Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos
This 1982 GMC Promotional Film Is All About Small Wreckers – The Truck Is Killer!
Here’s a neat video for those of you out there who share my obsession with cool old trucks and wreckers. This is a 1982 GMC promotional film centered around the idea of the superiority of the...
Miniature Engine Fun! Check Out This Running Model Of A 1906 Bruce MacBeth 100hp Four Cylinder
The Bruce-MacBeth engine company isn’t exactly a name on the tips of the tongues of gearheads and hot rodders across the world but they were a successful outfit that operated for about a half a...
The Start Of The Beginning or The Beginning Of The End? This 1989 SUV Buy’er Guide Video Shows The Start Of The SUV Craze
In an automotive universe completely dominated by the SUV, CUV, and LUV (lame utility vehicle) segment, it stands to reason that this whole ball got rolling somewhere, right? Well, that somewhere is...
Finnegan Finally Drives His Body Dropped C10 After The 6 Day Thrash!
It’s about time! The boys thrashed like mad men to get the truck ready for the road trip to MRC Fabrication where they were supposed to show up with it and then pick up the Cadillac....
The Raddest Rigs of King of the Hammers: Gambler 500 Benz, Chevy Blazer and Rock Crawlers
I’ve repeatedly told you all just how cool King of the Hammers is, and here is even more proof. Besides all the killer race rigs, there are TONS of killer rigs that regular folks show up in to...
It’s Day 4 Of The Finnegan C10 Thrash, They Are Confident, And That Is A Bad Sign.
The boys are confident they are going to make it and that scares me. Whenever you set an arbitrary deadline and then start getting close and deliriously think that you are on track to make it all...
Over The Top By All Of It: The Rezvani Hercules 6×6 Is The 1,000hp Demon Powered Bugout Machine For You!
(By Tom Lohnes) – With 1,300 horsepower, 6 wheels, and bulletproof glass and body panels, the Rezvani Hercules 6×6 seems like a military vehicle for the street, which it pretty much is....
Chassis Swapping A Crew Cab Squarebody Onto A Dodge Cummins Chassis Part 2
We shared Part 1 of this chassis swap a few days ago and now it is time to start building body mounts. Doing chassis swaps is not necessarily easy to do correctly, and is especially hard on a 2 wheel...
Thumping Pistons Of Freedom: This WWII Film About The Massive Diesel Engines Used In Submarines Is Great
Diesel-electric submarines were (and in some ways still are) incredible machines. Some of the most brilliant minds in the world worked on their development. Of course, nuclear submarines made these...
Cool Historic Video: A US Navy Promotional Film About PT Boats, True 3000HP Hot Rods From Hell
They were 3,000hp wooden-hulled harbingers of doom for the enemies of the Allies during WWII. True hot rods of the sea, the PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats were capable of attacking and sinking ships far...
EPIC BUILD: Off-Roading College Student Converts School Bus Into Camper And Toy Hauler Combo For His Jeep
I’m a fan of schoolies, and really like the ones that guys are making into schoolie toy haulers. If you don’t know what a schoolie is, it is a converted school bus rv. Take one cheap and...
Chassis Swapping A Squarebody Crew Cab Onto A Dodge Cummins 4×4 Chassis!
Doing chassis swaps is not necessarily easy to do correctly, and is especially hard on a 2 wheel drive truck, or one that doesn’t have a big tire on it. If the frame of the donor doesn’t...
The Unimog Expedition Project Is Getting Interior Now That The Thing Isn’t So Hot Or So Loud.
Now that the entire interior of the Unimog is covered in sound and heat shield, it is time to make this thing comfortable enough to make a long road trip without wanting to climb out every 20 miles....
