Author: Chad Reynolds

Car or Automobile

Mooneyes New Year’s Party At Irwindale: A SoCal Hot Rod And Racing Tradition That Just Keeps Getting Cooler And Cooler

Here’s another great gallery of photos from the Mooneyes New Year’s Party from Grippo! And if you missed the previous photos, we’ve got a link for that down below too! (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Most people take their yearly vacations in the summertime, not us. My nice weather months (Spring, Summer, and Fall) […]

The post Mooneyes New Year’s Party At Irwindale: A SoCal Hot Rod And Racing Tradition That Just Keeps Getting Cooler And Cooler appeared first on BangShift.com.

Car or Automobile

Extended Cab Land Cruiser Pickup Build Part 1: Simple But Trick Chassis Mods For This Ambitious And Rad Off-Road Project.

This new project from the guys at Designed and Built is one that I really dig. I’m a fan of FJ Land Cruisers and if you are too then you are going to like this one. It’s not a typical FJ SUV body, but rather the pickup model and that’s cool just because you don’t […]

The post Extended Cab Land Cruiser Pickup Build Part 1: Simple But Trick Chassis Mods For This Ambitious And Rad Off-Road Project. appeared first on BangShift.com.

Car or Automobile

TIG Welding 301: TIG Welding Thick Aluminum Parts To Thin Aluminum. Here’s An Important Lesson, Plus Tips And Tricks.

When it comes to materials for building race car and hot rod parts, we tend to go to the extremes. Some parts and pieces are as thin as possible to save weight, and other parts are super thick so they hold up to abuse, don’t distort, or whatever. So what happens when you need to […]

The post TIG Welding 301: TIG Welding Thick Aluminum Parts To Thin Aluminum. Here’s An Important Lesson, Plus Tips And Tricks. appeared first on BangShift.com.

Car or Automobile

Simple DIY Tooling for HAMMER FORMING BEADS: Use Them With A Power Hammer, A Press, Or By Hand!

If you haven’t seen any of our other videos of hammer forming parts, then you are going to want to use the link below to check them out as well. But in this latest video from our friends at Bennetts Customs Company in Australia, you are going to see them put together a simple hammer […]

The post Simple DIY Tooling for HAMMER FORMING BEADS: Use Them With A Power Hammer, A Press, Or By Hand! appeared first on BangShift.com.

Car or Automobile

Murder Nova Burnout Truck – Build Series Part 2: It’s Going Back Together After Paint, And Then It’s Time For The Power!

It sure wasn’t pretty, but they got that part in the works and now it’s time to get some suspension under it! It’s time to build a burnout truck and that’s just what they are going to do. But not before some real work had to happen and part of that was getting this thing […]

The post Murder Nova Burnout Truck – Build Series Part 2: It’s Going Back Together After Paint, And Then It’s Time For The Power! appeared first on BangShift.com.

Car or Automobile

FREE LIVE NHRA Regional Racing Action: Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At No Problem Raceway – Friday

Free live drag racing starts here and continues all weekend long from the NHRA Regional at No Problem Raceway In Louisiana. We’re talking all kinds of Sportsman Drag racing which means wheels up Stock and Super Stock Eliminator, plus Competition Eliminator and all your favorite Super categories. This is points racing and while it isn’t […]

The post FREE LIVE NHRA Regional Racing Action: Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing At No Problem Raceway – Friday appeared first on BangShift.com.

Car or Automobile

Kingpin – The 1956 F600 Crew Cab Project: Cab Fab, Chassis Work, Bed, Tubs, Fenders And More. Metal Fab Greatness!

When I walked up to Kingpin at the PRI Show in Indy last December I thought it looked cool, but I had no idea how cool. This truck is truly something special. I spent 20 minutes walking around it with my buddy Kenny, and we not only looked at all the obvious stuff, but also […]

The post Kingpin – The 1956 F600 Crew Cab Project: Cab Fab, Chassis Work, Bed, Tubs, Fenders And More. Metal Fab Greatness! appeared first on BangShift.com.

Car or Automobile

Are You A Beginner Just Learning How To Weld? Setting Wire Speed On A Mig Welder To Match Voltage Is A Must For Clean Welds Quick!

I’ve been welding for over 90% of my life. My Grandpa Lanning taught me as a kid and I’ve been welding ever since. When I learned there were no diagrams or charts or anything like that, other than what came on or in the welder lid that gave you an idea of where your settings […]

The post Are You A Beginner Just Learning How To Weld? Setting Wire Speed On A Mig Welder To Match Voltage Is A Must For Clean Welds Quick! appeared first on BangShift.com.

Car or Automobile

Street Freak – Part 1: This New Street Race Project Out Of Sweden Is Nuts! Twin Turbo Lambo Powered, Mid Engine, 25.2 Drag And Drive Greatness!

Okay folks, this one is going to be something special. And it takes someone special to want to build something like this but we love Peter Bjorck for it! We’re not going to tell you what body this car is going to have on it, until you learn in the first video with us, but […]

The post Street Freak – Part 1: This New Street Race Project Out Of Sweden Is Nuts! Twin Turbo Lambo Powered, Mid Engine, 25.2 Drag And Drive Greatness! appeared first on BangShift.com.

Car or Automobile

Look At What The Barn Find Hunter Has Discovered! JACKPOT: 90,000 sqft of Barn Find Heaven – Muscle Cars, Trucks, & More!

Barn finds are awesome, and this one here is truly something special. I’m not saying that you are going to want every single car and truck that is in these barns, but if you don’t find something you like then you are a lost cause. Yeah, I said barns. Plural. There are six barns, totally […]

The post Look At What The Barn Find Hunter Has Discovered! JACKPOT: 90,000 sqft of Barn Find Heaven – Muscle Cars, Trucks, & More! appeared first on BangShift.com.