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...

Read more

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,...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

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...

Read more

 

This 1977 Dodge StreetVan Will Make Everyone Want A Custom Van Again.

I’ve been a Van Fan for a long time, and the 1970’s style custom vans are certainly on the list of what I think is cool. This 1977 Dodge Van is owned by Mark Coates, and he’s pretty...

Big Red Video: This 1964 Film Tells the Story Of Ford’s Futuristic, Turbine Powered, Roadworthy Big Rig

We should have stopped being surprised about what pops up on the internet about 25,000 blog items ago but we just cannot believe this keeps happening. What you are about see this a film about Big Red...

Testing Different Jacks With A Massive Hydraulic Press Is Absolutely Awesome

Many times we have run videos from the Hydraulic Press channel that highlight weird of funny stuff. This one is actually really informative and awesome because what our hero does in it is test...

Why Be Normal? This Video Features Weird, Cool, Different, and Just Plain Odd Stuff Hooked To The Pulling Sled!

As we all know, variety is the spice of life and the same goes for racing and automotive competition. In this case we are talking about truck and tractor pulling and how sometimes the oddball junk...

Hooked And Bookin’: Truck and Tractor Pulling Action Photos From The North Carolina State Fair

(Photos by David Whealon) – The sport of truck and tractor pulling is fortunate in a sense because if you are truly hardcore, you don’t really have an off-season. At the end of the...

FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: It Might Be The Ultimate Rock Crawler But Will People Want To Kill For Cutting Up An FJ45?

If you know old Toyota Land Cruisers then you know that an FJ40 is an iconic off-roader. Like a Jeep CJ, it’s a short wheelbase little utility ride that can be built into anything. The FJ60 on...

McLeod Workhorse Clutches Are The Ticket To Keeping Your Rig On The Street And The Trail!

When we think of McLeod clutches we think of racing and high performance applications on the street. This isn’t wrong because that’s what the company is known for around the world. They...

We’re Listening: Is GM Finally Going To Get Into The Aggressive High-Performance Pickup Space?

(By Tom Lohnes) – Hot on the tail of the insane C8 ZO6 reveal, Chevrolet Performance has posted a dark, not very revealing teaser of something to Instagram with the caption “beast” and it...

Cool Video: Fabricating Headers For The Wild Banks Engineering SEMA Truck Build

You know when Gale Banks throws the combined efforts of his company into creating a truck to display their skills and ability at the SEMA Show, great things are afoot. As it turns out, this truck was...

SEMA Show 2021: Trucks, Cars, And Battle Of The Builders From Las Vegas

This new gallery from the 2021 SEMA Show features a bunch of cool rides from the Central and North Halls, including BAJA 1000 racers, Battle of the Builders Competitors, and more. If there...

This Mini Pinzgauer 6×6 Project Is A Cool Way To End Up With A Side By Side Nobody Else Will Have

With side by side UTVs being all the rage in recent years, whether for fun or utility, there is no shortage of options for whatever you are looking for. But what if you want something that is truly...

SEMA Show New Product: Gen 3 HEMI Heads From AFR Are On The Way!

Mopar lovers rejoice! Air Flow Research, makers of some of the finest CNC ported cylinder heads on the planet, are releasing their first Gen 3 HEMI Mopar heads! Like all Air Flow Research heads,...

SEMA Show 2021: These Rides From The 2021 SEMA Show Will Make You Want To Get Out In The Dirt

This latest gallery was taken mostly in the new West Hall at the SEMA Show and features mostly off-road trucks, Jeeps, and the like. There are a few exotics and such too to satisfy your need for...

SEMA New Product: This Aluminum Bomber Seat Kit From Speedway Is Super Rad!

Bomber seats are awesome and can be the finishing touch to your hot rod project, but they can be pretty tricky to build if you aren’t a metal shaper. And buying them can be quite pricey if you...