Big Truck Frame Repair: This Scania Truck Is Totaled. Can This Frame Be Straightened Out And The Truck Repaired?

Big truck frame repair is kind of mezmorizing sometimes. Whether it’s the guys in eastern Europe that take a completely pretzeled chassis and straighten it out so they can weld it all back...

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Desert Racing Tech: The SCIENCE Behind BAJA 1000 Support Vehicles! Check Out The Optima Batteries, Ford, Steel-It, Polvoorde Racing Support Rig.

Having just finished watching all the racing action from the Dakar Rally, and their famed trucks, it’s cool to see what a BAJA 1000 support rig looks like. They aren’t the same, as the...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: It’s The Last Stage Of Dakar 2026! Dramatic Stage 13 Racing Action Is Below!

Here comes Stage 13! It’s the final stage of Dakar Rally 2026, and will determine who’s going to take home the win. These racers are still going to have to race in this stage, and there...

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Installing a Two Post Lift Is Easy! With Just A Few Tools, You Can Install Your Own Two Post Lift At Home In A Couple Of Hours!

I bought my first Two Post lift from a friend of a friend in Southern California for just $800 but it had to be taken down, transported to my shop, and then installed again. I called a couple of lift...

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Parker 400 Race Day Onboard With The Isenhouer Bros! These Dudes Slay, And Are Ultra Fun To Watch! Dirt Flying Off-Road Action!

The Isenhouer brothers, aka Chris and Nick, are pretty fun dudes. I got to know them from LSFest West in Las Vegas where they brought their awesome Heatwave Visual sponsored bumpside Ford F100 to...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: It’s The Second To The Last Stage Of Dakar 2026! Stage 12 Racing Action Is Below!

Here comes Stage 12! There is just one more stage after this, but that doesn’t mean Dakar 2026 is done. It may be getting closer and closer to the end of the 2026 Dakar Rally, but there is...

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How Would You Build This Cummins Powered, 1990 Dodge Aircraft Tractor?

We’re pretty sure that Fred Williams of 4-Wheel and Off Road Magazine has hit mitts on one of these trucks so when we saw this one sitting on eBay it got us thinking. With an old school...

The Massive Antares Rocket Explosion Is A Boomer For The Ages – Proof That Shooting Stuff Into Space Is Still A Bleeding Edge Activity

When the crew at Orbital Sciences hit the big red button to launch the Antares rocket into space full of supplies and equipment for the international space station, they expected it to be another...

Buy The World’s Longest Monster Truck – The Sin City Hustler Is Being Sold For One MILLION Dollars (Not Kidding)

First we’re telling you to buy an $850,000 drag strip and now we’re telling you about a $1,000,000 “monster truck” limo that is apparently the longest monster truck in the...

Watch This Video Of A P-51 Mustang Making A Belly Landing In Arizona

The North American P-51 Mustang is one of the most iconic fighter aircraft ever made. Making their name during World War II, the P-51 proved to be a highly successful fighter that shocked the...

This Cell Phone Footage Of A Head On Collision Is Absolutely Incredible – Everyone’s OK, But Three Cars Get Totaled

The Jeep that looks as though it is careening out of control directly at you in the lead photo is actually careening out of control right at you. That is a screen capture taken about three tenths of...

This 1957 Chevy COE Truck Is Pretty Cool But There’s Plenty We Would Change – An Interesting eBay Find

There are some elements of this 1957 Chevy COE truck that really spin our crank but some that don’t do it for us. The widened 1957 Chevy car bumper is pretty sweet, the stance of the thing is...

The Rip Rod Is A 1.0L EcoBoost Powered Off Road Speedster From Ford Racing – The Little Engine Is No Joke

Well this is flipping awesome! Last year at SEMA we loved looking at a joint creation between Hot Wheels and Ford Racing called “The Rip Rod”. At the time the thing was more of a rolling...

The Original Viral Video? This Footage Of An RV Salesmen Losing It In A Series Of Profanity Laden Tirades Is All Time

(Words by Greg Rourke) – The original viral video? To say this is not safe for work is like saying Joe Grippo is a Ford enthusiast. (THIS IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK NOR IS IT SAFE FOR PEOPLE WHO...

More NTPA Pulling Action From The MC State Fair – Multi-Engine Tractors, Turbines, Wheelsanding Two Wheel Drives, More

(Photos by David Whealon) – We’re back with our second and final batch of NTPA pulling action photos from the North Carolina State Fair from our talented contributor David Whealon. In...

Action Gallery: NTPA Pulling At The NC State Fair – Soot Shooting, Dirt Throwing, Blown Craziness With A Sled

(Photos by David Whealon) – David Whealon is one of our most diverse contributors here at BangShift. We have run great photos he shot at the TUDOR road races up in Virginia, land speed...

Craigslist Find: V8-Swapped And California-Legal 1988 Toyota 4Runner – Really Clean, Pretty Pricey

The Toyota 4Runner of the late 1980s is a very lovable truck…they were light enough, peppy enough, and could play in the dirt just fine. They also had Toyota reliability going for them, and...

Question Of The Day: If You Saw A Trucker Driving Down The Road Steering With His Foot, What Would You Do?

After watching this video, the first thing I can tell you is that words don’t fail me for my reaction. What is keeping me from publishing them, however, is that by doing so I’d probably...

The Revival, Part 1: Bringing A Super Duty Back From The Trip To The Scrapyard

In the quest to locate a shop to wrench on the Project Raven Imperial in peace, quiet, and with enough solitude that I don’t wake the neighbors up with loud and unabashed swearing, I offered up...

BangShift Exclusive: An Incredible Inside Look At The Restoration Of A WWII B-17 – The Desert Rat Labor Of Love

(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – So BangShift Chicago gets a hotline call wanting to know if we would like to see some old metal that’s being restored locally. Silence for a split...