Mega BOOM: A Canadian Pulling Tractor Blows Up So Hard It Barfs Most Of The Motor Right Out Of The Chassis
Jul 02, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Mega BOOM: A Canadian Pulling Tractor Blows Up So Hard It Barfs Most Of The Motor Right Out Of The Chassis
Bryan Lively is the editor of Pro Pulling Magazine (ProPulling.com) and he’s a BangShifter as well. Bryan sent us a video link to some footage taken recently at a pull up in Canada. Things were...
Project Cheap 10: How To Build A Gear Jamming, Budget Minded, Classic C10 In A Month With Our Pals At American Powertrain
Jul 02, 2014Brian Lohnes50
(Words and photos by American Powertrain/Matt Graves) – Let me start off by saying all this is Greg “Snaps” Schneider’s fault. Greg works for Ridetech as owner Bret Voelkel’s...
Watch A Top Truck Challenge Competitor Roll His Massive Truck While Trying To Rip A Four Wheel Steer Donut
Jul 02, 2014Brian Lohnes7
The Top Truck Challenge is to hardcore off-road guys as Drag Week is to hardcore street/strip guys. Some of the nation’s biggest, toughest, strangest, and most awesomely built rigs head out to...
SCORE Is Bringing Off-Road Racing to SEMA 2014, Including Night Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Jul 01, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on SCORE Is Bringing Off-Road Racing to SEMA 2014, Including Night Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
SCORE International, the off-road racing association associated with Baja and Dakar will have a major display at SEMA 2014, including an outdoor section that incorporates exhibits from numerous...
This 6BT Cummins-powered 1978 Ramcharger Is For Sale-We Want It Badly!
Jul 01, 2014Bryan McTaggart5
The words “Dodge” and “Cummins” just go together. When the W250 and W350 Rams got the 5.9 six in 1989, it was a direct departure from the indirect-injection V8 diesels that Ford and GM were...
Road Test: The 2014 Ford F-150 Tremor – The Sport Truck That Almost Is
Jul 01, 2014Brian Lohnes14
I’m not sure if this is a brag or not but I’d venture to say that I logged more miles and drove an F-150 Tremor faster than any other automotive writer has to this point. See, my wife and...
The 1939 Bantam Super Four Pickup Is A Little Rig We Never Knew Existed – This One Is For Sale
Jun 30, 2014Brian Lohnes3
Outside of a precious few of you we’re guessing that a very limited number of BangShifters had any idea that there was such a thing as a 1939 Bantam Super Four pickup, right? When I first saw...
The Oldest Known Peterbilt Truck In Existence Has Been Restored To Showroom Perfection – 1939 Model 260 Is Awesome
Jun 30, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on The Oldest Known Peterbilt Truck In Existence Has Been Restored To Showroom Perfection – 1939 Model 260 Is Awesome
One of the reasons I love old trucks is because the vast majority of them were worked until their tongues were hanging out or they were so absurdly obsolete that they had no value at all and were...
Watch Mike Ryan’s First Post Wreck Interview From Pikes Peak 2014 – How Did The Truck End Up In The Woods? He’ll Tell You
Jun 29, 2014Brian Lohnes1
You know how much we love Mike Ryan’s huge Freightliner around here, right? Chad has made hot laps sitting next to Mike, I have dreamed of actually sitting in the thing for years and we have...
Bottom Dollar Blazer – Episode 7: It’s Time To Start Thinking Paint, BangShift Style.
Jun 27, 2014Craig Fitzgerald6
Well, it’s been a while since I posted my last update to the Blazer project. Class is wrapped up at Assabet Valley Tech, and I got a ton of the grunt work done. Now it’s time to think...
Pikes Peak News: Mike Ryan Crashes Freightliner During Practice
Jun 27, 2014Bryan McTaggart1
Mike Ryan, the driver of the #777 Freighliner Cascadia racing truck, had a serious incident while practicing for the 2014 Pikes Peak Hill Climb on Thursday. According to witnesses, the Freightliner...
The First Official Pictures of the New Mad Max Cars Unveiled. Semi-truck With A Whole Benz For A Cab? Yes Please!
Jun 27, 2014Bryan McTaggart9
(Photos courtesy of Entertainment Weekly and giantfreakinrobot.com) Oh, hell effing yes…Max Rockatansky is back. Official photos have surfaced of the vehicles used in Mad Max: Fury Road, and...
Trucks, Trucks, And More Trucks From Fords At Carlisle: The Biggest Ford Gathering In The World
Jun 26, 2014Chad Reynolds1
When you think Ford, you probably think F Series truck first, and then Mustang. Which is weird to most car manufacturers, but given the decades of Best Selling Truck status, the Ford F Series trucks...
Take A Video Tour Of This Two Story Spartan Manor 1950’s Travel Trailer
Jun 26, 2014Chad Reynolds8
Check THIS beast out! It’s a 1953 Spartan Manor RV Trailer that owner Shirley Wallace grew up in with her mom, dad, and sister. In 1957, after her and her sister grew too big to sleep in the...










