Best of 2019: The Union Pacific #4014 Big Boy and #844 Steam Locomotives In Action
Dec 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
I don’t know of any little kid that isn’t fascinated by trains. Whether it was listening to the freight trains of the Illinois Central line rip past the backyard of my stepmother’s...
Best of 2019: A Boeing 787 Hit 801 MPH Ground Speed Flying To London!
Dec 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Pretty much every airliner made develops nicknames for any variety of reasons. The all too common Boeing 737? It’s known as FLUF…”fat little ugly” and you can figure the rest...
Best of 2019: The Ford SVT Thunderbird Proposals – When Ford Decided Give The ‘Bird The Bird
Dec 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartFORD
In the mid-1990s, a horsepower war was firing off that consumers couldn’t quite access. Yes, there was the usual Mustang vs. Camaro/Firebird deal that was heating up, but those cars were still...
Best of 2019: 1950s Video Greatness: This Standard Oil Film About Service At The Service Station Rules
Dec 23, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos
Ahhh yes, the golden years of the American service station. The place where you pulled in, were greeted by someone in uniform, had your car checked out and sent off down the road with a clean bill of...
Best of 2019: Big Mess Video: Watch A Huge Crane Topple When The Earth Under It Gives Way!
Dec 23, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
(By Greg Rourke) – Having worked on a few job sites with big cranes on them, I have to say they scare the crap out of me. The biggest piece of equipment on the site lifting stuff that seems...
Best of 2019: The Marmon-Herrington Rhino, From Back When Creativity Could Get Weird Fast
Dec 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, HISTORIC, Videos, XL Videos
Picture this: it is a nice, sunny day in 1954. All is quiet and peaceful…right up until the ground starts to rumble with the the pulsations of something heavy coming close. Soon, you see...
Best of 2019: Can This 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle SS Wagon Be Saved?
Dec 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, eBay Find
Let’s be frank about this for a minute: the Super Sport badge might be the most used, abused, and ragged-out model and trim in the General Motors inventory. There have been hits, like the...
Dreamtime For Lohnes: Rtech’s Custom Trucks Visit Jay Leno!
Dec 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
We’ve seen both of the trucks you will see here at SEMA. Both of these trucks gathered a ton of attention, both of these trucks stand tall and broad, both of these trucks were the perfect...
Best of 2019: Transmission Tech Video: American Powertrain Explains Why A Junkyard 6-Speed May Not Be Your Project’s Best Friend
Dec 23, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drivetrain Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Tech Stories, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift XL, DRIVETRAIN, Tech Stories, XL Drivetrain Tech, XL Tech Stories
There’s a lot of stuff in life that seems really, really good on the surface but going a little bit deeper than that reveals that there are hidden costs. Such is the case with scoring a...
Morning Symphony: Mopars Making The Donuts
Dec 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
Okay, this pretty much qualifies as a gift to myself, but every now and then you can justify that course of action. Gratuitous Chrysler-powered donut making machines tearing up a purpose-designated...
Mecum Auctions Harrisburg Gallery: Here’s The Black Friday Sale We’re Interested In!
Dec 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Photos: Joe Grippo) It’s a thing I developed in Arizona and have carried with me since: the love of roaming the auction fields. Getting a bunch of desirable cars together in one place? I...
BangShift’s Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Bad Choice Of Words, There, Hero.
Dec 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartUPCG
Let’s set this scene up for you properly: it’s a front brake job. Rotors, pads, bearings, the whole nine yards. It’s a healthy bit of work to knock on on a nice, crisp December day...
Morning Symphony: Cultural Sharing With A Camaro
Dec 22, 2019Bryan McTaggartVideos
I don’t know where in the world exactly this was filmed at. Someone with more experience with European countries will have to help me out here. But I feel like I’ve seen this location...
