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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NTPA Mule City 300 Coverage: The Photo Barrage Continues With More Trucks And Tractors

(Photos by David Whealon) – We talk about how truck and tractor pullers are often not given the motorsports credit that they are due and we have a fine example of that from an unnamed source....

This Hilarious Craigslist Ad Is The Best Listing For A Riding Lawnmower Ever – Pure Genuis!

The art of the hilarious craigslist ad is fickle. Often times we get tipped off to these things and they turn out to be complete rip off/copy cat postings that someone else came up with. Other times...

Event Coverage: The DFW Performance Trucks Shootout At The Texas Motorplex – Bg Speeds, Big Fun

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Whether they had the wheels up or they were cruising the pits low and slow, the trucks of the 2015 Dallas-Ft. Worth Performance Truck shootout were cool. The event...

Missouri Police Respond To Plane Crash Only To Find Shockwave Jet Peterbilt – This Is AWESOME

In a news story that we literally could not have made up ourselves, concerned neighbors contacted the authorities when they thought a plane had crashed on a local Missouri farm only for the...

Pulling Coverage: The NTPA Mule City 300 Was A Blow Out Good Time (Maybe Not For This Guy)

(Photos by David Whealon/DW Photos) – Yesterday David Whealon dropped all kinds of results and knowledge on us about who won each class at the 2015 NTPA Mule City 300 held on the grounds of...

Off-Roading An LMTV With Fred From “Dirt Every Day”…And You Can Own The Truck!

My soft spot for diesel trucks is right here, the Stewart and Stevenson LMTV. These forward-control beasts started appearing in the U.S. Army fleets in the mid-to-late 1990s and by the time I had...

WTF? Wednesday: Rednecks Racing Barbie Jeeps Downhill! Crazy? Stupid? Fun?

We have to admit that although we know bodily injury is virtually assured, we really think this is probably all three! Welcome to WTF? Wednesday! This video from Triple XXX Motorsports has got a...

The Dallas- Ft. Worth Truck Shootout Was Hot And Heavy And Not Just The Weather – Coverage Here

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – You may be thinking to yourself, “Wait, I already looked at photos Wickam shot at a truck drag race shootout?!” The answer is that you are technically...

NTPA Mule City 300: Flying Dirt, Huge Horsepower, And Big Performances At Galot Motorsports Park

(Words and photos by David Whealon) – When owner of Galot Motorsports Park, Earl Wells, announced the rebuilding of the old Dunn-Benson Dragstrip in Benson, NC it stoked everyone’s fire....

WTF Is Dodge Thinking? Why I Would Never Buy A Current RAM Truck

So I’m sitting in a rental Dodge truck at a race this weekend, enjoying the cool A/C and lack of humidity, while eating a mediocre at best Subway sandwich when I realize that the crap I’m...

KTPA/FFA Alumni Pull at Georgetown, KY – Trucks! Shots From The Pits And The Pulling Course

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Truck classes are a big part of the KTPA-sanctioned pulls put on by the local FFA Alumni.  The two classes that ran on Friday night are limited to DOT...

Video: This Ford Flathead V8 Powered 1970s John Deere Lawn Tractor Is Homebuilt BangShift Perfection!

(Words and video – Dawn Mazi Hovsepian) – I don’t know which is cooler.  A ‘37 Ford Flathead stuffed between the frame rails of an early 70s John Deere 200 lawn tractor, or the fact...

Watch Four Humvee Trucks Get Sucked Out The Back Of A Cargo Plane With Parachutes – Very Cool Stuff

The biggest job the military has is to get the guys fighting the supplies and equipment they need in the quickest, most efficient way possible while making sure said stuff actually gets to where it...

This 1964 Chevy Dually Is One Of The Coolest Mid-1960s Trucks We Have Lusted After In A While

It is tough to claim that any generation of Chevrolet truck is “unloved” but the reality is that the square trucks of the middle 1960s are kind of the forgotten sisters of the Chevy truck...