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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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Bug Out ‘Stang: This 2009 Ford Mustang Has 11″ Of Suspension Travel, And Exocage, and An Evil Demeanor

We have to thank BangShifter Chris Yocum for tipping us off to the existence of this creation the likes of which we have never seen before. Not a trar because it is all car, not a chassis swap of any...

Maximum VW: The Huge Bug Is A Masterpiece of Metal Working, Creativity, and Fun – 3,500 Custom Parts!

Yes, this is truly a car that lives up to the name! The Huge Bug is something we should have known about forever ago but we didn’t. My pal Alan Reinhart sent along a link of the car at a car...

Think We’re Kidding: Garrett To Begin Manufacture Of Electric Assist Turbochargers In 2021 (OE User Not Named Yet)

No, it is not a coincidence that you are seeing this story about Garrett getting into the electric turbocharger game right near the story bout Cleetus McFarland horsing around with the currently...

No Joke: Cleetus Gets His Hands On Another Electric Turbo and Makes More Power

We were all pretty surprised around here recently when Cleetus McFarland strapped a Torque Amp electric turbocharger to his weenie little Chevy Cobalt and shaved 1.5 seconds off the ET and picked up...

The Pit Stop Is Dead: 2019 Snowball Derby Will Give Preview Of Life After Traditional NASCAR Pit Stops

In racing, like in life people are the key. In business, people are the most expensive element of running everything from a fruit stand to a NASCAR team. Part of the contraction of the sport of...

Rare Footage: The Chase Scene From Gone In 60 Seconds 2, H.B. Halicki’s Unfinished Film

Henry Blight “Toby” Halicki is legendary in Hollywood for his car chase scenes. If you’ve seen the original 1974 version of Gone In 60 Seconds or The Junkman, you know that the...

Classic YouTube: Early 1990s Super Stock Class Eliminations At Indy! All Sticks Shrieking Engines, Dry Hops, And Gear Jamming!

I didn’t go looking for old racing footage for nostalgia’s sake this time. Between 1990 and 1992, when this footage from the NHRA US Nationals at Indy was captured, I was a young kid who...

Monday Shopper: LSA-Powered Fake Lamborghini Diablo VT

What would compel us to look over a purple 2000 Lamborghini Diablo VT roadster? Why would we give that car the time of day? Lamborghinis are “once for the experience” kind of...

Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Harvesting Old Iron In The Garden

You have exactly two weeks to get off of your ass and to get your affairs in order for this year’s Christmas. Get the food ready. Get the presents ready. Get the drink ready…after all of...

Garlits Speaks: Listen To Big Daddy Talk About His Electric Dragster, His New Team Up With Holley Evi And More!

To the unknowing, he is an older guy, short in stature, and packing a set of Popeye looking forearms that have been built up doing God knows what. To gearheads, he is the living embodiment of...

King Of The Heap, Season 3, Round 1: Going Out With A Bang From The Engine Bay!

When the winter months approach in Kentucky, NCM Motorsports Park doesn’t shut down. In fact, this year they went for broke. On the south side of the road course, you have the festive show of...

This 1965 Dodge C500 Hauler And 1966 Barracuda Gasser Are The Perfect Package And They Could Be Yours For Just Over $40,000

I’m a ramp truck fanatic, and while there are tons of them out there that just plain rule, the old Dodges like this one or those used by Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The...

Tim McAmis Is Back With New Videos! This One Talks All About Wheelbase, The Good, The Bad, The Misunderstood

When Tim McAmis talks, people listen. This dude is smart, funny, and a riot to watch on video as he’s always throwing out some comment or one liner that will make some people squirm and most of...

Rough Start: 1970½ Ford Falcon – Break Out The Dog Dishes!

Ford in 1970 was a strange place to be. Henry Ford II had punted Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen out of the president role in 1969, and for all but a the last couple weeks of 1970, that position...