eBay Find: This 1973 Ford F-250 Ranger Is Longbed, Four Wheel Drive, Three Pedal Awesomeness
When you spend as much time looking at, talking about, writing on, and generally being around cars and trucks as we do, you occasionally develop an unhealthy obsession with a particular thing and...
OMIX-ADA Releases Statement Regarding Product Searches and Seizures In Las Vegas
It was big news at the 2016 SEMA show when federal marshals came into the event and shut down the displays of eight companies accused of creating knock off parts. The company that was being copied,...
Pulling Action Gallery: More Screaming Engines, Killer Rigs, and Great Photos From The NTPA NC State Fair Pull
(Photos by David Whealon – DWPHOTOS) – The biggest and baddest NTPA pullers in the country all showed up at the North Carolina State Fair recently for their last hook of the 2016 season....
SEMA 2016: Weld Racing Goes Big And Introduces New Weld Racing XT Product Line For Lifted Trucks
One of the things that blows us away at SEMA every year is the literal and figurative size of the wheel industry. In particular are the massive wheels that are being used on today’s lifted...
Remembering GMC Crackerbox Trucks – Stubby, Square, and Tough!
(By Greg Rourke) – Yes, more big trucks, more cabovers. GMC called their all new, aluminum tilt cab trucks the F model, but truckers called them the Crackerbox. It’s easy to see why. All...
SEMA 2016: Even The Trucks Are Awesome! Check Out Some Of The Shell SuperRigs We Found Outside!
As you would expect, from one side of the Las Vegas Convention Center to the other, the area is covered in beautiful cars that are completely and utterly stunning. But as we walked to and from the...
Pulling Action Photos: The Dirt Was Flying At The NC State Fair!
(Words and photos by David Whealon) – Well we’re back on our yearly stop at the NC State Fair with some of the best NTPA pullers in the country showing up for their final exhibition of the...
Dodge Once Made The Coolest Cab Over Trucks In The World – The Story of The L600 and L700 Here
(By Greg Rourke) – We love old trucks here at BangShift, and I love cabovers in particular. Medium duty cabovers are now dominated by offshore produced trucks, but once upon a time we made...
SEMA 2016: Gone Truckin’! Here’s Another Fresh Collection Of Truck Photos
We’re back with another gallery of cool trucks here at the 2016 SEMA show. The looks and styles run the gamut from laid on the frame to sky scraping craziness with lots of ’em falling...
SEMA 2016: Here’s A Load Of Truck Specific Photos – Horsepower, Big Tires, and Fun
Trucks are a massive part of the SEMA 2016 experience. Their presence is humongous in the world of the size and scope of the SEMA 2016 world. When you think about the amount of money spent in the...
Mighty Mites: Sometimes It Is Better to Buy Older When It Comes To Yard Tractors And Here’s Why!
(By Greg Rourke) – For various reasons, I haven’t built any cool rods are done much noteworthy for over 30 years. I always read all the magazines, attended a few races and car shows, and...
Lohnes’s Two Favorite Cab Over Trucks From SEMA 2015 – One Ford and One Chevy
If you had told the engineers and designers that were making these trucks come to life decades ago that the yeoman equipment they were working on would be considered iconic Americana in the next...
You Just Might Need This 4×4 Pacer In Your Life
The American Motors’ Pacer will, for better or worse, be one of the best-remembered cars in the company’s checkered past. Ungainly and overweight, it was the byproduct of a lot of things gone...
Today Would Have Been Marvin “Killdozer” Heemeyer’s Birthday – Remember Him?
(By Greg Rourke) – Today would have been the birthday of Marvin Heemeyer. It’s been said that you cannot fight city hall. That may be true, but Marvin found a loophole. He ran over city...
