Category Archive: BangShift XL, Metal Fabrication, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Spotlight, XL Tech Stories

Welding Tips and Tricks: Welding Steel Plate To Cast Steel The Right Way. Will It Still Crack?

Video Description: Here is a fun project! I show my tips and tricks when it comes to welding tabs, brackets, and most importantly , How to weld Steel plate to Cast steel. Tools used: Harris super...

Steve Magnante Truck Week Junkyard Finds Continue. Truck Week Feature #24 – The Ford Courier That Proved Who Was Smart

Here’s the twenty fourth video of Steve’s Truck series! This time it’s all about the cute little Ford Courier, a rebadged Mazda B-Series that proved there were some smart people handling...

Introducing RacePak Dash Displays Available in 6.86″ and 12.3″ size options. Big Digital Screens That Looks Bad Ass!

With the huge success of Holley’s trick digital dashes, and tons of their Racepak customers pressuring them for their own, it was just a matter of time before we’d see a fully...

2024 KING OF HAMMERS: ENTIRE FIRST LAP TROPHY JEEP ONBOARD WITH CASEY CURRIE

Here is a full lap at the Race of Kings, from inside the Trophy Jeep! King of the Hammers Race of Kings action continues, with Casey Currie’s adventures from Johnson Valley. We’ve talked a lot...

Lone Star Throwdown 2024 Photos: Texas Brought Out The Big, The Small, The Lifted, The Lowered, Classics, And Modern.

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout. Lone Star Throwdown, or LST as it’s often referred to, is...

Exploring Thailand’s Drag Racing Culture With 1320Video: We’re Talking 7 Second 4-cylinder Diesel Pickups!

In the last video that we shared of 1320Video’s adventures in Thailand, they showed all kinds of crazy fun show trucks, but also gave us a glimpse of the insane drag racing action that goes on...

Kingpin – The 1956 F600 Crew Cab Project: Metal Work – The Dash, Front Valance, And Engine Bay Get Some Sheet Metal Love

Here’s the next installment in this killer F600 Ford build. If you haven’t seen it, you should. Check it out. When I walked up to Kingpin at the PRI Show in Indy last December I thought...

More Photos From Lone Star Throwdown 2024: Big, Small, Lifted, Lowered, Classics, And Modern. They Were All In Texas.

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout. Lone Star Throwdown, or LST as it’s often referred to, is...

A Day of Good Off Roading and Bad Decisions For Dave From The Dirthead Shed. Fun Was Had In The Snow And Rocks.

Dirthead Dave is back at it in this video, out in the rocks and snow, to have some fun and tear up some stuff. He’s definitely not treating Mom’s Spaghetti right in this video, but it...

Steve Magnante’s Truck Week Junkyard Finds Continue. Truck Week Feature #22. GM Toro Flow Diesel Dump Truck

Here’s the twenty second video of Steve’s Truck series! This time it’s all about the illusive GM Toro-Flow diesel engine, this time found in a C60 dump truck. Watch and if you missed the...

ABANDONED To RESTORED! Vice Grip Garage Is Rebuilding A Ford F100 | Part 1- Engine Removal & Diagnosis

It’s time for a fun restoration AND a chance to win this truck! If you have always wanted to own a classic truck, then this dent side Ford is one you need to pay attention to! It’s...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Modifying The Pickup Bed AGAIN! Not Completely Happy Means More Mods.

You’d think that since the bed was getting super close to being done that it would mean it was time to move onto something else, but…. nope. Brent isn’t thrilled with a couple...

Our Second Gallery Of Photos From Lone Star Throwdown 2024 Is Here! Slammed, Lifted, And Every Custom Truck In Between!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout. Lone Star Throwdown, or LST as it’s often referred to, is...

Who Makes The Best Mechanic’s Creeper? Let’s Find Out! Daytona vs Snap On And 12 Others.

Project Farm is back at it with a cool test that involves 14 different mechanics creepers being tested to find out who makes the best one and why. If you don’t have a lift, and are working on...