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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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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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THE VAULT: Exploring Hot Rod & Racing HISTORY Underneath the Petersen Museum. You Gotta See This!

Our friend Tommy Lee Byrd recently got the chance to visit the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, and the very special section, underneath this HUGE space that is called The Vault. It’s...

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4th of July SALE! Visit Ridetech.com Between Now And July 7th for 10% Off Late Model Suspension During July 4th Weekend Sale!

That’s right gang, if you are looking for some real savings this 4th of July weekend, to celebrate 250 years of American pride, then now is your chance to save 10% off your late model...

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The Want Is Real!!! This Barn Find 1965 Impala Station Wagon Is Big Block Powered And Bad Ass As Can Be!

Look at it! Would you just look at it? This is greatness. I have zero dollars to buy it, but it is amazing and I love it and want it and you should too. This 1965 Impala Station Wagon is the holy...

OBS Clash Episode 2: How The Sport Truck Became An Icon That Spawned Whole Industries

Here is Episode 2 of the OBS Clash Series folks! Anyone who reads BANGshift on any regular basis knows I’m a Chevrolet guy to the core, and that I love my Square Body Chevy pickups. But I love...

If You Lost Against This Turbocharged Dodge Caravan, You Missed The Warning Signs!

One of the best lessons I ever learned in life I learned during Army basic training. Without a question, at six-foot-three and 228 pounds, I was one of, if not the biggest soldier in training during...

How To Chop The Top On A Hot Rod: These Videos Have Us Inspired To Find Something To Cut Up!

A couple different BANGshifters actually put us onto Half Ass Kustoms on YouTube and their recently started series on chopping a top. In this case the willing victim happens to be a 1951 Dodge...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Was The Worst Smell You’ve Ever Encountered?

When all you mess around with are sub-$1,000 shitbox cars, you’re bound to offend your nostrils. It’s just a way of life for me, I guess. Over the years, I’ve had cars that...

Weld Porn: The Plasma Bike Gets A Coffin Style Aluminum Gas Tank

Anyone who has ever fabricated a gas tank knows that there is a lot of work that goes into making one, even if it is just a plane box. But throw in a bunch of angles and such, like a Coffin style...

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Money No Object: The Fairmonster – Because You Need An Absolutely Beast Ford!

We almost don’t have to tell you anything about this car. We can just let you watch the video, see the violence that this banana pudding yellow 1978 Ford Fairmont Futura is capable of, and let...

BangShift Project Files: Meet The Wedge, A Rolling…(psst…what is it again?!)

Six years ago, this car first hit the BangShift forums as a curiousity, a freak show that Joe Haber had seen roaming around Arizona, a car that nobody knew the backstory to, a car that nobody knew...

Historical Footage: MotorWeek’s Comparison Between The 1969 Pontiac Trans Am And The 1999 Trans Am 30th Anniversary Edition

Nobody…not MotorWeek, not GM, not even the buying public, could have seen that this would be the last Anniversary Trans Am. Sure, in 1999 rumors had started to surface that GM’s F-car...

GLORY VIDEO: Crank The Speakers To 11 and Watch This Screaming Z/28 Take On Sebring!

It does not matter if you like Fords, hate Chevrolets, or have never given a rip about road racing in your life. You NEED to watch this video and ride along with Olly Bryant in the Z/28 Olly so...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift – Slush Box Edition: Hurst Lightning Rods

With the early 1980s starting to signal the return of performance cars in Detroit, manufacturers got creative in finding unique ways and angles to use to promote cars. Oldsmobile was still producing...

Monster Mack: Watch This Twin-Engine Aussie Mack Cruiseliner Cut Loose At Bindoon!

Diesel freaks bug me. Not those who extract maximum power out of engines designed to produce a ton of power, just those who insist that billowing black smoke out of a trash can from underneath a...

Speedy Delivery: This 670-Horsepower Ford Escort Van Is The Tradesman’s Best Friend!

The Ford Escort…the world car that just wasn’t. In America, we got them as…well, let’s see here: three-door hatchback, five-door hatchback, two-door two-seater hatchback...

Old School Norwalk Video: Watch Eddie Harris Suffer A Bad Pro Mod Wreck At The IHRA World Nationals

The IHRA get credit for debuting the category during their 1990 season after flirting with it by running top sportsman quick eight shootouts during previous years. The new heads-up eliminator was as...