Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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EXCITING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING VIDEO FROM ICELAND’S STANGARHYLUR 2026! COURSE 6 AND ALL THE ROLLOVERS!

It’s time for our final coverage from the 2nd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for...

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Dirt Daily with Fred Williams. His Barn Find 1989 Land Cruiser FJ-62 gets a Dissent Off Road Rear Bumper!

Years and years ago I built a 1987 Toyota FJ-62 for my buddy Sean and I loved it. We painted it, lifted it, improved a bunch of suspension and drivetrain, and then he drove the hell out of it. It was...

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Have They Successfully Turned This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness Part 4!

In Part 3 of the series, this beast went for its first test drive. Now it’s actually being put through its paces! Here’s the Part 4 video in the series, and that means actual testing!...

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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...

Literally Drove It Like He Stole It: Pickup Truck Found Skewered With 30ft Of Guardrail

Well sir, the good news is that we found your stolen pickup truck. The bad news? The bad news is that it used 30ft of steel guardrail as floss. The double bad news? We have no idea who stole it and...