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...
Better Burnouts Through Science! Finnegan Helps A Friend Make Cooler Air, And More Power, In A 10 Second Suburban Burnout Machine
An LS Swapped squarebody GM truck is nothing new, even if this one is a 3/4 ton Suburban. But when you have a very simple, stock bottom end 6.0 in it that makes 800 at the tire then even this 4600 lb...
Goofy Fun: Check Out The Destruction Of The Easy Evans Used Car Lot At The Houston Astrodome
Sometimes it’s about having fun, right? When you flip on the tube or click on a YouTube link, you want to be entertained. This is one of the best examples of the magic of Brock Yates and Steve...
Historic Gearhead Americana: Packard Car Haulers, Army Trucks, Big Rigs, Turn of The Century Car Shows, and More!
(Photos from Detroit Public Library Digital Archive) – I know some pretty tough people but I’m not sure even the modern toughies I know would thrive in the harsh realities of the world...
Chrome Pot Metal Step by Step Restoration. Can It Be Done, Or Is Pot Metal Not Able To Be Re-Chromed?
One of the more frustrating parts of restoring a car or truck can be the trim parts. Stainless trim can be difficult to straighten and polish, plastic parts take a whole different set of skills, and...
