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We here at BangShift have never been quiet about our live for the US space program and the incredible magic it produced for decades. The famed Mercury Seven were perhaps the most brave and heroic citizens of our country that have ever lived and this video celebrates the triumphs that the brought to humanity during the most important years of NASA’s history. Yes, the Russians got the jump on us but once NASA felt its might and understood its strength the balance of power in the race to the moon shifted on its axis and our country took the lead and saw the competition to its ultimate finish with the Apollo missions to the moon. That wok and those missions would never have happened without the bravery, risks, and ultimate success of the Mercury program. From Walter Cronkite calling the action to the men splashing down in the sea, it’s a highlight reel of a nation that won WWII and used the collective knowledge of its “best and brightest” to achieve things that humans had been dreaming ab...

America was booming in the middle 1960s. There were massive construction projects going on all over the country, industry was consuming resources that needed to be cut, moved, or mined out of the ground, and literally hundreds of companies supplied equipment and machinery to get the work done. The best part was that 99% of it was designed and built right here in the USA. We have a copy of Construction Methods magazine from 1966 that our grandfather gave to us way back. The magazine is filled with very cool ads for trucks and heavy equipment. One of the sad things we took away from going through all these ads is just how far General Motors has fallen. Nearly half of the stuff you’ll see in the gallery was produced by one division or another. Allison transmissions for bulldozers, GMC heavy trucks, 4×4 consumer trucks, Detroit Diesel engines, Euclid heavy dump trucks, and scads of other stuff fell under the umbrella of the General. Now they struggle to produce the freaking Aveo econ...

The guys at Iron Trap Garage started a Hot Rodding 101 series a couple of years ago that we’ve watched, but we never shared it with you guys until now. They just put up a new one today so we looked back to see how many were in the series and are going to start sharing them all. This first one in the Hot Rodding 101 series was about Ford Flathead V8 engines and the second one ] was the early Cadillac OHV engines. This latest video is about Flathead Ford ignition systems and covers everything from stock stuff to complete high end racing ignition systems. Check it out. CLICK HERE IF YOU MISSED THE FIRST VIDEOS Video Description: Recently Matt took a trip to Mason Racing Ignition to pick up his freshly rebuilt magneto for the 1933 Ford 3-Window build. While there Matt thought about all the added costs that come with running rare ignition that can be overlooked. Today we are going to talk about everything you need to know about Flathead Ignition. Matt covers stock ignition, drop in elect...

Sometimes you can swap a modern set of seats into your hot rod, custom, or muscle car and they look right. Other times the size is wrong, the bolstering is too extreme, or they just don’t “fit” both physically and visually. Sometimes the best way to go is to take your stock seats and add some new foam so they are a little more bolstered but not too modern. Sometimes the best way to go is to use a modern seat but to tone down the bolstering. Whatever look you are going for, this video here will help you learn how to apply and trim foam to get the shape you want for a seat. In Part 2 we will show you how to sew the covers to make these actually into finished seats! The post Classic Car Interiors: Basic Customization Of Seat Foam – Getting The Shape You Want For Your Seats appeared first on BangShift.com . https://ift.tt/bCmNXeD from BangShift.com https://ift.tt/muiePwg

You know that we love our square body, 1973-1987 Chevrolet trucks around here, and that’s not only because they look awesome but also because there is so much aftermarket support for them regardless of what you want to use them for. Lifted, lowered, race, cruiser, you name it you can do it with one. But what about those of you who have a 4×4 and want to swap a modern overdrive stick shift transmission into one? Thanks to this awesome kit from American Powertrain, that has never been easier. Check out all the info below and then hit them up and tell them BANGshift sent you and you want a free shirt. Cookeville, TN   (April 11, 2023) –  With Chevy/GMC Square Bodies all the rage, American Powertrain the nation’s leading distributor of TREMEC transmissions, is introducing a Square Body Chevy/GMC 4×4 kit for the TREMEC TR-4050 5-speed, 4WD manual transmission designed to fit 1973 – 1987 pickups and SUVs including Suburbans, Jimmys and Chevy Blazers. The new American Powertrain ...

After installing a cool Duvall windshield on their 1931 Model A Ford Roadster, Karl at Make It Kustom wanted to do a split grill shell as well. The car is running a ’32 Grill Shell, which stock has one big opening in it, but Karl wanted to make it something special and here’s how he’s going to do it. In this video, you’ll see metal shaping done to match a wire form and paper template. It is the easiest way to see what the metal needs to do in order to take the shape you want. And then Karl shows us just how to get that shape to happen. Check it out. Video Description: On this episode of Make It Kustom, Elio and I use a wire form and paper patterns to visualize and template the split grill modification on the 1931 Model A Roadster. The post Make It Kustom Designs A Custom Split 1932 Grill For A Hot Rod Roadster appeared first on BangShift.com . https://ift.tt/oaBVfw9 from BangShift.com https://ift.tt/uGBbCam

If you are like us, you laugh sometimes at the tools you see on TikTok or Facebook, or even YouTube for that matter. Sometimes they are in ads, and other times they pop up as people who are just doing videos to promote or test them. There are a ton of times when I have seen some of these tools and thought “Who in their right mind would buy that?” and other times where I think they might actually be worth having and trying. Luckily for us, someone else has done the testing for us so we don’t have to be the guinea pigs. Check it out. Video Description: Our lifetime of TOOL RANKINGS : https://etsy.me/3G8j3QK A list of tools we’ve tested that don’t suck: https://www.amazon.com/shop/torquetes… Go check out @SomeGuysGarage ! Today we test a couple TikTok tool hack innovations and surprisingly, one is pretty awesome and has some design choices we feel should even find their way into modern cordless tools! The post Testing TikTok Tool Hacks: Surprisingly Amazing, Or Just Stupid? app...