New Headlights & Bubble Skirts DRASTICALLY Improved Iron Trap’s 1939 Mercury “The Jersey Devil”
The 1939 Mercury project is really coming along now. It’s a proper car that runs and drives and looks awesome. I’m not a big fender skirts guy, but man it’s a slick looking ride. If...
How To Tune Up Your Body Hammers At Home. Must Have Hammer Adjustments!
Body hammers are super handy for a lot of work around the garage, not just fine-tuning bodywork. Any metal shaping and working can be done using one and will be smoother and cleaner than using...
From 1958-1963 The Only Place To Buy A Mercedes Was A Studebaker-Packard Dealership
When looking back over the history of cars in America, there are lots of neat stories where companies or people become odd bedfellows. There’s the story of Henry Ford’s role in the...
Mail Order Hero: The Struck Mini-Beep Is The Neatest Thing You Can Still Order From The Pages Of A Magazine (Video)
You know the CF Struck Corporation. The Wisconsin based company has been selling some of the neatest little machines and the plans to build said machines at your home for almost 60 years now. If you...
Vise Grip Garage Does Sick Week: Day 1 – Chevelle and Monte Carlo 1ST PASSES EVER!
Derek and the Vise Grip Garage crew showed up at Sick Week in Florida to have some fun and to put the Chevelle and Monte Carlo through their paces. We talked with Derek in the line for tech and...
LS Corvair Project: It’s In! The LS4 Finds Its Way Home For The First Time. Man Is this Thing Trick!
John Reynolds is a bad ass. This is a cool project with a lot of great thought and fab work going into it and you are going to want to check it out. It’s awesome to watch and we can’t wait to see...
HOW TO MAKE MASSIVE ALL-MOTOR LS POWER! HOW MUCH POWER DOES A 408, 468 OR 495 STROKER LS MAKE?
Can you make big power with a Stroker LS engine? Hell yes you can! Just like any engine platform, adding cubic inches will add power and that means that bigger is almost always better don’t you...
Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: It’s 4-Link Time Out Back! Watch Them Design And Build One From Scratch
Whenever I see a COE, which stands for Cab Over Engine, I wish I had one. I have always thought a COE ramp truck would be cool, or even just a slammed COE pickup. They are just cool looking since...
Finnegan’s Garage Does Sick Week: Day 6 – 200 MPH STREET CARS DOING BATTLE! SICK WEEK 2022 FINALE.
Finnegan and Newbern got themselves and their cars to the final day of Sick Week 2022 in Bradenton Florida, but it wasn’t without some drama. Thankfully Newbern, Matt, and Brandon were on hand...
Hard Hit Video: Watch A Pulling Tractor Driver Get Beat Around So Bad His Helmet Flies Off!
Back when I was working every week at New England Dragway we’d see some really wacky stuff going on with helmets and how people wore (or didn’t) them. You’d see the straps tied in...
NHRA Winternationals Photos: Sportsman Racing Action Photos Start Here! Don Meziere Wins Top Sportsman!
(Photos by Wes Allison) Our NHRA Winternationals photo coverage starts right here with Sportsman drag racing action, including Top Sportsman winner Don Meziere! Meziere has been a BANGshift.com...
Finnegan’s Garage Does Sick Week: Day 5 – Fast Cars And The Best Drag And Drive Trailer Ever
When you do a drag and drive event there are two ways to go about it. With a trailer or without. There are positives to both, but one thing is for certain and that is that there are a lot of cool...
Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 1: Blown Flathead Powered Jalopy Shop Truck Build! – 1928 Ford Roadster Pickup
The more I watch Iron Trap videos the more I want to build a 1920-1940 hot rod. They seem so simple and bare-bones if you want them to be and that means that you can put one together pretty quickly...
