The RIGHT WAY To Strap Down Your Bagged Truck On Your Trailer….And Let The Debate Begin…

When our friend Brandon from Lower Class Fab posted this video yesterday we knew it was going to cause a stir. The subject of tying down cars to trailers is always one that gets debated and can get...

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Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

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Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

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This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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Tool Testing: Mustard vs Ketchup DeWALT says their 1st Right Angle Die Grinder is 1.5X As Powerful As Milwaukee!

We love tool tests around here, and while we know many of you out there are super loyal to mustard or ketchup, aka DeWalt or Milwaukee, we’re not really that particular. Yes I understand why...

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Vice Grip Garage Annual Father Son Trip! ATTEMPTING 3,000 Miles In A VINTAGE BIG BLOCK RV! Cooking, Fishing, Museums and more!

A couple of weeks ago we shared the video of Derek picking up this machine and getting it ready to drive 850 miles home. Seemed like a pretty stout trip in an unknown RV, but that was nothing when...

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Would You Ride This Wild Looking Detroit Diesel V8 Powered Trike?

Well this is post-apocalyptic. I literally stumbled upon this video of a wild, seemingly-home built Detroit Diesel V8 powered trike driving out of its garage and up a driveway completely by...

Engines Of Freedom: Photos From Inside The Packard Plant In 1943 Where The Mighty V-1650 Engines Were Built

There are a million “things that won WWII” and many of them are debated hotly. In terms of Bangshifty stuff that “won WWII” horsepower is pretty much tops. It was a fully...

Gearhead History: Check Out These Amazing Photos From Inside A Dodge Army Truck Plant In 1942

These are the type of photos that we could literally stare at for hours. All of the images you will see below were found in the Library of Congress digital photos archive and they were taken in 1942...

This 1969 Cadillac DeVille Station Wagon Is The Thing I Want Most In The World Right Now

Yes, it is still for sale. There is so much right with this 1969 Cadillac DeVille Station Wagon that I can hardly stand it. The ad claims that this car was one of five constructed for GM big wigs to...

This 1976 Jimmy CasaGrande Is An Amazingly Clean Survivor – We’d Cruise And Sleep In This One

(Thanks to Jay Spinella for the tip on this!) –  Back in the 1970s GM hooked up with a company called Chinook to produce a factory option that was known as the Blazer Chalet on Chevrolets and...

Cool Video: The Story Of Moving A 123-Ton Transformer Through England In 1962 – Measured For Transport

Moving big stuff is as interesting and challenging a job today as it was more than 50 years ago when this film was made. Human beings can create some pretty massive and heavy things and lots of times...

BangShift Quick Drive: 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty 4×4 Regular Cab With 6.7L Power Stroke V8

Yes, they do still exist! We’re talking about new standard cab pickup trucks of course as they have been overshadowed by four door cab trucks over the span of the last 15 years. There’s...

This 1978 Ford F-150 Is The Rig That Our Inner Child Wants Now and Will Want Forever!

Wow is this truck awesome. We may not be the biggest bright green lovers in the world but the overall look of this 1978 Ford F-150 is absolutely freaking perfect. 12″ of lift, a 460ci big...

Truckology: We’re Back With A Fresh Batch Of 100+ Year Old Trucking Photos!

(Photos from the Detroit Public Library Digital collection) We’re back with a fresh installment of Truckology! This is our look back at trucks and the world of trucking from more than 100...

Watch A Truck Driver Pull Away From A Traffic Stop And Directly Into The Path Of An Oncoming Train! (everyone ok)

(By Greg Rourke) – Ever have one of those days when you just should have stayed home? Here we have a Minnesota trucker who should’a called in sick and gone ice fishing. We open with dash...

Looking For A Cool Old Rig? This 1971 Diamond REO With Twin Stacks And A 318hp Detroit May Be Your Jam

We know that many of you out there dig old school big rigs and we do too. In fact this summer we’re taking the kids to a killer museum full of them, but that is neither here nor there. Today...

The 2017 Easter Jeep Safari Concepts Have Been Unveiled! Check Them Out Here!

Jeep has pulled the covers off of the fleet of concepts and special one-off builds that they will be bringing to the 2017 Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. With the event kicking off on April 8th,...

Think Your Last Engine Was Expensive? Check Out This Custom Caterpillar 3406 Show Truck Engine

Nothing in hot rodding is ever “cheap”, right? How many of us have started with “free” cars only to sink huge sums of money into them to make ’em what we want. If you...

This 1963 C10 Is A Laid Out Masterpiece Of On Wheels

Chevrolet’s famed C10 Pickup came to life in 1960, but the 1967-1972 has typically been the most sought after. Until now that is. Recently, the first generation C10, years 1960-1966, are...