BangShift Road Test: 2018 Dodge Durango GT Blacktop AWD – Two Weeks With The Burrrrrango
Jan 04, 2018Brian Lohnes4
As New England is in the middle of a historic and brutally cold stretch like much of the nation is, we were happy when Dodge threw us the keys to one of their more robust offerings over the holidays...
2017 Photo Highlight Reel: David Whealon Picks His Favorites (Part 1)
Jan 03, 2018Brian Lohnes1
(Images by David Whealon) – David Whealon has joined in the fun with a killer photo review of 2017. He has picked hundreds of his favorite snaps from the year and we arguing to be serving them...
The Cold, Hard No: Watch As This Rockbouncer Rolls Back To The Bottom Of The Hill
Jan 02, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Cold, Hard No: Watch As This Rockbouncer Rolls Back To The Bottom Of The Hill
Being told “no” sucks. It’s one of the first things you learn as a child and it sticks with you as you grow up and grow old. No, you can’t have another piece of candy. No, you...
Snow Monster: The Dynamics Of A Kamaz Dakar Truck Flying In Frozen Russia
Jan 02, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Snow Monster: The Dynamics Of A Kamaz Dakar Truck Flying In Frozen Russia
I don’t know how many words in Russian we all know between the three of us, but there is one we all know without question: KAMAZ. That stands for ten tons of Russian race truck that uses about...
Money No Object: The Convertible 1981 Jeep Wagoneer That You’ll Want This Summer
Jan 02, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Is it too early to be talking about drop-tops? We just passed the Winter Solstice a couple of weeks ago and BangShift Mid-West is currently the land of frigid winds. It’s cold enough right now...
This 1920 Ford Model T Roadster Pickup Snowmobile Is For Sale And Totally Awesome
Jan 02, 2018Brian Lohnes3
New Hampshire has brought many great innovations to the world over the last couple hundred years but we’re not sure if any of them can top the snowmobile, which was invented in the 19-teens by...
Best of BS 2017: Sgt. Rock: Get A Closer Look In, At And Around Stacey David’s Monster 1941 Dodge WC!
Jan 01, 2018Bryan McTaggart11
This 1941 Dodge WC needs no introduction to you, does it? Chances are pretty good that if the truck wasn’t in the photos, you would know exactly where I was at and who I was standing near. For...
Best of BS 2017: We Wake Up The Big Block Chevy In A 1971 C10 With A Plethora Of Off The Shelf Parts
Jan 01, 2018Brian Lohnes2
(By Kaleb Kelley) – As we’re building our 1971 C10 for the Win A Classic Sweepstakes, I had to figure out what to do to freshen up the old motor. First off, it’s a NAPA 454 Big Block...
If I Live In Snow Country I Would Want This Track N Go Setup On My Truck!
Dec 31, 2017Chad Reynolds4
There isn’t a single car guy or girl on earth that doesn’t think tracked vehicles are pretty cool. I mean who doesn’t want to drive a tank and blow stuff up! But tracks can go on...
Best of BS 2017: Watching This Trucker Pull Gears With A Three Stick Transmission Is Like A Circus Act
Dec 30, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Best of BS 2017: Watching This Trucker Pull Gears With A Three Stick Transmission Is Like A Circus Act
We’ve been hammering you with high winding race cars and hot rods in our Parting Shift videos over the last few weeks so now it is time to change gears (see what we did there?) to something...
Best of BS 2017: 1967 Film Shows How The Pieces Of The Saturn V Were Moved To Florida and It Rules
Dec 29, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Best of BS 2017: 1967 Film Shows How The Pieces Of The Saturn V Were Moved To Florida and It Rules
The Saturn V rocket remains the most powerful man-made vehicle ever constructed and it was the bad ass hot rod that carried the USA to a victory in the Space Race with Russia. Like any hot rod, it...
Best of BS 2017: This Ford Dualie Has Cummins Power To Get It Down The Road
Dec 29, 2017Brian Lohnes1
No “Fummins” is not a typo (which, let’s be honest we have mastered around here) it is some diesel slang for a Cummins powered Ford truck. That’s exactly what you are looking...
Best of BS 2017: This Supercharged And Turbocharged Cummins-Powered Dodge Charger Is A Freakshow!
Dec 28, 2017Bryan McTaggart7
Where do we start with WelderUp’s “Project Overcharged” 1968 Dodge Charger? It looks like an extra from the set of Mad Max: Fury Road. Hiked up on a completely custom frame and...
Best of BS 2017: Project FIRE – How They Tested Their Heat Dissipation Theories Before Making Astronauts Live Through It
Dec 27, 2017Brian Lohnes1
If hot rodding is ultimately about solving problems and achieving new things, there has never been a better or more important group of hot rodders than the NASA engineers of the 1960s that drove the...










