Vintage RV For Sale: This 1972 Chevrolet C30 Open Road Custom Camper Motorhome Is Retro Greatness!

Anyone who’s been hanging out around BANGshift for very long knows I have an affinity for old rv trailers and motorhomes. When I was a kid we had a Roll-a-Long motorhome that was a square body...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: From Chassis to Rolling! 4 Link, Axles, Crossmembers & More!

Shannon and Jess are moving right along on the FJ40 and things just keep getting better. If you like a Landcruiser, you’ll dig this one. But if restored to factory is your jam, this one might not...

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The RIGHT WAY To Strap Down Your Bagged Truck On Your Trailer….And Let The Debate Begin…

When our friend Brandon from Lower Class Fab posted this video yesterday we knew it was going to cause a stir. The subject of tying down cars to trailers is always one that gets debated and can get...

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Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

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Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

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This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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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

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!

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

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...

Best Of BS 2017: The Rustic Nail & Co. 1948 Dodge Is Renewed Art

Restoration is the art of returning something to it’s original state. “Restification” describes the art of restoring, namely applied to a vehicle, but adding modifications to either...

Dear Santa: If It’s Not Too Late, We’re Sure Some Big Ford BANGshifter Would Really Like This

If you like big trucks. And specifically big Ford trucks, then this F650 Crew Cab 4×4 is your jam. This sucker is huge and we dig it. We also like the fact that the seller is willing to trade...

Merry Christmas, Lohnes: This “Fall Guy” Chevrolet Clone Is Going Up For Auction At Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale!

It’s been too long since we’ve toyed with Brian’s heartstrings over a vehicle, hasn’t it? I might have said something last week, but it still feels like it’s been too...

Stunning Streamliner! This Coach-Built 1938 REO and Curtiss Aerocar Tandem Is Super Cool And We Want It!

Back in the height of the Art Deco era of the 1930’s, automakers were trying all sorts of new ways to build vehicles with a streamlined look. Influenced by the aircraft of the period, many of...

A Dirt-Cheap Baja Bug And A Bunch Of Cameras – Hoonigan Recorded Their Trip To The Baja 1000, Check It Out!

I’ve heard marvelous things about Baja California…the rugged desert scenery, the gorgeous Pacific coastline, the people, the food, and all of that. I’ve never been south of the...

The Relaxing Camper Of Your Dreams Or Just Another Resto Nightmare?

The Buick Super 8 was produced from 1940 through ’58, but its unlikely that any of them rolled off the Detroit assembly line with a chassis mounted camper shell.   This Minnesota...

This Classic Dodge Truck Sales Training Video Is Pretty Awesome – Watch It!

(By Greg Rourke) – Pickup trucks sure have come a long way. And so have the way the salesman tries to get you to sign on the dotted line to start your 84 easy payments. Witness this Dodge...

Would You Rather, The Trucks of Mecum Edition! Which Old Hauler Suits You Best?

The Mecum auction that will go down in Kissimmee, Florida is STACKED with good choices. Seriously. You can buy Dick Landy’s A/FX Coronet. You can buy a Motion GT Corvette. You can buy a 1994...

This 1973 Chevrolet El Camino 4×4 Will Handle The Winter Weather In Fine Form

One of the best and worst cars I’ve got in my record is a 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle that came to me via my stepfather and his family, who had owned the car for quite some time before he did. I...

Freaky Forklift: This Machine Is Weird, Odd, Interesting, and Functional – This Video Shows You How

(By Greg Rourke) – Forklifts and I go way back. In the 70’s I worked in a tube warehouse, third shift. We had  pneumatic tire 12,000 pound forklifts that were shockingly fast. Naturally...