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Daily Driver Muscle Car: Performing A Compression And Leak Down Test On This 1976 El Camino’s Engine To See If It Is Daily Driver Worthy

Daily driving an old car is a great thing. The newest car I have is 31 years old, and is my daily driver. It’s got 438,000 miles on it and runs like a champ. But not all old cars do. So even if...

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A Close Look America’s Most Beautiful Roadster, AMBR Winner 2025 At The Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California

I have missed the Grand National Roadster Show the past two years, and I’m not happy about it. Because of a media trade conference that we attend, and scheduling changes, it just hasn’t...

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FREE AUCTION LIVESTREAM: Bonhams Auction In Paris! Cars Les Grandes Marques du Monde à Paris Auction Coverage Is Right Here

If you have never been to an auction, you are missing out and should. And I’m not just talking about car auctions. Seriously, go to ANY auction you can find so that you can experience it. It’s a...

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MAKING A Wood HAMMER Formed Firewall: Part 1 – BEADROLLING Can’t Do THIS! But You Can At Home!

Hammer forming is one of the oldest forms of precision sheet metal forming. It’s how many early car body panels were made, and is the process that led to stamping of sheet metal parts. But the...

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King Of The Hammers Livestream 2025: DAY 6 CAN-AM UTV HAMMERS CHAMPIONSHIP Is LIVE Right Here! The Baddest Of The Bad Attacking Johnson Valley!

It’s Hammers Day 6 and that means we’re racing! It’s time for the CAN-AM UTV Hammers Championship and it starts now. These are the baddest machines at King of the Hammers, as they...

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Garage Organization: Check Out One Guys Small Parts Storage Options In A Small Workshop.

Storage is a key in any workshop or garage, and while we think about totes and the bigger stuff, sometimes the small parts storage becomes some drawers, a magic bolt bin, or coffee cans. And if you...

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We Drive It: The 2024 Nissan Ariya Platnium+ e4orce – Electrified But Is It Electrifying?

When it comes to electric cars, the landscape has been rapidly changing over the last 12-14 months. Companies that boldly declared they’d be totally electric by the end of the decade have...

WHICH ONE IS CHEAPER? 600-HP 408 STROKER VS 600-HP JUNKYARD 4.8L TURBO. FULL PRICING FOR EACH.

There is more than one way to skin a cat, and never has that been more true than when it comes to building a high horsepower LS combo. NA, blown, nitrous, there are too many ways to count on how to...

How Much Do Custom Sheet Metal Parts Really Cost When You Order From An Online Laser Cutter?

We’ve all seen the ads that are constantly playing on social media for companies like Send Cut Send, and I know that I’ve often wondered what the cost is for parts. The beauty is that...

Freiburger Has His Own YouTube Channel! Updates on All His Project Cars! General Mayhem, F-Bomb Camaro, Crusher Impala, And Way More!

Freiburger is kicking off his own YouTube Channel, and we couldn’t be happier. Some of you may not know it, but Freiburger and I started CarJunkieTV before YouTube was a thing and after the...

Vintage Viciousness: This 1986 Video From The Bowling Green National Pulling Championships Features The Huge 9,000lb Modified Class

Three aircraft engines, six Rodeck big blocks, five Chrysler hemis, a pair of helicopter turbines, and a partridge in a pear tree. That’s a short look at just a few of the power combos being...

Watch This Massive Steam Powered Steam Roller Own The Road In England – The People In The Little Car Get A Surprise!

This is one of those, “it could have been bad” situations. We’ve all been there, having a good time and doing something fun but mildly dangerous. All of sudden real life comes at...

Tonka Toys Had The Best Ad Campaign In 1972 That Has Ever Existed For Toys

If there’s one complaint that we have about kids toys in the modern age is that they are not all that well made on the whole and on top of that they don’t really inspire a lot of...

Watching This Turn Of The Century 10hp Engine Start Up And Run Is Absolute Gearhead Magic

We love horsepower, wretched excess, and all things over the top here but as many of you longtime readers of BangShift know we also really appreciate history and the technology that has evolved into...

Truck-Ology: Another Look Into The History Of Trucks – A Fresh Load Of 100 Year Old Photos!

(Photos: DPL Digital collection) – Since last week’s look into the history of trucks from the early 20th century was such a hit, I am going to make a regular thing of it and call the...

Vintage Drags Video: The 2024 Estranged Car Club Drag And Show At Toutle Motorsports Park Was Awesome!

This event is awesome! Not only does the Estranged Car Club in Portland pick some great cars for this event, but the Toutle Motosports facility couldn’t be more perfect to hold it either. The...

Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – 1976 GMC BUILD Gets A Low Mileage Engine, Overdrive, And Gears In A New Rear!

It’s been shortened, lowered, tuned up, spit shined, and the inside got some love before Puddin “finished” the shop truck project. But now it is getting some more love, in the form of a...

Huge Blower Explosion! This is bad! What Happened To Cause This Hemi To Blow Up In Grand Fashion? Thank God For Safety Gear!

If you haven’t been in a car on a chassis dyno or hub dyno, then the normal chassis dyno videos you see might seem very calm. The truth is that any car that makes even 400 horsepower at the...

Bill Martens, Special Programs Manager At Chevrolet Performance Is Talking About All Their Crate Engine Packages For 2024

Bill Martens is like the James Bond of Chevrolet performance parts. I say this because just like James Bond, who everyone knew was a special agent, everyone knows that Bill is one of the dudes with...

Speed On Water: The Story of Offshore Powerboats At Lake Of The Ozarks, Where Horsepower Reigns Supreme And Nothing Is Easy.

It sounds weird to be talking about Offshore Powerboats on a lake, because when I think offshore I think ocean. But that’s not always the case. Especially when it comes to all the insane boat...