usually a big fan of some of the weird swaps that folks do, I say if it is your car then do it how you want! With that said, this thing here is a junker and is of no...

March Meet 2023 Photos: More Hot Rods, Customs, And Historic Race Cars From Famoso

Our tenth gallery from the March Meet is our second of nothing but car show and display cars from the race. We’re talking front and rear engine dragsters, hot rods, altereds, and more....

SHOP HOW TO – Build Your Own Press Brake Louver Press

Louvers are one of those OG hot rod mods that have never gone out of style. They have been put on everything known to man, and there are lots of shapes and styles as well. In this video you are going...

Build A Headache Rack At Home! Welding And Fabrication Tricks.

Sometimes buying an accessory for your truck is easy, simple, and gives you just what you want and need. Other times, purchasing an off the shelf part leaves you with something that works, but not...

How To Rebuild A Holley Carb, Part 1. Keeping It Simple. Anyone Can Do This!

While EFI is the hot topic nowadays, and we’re fans of some of the cool stuff it can do for us, there are jillions of cars and trucks still running around with carburetors on them. I own a...

Restoration Zen: Watch This Rusty and Crusty Gearbox Get Brought All The Way Back To Life

This is awesome. We have long loved restoration videos here at BangShift and they do not come much more satisfying than this one. Shot in a foreign land that we cannot identify, we watch the talented...

LS Fest East Registration Is Open! Join Us For The Biggest One Yet!

LS Fest East is open for business! That’s right folks, pre-registration is live, and ready to take your entries. Every year LS Fest East just keeps getting bigger and bigger and with more and...

Brent Is Attempting To Get This 1930 Model A Sedan To Run And Drive Again

Oh my god I’m in love with this car! It’s so damn cool, and people would hate me because I’d want to cut it up. Yes, I would want to chop this car a few inches. It is so straight...

Goodguys Spring Lone Star Nationals Photos: Bitchin Rides From The Lone Star State And Beyond

Here’s our newest gallery of photos from Goodguys. There are so many great cars at this show, from home-built hot rods to shop-built beauty queens and everything in between. We had a good time...

March Meet 2023 Photos: Even More Top Fuel, Slingshot Dragsters, And Roadsters!

Our ninth gallery from the March Meet is our second of nothing but open wheel drag cars. We’re talking front and rear engine dragsters, including Top Fuel, A-Fuel and Nostalgia Eliminator, plus...

These Guys Are Playing Our Favorite Game! Hang A 6V53 Detroit Diesel From A Chain And Rev The Crap Out Of It!

There are certain games that we just cannot get enough of. Checkers, tag, pin the tail on the donkey, rev the crap out of the 6V53 Detroit Diesel as it hangs from a chain, you know the classics!...

This 630hp Pontiac 428 Is A Rip Roaring Example Of Tin Indian Horsepower!

In the 1960s car companies had “big car engines”. Chrysler was jamming 413s in stuff, Chevy had their mid-horspower 396 engines moving most of their stuff along, and Pontiac had the 428....