Blowed Up: Check Out The Remains of This Severely Dead Kawasaki V-Twin Engine – OUCH!
Oct 02, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Spotlight, XL Truck News
(By Doug Gregory) – We all know nitro is a heartless mistress and will inflict whatever damage to expensive engines she chooses. Gasoline can be the bratty little sister who will also have her...
2018 Cynthiana Rod Run Coverage: Tractors, Trucks, and Working Stuff From The Show!
Oct 02, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Car Features, Gallery, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This collection and the next will probably be the most-liked by our beloved editor. Brian has a thing for ‘working’ vehicles whether it be farm...
Mark Williams Enterprises Rear End Options Offer Convenience, Options, Quality, and Engineering – Why Consider Anyone Else?
Oct 02, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Sponsor News, BangShift 1320, BangShift XL, Sponsor News, XL Sponsor News
Mark Williams Enterprises is known for a host of effective, hardcore, and high quality products. They are really, really well known for their rear axles and the associated components that they have...
In 1967 The GMC Advertising Department Apparently Lost Their Minds – Watch Three Weird Truck Ads
Oct 02, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
There have been plenty of weird, quizzical, and downright strange car commercials over the years but the GMC advertising department or agency really cornered the market in 1967. We’re not sure...
Epic Video: Footage Of Evel Knievel’s Huge Custom 1974 Mack Truck At The Mack Factory In The 1970s
Oct 02, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
I’ve shared my opinion of Evel Knievel many times here on the pages of BangShift. He was an insanely courageous man certainly no one that will ever be considered for sainthood. All that...
Historic Drag Video: This Footage From The 1981 Olympics Of Drag Racing Is Awesome
Oct 01, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week rolls into historic Great Lakes Dragaway today. This place, which rose to prominence behind the creative, wacky, and tireless work of the late Broadway Bob Metzler is cool....
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Worst Engine You’ve Ever Owned?
Oct 01, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
After a couple if years ago after realizing that the horrible engine in our former family truckster 2006 Pacifica consumed motor oil at roughly the same rate it consumed gasoline, I got to thinking...
Watch The 1980s Monster Truck Taurus Pull The Sled With Mondo Rake And Drive Over Buses
Oct 01, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Jack Willman’s Taurus was one of my favorite monster trucks of the 1980s. The always clean, always shined up, and always American flag wearing Chevrolet was a part of virtually every monster...
Who’s Dumber Video: Would You Consider The Driver Or The Crowd The Larger Idiot Here?
Oct 01, 2018Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
I have never claimed to be a very smart person but I have also never copped to being an idiot either. Virtually every person that you will see in this video is dumb. There’s the guy driving a...
