BANGshift.com Would Like To Wish All Of You A Happy And Safe Independence Day! We Hope You Enjoy The Celebration This 4th of July!

On behalf of myself, all our great BANGshift.com contributors, and all our families, BANGshift.com would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and safe Independence Day. Happy Birthday to the United...

Read more

Shop Tour Video: United by Trucks Visits Pennsylvania’s Hart Fab to Get A Look At What Makes Them Tick. This is UBT ON TOUR

I love shop tours. Who doesn’t? Seeing a hot rod or custom shop building cars and trucks is always fun to see, and when they do it right it is really fun to check out all their fabrication,...

Read more

Laid On Its Balls! How This Custom NBS Went From Show To Scrap And Back To Life And On The Road!

This truck has got some interesting history and has lived a rough life but has been brought back to life in a big way. After being built, this truck lit the show world on fire as it was laid out on...

Read more

Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

Read more

FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

Read more

A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

Read more

 

This Caterpillar Challenger Tractor And Special Trailer Designed For Beach Launching Life Boats Are Totally Awesome

Right now I am doing a slow, dramatic clap for the guys and girls that work for the Habbeke Shipyard in the Netherlands. Why? Basically because they have developed one of the coolest specialized...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: Building A Fuel Tank From Scratch For The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck!

It’s time for even more welding, but this time it’s on the new fuel tank for this beast. This thing needs a big tank and it has to fit in just the right spot, which makes it a bit of a...

ALL-MOTOR, JUNKYARD LS MEGA POWER. HOW TO ADD 200 HP TO YOUR SBE 5.3L WITH NO BOOST AND NO NOS

200 horsepower without boost or nitrous?! Is that really possible? Of course it is! With the right parts you can make real power gains on any engine and we all know that LS engines are just begging...

Beards, Burnouts, And Beers: Chad And Ryan Are Joined By Dane Thompson Who Talks About Crashing The Maliboom, Safety, & Drag & Drives

We’re back with another episode of Beards, Burnouts, and Beers where Ryan and I talk about whatever strikes us as important in the racing and hot rodding world. We’re talking to our...

The Right Combo: Watch This Supercharged Rolls Royce Meteor Powered Tractor Make A Full Pull

Once again we’re leering at a European pulling tractor with a freaking awesome engine combo and admiring the noise and the fury that it creates. In this case the tractor we are talking about is...

The Roar Of Power: This 1970s Allis-Chalmers Dealer Film Is All In On Killer Tractor Pulling Footage

This is some gold right here. Between the cool tractors, the basic and awesome old sleds, and the footage of them both working together, this is about 10-minutes of gearhead heaven. The name of this...

Simpson And Racequip Headline Safety Deals During Holley’s Supercharged Summer Clearance Sale! Buy Stuff, Save Money!

Holley is adding to their latest sale, and with this one celebrating summer, what better way to do that than with deals on Holley’s safety brands? That’s right, save big on Racequip and...

Puddin’s 1961 Mercedes 4X4 Build Makes This K5 Blazer FRAME SWAP Seem Like A Great Idea! Perfect Fit!??

Trars are cool. We’ve featured several of them over the years here at BANGshift and I don’t know anyone who doesn’t dig them. I mean, not everyone wants one, but everyone looks at...

Wild Mud Video: A Wheelstand and Driving Job For the Gumbo Slinging Ages

To prove that we’re not going soft on you with stories about salmon and stuff, we direct your attention to this video from the world of mud bog racing. This is awesome video of a pretty...

Torque Wrench Myths Tested! Here Are The Top 10 View Suggestions Tested Right Here So You Might Learn Something

There are lots of folks who use tools the wrong way. In fact, we all do it. It might be something minor, or it might be something major, but when it comes to a torque wrench you certainly want to be...

The Goodwood Festival Of Speed Is LIVE Right Here! All The Action From One Of The Most Famous Car Events On The Planet

If you haven’t seen anything from the Goodwood Festival of Speed over the years, you must live under a rock. This is an automotive event of epic proportions, held on an insanely beautiful...

So Much DESTRUCTION! 1320 Video Visits Alaska For The 2024 4th of July 300ft Cliff CAR LAUNCH

They were back for 2024, and the gang from 1320Video got all the action once again from what may be the most epic 4th of July celebration in the country. It’s Alaska’s Glacier View 4th of...

Speed Thrash: Watch This Diesel Mechanic Rebuild An N14 Cummins Engine In Three Minutes!

We have all the respect in the world for those of you out there that make your living as professional mechanics. It is a hard job, an often thankless job, and one that far too few people understand...

The Heavy Iron: This Video Showing Tons Of Awesome Heavyweight Tractors Plowing Fields Is Tractor Greatness!

If you have ever wondered why people collect tractors, especially farmers, let this video answer the question. You are going to see one of the most awesome collections of muscle tractor, giant...