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 Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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Tool Testing: Mustard vs Ketchup DeWALT says their 1st Right Angle Die Grinder is 1.5X As Powerful As Milwaukee!

We love tool tests around here, and while we know many of you out there are super loyal to mustard or ketchup, aka DeWalt or Milwaukee, we’re not really that particular. Yes I understand why...

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The 2014 Audi Q7 – Cruising The Beautiful Diesel Beast To And Around One Of America’s Great Tracks

(Words and photos by David Hakim) – With the low-speed grunt of a big-block muscle car and the fuel-sipping consumption of an eco-friendly four-cylinder ride, the 2014 Audi Q7 quattro...

This 1962 Corvair-Camino Is An Awesome Custom Piece That Shows General Motors May Have Missed A Golden Opportunity In The 1960s

It is rare to see someone actually build a customized version of a car and have said car actually raise questions that relate back to the original model. That’s the case here with this 1962...

Friday Excuse To Go Home Early And Drink, Part 1: Jeep Guys, You Might Wanna Sit Down…

If there is one vehicle in the 50-and-older club that has stuck to it’s roots the best, it is (arguably) the Jeep. Be it CJ, YJ, TJ, Wrangler, Scrambler, Jeepster, whatever, the basic idea...

Buy Eisenhower’s Personal Jeep! One Of The Wildest Historical eBay Finds Ever –

You know that we love history around here and when it revolves around something mechanical, it ratchets up the coolness factory but a HUGE amount. Well, this is one of the most mechanically awesome...

Ram Bumping Up Production Of Half-Ton Diesels Due To Demand

The Ram 1500 EcoDiesel has been selling better than expected. How much better? The first batch of trucks, all 8,000 of them, sold out in three days. Not too surprising since the idea of a...

Kelderman Air Ride Lift Kits Are Now Available For 2014 Rear Coil Dodge Ram Trucks

For years Dodge Ram trucks have come with a coil sprung front suspension on 4-wheel drive models, and in 2014 Dodge designed a similar suspension system for the rear of their 2500 series, 3/4 ton,...

Big Air Challenge Video From The SCORE Desert Challenge Is Right Here! Watch Trucks Fly!

This weekend’s SCORE Desert Challenge in Imperial California is THE place to be if you want to see the best in desert off road racing. But, if you couldn’t be there Thursday night for the...

This Wild Jeep Project Is Powered By Four Harley-Davidson Engines: It Runs And Drives!

After spending a great day land speed racing and surrounded by some of the wildest machines in the racing world, we naturally decided to hit the land of eBay to see what we could find that would...

Watch As This Truck Tug-Of-War Goes Bad: Flames And Parts Scattered!

This didn’t go to plan, I’m sure. In this clip from BustedKnuckleVideo, this blue Chevy 4×4 hooked up to a K5 Blazer in a “grudge pull” event and went absolutely for...

Want An Air Cooled Camper Van That Isn’t A VW? How About This Insanely Rare Dormobile Corvair Conversion?

We know that tons of you out there love old campers and motorhomes. We also know that lots of you like freaky stuff and this 1963 Corvair van fits the bill on both accounts. For starters it is a...

Ramp Truck Battle! Would You Buy This Sweet 1963 Ford Cab Over Or This Equally As Sweet 1966 GMC? State Your Case!

This will likely turn into the Hatfields and McCoys right quick. I went out and found two of the coolest ramp trucks I have ever put on BangShift and I am sticking them both in the same blog item and...

Watch Freiburger, Rick Pewe, and Fred Williams Bring A 1950 Jeep Back To Life In Pewe’s Driveway – Cool Thrash

We have highlighted several of the cool Dirt Every Day episodes from the MotorTrend Youtube channel over the years and they have all had Fred Williams in them doing various stuff. From converting...

Winter Is Coming! Be Prepared With This 1947 Oshkosh Snow Blower Truck That Could Eat A Town

As the shorter days, cooler temps, and changing leaves start to make their presence known to those of us in colder climates, that can mean only one thing. Winter is on the way! With that comes the...

Ever Heard Of A Ride Truck? Neither Had We Before We Saw This 1966 GMC – (Not Exactly) Disney On Wheels!

So when we first looked at this ad for the 1966 GMC truck you see above and below, we thought, “So what? It hauled rides for a traveling fair?” We then realized that the truck actually IS...