BANGshift.com Would Like To Wish All Of You A Happy And Safe Independence Day! We Hope You Enjoy The Celebration This 4th of July!

On behalf of myself, all our great BANGshift.com contributors, and all our families, BANGshift.com would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and safe Independence Day. Happy Birthday to the United...

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Shop Tour Video: United by Trucks Visits Pennsylvania’s Hart Fab to Get A Look At What Makes Them Tick. This is UBT ON TOUR

I love shop tours. Who doesn’t? Seeing a hot rod or custom shop building cars and trucks is always fun to see, and when they do it right it is really fun to check out all their fabrication,...

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Laid On Its Balls! How This Custom NBS Went From Show To Scrap And Back To Life And On The Road!

This truck has got some interesting history and has lived a rough life but has been brought back to life in a big way. After being built, this truck lit the show world on fire as it was laid out on...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: Brush Painting This Bad Boy Black Means It Is Almost Done!

Matt and the guys are all about keeping patina when it fits and making sure that their projects use as many original and period-correct parts as possible. If a car or truck has earned a really good...

Bigger, Badder…Better? The 2023 Chevrolet Colorado Looks Good On Paper And In The Styling Department

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Chevrolet Colorado has a very short history, but has been a very major player in Chevy’s truck fleet since it came out in 2004, and returned from the dead in 2016....

Get A Free White Lightning Shifter From American Powertrain Through August!

If you like snappy shifts, full throttle shifts, and banging gears in general, then the White Lightning shifter from American Powertrain is going to be something you love. This is a shifter that not...

Better Or Worse: The 2024 Blazer Will Be A Full EV With Up To 557hp – Less Shameful Than Current Model?

(By Tom Lohnes)- The Chevrolet Blazer is sadly in the same club as the Mitsubishi Eclipse. Although less severe than the Mitsubishi, it was once a very cool vehicle that slowly dwindled into...

Small Town Car Show Tour Photos: The Royal Coachmen’s Car Show Did Not Disappoint With Lots Of Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Gassers, And More!

Here is our third gallery from the Coachmen’s Car Show! Last summer, Scott Liggett brought us pictures from some of the car shows he hit up in the small towns near his home in Nebraska. And...

Car Hauler Big Rig Luxury Tour- Custom 19 Peterbilt 567 with 156” ARI Legacy Sleeper- RCI Cribs EP2

Today’s big rigs are something else. Never before have there been over the road trucks with more creature comforts, more power, or more luxury. Unfortunately, that describes pretty much all the...

Interior How-To: Replacing a Classic 1960s Car Dashboard

I stumbled upon this YouTube channel called Upholstery Tips, and have been entertained and informed on a few fun things since. We recently shared a video where a cool custom console was built for a...

Old Thumper: Watch This 1980s Caterpillar 3408 V8 Make Modern, Solid Power on The Chassis Dyno

I know that I am weird but I absolutely love watching big rigs on the chassis dyno. Places like Pittsburgh Power, Antrim Diesel, and others have very active businesses working on, fixing, and tuning...

Hard Worker: This Nitrous Injected Small Block Makes 898hp At Less Than 7,000 RPM!

No, the small block is not dead. Hell, the small block is barely ill at this point despite the massive onslaught of LS fever that has gripped hot rodding for what, a decade now? At some point the...

Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: It’s Back Together And Better Than Ever!

The Model A Shop Truck is going together nicely now that all the chassis has been painted! Yes there is some fabrication happening in this episode to get it buttoned up, but then it will be almost...

347 FORD STROKER-WHAT MAKES MORE POWER? BOLT ONS OR BOOST? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU UPGRADE WITH BOTH?

Bolt-ons or boost? It’s the age-old question when building horsepower. Or should you just jump right into doing both? Luckily for us Richard Holdener is the king of dyno testing and can show...

Route 66 In A Forgotten Big Block Square Body – Day 2 With Lots Of Breakdowns

The latest update on the C20 road trip has this poor truck being pushed to its limits because sitting for decades has taken its toll. That means this is one of those painful breakdown parts of the...

New Product: Detroit Speed Rear Speed Kits For 1967-1972 GM C10 Trucks

If you have a 1967 to 1972 C10 with the truck arm rear suspension and are looking for a way to lower the truck AND make it ride like it’s NOT the 1960’s then this just might be the kit...

1,600 Mile Route 66 Road Trip In A Forgotten C20 – Day 1

We told you that this one would be exciting, and taking an old forgotten C20 on a road trip across Route 66 sure does qualify. This is a killer route that has some super fun parts to it, and from...