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eBay Find: This 1978 Ford C-Series Fire Truck Turned Wrecker Is Cool!

The Ford C-series of medium and heavy duty trucks is kind of legendary. Produced from the late 1950s into the 1990s only the W900 Kenworth and Mack R-Model have been produced longer than these...

Summoning The Beast: Listen To Danny Thompson And The Challenger II Crew Fire Up The Streamliner

With Bonneville rapidly approaching (only a month away!) land speed racing teams are making their final preparations, entering the final phases of their thrash, and sorting our cars of all shapes and...

Road Trip! The Grippo Boys Visit Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop, OCC, and The Saratoga Museum – Winter Fun!

(Words and photos by Joe/Dan Grippo) – What is your first though when someone says road trip in early February? If you are from the snowed-in northeast region your first thought might be, how...

Pro Street Bargain? This 1975 Pontiac Firebird Isn’t Perfect But It Is Cool And Priced To Sell

There’s something about a pro street style car that I’ll never get tired of looking at. Whether it is the stance, the look of the different rubber on the corners, or the general attitude,...

Blog War: This 1954 Ford F600 Wrecker Has Lived In A Body Shop For Three Decades And Is Minto

So the dually blog war is in full swing now. Both Bryan and I fired our opening shots yesterday and we’re back today. Since he started off with a heavy duty truck, I’m following up with...

Listen To This 408ci LSx Powered Porsche Carrera 4 Fire Off For The First Time – We Need One Of These!

Sticking Chevy engines into the back of Porsche coupes isn’t exactly a new trend. Guys have been jamming mouse motors (and even big blocks) into the German wunderkinds for decades but...

Watch This Blown, Alky Burning Small Block Powered 1934 Ford Rip A Nasty Indoor Burnout At The Shop Where It Lives

The indoor burnout is an interesting beast that takes on many forms. There’s the complete hoon form where it is a kid just doing it to be a punk and smoke out an abandoned garage or shop....

1970’s Hangover: The “Travolta Fever” Pontiac Firebird, By George Barris

When I first saw the picture I thought it was a bad Photoshop. Seriously, even in the most drug-addled section of the 1970s, someone had to take one look at what they were doing and realize it was...

Powerhouse: We Tour The Legendary Jan-Cen Racing Engines Shop Where Big Horsepower And Pro Mod Championships Are Made

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks and Jose Ferrer) – First, a little background. I’ve been contributing to Bangshift since 2012 along with fellow Bangshifter, Jose Ferrer. We both grew up and...

Diesel Debauchery Video: Watch A 6V53 Detroit Equipped With A Whipple Screw Blower Shoot Fire And Get Pissed!

If you’ve been reading BangShift for any length of time you know that our unabashed love of two stroke Detroit Diesel engines is often showcased. Today is another of those days because we found...

Watch The New And Improved Postman Pat Van Fire Up Sans Body – More Power And New Chassis

We reported that the Postman Pat van crashed over in England and that the guys who built it were going to come back with an even better and faster model. Well, here’s our first glimpse of the...

Feature: A Cummins Powered, Laid Out, Custom, 1957 Chevy 2-Ton Shop Truck

(Here’s another of our favorite features that we dug up from previous coverage of the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion. This truck is one of our all-time “wish list” trucks.)...

Monday Shopper: 1997 Chevrolet Camaro SS – $7,500

I like Hagerty Insurance a lot, but I’ll never understand their impulse to talk about how collector car prices are on the rise year after year. First off, suggesting to regular Joes that...

FireAde Joins With Gray Motorsports Pro Stock Camaro Driver Shane Gray

We get a lot of Press Releases landing into the email In-box, but this rendering of Shane Gray’s sleek Jerry Haas-built Chevy Camaro caught our eye.  The new FireAde Camaro will debut at the...