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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Tool Testing: Mustard vs Ketchup DeWALT says their 1st Right Angle Die Grinder is 1.5X As Powerful As Milwaukee!

We love tool tests around here, and while we know many of you out there are super loyal to mustard or ketchup, aka DeWalt or Milwaukee, we’re not really that particular. Yes I understand why...

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Vice Grip Garage Annual Father Son Trip! ATTEMPTING 3,000 Miles In A VINTAGE BIG BLOCK RV! Cooking, Fishing, Museums and more!

A couple of weeks ago we shared the video of Derek picking up this machine and getting it ready to drive 850 miles home. Seemed like a pretty stout trip in an unknown RV, but that was nothing when...

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Freiburger Takes Us On A DRIVING TOUR of HISTORIC HOT ROD SPOTS Around Los Angeles! Too Many To Count!

There are tons of historic spots around Southern California that impacted hot rodding, racing, and custom car building over the last 80 years or so, but no matter how many you can think of there are...

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It’s Over: Aviation Industry Dead In California With Close Of Boeing C-17 Production

There was a time when it was weird a plane someone was flying on wasn’t built in California, such is no longer the case. After being a massive producer of airplanes and massive driver of the...

The Coolest Crew Cab In America Is For Sale: This 1966 C60 Truck Is Amazing

It has haunted my email in-box, my Facebook feed, and my dreams for years. This incredible 1966 C60 Chevy crew cab is for sale and I am gently weeping over my keyboard for the simple fact that...

eBay Find: This 1970 Chevy Tuck Wears A C60 Nose And Rules Beyond All Measure

The guys at RTech Fabricatons specialize in customizing late 1960s and early 1970s Chevy trucks. They convert them to crew cabs and can basically build them to whatever spec you want, including a...

This Strange Mystery Jeep Is Anything But Stock! Check Out All The Weirdness!

(Photos courtesy of the Canadian Government)   I’ve been on a Jeep kick lately, so when I saw this weirdo creation posted over at the Grassroots Motorsports Forum recently, my jaw dropped to...

The Blitz Fogger Was The Most Well Intentioned But Horrendous Idea Ever Created For Garden Tractors – How’s That DDT Taste?

There’s an old saying that goes something like, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”. Consider the story of the Blitz Fogger as one of those “good...

This 1956 Film Shows How Ford Tractors Built Levittown, PA and Virtually Every Attachment Possible

If you have been reading BangShift for any time you know that I love nothing more when modern history and mechanical stuff collide and that is exactly what we have here in a pretty extraordinary...

We Are Trying To Talk Ourselves Out Of Buying This Dually. What Would You Do With It?

I want a crew cab dually. Preferably a square body, but I would do a round body as well. I’ve got no money, so it really just matters on what the deal is. Which is why this ugly beast caught my...

This 1973 Cadillac Has Been Made Into The Caddy El-Mino: Get Your Boss Hogg On With This Sucker!

When we saw this posted up on Craigslist here locally we figured it had to be some movie prop, and wondered which one it was for. It turns out that is not the case, although it would make the perfect...

Truckin’ Perfection! This 1958 Chevy Apache Has NAPCO Four Wheel Drive And The Perfect Look

If you take all of the elements we love in old Chevy trucks and stick them together you’d get something that looks eerily similar to this 1958 Apache that is equipped with NAPCO four wheel...

Mud Bog Action Photos: Fastest of the Fast Challenge At The Lee County Mud Motorsports Park

(Words by David Whealon/ Photos by David Whealon and Laini Pound)   In recent years the mud racing world’s spotlight has been shined on the tricked out awesomeness of Mega trucks which are purpose...

Restrained Anger: Watch As The “Rum Runner” Rock Bouncer Does A Chained-Down Four-Wheeled Burnout – This Thing Is Pissed!

The concoction for a successful rock bouncer is pretty much the same: a stout suspension setup hooked up to a roll cage that can take punishment by the ton, with the appropriate large rubber bolted...

Jay Leno Gets To Roll Around In A Lamborghini LM002 – Italy’s Rambo Lambo That Catered To The Stars Instead Of The Military

Lamborghini’s LM002 was born out of several failed attempts to bring a vehicle to the military to replace the venerable Jeep-based vehicles. Think about that for a moment: Not GM. Not Ford....

Top 11: Trail Rigs For Winter Wheeling! The Weather Outside Sucks, But The Fun Doesn’t Have To Stop!

Unless you’re in the South, Texas or the Southwest, you are quickly getting to the point where the fast street toy is just about done for the year. Northern guys are putting away their prized...

This 1961 Ford COE Enclosed Car Hauler Could Be Awesome!

Yesterday Brian posted a little tiny car hauler that he said was useless. This one here is NOT useless, or at least it won’t be once you have it all done. This 1961 Ford COE started life as a...