Influence and Impact – OBS Trucks Gone Wild, Air Suspension, Custom Paint, and Retro CK Resurgence
It’s time for another episode of Influence and Impact, but this time it is all about customized OBS trucks and the extremes they went to in order to create such a strong sport truck market....
Cool Animation: Take A Look At This Comprehensive Layout Of The Triple Expansion Steam Engines On The Titanic
One of my sons is into the Titanic disaster these days and he has been scarfing up books and stories about the ship and the icy end that befell it. One of the things we have been working through are...
Innovation In Action Video: How Dodge Stepped Up And Produced The Sperry Gyro-Compass During WWII
The stories of innovation, engineering, and manufacturing heroism during WWII are legend and will be until the end of time. From Ford producing airplanes by the gripload to GM cranking out trucks and...
4.8L VS THE WORLD! 4.8L (WITH 7 PSI) VS 5.3L VS 6.0L VS 383 VS 408! WHO MAKES THE MOST TORQUE?
There is no replacement for displacement! This is a truth that has been beat into us since our earliest days as hot rodders. And it is true. If you take like engines with two different displacements,...
ABANDONED 29 YEARS! Will This 1975 Dodge Truck RUN and DRIVE Again? Dylan McCool Thinks He Can Make It Happen.
Dylan is back at it, with another old find that has spent a ton of years sitting in the treeline, waiting for someone to remember they left it there. This 1975 Dodge D100 is a looker too! LOL Okay,...
Watch This Upside Down (But Right Side Up?) Ranger V770 12-Cylinder Engine Run and Spit Fire!
The Ranger V770 12-cylinder engine was a stalwart power plant for a slew of airplanes that included a bunch of trainers that were used to get pilots ready for war during WWII. A single overhead...
This 1973 Jeep J2000 Truck Sales Promotional Film Has Us Looking For A Dealer – 70s Greatness
It is pretty hard to argue against the overt coolness of the Wagoneers and J-trucks of the early 1970s. They were really well built, intentioned to get out there into the wild, and they look great as...
Watch A New Holland Pulling Tractor Blow ALL THE WAY UP During A Pull
While we have tons and tons of respect for the guys in the drag racing world that run “a lot” of boost, they have nothing on the pulling tractor guys. These guys have been force feeding...
Video Of A Massive, Pre-Hydraulic LeTourneau Front End Loader Is Yellow Poetry In Motion
As I have established over the last thirteen years here at BangShift, I love old machines that completed huge tasks without the technology of today. Decades back, the work still had to get done and...
Can Finnegan Tow Doubles With His Cummins Diesel-Swapped Chevy or Is It Gonna Get Dangerous?
Everyone knows I’m a huge fan of ramp trucks, and so is Mike Finnegan. He’s owned several, gave Newbern the bug so bad he’s building his own, and now he wants to haul more than one...
Easy Bolt On Steering Upgrade For OBS GM Trucks! Saturday Morning Borgeson Steering Box Swap That Really Works!
OBS GM Trucks have never been hotter, and there are TONS of parts available for everything from suspension to power adders, engines swaps, and so much more, but one place they really respond to...
SHIFT WITH CONFIDENCE. You Won’t Miss A Shift When It Counts With B&M Automatic Shifters!
Own your driving experience with smooth gear shifts and unrivaled control today! B&M is having a sale on their automatic shifters. My first aftermarket shifter was for the th350 in my 1969 Camaro...
Truck Show Photos: The Inaugural Grand National Truck Show. We’ve Got ALL The Photos Right Here!
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The inaugural O’Reilly Auto Parts Grand National Truck Show took place at the Fairplex in Pomona on September 16-17. It featured over 400 trucks, vans, and SUVs of...
Truck Show Photos: The Inaugural Grand National Truck Show Was Full Of Epic Haulers! We’ve Got ALL The Photos Right Here!
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The inaugural O’Reilly Auto Parts Grand National Truck Show took place at the Fairplex in Pomona on September 16-17. It featured over 400 trucks, vans, and SUVs of...
