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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This Six Door 1992 Ford F-350 Has An 11-Foot Bed And The Turning Radius Of An Aircraft Carrier

There are big custom trucks and then there are BIG. CUSTOM. TRUCKS. This monster from the Mobile, Alabama area fits in the second category because it is lifted way up, 44(ish) inch tires, a six door...

Don’t Let Your Kids See This: A Killer Kid Sized Jeep With Four Wheel Drive, A Winch, And A Love For Mud

(It is only fitting that we show you the ultimate Christmas present as we are getting closer to that holiday by the minute. This little Jeep captured our imagination in 2014 and if your kids see it,...

This Video Of A Helicopter Landing On A Heaving Ship In The Ocean Is Amazing – Incredible Skill

(The skill of the pilot in this video is nearly beyond comprehension and that is why it was such a popular watch in 2014. He sets this helicopter down on the deck of a ship that is literally heaving...

Video: Watch America’s Worst Truck Driver Systematically Wreck His Truck While Trying To Turn Around In Too Small A Space

(In one of the most stunning videos we showed you in 2014, this skill-free truck driver manages to get himself stuck on a narrow street and instead of backing out, he tries to turn his truck around....

Ramp Truck Greatness: A 1971 C30 Chevy Ramp Truck That May Be The Cleanest Ever

When BangShifter Dan sent me an email with the link to this bad boy, accompanied by the note “I think this is one of the best I have seen done up, just needs some Ride Tech airbags and it is...

That Is A Caprice Wagon Hooked To A Pulling Sled – Video Of It In Action Here!

(This is simply one of our favorite videos of 2014. A hot rodded Caprice wagon hooked to a pulling sled with a luggage carrier shell strapped to the roof. Just saying the words out loud make us smile...

Want A Real Ex-Military HMMWV? Defense Logistics Agency Gearing Up To Auction Off Up To 4,000 Of Them!

In many minds (mine included), the only real Hummer is the original, the large-by-huge and unapologetically American version, the one that was sold to civilians as the Hummer H1 and the military got...

No Matter What Your Friends Keep Telling You, It’s A Raptor, Not A Trophy Truck [VIDEO]

All of the classic ingredients are here: you have a dirt track that appears to be better suited for a motocross than it does for a truck, lined with people, and a couple of cameras filming the whole...

Here’s What Happens When A Russian Truck Full Of Loose, High Pressure Gas Cylinders Crashes And Catches Fire – KABOOM

(Editor’s Note: This is one of the wildest videos that we showed you in 2014. If you missed it the first time, watch this disaster now. It’ll make you look at the next truck full of gas...

Big Rig Carnage! Ten Of The Biggest Wrecks From Truck Racing [VIDEO]

Of course a car such as a Porsche or a Corvette makes going around a corner look easy…they are set up to do just that in their softest setting. But flinging a heavy truck, the kind you normally...

eBay Find: The Drysdale Dryvtech Motorcycle Had Hydraulic Propulsion, Braking, and Two Wheeled Hydraulic Steering

This is both the coolest and weirdest motorcycle/dirt bike we have ever seen. Constructed by the internationally known Aussie builder Ian Drysdale in 1990 it is an engineering experiment that pushes...

Bad News ISIS: A-10 Warthogs Are Headed To See You – Flying Tractor Of Doom Won’t Be Retired Anytime Soon Despite Earlier Plans

Back in September of 2013 we reported on news that the A-10 Warthog was going to be retired by the Pentagon in the 2014/2015 time frame. The reasons were many. The role of the airplane had been...

TheThump Truck – A 23,000lb Kenworth That’s About to Run 13s (w/video)

With this Labor Day Weekend’s “theme” around here being working vehicles, we knew we couldn’t pass up another chance to share this insane tire shredding dump truck we have...

This Bobbed, Tracked Ford Is Weird But The Weird Is Outshone By The Awesome – Buy It!

So I have been on a hot streak with weird and awesome tracked vehicles as of late. This one came to my attention via OG BangShifter Shawn Anderson who posted this Craigslist ad on his Facebook page....