Veteran Rehabilitation: Bringing A Sherman Tank Back To Tip-Top Shape
Jan 30, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
The only Sherman tanks I ever got to see during my military days were display tanks. The oldest tank I ever saw that wasn’t a pretty statue was an M60 Patton variant that was sitting on a back...
Heavy Duty Junkyard Crawl And Engine Teardown: Watch The DeBoss Garage Guys Get Busy With Some Caterpillar Fun!
Jan 30, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift XL, ENGINES, TECH, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos
I had occasion to meet the guys from DeBoss Garage last week and they were really cool to hang out and have a beer with. They’re the same dudes you see on the screen when you watch their videos...
Rough Start: 1989 Dodge D150 – Cheaper Than A Cummins By A Wide Mile
Jan 30, 2020Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
When it comes to the 1981-93 Dodge pickups, you’ll find them in pretty much three levels of condition: Decent street truck, cared for but worn. Decrepit. It’s a Cummins-powered...
This Ram Air V Topped 455 Pontiac Engine Is An Iron Headed Thumper – Who Needs To Wake Up Their Tin Indian?
Jan 30, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, eBay Find
When it comes to pinnacle factory performance parts from Pontiac, we all kind of default to the Super Duty engines that were installed in those short number of Trans Ams in the early 1970s and those...
Morning Symphony: Waking Up The Warbirds
Jan 30, 2020Bryan McTaggartVideos
I loved walking out onto the flightline at sunrise. It’s quiet in much the same way you would experience camping at a hidden beach, or deep in the mountains. There’s just a little bit of...
Not Every One Died: The Story Of The Rescue And Revival Of LEE 1, The Very First General Lee Charger!
Jan 30, 2020Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
Dixie horn, big-block soundtrack, and two always happy go lucky Southern boys who never really did anything wrong flinging their bright orange Dodge Charger around the dirt roads of Hazzard County...
Truck Suspension Tech Video: Check Out The Install Of QA1s Complete Single Adjustable Coil-Over Suspension On A 1970 C10!
Jan 30, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, Sponsor News, SUSPENSION, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Sponsor News, XL Suspension Tech, XL Tech Stories
There’s nothing hotter in the aftermarket these days than classic trucks. After just meeting with dozens of high performance parts manufacturers last week, I came away with a keen understanding...
2020 Grand National Roadster Show Photo Coverage: History, Beauty, and More At This Awesome Show
Jan 29, 2020Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, BangShift News, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage, Gallery, OTHER
(Photos by Wes Allison) – While we often talk about the “racing season” there’s no real “car show season” in America because it just doesn’t stop. Like...
This 1940s Midget Racer Has An Empty Flathead Engine And Stories For Days
Jan 29, 2020Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, eBay Find
Midget racing in the 1940s was one of the biggest automotive attractions in the country. Midgets races everywhere you and on every surface you can think of. Indoors, outdoors, on dirt tracks, on road...
Breakout: Antron Brown and Don Schumacher Racing Announce Formation Of AB Motorsports – First Step For Brown As Team Owner
Jan 29, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
While the NHRA off-season news has been more of a drip than a torrent in 2020, the floodgates have opened over the last couple of days and at the top of the wave was this blockbuster announcement...
Holley EFI Dominates At US Street Nationals – Stevie Fast Claims Record, Effectively Races Himself In Final Round
Jan 29, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Sponsor News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, Sponsor News
So get this. Stevie Jackson and his guys have been in every final round of ever race they have entered (NHRA, and outlaw/drag radial) since the 2019 NHRA US Nationals in August. This is even more...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Antron Brown Tells The Inside Story Of The Formation Of AB Motorsports, Jason Line Talks Pro Stock, More!
Jan 29, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
This is a neat episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast because the guests and the topics are pretty juicy. There’s Antron Brown who just yesterday announced that he has formed AB Motorsports which...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Dreams” by Van Halen (1986) Featuring The Blue Angels
Jan 29, 2020Bryan McTaggartBS Daily Tune Up
How in the hell have we not featured this video yet? How? Before I knew everybody’s name in the band, before I knew one single album title, I knew Van Halen simply because of this music video....
Godzilla’s Guts: Tearing Into The New Ford 7.3L V8 To See What’s What
Jan 29, 2020Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
So we know that a Fox body mule is being prepped to take one of Ford’s new 7.3L OHV V8 engines. That’s awesome…we love to see that an engine that’s still piping hot from the...
