Freiburger and Finnegan Limo Truck Dyno Shootout! How Much Power Did It Make?

If you missed the awesome on the road engine build and swap in Finnegan’s Limo Squarebody truck, then you missed a lot and are going to want to use the link below. They literally built a brand...

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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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Vintage Tractor Porn: This 1950s Allis-Chalmers Video About Crawler Tractors Rules!

It has been far too long since I last indulged my love of old tractors here on the pages of BangShift so let’s fix this today, shall we? Here we have a 1950s video produced by the...

Suffering From Snow Worries? This 6×6 Suzuki Samurai Will Save Your Sorry Hide!

We are heading quickly from the colorful and crisp Autumn season to what I casually refer to as the “cold, gray bucket of suck” that is winter. (Ok, Brian Gordon from Fowl Language Comics...

Cool eBay Find: This Ancient Joseph Van Blerck Marine Engine Is Cool And It Runs (Video)

Four cylinders, 350ci, clunking-clanking noises, and likely some amazing smells. That’s what you are buying if you get your hands on this engine that is 112 years old and is claimed to be the...

Old Iron Film: Watch This Oshkosh Snowplow Trundle Through Deep Snow In 1936

This is a video that only fans of old slow trucks will really love. While the nation has not really plunged into the depths of winter yet, it ain’t gonna be long before white stuff is flying...

This Big Rig Pulling Truck Launches The Entire Engine Out Of The Truck!

(Lead photo from Jacked Up Motorsports FB page) We’re talking the ENTIRE ENGINE!!! The force required to actually have an engine remove itself is not measurable using the high tech devices we...

This 1976 Ford F-250 Crew Cab Is A Little Rough Around The Roof But We Love It All The Same

So I have been gingerly poking around the internet for a 1970s era Ford truck lately and while I have not found the truck I want to bid on, I have found a load of cool trucks that anyone who is into...

This 1953 Ford Promotional Video For The Golden Jubilee Tractor Is 1950s Gearhead Perfection

Ford has been in the tractor business for a very long time and the N-series of machines is about as timeless and iconic as some of the company’s better known car and truck models. 1953 was a...

The 50th Running Of The Baja 1000 Finished Today. Here Are The Results And Some Interesting Quotes

The Baja 1000 remains one of the coolest automotive racing events I’ve ever attended, and it pains me that I haven’t been able to go see it again for several years because it happens to...

Seeing The 50th Baja 1000 Finish Today Made Us Want This Prerunner GMC

Desert off-road racing is amazing to watch. The speed, the power, the effortless way in which big tires and suspension just soak up bumps. It’s almost as if they aren’t there, it seems so...

Help Us Name Our New Square Body Crew Cab Dually Project!

I’ve wanted a Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually since I was a kid. Probably since I was 10 or so, since we’d see them at the races all the time pulling gooseneck trailers and looking bad ass. Of...

Incredible Video: Watch This Guy In A Pickup Drive Into An Advance Auto Parts At Full Throttle!

Ever have a weird day? This cop has  a weird day in this video. The policeman was a responding to a complaint about an erratic driver. The guy who drew the attention was driving an F-150 pickup...

A BangShifty Hero With A Lathe, A Mill, and A Welder Built A Radial Engine Out Of VW Stuff Just For Fun

Sometimes stuff just “bubbles up” on the internet. This awesome video is proof of that. Originalyl posted in the late winter/early spring of last year we got a couple of notes via email...

Try And Rust Me Now! This Fiberglass 1980 International Scout SSII Needs A New Home!

While I have more experience with the Scout 800 series, the Scout II is no less of a desirable machine. International Harvester’s small-truck lines aren’t well known and useable examples...

Crew Cab Dirt Runner: Kibbetech’s Ford F-350 Is A Bitchin’ Behemoth!

The last time I paid attention to a Kibbetech build, it was the car known as the Trophy LTD: a Ford Crown Victoria turned full-deal desert runner. Everything about that car was both all wrong...