Chugga Chugga Tug Of Wars: These Videos Of Steam Tractors Applying Their Grunt Are Awesome
What’s heavy, slow, and makes a chuffing noise when worked hard? No, not me you jerks! I am talking about steam tractors. I went around and assembled a bunch of videos of these machines hooking...
Game Changer: This Look Back At The Game Changing 1989 Cummins Powered Dodge Ram Is Awesome
So much of automotive history is evolutionary that is can be difficult to place a pinpoint on when a certain trend or shift happened in the business. The argument about the “first muscle...
Dare To Be Different: Check Out This Caterpillar 3208 V8 Converted To Run On Methanol With A Massive Turbo!
When it comes to getting different with power plants there is not a motorsports on Earth that holds a candle to tractor pulling and that is doubly true in Europe where everything from radial engines...
Eight Tires And Two Stacks Make For A VERY, VERY Smokey Burnout – Watch This Western Star Smolder The Tires, Drift, and Spin Donuts
The name of the guy driving this very powerful Wester Star rig is Jacques Lafleur and as you’d probably guess, ol’ Jacques is one of the many French-Canadian hot rod big rig enthusiasts...
Build A Pretty Cool Welding Fixture Table At Home For About $100! It Is Cheap, And Doesn’t Require Any Specialty Tools!
I know, I know, it’s another welding fixture table. But this one is ultra cheap, portable, and easy to store! So you don’t need a bunch of room to store it, you can move it to wherever is...
Check Out Even More Of Our Long Lost Chicago Auto Show Photos From Earlier This Year! Jim Hrody Got The Goods!
Here’s our second gallery of Jim’s photos from the Chicago Auto Show. If you missed the previous gallery, use the link below to check them out too. (Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) After...
We Don’t Know Why But We Like It: This 7-Cylinder Briggs and Stratton Sounds Good!
Thank God for people who just do stuff to entertain themselves or at least do stuff to prove to themselves that they are capable of actually doing it. In this case we’re talking about someone...
Here’s Two Minutes Of Unimogs Doing The Kinds Of Things That Only Unimogs Can Do – Fun Stuff
Over the duration that BangShift has been around we’ve showed dozens, maybe hundreds of videos that highlight the incredible capabilities of the Mercedes Unimog. From their military uses to...
Check Out This Awesome Old 4×4 GMC Army Truck In Brazil – Diesel Power And Big Capability
In the never-ending quest to prove that gearheads are pretty much the same in every corner of the world, we have found a group of guys who restore and beat on vintage military trucks in Brazil. These...
Broader Performance Shows Us How To Check An Automatic Transmission Dip Stick For Accuracy. You’d Be Surprised How Off They Can Be!
Most of you have probably never found your engine or transmission dipstick to be off, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t. When you mix aftermarket dipsticks, tubes, and oil or transmission...
Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck Is Getting Torn Down For A Weekend Thrash And Welding!
It’s time for even more welding, but this time it’s on the bed and chassis of this beast. This bad boy is being treated to an awesome weekend thrash with friends, all of whom are jumping in to...
Do The Jeep Brand Proud, And Improve Your Jeep Wrangler JL or Gladiator JT’s Off-Road Performance With ADS Direct Fit Shocks.
Jeeps have been capable off-road machines since their inception and that prowess has led to a reputation in the off-road world that is second to none. And with an insane following, aftermarket...
American Powertrain Wednesday Shift: Pulling Twin Sticks In A V8 Powered 1980 Kenworth
The automatic transmission has started making inroads in the trucking industry and there’s likely two fold reasoning for that. The first is that the technology has gotten better and the second...
What The Truck? This Hand Built 1960 Ford F850 Super Duty Crew Cab Took A Lot More Than You Might Think To Get This Cool
I’m a big fan of crew cab trucks, and especially those that either didn’t exist or were super rare back in the 1960s. There are a couple of builders in the country doing C50 and C60 GM...
