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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EXCITING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING VIDEO FROM ICELAND’S STANGARHYLUR 2026! COURSE 6 AND ALL THE ROLLOVERS!

It’s time for our final coverage from the 2nd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for...

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Dirt Daily with Fred Williams. His Barn Find 1989 Land Cruiser FJ-62 gets a Dissent Off Road Rear Bumper!

Years and years ago I built a 1987 Toyota FJ-62 for my buddy Sean and I loved it. We painted it, lifted it, improved a bunch of suspension and drivetrain, and then he drove the hell out of it. It was...

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Have They Successfully Turned This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 4!

In Part 3 of the series, this beast went for its first test drive. Now it’s actually being put through its paces! Here’s the Part 4 video in the series, and that means actual testing!...

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This 1952 Ford 8N Tractor Is Powered By A 302, Has A Sherman Overdrive And Can Do 55mph!

The 8N tractor was a brilliant little workhorse that Ford sold by the millions to people across America. Small, just powerful enough, and maneuverable, the thing was perfect for small farms, small...

Video: This Custom Built, Remote Control , Tri-Axle Roll Off Dumpster Truck Is Incredible

We have seen some really neat remote control stuff here on BangShift over the years but when it comes to detail and functionality, we’re not sure that we have seen anything that compares to the...

This BangShift Approved Solution To Shifting A 4L80E Transmission Utilizes Light Switches, Miles Of Wire, And A Cell Phone

Hot rodding isn’t always pretty, right? The aftermarket is there to develop polished, working, and properly finished parts but there’s the other side of the hobby that manages to figure...

No One Remembers To Set The Brakes….Why Does Everyone Forget To Set The Brakes?

If you ever find yourself on the scene of a rolled over truck and have some say in what happens next, scream and yell as loud as you can to get someone to climb in the laid up truck and set the...

It’s Gotta Be The Van….Man – An Awesome Look Back At The World Of 1970s Custom Vans

While Chad and I were largely too young to “get” the 1970s vanning scene, it sure seems to be making a resurgence these days as the people who grew up in the 1970s, cruised custom vans...

This Amazing Time Lapse Video Of A Weekend Bridge Replacement Is Proof That People Are Still Pretty Smart

There are typically a lot of reasons to lost faith in the human race on a near daily basis now. Celebrities doing dumb thing, non-celebrities doing dumb things to become celebrities, and the other...

Not A Stunt, Not A Joke, This Guy Is Driving The Tractor Like This Down The Road On Purpose!

We have not showed you death defying tractor wheelie action like this since our last look at the insane world of Punjabi tractor pulling. Believe it or not, this video may shed some light on that...

Formula Off Road! Check Out How The Most Unhinged Off-Roaders Work The “Speed Course”!

It’s almost redundant to have a “speed” course at a Formula Off Road event. These monsters pack enough power that mountains made of gravel, sand or lava are nothing to be concerned...

The SLJ900/32 Is One Bad Bridge Building SOB. Watching This Sucker Work Is Insane!

The SLJ900/32 is an insane bridge building machine made by the Beijing Wowjoint Machinery Company. It apparently weighs 580 tons, is 300 foot long and 24 foot wide and because of it’s...

TAKE OUR MONEY: This 1979 Ford Monster Truck Is The Retro Beast We’ve Dreamed Of Owning

Sure, owning this truck makes about as much sense as cutting a pizza with a chainsaw but frankly we’ve never allowed sensibility to interrupt mechanical lust before so why start now? What you...

Ouch! Check Out Busted Knuckle Video’s Latest Rockbouncer Crash Compilation!

Rollover procedure: Keep all limbs inside of the vehicle. attempt to maintain control of the vehicle while passengers brace for impacts, and wait for the vehicle to quit moving before attempting to...

Air Muscle: Watch a classic helicopter do some low-margin heavy lifting among the high-rises of downtown Chicago

During a recent weekend trip in Chicago, I heard the tell-tale drumbeat of helicopter rotors early on a Saturday morning. It was not entirely out of the ordinary, though, since helicopters fly tours...

Your Money Came Up A Little Short: Watch The “Chasing Paper” Mega Truck Go For A Roll!

If there is one thing we’ve ever learned from watching vehicles jump, it’s that you don’t want to come up short on the landing ramp. If the back wheels catch the lip of something,...

The Deep Mud Isn’t For Everyone! Here’s Why You Don’t Follow A Mud Truck With A Street Truck!

What’s the ultimate goal of going mudding? You prove that you can take your rig through the deepest, most impossible mud hole and extract yourself. Eventually, you will get stuck, but...