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Short Street Rod Shop Tour: The Henry J, The Chryslers, The ’55 Chevy

If you missed the 1955 Ford Fairlane street freak, CLICK HERE! If you missed the ’46 Chevy truck and the Model A, CLICK HERE! As we dug deeper into Jensen Masters’ shop, we started to get...

Short Street Rod Shop Tour: The “Hustlin’ Hillbilly” 1946 Chevrolet And The 1929 Ford Model A Phantom Build!

Missed the first installment? CLICK HERE to see the 1955 Ford Fairlane street freak! The Fairlane might be the newest ride at the shop, but it isn’t the only ride. There are currently nine cars...

This Pro Street 1949 Willys Panel Truck Has A Hot Small Block And A Unique Look That We’re Loving

Panel trucks are cool in and unto themselves. In the decades before vans became a thing, the panel truck acted in much the same way although they offered less space and that’s why they all but...

This Four-Speed, Big Block, 1962 Ford F-100 Street Gasser Truck Is Pretty Neat!

We’ve got to admit to being a little flummoxed as to understanding why more guys don’t build old trucks into street gasser looking creations like this one. While there were not all that...

Freak For Sale: Cummins 4BT Powered 1970 Nova Dually – Eight Lug Wheels And The Soul Of A Big Rig?

For the pure freak factory, this could be the weirdest single car I have ever posted on BangShift. Not weird in the sense that it is horribly ugly or looks like it was victimized by a bad plastic...

Watch As Jay Leno Cuts Loose With James Garner’s Oldsmobile Banshee – He Even Drives The Beast On The Street!

The Oldsmobile Banshee is a freak among freaks. Set up similar to an old Baja truck, it’s roughly based on a 1969 Oldsmobile body that is shortened by two feet. They were built by Vic Hickey, a...

Radial-Engined Baja Bug? Don’t Mind If We Do! Check Out Video Of This Freak Starting And Running!

What is going on in somebody’s head when they take a look at a perfectly good Baja Bug and they suddenly remember that they have a good Continental R-670 engine just sitting out in the shed...

Is It Wrong To Like This? Check Out A 1957 Chevy Rat Rod Wagon Cruising the Streets And Sounding Really Mean In The Process

Some of you will undoubtedly blow a gasket when you see this 1957 Chevy rat rod wagon in the video below. You’ll freak out because some real 1957 Chevy steel was cut up and bent and welded and...

Crane Cams Rolls Out New Energizer Series Retro-Fit Hydraulic Roller Lifters For Performance Street Engines

Crane is on a rampage these days with the new stuff! This time we’re talking about a new line of Energizer retro-fit roller lifters for high performance street engines. They have applications...

2014 Boonesborough Boogie Nationals Coverage – Trucks, Bikes, Freaks, And Cool Stuff We Can’t Classify

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Boonesborough Boogie Nationals is hosted by the Southern Knights of Central Kentucky car club and takes place at Ft. Boonesborough State Park near...

Bayou Bomb: Leroy Brown Is Heading For The 8s – Here’s A Last Look At One Of The Tamest Looking Deep 9-second Street Cars In America

(Photos by Charles Wickam) We’re breaking from normal protocol here. Why? Normally when a car owner tells us that he’s going to be blowing the car apart to make changes that should speed...

Blown Freak Show! This Radically Altered 1959 Cadillac Is A Rat Fink Level Of Love It Or Hate It Design

When I saw the photos you are looking at now on the computer screen in front of me, I was thinking about a couple of things. The first was that this will probably be one of the more polarizing cars...

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This Evil VW Beetle Has A Noisy Secret Hidden Under The Engine Cover – A Fine Freak Show!

Today is shaping up to be the day of awesome stuff on Craigslist, but Mateo Lopez sent us the link for this VW Beetle which we almost didn’t even click but then decided if he thought it was...

Michigan City Sends Street Outlaws Crew Packing – Crew Says Races Are Fake, Racers Disagree

An interesting story came out of Romulus, Michigan yesterday when city officials rescinded on and earlier agreement with the people behind the Street Outlaws TV show due to safety concerns that...