Video: The 7,700-Pound, 5-engine, Black Widow Pulling Tractor in Action
Dec 26, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
We were initially tipped off to a great video of the Ohio-based Black Widow pulling tractor by BangShift.com forum member 67Prostreet. Here’s the video of this five-engined monster being used...
Best Of BS 2015: The Most American “V8 Interceptor” We Could Find
Dec 26, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
(This Javelin-turned-V8 Interceptor was easily one of this year’s most talked about eBay finds of this year. It’s not like Australian Falcons are common in the States, so creativity is a...
Best Of BangShift: Harvest Brigade – How Government, Industry, And Farmers Fed The Country During WWII
Dec 26, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Truck Feature
The story of the Massey-Harris Harvest Brigade is an interesting one because it combines elements of opportunistic business practices, an honest measure of good will and forward thinking, the...
Best Of BS 2015: Happiness Is Running A Snotty F100 Through An Autocross Like You Own The Place
Dec 26, 2015Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, FORD
This is pretty much what a Craftsman Truck would look like circa 1971, and that’s awesome to us. This Ford F100 makes the right noises, dances properly, and rips through the cones of this Texas...
Best of BangShift 2015: Burndown! Watch The Awesome Pro Stock Final From The NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals In Denver
Dec 26, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
I know it seems like we’re going overload on the NHRA Denver stuff but the race was freaking awesome and it had so many elements to it that we can hardly get them all wedged into today’s...
Best Of BS 2015: The Kibbetech-built Crown Victoria Prerunner Is Stirring Up Ideas In Our Heads
Dec 26, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, FORD, XL Videos
Soak in that visual for a second: a 1990 Ford LTD Crown Victoria prerunner. Everything but four wheel drive is present and accounted for: ‘cage, flared out fenders, suspension with good travel,...
Best of BS 2015: BURNDOWN! Watch Brian Hicks and Josh Green Melt Their Pro Mods To The Ground At The NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl!
Dec 26, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
In the history of drag racing, we’re not sure that a pro mod staging burndown has ever been stopped by one of the competitor’s dad’s but in the case of the nearly 1:30 staging war...
Best Of BS 2015: Here’s All The Fun You Could Be Having If You Jammed A Blown 5.4L V8 Into A Crown Victoria
Dec 26, 2015Bryan McTaggartCAR FEATURES, FORD, Videos
“Quickcrownvic” took one look at his Ford Crown Victoria and sighed. The 4.6L V8 just wasn’t doing the trick anymore. At maybe 240 horsepower on a good day, there just wasn’t...
Best of BangShift 2015: Les Mayhew’s Roy Hill Indy Video Is The Best Thing You Will See Today
Dec 26, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
We have showed you Roy Hill’s two crazed Factory Stock Cobra Jet runs separately but this video by Les Mayhew for CompetitionPlusTV ties them both together with multiple angles and uses a...
Best of BS 2015: First Time Ever A B-52 Flew OUT Of The Famed Arizona Airplane “Boneyard” And Back Into Service – This Is Awesome
Dec 25, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Truck News
(Photo: Master Sgt. Greg Steele/USAF) – Usually when old military aircraft fly into the famed “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona they don’t come out under their own...
When We Were Paralyzed: Videos From The Infamous New England Blizzard Of ’78
Dec 25, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Because today may be the hottest Christmas on record for most of New England, we thought it appropriate to show some crazy footage of the white stuff not looking so pretty or nice. Check this out!...
Best of BangShift: The Mud Bog Wheelie To End All Mud Bog Wheelies
Dec 25, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
(By Jason Mazzotta) – This is one of those videos that is impossible to watch just once. Whether it is for the fact that the run is so quick and is over in seconds or the fact that it is just...
Best of BangShift: Lockheed Martin Invents Laser Gun That Can Melt A Truck Engine In Seconds – The Future Gets Creepier
Dec 25, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Tech Stories
(By Tony Sestito) – For years, lasers have been in many modern devices, from car CD players to those little pointers that you annoy your cat with. But up until recently, laser weapons were the...
Best of BangShift: Bulldozers And Steel Balls – BangShift Greatness Circa 1950
Dec 25, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift News
Back in 1940s and 50s America it wasn’t a question if the forest should be ripped down, it was a question of how quickly that pesky forest could be dispatched with and who could figure out...
