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Check Out This Totally Epic 1969 Impala SS That Liggett Found on Bring A Trailer. It’s Perfect…Almost!

(Words by Scott Liggett) We at BangShift are quite well known our fondness of 1960’s GM B bodies. Their designers hit their stride coming up with all kinds of beautiful and powerful big boat...

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UNBELIEVABLE MUSCLE CAR FIND! This 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona was NEVER Titled or Sold!

We’ve heard about cars like this before, in fact I have a friend who’s family owned a Dodge dealership in the 1960s and they had their own collection of really cool Mopar muscle that...

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King of the Hammers 2025 Rig Tour: You’ve NEVER Seen Anything Like The Fun Rides That Show Up At King of the Hammers.

The 10 days that make up King of the Hammers is insane, not just because there are thousands of people that move onto the lake bed in Johnson Valley for days and days worth of off-road racing, but...

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Check Out Our Dallas Autorama Photos: Muscle Cars, Street Machines, Trucks, Customs, And More From This Iconic Indoor Show

We’ve got even more car show photos from the Dallas Autorama, so check them all out below. And if you missed any of the previous galleries, we’ve got a link below for them too! (Words and...

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Monster Truck Video: Watch The Full Monster Jam Freestyle Show #4, From Anaheim Stadium!

Monster trucks are cool. I don’t care how old you get, there is something about watching them fly through the air that makes everyone feel like a kid again. Which is why they are so popular...

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MAKING A Wood HAMMER Formed Firewall: Part 2 – DIY Hammer Forming Because BEADROLLING Can’t Do THIS!

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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Reindeer Games: This Fun and Goofy Video From Holley Is ALL About The Tire Smoke!

Every year Holley Performance comes up with a funny video for their “Happy Holley Days” promotion which carries the company through the Christmas season. This year is no different and...

Cringeworthy: This VICE Documentary Looks Into New York City’s Car Culture And Is Hard To Swallow

New York City has always been fascinating to me personally with regard to cars. It’s this place with millions of people and yet it has always had a KILLER car culture. Guys in the different...

NHRA Insider Podcast: A Season Ending Look Back At The Finals, A Trip Around The World, and What’s To Come

It’s been about a month since the last time I made an episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast and there’s a reason for that. First, the NHRA finals happened. Then I went with an NHRA...

2019 NHRA Dutch Classic Action Photos: Wheels Up Sportsman Drag Racing At Its Finest

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – As we were straightening up our electronic desk this winter we came across piles of photos that we had not yet published and while that’s a crying shame it is...

2019 Cynthiana Rod Run Coverage: Our Awesome Photo Coverage Starts Here

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I got to the Rod Run at what I thought was early enough to get a good parking spot.  This was not to be as downtown was already pretty full and cars kept...

BangShift Movie Car Chase: Chevrolet Corvette Stingray vs. De Tomaso Pantera in “Challenge”

An early C3 Stingray Corvette and a De Tomaso Pantera, tearing up the roads near Asheville, North Carolina in the early 1970s…doesn’t sound too implausible, does it? If it weren’t...

Money No Object: 1981 Chevrolet Camaro Yenko Turbo Z – They Saw The Future

Put yourself in Don Yenko’s shoes for a moment. The heyday is behind you…the insurance groups have been a thorn for years. The idea of the Yenko Super Car has been gone for years....

Unhinged: Waxing Poetic On The Subaru Baja

Here’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever wanted…a Subaru Baja. Why in God’s name would I want one? Mainly…it was the only ute left. The El Camino died before I finished...

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One Step Too Far: Engine Failure At 50 PSI For This Camaro!

The current automatic power recipe goes a little like this: find LS engine in junkyard. Swap cam, valve springs. Add boost. Done. I’m simplifying it a bit but you know what I mean…the...

Morning Symphony: Panoz Esperante GTR-1 In Action At Imola

Do you remember the Panoz Esperante? Have you ever heard of the Panoz Esperante? I would be willing to wager that you haven’t, or that if you have, it’s been years since you gave one any...

Movin’ On Up: Tanner Gray To Race Full Time In NASCAR Gander Truck Series For 2020

It took Tanner Gray all of two years to go from a star rookie to a dominating NHRA pro stock eliminator champion. After collecting the 2018 NHRA championship in convincing fashion, Gray turned his...

Video: Check Out The Aeromotive 10 GPM Brushless Pump and True Variable Speed Controller In Action On The Test Stand!

We told you yesterday that we would be back with video showing the monster 10 gallon per minute Aeromotive brushless pump in action and here we are. The test stand that this pump was on got slap wore...

Project For Sale: This Dude Was Going To Stick A Honda CBR Engine In A 1965 Austin America, Now YOU Can

Hot rodders are creative people. That can be both a blessing and a curse when it comes to cars but by and large the minds of gearheads are always churning to come up with new ideas, new projects, and...

This 4.3L V6 ASA Stock Car Race Engine Raises A Question – What Do You Do With Unique Old Race Engines?

Racing is really, really fickle. As we all know, today’s cutting edge race car is tomorrow’s old junk. Racing engines strike us as different, though. Lots of times the engine platforms...