Father’s Day Video: Old Guy Shuts Down a Runaway Diesel Engine While Youthful Helpers Run for the Hills!
At some point in our lives a dad or a grand dad or a father figure has bailed us out of some seriously bad crud. This video is one of those situations in action. Ever see those t-shirts with the...
The Unobtanium File: Saving An Ancient Caterpillar Fuel Pump Made of Solid Bronze With Skill and Crafty Thinking
Welcome to the Unobtanium File, a randomly reoccurring blog series that will highlight some of the more interesting, off the wall, and down right cool projects that the dudes and dudettes at Then and...
Watch The Jacked Up Motorsports Pulling Truck Barf Half A Caterpillar Engine Through Its Hood!
(Lead photo from Jacked Up Motorsports FB page) – We have showed you the nasty side effects of hugely boosted pulling engines failing before. The carnage is virtually unrivaled in motorsports....
Grandpa Pickup Alert! This 1986 F-150 Is The Most Old Man Perfect Truck In America
There’s nothing like finding an old man car or truck for sale. Why? Old guys take care of their stuff like no other group of people in the world. They treat recording the information on an oil...
“Dirt Don’t Hurt”? Tell That To These Off-Roaders – Four Minutes Of Maximum Destruction Inside!
“God made dirt, and dirt don’t hurt.” Uh-huh…right up until the first time you lost a war with gravity while riding a bicycle, anyways. The dirt hurts plenty, especially when...
Killer Historical Video – Flying Tigers: The Story Of The 14th Air Force – Made In 1945
The lengths that had to be taken to defeat the Axis powers in WWII can never fully be appreciated. The size and scope of the global operation that went on to win the war boggles the mind art every...
This Monster 1963 Ford Econoline Truck Is A Unique Take On A Classic Truck
We have seen lots of Econoline trucks over the years here on BangShift but none of them (that we can remember) stood over eight feet tall like this one! This monster 1963 Ford Econoline truck is...
Project White Bread Hits The Dyno, Gets Flowmaster Exhaust, And Heads Back To The Dyno
Bimbo, aka Project White Bread, is our 2004 Suburban tow pig project. It’s as clean as it gets, and yet we couldn’t leave it stock. We are after all BANGshift.com. So the windows got...
Fellow Racer Remembers His Mentor Ernie Pereira, 200 MPH Club Member, Belly Tank Racer, And Overall Land Racing Bad Ass.
(Words by Robert Dalton, Photos provided by Robert Dalton) Robert Dalton is the owner and driver of the “Flash Point” Streamliner, and a guy who has become a good friend of ours over the...
Meet The $70,000 Square-Body: This Restored 1987 GMC Sierra K3500
The 1973-87 GM pickup line is one of the few vehicle choices that Brian, Chad and I share a common and equalled interest in. They are that good. They are versatile, you can do just about anything...
Never Seen Flight Like That: Watch This GMC Mega Truck Launch Over Five Other Monsters!
Scott Green and his GMC mega truck, “Sail”, have a reputation: Scott makes a clanking noise when he walks, and the GMC achieves flight that some small planes have trouble achieving with a...
Awesome Video: Check Out The 1959 Studebaker NAPCO Demonstrator Truck – Huge 4×4 Perfection
Late 1950s Studebaker trucks are awesome to begin with because of their styling. The rounded cabs and fenders that most manufacturers had abandoned were still front and center on the Stude trucks and...
Mack Truck History! A Collection Of Historic Macks For You To Enjoy
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we told you that we wold have more images from the awesome Allentown, Pennsylvania Mack truck welcome center and we were not lying. Joe Grippo recently hit...
Take Our MONEY: This 1984 Cadillac-Camino Is Spectacular In Every Way – Even The Engine
So yeah, this is awesome. The combination of a Cadillac, an El Camino, a 1990s Impala SS, and good workmanship mean that this 1984 Cadillac-Camino is spectacular in every way. It would have been...
