What Can An Ancient Fire Truck Become In The Right Hands? Jay Leno Checks Out The 1915 LaBestioni Rusty Two!
You could point out how involved of a restoration it was for this 1915 American LaFrance chassis. It had to be cut out of a small forest, dragged home, and built back up from pretty much scratch....
All This 1984 Chevy Crew Cab Dually Needs Is A Big Ladder
Lifted Duallys are cool. You don’t see them very often, but when you do they usually make an impression. This 1984 Chevy Crew Cab Dually is such a truck. Just look at it! With 12 inches of...
eBay Find: This 1974 Dodge Big Horn Semi Truck Is A Very Rare And Very Cool Find!
If there’s such a thing as a rare beast in the world of classic big rig trucks, the Dodge Big Horn semi is one of them. Produced only for a couple of years in the 1970s and built in exceedingly...
Lincoln Mark VII Motor Home? Yup! Meet The Eldorado Starfire!
As you probably know, the 1980’s were a time of great excess, especially when it comes to road going vehicles. American luxury cars of the time were big, cushy, and broughamtastic. While you...
This Massive 1964 Ford F900 Twin Boom Wrecker Is Retro-Perfection And Ready For Fun
There’s a bunch of Facebook groups out there that concentrate in big old trucks. The people in those groups are awesome because they have the addiction to these things even worse than I do and...
It Came From Craigslist: We Found G.I. Joe’s Hot Rod In The Form Of A 1972 AMC Javelin Trar!
As I write this, it’s two in the morning and I’m possibly hallucinating. I say that because there is no possible way that somebody mated up a “military frame” and a...
Ride ON A Humvee As It is Dropped Out Of A Plane – This Is A Neat View Of An Airdrop
It has been a long while sine we showed you a cool video of a quartet of Humvee trucks being sucked out the back of a military transport plane with parachutes and heading off into the darkness. Today...
This 1970 International Harvester Travelall TV Ad Makes Us Want To Buy One Right Now
Like today’s truck ads, those made in the 1960s and 1970s were all about preaching toughness, strength, and the veritable indestructibility of the vehicle being promoted. In this case we are...
Work Truck Greatness! This 1973 Ford F350 Is The Parts Hauler Dream!
Brutal, basic and useful…that’s how I like my trucks. Give me a vinyl bench seat that isn’t going to kill my spine, an engine that has mountains of torque, a manual trans, and a...
This Little Airplane Tug Is Weird, Cool, and It’s For Sale! 100% BangShift Approved!
Ever go onto your local Craigslist and type in the word “Project” into the Vehicles for Sale section? If you haven’t done that, try it. It can lead you on an adventure into the...
Project Hay Hauler: A 1967 GMC C1500 That Oozes Cool, With A Junkyard Twist
When friend, and longtime BangShifter, Scott Liggett told us he had found a bitchin almost original 1967 GMC C1500 truck and that he was going to fix it up and drive it daily, we were thrilled. When...
A Trar Like None Other: This 1951 Henry J Has Been Crossed With A Bronco II – Interesting or Horrible?
When regular BangShift tipster ElkyGuy sent me the link to this mashup of a 1951 Henry J and a Bronco II I wasn’t sure what to think and here’s why. I LOVE Henry Js. I think they are some...
Craigslist Find: Is This The Ultimate Do-Everything Truck? Chevy Frame, Kubota Front End Loader, And Lots Of Homemade Ingenuity!
Ok, BangShifters, help me out here. I’m torn over what to think about this…uh…thing. At first glance this is one of the most cobbled-together creations I’ve laid eyes on in...
It’s The Van Man: And This 1964 Falcon Club Van Hauls A Motorcycle. We Dig It!
Vans rule. I don’t know why it is, but anything with a long roof on it is cool in my book. Crew Cab Duallys, wagons, vans, Suburbans, they all are just too damn cool. And this 1964 Falcon Club...
