Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 2 RACING ACTION

If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom Fender Flares Built For Punishment! Truly Custom Fabrication.

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper done, it’s time for fender flares. But these aren’t just any flares, as they will tie into the bumper out back for...

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Marketplace Find: This Survivor 1985 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Is Big Block Powered Gold! Big Block, TH400, 3.73, And 68K miles!

Wow what a score this one will be for someone. With less than 70,000 miles on the odometer, and interior and paint that look near mint, this big block 2500 Suburban will make a great family cruiser...

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Ipswich Ale’s “Tapmobiles” combine our two favorite things: old trucks and cold beer

The only thing I like better than old trucks is old trucks and beer. Last summer, I spent the afternoon watching an Olde Tyme Base-Ball double-header, and drinking beer out of “Shag,”...

Chevy Guys Will Cry – Someone Turned A Pretty Clean 1972 C10 Into A Grill?!

We have to thank Matt Cramer of DiyAutoTune.com for the tip on this pretty incredible Craigslist find. Long story short, some guys converted a 1972 C10 truck into a huge grill that can be towed...

An Angry Old Guy In Oklahoma Closed His Junkyard In 1953 And Now The Entire Jordon Collection Has Come Up For Auction

Oliver Jordon was just a guy looking to make a living. In 1945 he bought a wrecking yard in Enid, Oklahoma and picked right up from where the guy he bought it from had left the business. Cars were...

Motorized Freak of the Week: The AMF Sur-Trek

This week’s Motorized Freak is a slick little 8×8 amphibious vehicle produced by AMF in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. It would make one bitchin’ pit vehicle at the dragstrip. We...

This 1951 Federal House Truck Is The Most BangShift Approved Home On Wheels We’ve Ever Seen

Federal house truck? First off, we don’t mean liked Federal Government because if they built it, the tires would be flat, the roof would be caved in, and…Ok, I’m stopping there. The...

Cruise With Jay Leno In A 27-Liter Merlin Powered 1930 Bentley – This Thing Is Awesome

It would crack me up months ago reading stories about people asking what Jay Leno would do when he finally left the Tonight Show and handed the keys to Jimmy Fallon. They were writing about the guy...

CL Find: This Beat Looking F-150 Has A Twin Turbo 351 And All The Makings Of The Best Sleeper In America

Normally we limit ourselves to one Craigslist Find per day but the tip we just got on this sleeper Ford pickup that is currently for sale on Craigslist was too good to sit on, we had to run it! This...

Craigslist Find: The Most Genius Use For An Old School Bus Ever – Conversion Trailer Greatness

Mark Covey is the inspired BangShifter that tipped us off to the most genius use for an old school bus ever which is currently for sale on Craigslist. The premise is insanely simple in the fact that...

Diggerland USA Is The Most BangShift Approved Amusement Park Ever And It Opens In June

I couldn’t actually allow myself to believe that Diggerland USA was a real thing until I did more investigation and actually determined that it really is a construction equipment themed...

eBay Find: This Sand Buggy Was Built In 1965 And Is A Perfectly Preserved Piece Of Dune Running History

In today’s world of turbocharged, wheelstanding, sand flinging, tube chassied sad cars we often forget the roots of the hobby and cars like this little dune buggy/hot rod that was built in 1965...

The Black Knight Transformer Is A Helicopter AND A Truck – This Video Of It Driving And Flying Is Stunning

Call it a transformer, call it a flying cargo van, call it whatever you want but the Black Knight Transformer built by Advanced Tactics is one of the neatest things we have seen in action for some...

This Ratty Looking, Diesel Powered 1947 Chevy Truck Is Fugly, Functional, And Flippin’ Fun (Video)

As I have mentioned a couple of times this week, I’ve been hanging out in Denver with 10 of the toughest street legal diesel trucks in North America and hosting the action as they have been put...

This Tank Tracked 1978 Ford Fairmont Is Way Cooler Than Any LS Swapped Fairmont We Have Ever Seen

As you well know, the Ford Fairmont has become hot stuff for the small tire drag racing crowd to use as a platform to build race cars off of. The Fox body sedans are cheap, light, and no one really...

1980s Video Greatness: The Story Of The Heavy Metal Monster Van – Evolution Of The Coolest Ford Van Ever

One of the neatest things about 1980s monster trucks is that most of the original machines started out as street trucks at some point in their life and eventually morphed into what were the first...