Freiburger and Finnegan Limo Truck Dyno Shootout! How Much Power Did It Make?

If you missed the awesome on the road engine build and swap in Finnegan’s Limo Squarebody truck, then you missed a lot and are going to want to use the link below. They literally built a brand...

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Vintage RV For Sale: This 1972 Chevrolet C30 Open Road Custom Camper Motorhome Is Retro Greatness!

Anyone who’s been hanging out around BANGshift for very long knows I have an affinity for old rv trailers and motorhomes. When I was a kid we had a Roll-a-Long motorhome that was a square body...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: From Chassis to Rolling! 4 Link, Axles, Crossmembers & More!

Shannon and Jess are moving right along on the FJ40 and things just keep getting better. If you like a Landcruiser, you’ll dig this one. But if restored to factory is your jam, this one might not...

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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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Best In The Desert Off-Road Racing Fun! Team Graf Tearing It Up At The 2016 Parker 425

The Best in the Desert series is pretty damn cool, and brings out the big guns. One team that knows how to run hard, and stay up at the top of the heap, is Graf Racing. Their Ford F150 is one bad ass...

It’s The Van Man… This Dodge A100 Is Classic Greatness

1970’s and 80’s vans, with the rake, custom wheels, and crazy paint, are bitchin! But so are the subtle ones. In fact, that’s my speed. Like this Dodge A100. Sure we’d letter...

Ron Braxling’s LSA Powered 1972 Chevrolet C20 4×4 Is One Bad Ass Rig

(Words and More than 65 Photos by Metalworks) Most of us have a classic car that we have dreamed of owning, but due to circumstances the opportunity has never presented itself. With luck and time...

Classic YouTube: We Have Never Seen A Happier Car Than This Broken 4×4 Camaro!

Maybe it’s because I’ve watched the movie “Cars” one too many times for my own good but I tend to see faces in the front end of vehicles. Sounds a bit stupid, doesn’t...

Movie Truck Freak! Check Out This Weird Custom Truck Used In The Movie Tango And Cash!

As a kid who grew up in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s, I have a fond appreciation for the great action movies of the era. My friends used to (and still do!) call these films...

Three Minutes Of Hell: Last Chance Qualifying Run For The 2016 King Of The Hammers

This is brutal! Fighting55 Racing’s Jimmy Haughy and Brian McCarthy show us just how crazy the King of the Hammers can be. They worked their asses off but didn’t qualify for King of the...

Mud Bog Time Machine: Let’s Take A Trip Back To The Gumbo Of Hennessey, Oklahoma 1983/84

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is the second in a new, throwback (wow…) series I put together from my photo archive.  First stop is a mud bog near Hennessey, OK situated on the...

It’s No 1600 Horsepower Sand Car, But This Baja Bug Would Still Be A Riot In The Dunes!

I’ve always had a special place in my heart for Baja Bugs. I don’t know why, but there is something ultra cool about them and I really would like to have one. Unfortunately they are not...

This 1600 Horsepower Sand Car Is Amazing, And Maybe The Fastest Car Ever At Glamis

Sand cars are bad ass. I realize that most of you never seen them, or have anywhere to drive one, but if you live out here on the west coast, or in certain areas of Michigan and Oklahoma, you are...

Mud Bog Time Machine: Early 1980s Mud Bog Action From Oklahoma – Awesome Rigs!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Part one of our expedition to yesteryear takes us to Perry, OK.  Situated just off Interstate 35, Perry is home to the Cherokee Strip Museum and the...

Nissan’s Tracked SUVs Are The Right Idea For The Snowbound – Shame They Are Only A Concept!

To say that I’m not a fan of winter is really understating the fact. I have enough broken bones in this body that I can physically feel the season coming in…it feels like a migraine...

This Crazy, Stretched, Triple Rear Axle 1970 GMC Suburban Is For Sale Again In Chicago

So we meet again, freaky weirdo 1970 GMC Suburban! While I cannot find it in our archive of over 18,000 blog items I know for a fact that we ran a piece on this machine a couple of years ago when it...

This 1963 Scout 80 Is Killer With Fullsize GM Axles Under It

I like Scouts. They just look cool. Like a little Bronco, but with a dash of farm equipment. There is nothing sexy about them, but they certainly are the utilitarian vehicle you want to have under...

Power Wagons And M37 Trucks For Sale! We Love Us A Good Power Wagon!

There is something about a Dodge Power Wagon that just rules. Especially the 1940’s variety like this one here, but even the big square body Dodge Macho Power Wagon of the late 1970’s...