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Best of BangShift 2012: TheThump Truck – A 23,000lb Kenworth That’s About to Run 13s (w/video)

Posted in Car Features December 21, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos by Dave Nutting and Brian Lohnes) – This thing is truly insane. A 23,000lb behemoth making 1,000hp at the tire that defies logic, the known laws of physics, and all levels of common sense. On the day photog Dave Nutting and I met Leon Smith, the owner of this 1998 Kenworth T-800 truck, it was [...]

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1957 Chevy Factory Orrville Crew Cab Conversion – NAPCO 4WD and Power Steering – Lots of Photos!

Posted in Car Features October 11, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

When I got a text message with a photo of the truck you see below from Jon Sandahl at Tube Chassis Designz yesterday, I dropped everything I was doing and headed straight for his shop like my hair was on fire. He has this truck to do some work on it for the owner. It [...]

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Heavy Iron: Kenworth 963 Oil Field Trucks Come To Life – These Are The Kings Of The Desert!

Posted in Car Features February 5, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

(Photos credit: Kenworth Trucks) – When it comes to big, awesome trucks there are few bigger and more awesome than the mighty Kenworth 963 oil field truck. These massive off-highway trucks spend their time working in the desert or other inhospitable places where oil rigs are present. Their primary job in the field is to [...]

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Goliath’s Younger Brother! A 1972 Chevy C50 Pickup That Is Cool Truck Perfection

Posted in CHEVY February 20, 2013  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

You are never going to believe this one! Jeff Angeleri, GM Design engineer extraordinaire, among other things, sent us a picture of his super cool 1972 C50 pickup which is the brother of Goliath, Brian’s former 1966 Chevy C50 pickup (which is now owned by his buddy Paul)! They are even the same color! You [...]

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SEMA 2012 Featurette: A 1949 Dodge Power Wagon Crew Cab Built by Legacy Power Wagon of Wyoming

Posted in Car Features October 31, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

There’s literally dozens of vehicles here at the 2012 SEMA show that deserve coverage on the pages of BangShift and we’re planning on getting to many of them in the coming days and weeks, but this 1949 Dodge Power Wagon crew cab monster built by Legacy Power Wagon of Jackson, Wyoming will be the first. [...]

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Bangshift Mini-Feature: The Piss'd Off Pete 1960 Peterbilt

Bangshift Mini-Feature: The Piss’d Off Pete 1960 Peterbilt

Posted in Car Features April 7, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

One of the coolest projects to hit the airwaves and webwaves over the last couple of years is Randy Grubb’s creation known as the Pissed Off Pete. This is a 1960 Peterbilt truck modified in the spirit of a Fuel Altered/street rod/we don’t even know what. The truck is totally bad ass and amazing to [...]

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Mini-Feature: A 1957 International Welding Truck That’s The Same As It Was When It Left The Job Site

Posted in Car Features May 22, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  0 comments

(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) - We sometimes see a guy at car shows with a 1957 International Harvester pickup. He tells us his grandfather bought the truck brand new, and converted it for his job as a pipeline welder. The welder/generator is belt driven off the driveshaft, there is a gearbox  that allows either [...]

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