BangShift Project Files: Not One, But Two Ford Truck Projects! A 427 In One, An EcoBoost Swap In The Other!
There are professional builders. There are skilled craftsmen. There are amateurs…like myself. And then there are guys like “EcoBoostedF100” in the forum, who make all of us look...
Off-Roading Fail: Watch This Dodge Front-Flip Into A Mud Pit – Everyone Is OK
We just can’t get enough of the “mega”-trucks around here lately, and this Dakota fits the bill with it’s heavy-duty axles, tractor tires and an engine that would be right at...
Blog Fight: You Want A Cadillac Wagon? I Got An Eldorado Shooting Brake Right Here!
Fifty-seven thousand dollars is a lot of money to spend on a station wagon, Cadillac or otherwise. And while Brian was busy writing up the Castillian thinking he was going to bury the New...
Fun Video: Playing in the Snow with an Old Linn Tractor Half-Track, a BangShifty Toy We Need!
There’s lots of gearhead stuff that we have no real practical use for, but just really want. Count an old Linn half-track as one of the latter. The machines were made in New York from 1916-1952...
Blog Fight: McTaggart’s Pontiac Wagon Is For CHUMPS! This 1976 Cadillac Castilian Wagon Is Where It’s At
Clearly McTaggart thought he was going to be the king of wagon mountain on the blog today but I have news for him. That Pontiac he found is pretty clean but let’s be honest, that thing is a...
“Uh-Oh” Video: Randal Key Launches His Rockcrawler, Camera Operator Requires New Pants
“Location, location, location.” If you are recording anything to do with a vehicle, knowing where to stand makes the difference between you being a hero and a grease spot that once was a...
Motorized Freak of the Week: Nutso Hungarian Oil-Well Firefighting Tank
Many of you may have seen this beast before, but for those of you who haven’t, know that it uses its power for good and not evil. What you’re looking at is the world’s most badass...
187-Ton Heavy Haul Load Stopped Dead In Its Tracks By Mother Nature, Broken Axles – Heavy Loads Is Hard
BangShifter Jake Salmonson shot us the link on this pretty neat story that came from the Duluth, Minnesota area and centers around the troubles that a heavy haul team was having with moving a 187-ton...
Guy Drives $75 Dollar Truck To Work For 38 Years, Right Up To The Day He Retires – BangShifty Hero!
As a 20 something year old kid, Minnesota resident Bob Sportel needed a truck to get to work but he had a pretty tight budget. After seeing an old farmer come to his place of employment in a rusty...
This Is The Weirdest 1985 Pontiac Sunbird Ever – S10 Frame, Flip Nose, 350, Rear Wheel Drive!
Todd Aldridge gets the tipster credit on this one but we’re not sure we should be giving it to him. After all, how did he find it? Was he searching for S10 (normal)? Or was he searching for...
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Outside: Another Weird Mopar Swap – These Guys Pulled A Big Block For WHAT?!
So yesterday we reran McTaggart’s wild story about the Durango that someone had swapped a slant six engine into. That thing was weird enough but it looks like a top fuel car when compared to...
Crank The Speakers! This 1,000hp Rock Bouncer Makes Some REALLY Good Noises While Attacking Mother Nature
Like all of the motorsports world, evolution is something that rock bouncing has been going through a rapid phase of in recent years. It wasn’t but a few years ago that decently built buggies...
Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015 Is Coming Next Week And We’ll Be There – Check Out This 2014 Highlight Reel
We’re literally going to get 2014 going with a bang around here at Nutting and I will be at Sunday River Ski Resort next week in Maine to cover Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015 in person. There will...
The Wildest S10 Ever Built Is For Sale – Eight Wheels, 12-Cylinders, 24-Spark Plugs, Unconfirmed Number Of Brain Cells
How do we know that the guys working over at MegaSquirt/DIYAutoTune.com are BangShifters? Not one but TWO of them sent us tips on this thing. That’s right, Matt and Jerry…you are both...
