New Junkyard Inventory: Dent Side Ford Pickup Trucks from the 1970’s! Including an XLT 4X4!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more new rides coming into the wrecking yard this week. Just when you think there can’t possibly be anymore old Ford trucks sitting around, he shows up with some...

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What Makes the East Coast Gear Supply KP 540 Axle Housing So Good? Ian Johnson Walks Us Through Them.

Heavy duty axles for off-road rigs have come a long way over the years and putting “tons” under a Jeep, or anything else for that matter, is the norm anymore. And you can buy all kinds of...

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Dyno Testing Dual Plane Intake Manifolds: Made in the USA vs Cheap Import Knockoffs – How Do They Compare?

We’re all about made in the USA parts when they make sense, but I’m very well known for saying that crap is crap, regardless of where it comes from. The point being that you should buy...

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Is This Thing An ABOMINATION or GREATNESS? This Is A Small Block Chevy Powered Ford F100! Installing a HUGE Cam and Engine Refresh With Derek.

I know that some of you are screaming already, but the reality is that it’s not like you can’t replace the Chevy with a Ford in this F100 if you buy it and want to “save” it...

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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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This Old School 1993 Dodge Monster Truck Is The Big Yellow Rig Of Our Dreams

There’s nothing cooler than a steel bodied monster truck. Just this weekend I was watching Return of the Monster Trucks with my sons and reveling in how cool all those old rigs were. No, they...

The Revival, Part 2: Our Super Duty Gets Straightened Out And Cleaned Up

The last time we checked in on the nearly-totalled 2001 Ford F-250, it had just rolled off the trailer and into the yard for an assessment of the damage, and there was plenty of it. The rear end had...

Watch This Sleeper Dodge Work Truck Run 12.50/100 – Heck Of A Hay Hauler!

Today you literally never know what’s sitting next to you at a traffic light or at the tree at the strip. Back in the day if you wanted a 12 second pickup truck it would have been a pretty loud...

Video: Airborne Mud Trucks! Big Power, Big Air, Big Mud

Check this out. The Trucks Gone Wild crew put on a levee jump at the Louisiana Mudfest with some huge mud trucks catching really big air, and this video shows it all. Gas powered or diesel, whichever...

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Video: The Chainlink 4×4 – Perhaps The Most Extreme 4×4 Ever?

If you haven’t seen video of the Chainlink 4×4, then you have been missing out. This beast doesn’t sound extreme when you start with the 5.0 Ford, C4, and 9″ with an ARB Air...

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A Freak And A Failure: The Sad Story Of The Coolest Tractor Ever Made, The Minneapolis Moline UDLX Comfortractor

A car, a tractor, and an epic fail. All three things describe this motorized freak, the ’38 Minneapolis Moline UDLX Comfortractor. In a twist of irony it is one of the most valuable collector...

Craigslist Find: 1964 REO Golden Comet Single-Axle, For The Truck Lover

The carved pumpkins have long gone, and the leftovers are slowly being consumed from the Thanksgiving feast. Now it’s time to focus on Christmas presents, regardless of how much earlier the...

Ass Over Tea Kettle Video: Watch Two Guys Wreck Hard At The World Championship Roto-Tiller Races – Hilarious and Painful Looking!

So let’s start by telling you that there is such a thing as the World Championship Roto-Tiller Races and those races are held in the bustling metropolis of Emerson, Arkansas. There are classes...

No THIS Is The Truck You Should Be Buying This Black Friday – 1961 Ford F100 Freaky Weirdo Swap

Chad’s opinion on the “Tonka” themed truck is honest but completely wrong. THIS is the truck you should be buying today on Black Friday. Why? The workmanship is super well done and...

If Only Toys R Us Had This Kind Of Tonka Truck On Sale For Black Friday – Big, Big Chevy K5 Blazer!

The old saying that the only difference between men and boys is the size of their toys, is completely true. When we were kids, we always played with Hot Wheels cars, trucks, tractors, and machines....

eBay Find: This 1957 Chevy Panel Truck With NAPCO 4WD Is Big, Rare, Slow, And Tough As Nails

I have to begin with a sincere apology because I am not sure who sent me the link to this truck. The last week has been flat out nutso and there has been stuff flying every which direction, including...

Craigslist Find: Be Your Own Conductor With This Handbuilt Willys-Powered Train Set!

In all fairness, hot rodding derived from two earlier forms of mechanical focus: aircraft and railroads. We often cover a lot of the aircraft side of the house (supercharging, belly tanker LSR cars,...

Holy Flying Lorry…Mike Ryan and Lotus F1 Gain A World Record By Launching A Truck Over Their Expensive Racecar

Vacation is over, and as I type this I’m watching the sun set over the regional jets parked at Washington-Dulles as I endure a six-hour layover. Not exactly my idea of fun, so the first thing I...

Amazing – Smokey Yunick’s 1978 Luv Truck Is For Sale On Craigslist – It Even Has Experimental Tires On it!

BangShift tipster BigDad gets all the credit on this incredible Craigslist find. What is it? How about the personal shop truck of Smokey Yunick! That’s right, the “Best Damned Garage In...