This 1977 Ford LTD II Trar Is Ready To Handle Whatever Winter Throws At You This Year!
It’s December, which means that winter is just about to set upon us in earnest. That isn’t something we look forward to…the cold weather does not help our aching bones, the sun...
Watch Stacey David Install Giant Custom Bumpers On Sgt. Rock: Fabrication Is Fun!
Whenever I get the chance to weld on something, which unfortunately is no where near as often as it used to be, it’s like therapy. It’s one of the ways a car guy can find his Zen space....
It’s Sand Season And That Means This Small Block, Paddle Tired, Willys Jeep Is What You Need In The Dunes!
Flat fender Jeeps are cool. And almost everything with paddle tires is cool. So if you take a flat fender Willys Jeep and throw a small block and paddle tires at it there is virtually no way that it...
Rare Barn Find 1963 FC Jeep Cabover! These Suckers Are Bitchin And Hard To Find.
Everyone knows what a Jeep is, but not everyone knows all the models that they made. And one of those that you see the least is the FC. It’s a Cabover design truck that has the unmistakeable...
A Turbine Powered Fire Truck? You Bet, The Turbo Chief Was In Service For Nearly Two Years!
During late 1950s and into the early 1960s the world was turbine crazy and as propellors gave way to fans, the companies building the compact and powerful engines were looking for all sorts of...
Mega Truck Fun: If This Doesn’t Look Like A Good Time, We Don’t Know What Does…Wheelie City!
Mega trucks are cool, and they just keep getting cooler. For every builder who is putting together a chassis that is state of the art monster truck stuff but with a tractor tire instead of floatation...
This 1953 Chevy 6400 Fire Truck Is A Unique Knight In White (Not So) Shining Armor
Boy, I really love old fire trucks and there are always a healthy supply of these working heroes on eBay but few of them spin my crank harder than the one you see below. While I am sure that there...
Grandpa Time Capsule Barn Find: A 1978 GMC High Sierra Crew Cab Dually We Lust For
Take a look at this! Everyone of you out there reading this had an old man neighbor who had the perfect truck that only got driven occasionally and who primped and prepped it non stop. That dude...
It’s Over: Aviation Industry Dead In California With Close Of Boeing C-17 Production
There was a time when it was weird a plane someone was flying on wasn’t built in California, such is no longer the case. After being a massive producer of airplanes and massive driver of the...
The Coolest Crew Cab In America Is For Sale: This 1966 C60 Truck Is Amazing
It has haunted my email in-box, my Facebook feed, and my dreams for years. This incredible 1966 C60 Chevy crew cab is for sale and I am gently weeping over my keyboard for the simple fact that...
eBay Find: This 1970 Chevy Tuck Wears A C60 Nose And Rules Beyond All Measure
The guys at RTech Fabricatons specialize in customizing late 1960s and early 1970s Chevy trucks. They convert them to crew cabs and can basically build them to whatever spec you want, including a...
This Strange Mystery Jeep Is Anything But Stock! Check Out All The Weirdness!
(Photos courtesy of the Canadian Government) I’ve been on a Jeep kick lately, so when I saw this weirdo creation posted over at the Grassroots Motorsports Forum recently, my jaw dropped to...
The Blitz Fogger Was The Most Well Intentioned But Horrendous Idea Ever Created For Garden Tractors – How’s That DDT Taste?
There’s an old saying that goes something like, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”. Consider the story of the Blitz Fogger as one of those “good...
This 1956 Film Shows How Ford Tractors Built Levittown, PA and Virtually Every Attachment Possible
If you have been reading BangShift for any time you know that I love nothing more when modern history and mechanical stuff collide and that is exactly what we have here in a pretty extraordinary...
