Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos, XL Videos
Cool History Video: This WWII Film Talks About Why Ball Bearings Were A Priority Target Of The Allies
WWII is such a fascination for so many people because there are facets of it that you’d never really consider unless you are REALLY into the history of the conflict. The mechanical side of WWII...
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: A New Bumper, Winch, and Fenders Is Just What The Doctor Ordered!
It just keeps getting more and more complete! The FJ45 Rock Crawler Project is on and this episode is showing this bad boy getting another bumper, a winch, and some fender love. If you know old...
Giant Killers: This Late 1940s Film Called Giant Killers Tells The Story Of WWII PT Boat Construction – Awesome Stuff!
When it comes to the most compelling mechanized weaponry of WWII, PT Boats are pretty close to the top of the heap for me. Sporting three massive Packard marine engines, bristling with torpedos,...
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: The Fab Rats Continue Smashing More Projects On The FJ45 Rock Crawler
It just keeps getting more and more complete! The FJ45 Rock Crawler Project is on! If you know old Toyota Land Cruisers then you know that an FJ40 is an iconic off-roader. Like a Jeep CJ, it’s a...
BangShift PSA: Here’s A 10 Second Check To Tell If A New N-Series Ford Tractor Governor Is Junk Or Not (It Probably Is)
As time allows, I like to tinker with my old N-Series Ford tractor. Truth be told, I have not been keeping all of you up to current on the work that’s been completed over the last few months....
Teardown Time: Watch The Latest Redline Rebuild Engine Get Brought Down To The Block
Who doesn’t love a good engine teardown? You are always on the lookout for interesting signs of past modifications, potential weak points, and the effects of run time on the internal parts and...
Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: Building A 1950 GMC Cab Over Using A Late Model Dually Chassis
Whenever I see a COE, which stands for Cab Over Engine, I wish I had one. I have always thought a COE ramp truck would be cool, or even just a slammed COE pickup. They are just cool looking since...
Legit $50 PAINT JOB On A Crusty K5 Blazer (Surprisingly Good Results!)
Cheap paint is something that every one of us cars guys and gals have wanted at some point or another when we’ve found ourselves with a vehicle that is cool but has ugly paint and no good...
Reviving A 1950 Ford That’s Been Sitting In A Quonset Hut For Years! Will It Run And Drive?
This family-owned truck has been left to sit for decades in a Quonset hut in Canada and is now getting its chance at life again. There is no restoration happening here, and no big money spend, just...
Project Ronnie: Stevie Fast Is Building A Hot Rod Chevy Truck In The Memory Of His Step-Dad
It is weird to say but a lot of hardcore racers are not that much into street driven hot rods. They like cars but they like them made of steel tubing and making 3,000hp or more. Stevie Fast has...
Fresh Project Video: Hagerty’s Next Redline Rebuild Is A Clean 1993 4.0L Jeep XJ – The Work Starts Here
There’s no rest for the wicked in the Hagerty shop as just a short time after finishing their Mini build, the next subject of fun has rolled in. This time the vehicle is a 1993 Jeep Cherokee XJ...
Project Hay Hauler: The Rust Repair Continues, And Boy Is This Project Snowballing! Is It Getting Too Nice?
Sometimes you start in on an already driving project, with the best intentions of just doing some minor stuff and getting it back on the road, only to end up falling down a rabbit hole of repairs...
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: IT’S ALIVE!! The FJ45 Ultimate Rock Crawler STARTS UP, But Not Without A Few Hiccups!
Why should it surprise us that the first startup on the FJ45 Rock Crawler project would be a little more exciting than it should be? I mean, everyone is excited when their new project starts for the...
