Freiburger and Finnegan Limo Truck Dyno Shootout! How Much Power Did It Make?

If you missed the awesome on the road engine build and swap in Finnegan’s Limo Squarebody truck, then you missed a lot and are going to want to use the link below. They literally built a brand...

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Vintage RV For Sale: This 1972 Chevrolet C30 Open Road Custom Camper Motorhome Is Retro Greatness!

Anyone who’s been hanging out around BANGshift for very long knows I have an affinity for old rv trailers and motorhomes. When I was a kid we had a Roll-a-Long motorhome that was a square body...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: From Chassis to Rolling! 4 Link, Axles, Crossmembers & More!

Shannon and Jess are moving right along on the FJ40 and things just keep getting better. If you like a Landcruiser, you’ll dig this one. But if restored to factory is your jam, this one might not...

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The RIGHT WAY To Strap Down Your Bagged Truck On Your Trailer….And Let The Debate Begin…

When our friend Brandon from Lower Class Fab posted this video yesterday we knew it was going to cause a stir. The subject of tying down cars to trailers is always one that gets debated and can get...

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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 NAPCO Equipped 1959 Chevy Apache 3600 Is A No Nonsense, Go Anywhere Rig

Talk about cool, this truck is ice cold! A three quarter ton, 1959 Chevy Apache is a cool truck but when you add in the fact that it is also a factory NAPCO truck, the interest level (and price)...

Craigslist Find: A Properly Rat-Rodded 1948 International Wrecker With Minneapolis-Moline Power!

A cut down old wrecker with some hot-rodding touches and a tractor engine…if there was ever a Craigslist ad targeted straight towards Brian, I’ve yet to see it. While Brutus the Wrecker...

This Inside Look At Chuck Mallet’s Award Winning, Retro Inspired 2014 Silverado Is Great

Perhaps my single favorite vehicle at SEMA 2014 is the one featured in this video made the the team at Chevrolet Performance’s “The Block”. This truck was built by Chuck Mallet and...

Watch This Sled Failure Turn Into A Painful Crash At An Indoor Kentucky Pull

Indoor tractor pulls are cool for the same reason that indoor monster truck shows are. The action is all right there in front of you and the noise and fury are intensified by the fact that there is a...

Kelderman Air Suspensions Equipped Trucks Were EVERYWHERE At SEMA, Check Them Out

Jeff Kelderman, and the entire crew at Kelderman Air Suspensions, are some bad ass folks. Not only do they build some insanely cool heavy duty suspension systems for your stock height or lifted...

Tug Of Win: Watch A Monster Cadillac Hearse Battle An Old Deuce And A Half Truck

Back during the earliest days of BangShift in 2008 when Chad and I sat down to figure things out we agreed on one item only. That singular point was the fact that whenever we saw anything related to...

This 1936 Chevy Bus Was Made Into A Hose Hauler By The Fire Dapartment – Could It Haul Hot Rods?

So there will never be a day when we grow weary of seeing, scheming about, or dreaming of cool car haulers. This 1936 Chevy school bus was converted into a hauler of sorts many moons ago by a fire...

Video: The MythBusters Coolest Test Involves A Dump Truck, Two Columns Of Cars, A Cow Catcher, And Incredible Results

The guys on MythBusters have done some seriously cool stuff on TV over the years to prove or disprove things that have happened in movies, old wives’ tales, and their own theories on stuff but...

Watch Monster Truck Racer BJ Johnson Make One Of The Wildest Saves Of All Time

BJ Johnson is one of the up and coming names in the world of monster truck racing. What was once the realm of guys who bashed beer cans over their heads before getting into the trucks is now becoming...

The JCB Fastrac Snow Plow Is A High Speed Snow Dominating Monster

When I lay my grotesquely large head down on my pillow each night I try to think of something nice before drifting off into slumber. Maybe it is a happy memory from the day, maybe it is the thought...

Icelandic Off-Roading Rules! This 1600 HP Beast Hillclimbs, Mudding And Just Because They Can, They Drive On Water Too!

Sometimes we don’t need a reason past “it’s just freakin’ awesome” to feature something here, and this footage from the Formula Offroad race in Hella, Iceland is just...

Ford Unveils 2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility – Turbo V6 Tank On Wheels

The 2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility has been unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show and while the drivetrain is largely unchanged from previous models there are a host of other technological...

Classic Racing Footage: The 1989 Heavy Metal Challenge Race – Watch Robby Gordon and Walker Evans Battle It Out!

We love fast trucks around here, and we love loud and fast racing. By that measure, Class 8 trucks are high on our list of dirt toys we dream of being able to drive. You may have your favorites, but...

Watch The Most Violently Failed Attempt To Pull A Jeep Out Of The Mud We Have Ever Seen

You’re thinking, “What’s so bad about that, it just pulled a wheel off?” You need to watch the video and pay close attention because this group of freaking MENSA candidates...