Let’s Talk ENGINES, PROJECT CARS, CHiPS TV, and More With David Freiburger!

David Freiburger’s Socials and YouTube channel have grown dramatically since the Motor Trend Studios that he and Finnegan were working for shut down and he went out on his own. It’s been...

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Viva Las Vegas 2026 Rockabilly Car Show Video – Hot Rods, Pinup Girls & Live Bands Take Over Las Vegas!

Viva Las Vegas is one of THE premier rockabilly car shows and get togethers in the country. Taking over the Orleans Hotel and Casino every April, this show is in its 30th year! When I still lived in...

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New Junkyard Inventory: Dent Side Ford Pickup Trucks from the 1970’s! Including an XLT 4X4!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more new rides coming into the wrecking yard this week. Just when you think there can’t possibly be anymore old Ford trucks sitting around, he shows up with some...

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What Makes the East Coast Gear Supply KP 540 Axle Housing So Good? Ian Johnson Walks Us Through Them.

Heavy duty axles for off-road rigs have come a long way over the years and putting “tons” under a Jeep, or anything else for that matter, is the norm anymore. And you can buy all kinds of...

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Dyno Testing Dual Plane Intake Manifolds: Made in the USA vs Cheap Import Knockoffs – How Do They Compare?

We’re all about made in the USA parts when they make sense, but I’m very well known for saying that crap is crap, regardless of where it comes from. The point being that you should buy...

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Is This Thing An ABOMINATION or GREATNESS? This Is A Small Block Chevy Powered Ford F100! Installing a HUGE Cam and Engine Refresh With Derek.

I know that some of you are screaming already, but the reality is that it’s not like you can’t replace the Chevy with a Ford in this F100 if you buy it and want to “save” it...

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Need A V16? This Mammoth Marmon V16 Could Be Yours!

As the country was plunging into the Great Depression, automakers were still clinging to the idea that there was plenty of money floating around to buy ever bigger and more powerful cars. The fact...

The Story Of U-1206, The German U-Boat With The Worst Story In The Fleet – It’s The Toilet’s Fault

The German U-boat occupies a very dark chapter in history. Between World War I and World War II they were feared, a legitimate danger to practically any vessel plying through the Atlantic Ocean. Less...

Neat Video Bonanza: How Dudes in Bolivia Float Trucks Across the River with Two Canoes

BangShifty solutions to problems are born different ways. Creativity can be used to work around a limited budget, lack of proper tools, and in this case, lack of a bridge to cross a large river in...

Trucks, Trucks, and ONLY Trucks From The 2015 Carl Casper Show – Big Ones, Small Ones, Short Ones, Tall Ones

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I would consider this the utility group, but I’m not sure many of these could handle much of a load these days or be pressed into hard service.  The...

Nowhere To Go But Down During This Rockcrawling Event In Congress, Arizona

Congress, Arizona is situated between Prescott and Wickenberg, west of Phoenix and is right at the base of Arizona’s biggest geological feature: the Mogollon Rim, the 2000′ separation...

Buy Your Own Gamma Goat! A Rare Shot At Owning This Military Glorious Semi-Failure

If you like to own big, cool, noisy things than boy do we have a deal for you! This 1971 built Gamma Goat is for sale on eBay and since there are not many of them left around, you better act know and...

This Is A Thing? Speed Plowing In Sweden…”Let’s Get Ready To Cultivate!”

Early spring at BangShift Mid-West means many things…the trees are finally starting to leaf out, daffodils are blooming, my allergies are raging, and fields across the region are being torn up...

Truck Feature: This Hot Rodded Cummins Powered Lil’ Red Express Rips Low 10-Second Quarter Mile Times With 100psi Of Boost!

(Words and photos be Jacob Marshall) – When I first saw Max Kirtley’s Little Red Express truck it was buried in the staging lanes of Royal Purple Raceway surrounded by numerous Nissan...

Freak For Sale: Cummins 4BT Powered 1970 Nova Dually – Eight Lug Wheels And The Soul Of A Big Rig?

For the pure freak factory, this could be the weirdest single car I have ever posted on BangShift. Not weird in the sense that it is horribly ugly or looks like it was victimized by a bad plastic...

Busted Knuckle Video Has Released “Mega Trucks Gone Wild 2”: High Horsepower, High Flying Mud Truck Action

There aren’t many places that allow any owner of a vehicle with thousands of horsepower to exercise it freely. Land speed arenas, drag strips, and monster truck venues come to mind, but there...

Wreckage Video: A Weight Sled Failure Causes Major Impact At A Truck Pull

Forgive our strange fascination with wrecks at truck and tractor pulls, but we cannot help ourselves. In this clip we see all the right elements add up to a big thumping crash at the top end of the...

Epic Craigslist Find: Holman-Moody’s 1967 Ford F-100 Shop Truck

Holman-Moody’s 1967 Ford shop truck is for sale for $14,000. Do you really need to know any more than that? Working with Ford products, Holman-Moody were the name in motorsports in the late...

This 1976 Jeep CJ7 Was Built To Be A Street And Dune Killer – Is It BangShifty Or Wrong?

This is one of those rigs that will split opinions right down the middle between love it and hate it. The 1976 Jeep CJ7 you see below (and above) has a 500hp 383ci Chevy small block stroker, street...

The Parting Shift: A Screaming Detroit And Twin Sticks Make One Heck Of An Entertaining Video!

We’ve been harping on the race car stuff with the last couple of Parting Shift blog items so I wanted to go back to my truckin’ roots here. This video is pure perfection because we not...