Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, XL New Truck Products, XL Online Find, XL Spotlight, XL Truck News

Little Giant: The Ford Bronco Sport May Be The First Small SUV People Are Happily Paying A Markup For!

(By Tom Lohnes) – To get a new Ford Bronco Sport right now you’ll need almost $40,000 for a loaded up first edition, which is big bucks for a small vehicle. Actually, make sure to bring up...

This 1999 Camaro Is Fire Road Greatness! Small Lift, Added Fender Clearance, And Mud Tires Make This Thing Too Awesome

I can’t sit here and deny that this Camaro makes me smile. Partly because this is my least favorite body style of Camaro, so the fact that it has been cut up doesn’t remotely bother me....

The Photos Of A Piston And Rod Assembly Being Pulled From This Ship Engine Are Awesome – Your Big Block’s Got Nothing On This!

When I got an email from a BangShifter simply known as “Barry in Kentucky” I wasn’t immediately aware that it would contain epic gearhead gold. I get about 3.2 million emails per...

This Killer 1955 Chevy Truck Is Mounted On A 4-Ton 4×4 Military Truck Chassis That Can Haul Anything You Want

Classic trucks are cool. Military trucks are cool. But when you mix the two together, something magic happens, and this right here is the magic. The seller says it is an eye catcher, and that’s...

This 1978 GMC G-30 Shorty Van Is A Pathfinder Modified 4×4 Beast We Would LOVE To Drive!

4×4 vans are cool, I don’t care who you are. But they aren’t very common in comparison to your average white plumbers 2-wheel drive van seen all across the country. But even when the...

Dually Suburban For The Win! And It Is A Square Body! My Two Favorite Trucks Rolled Into One

Square Body Chevrolet and GMC Duallies have enjoyed a HUGE rise in popularity in the past few years and I understand why completely. I mean just look at them. They are some of the best looking dually...

Best of 2020: 1966 Mercedes-Benz Unimog 406 Car Hauler

It’s easy to take a jab or two at Brian Lohnes’ love of big trucks, but his kryptonite, without a doubt, are Mercedes-Benz Unimogs. At least his rationale behind the obsession is...

Best of 2020: 1980 GMC C35 With Holmes 480 Towing Equipment

I swear, I’m not doing this on purpose. Teasing Brian with big trucks that we all know he loves dearly sometimes is fun. But I’m pretty sure that over the last couple of months, that...

Incredible: Jack Bally Built A Flying 1/3 Scale B-17 Bomber From Scratch – Video and Info Here!

(By Scott Liggett) –We at Bangshift.com have such respect for the generation of WWII. Part of that respect includes the machines the men and women used to fight a world war against enemies...

This 1995 Chevy Suburban Is Incredibly Nice – No One Tell Chad Of Its Existence

As we all know, Chad moved to Texas a couple years back and as we also all know, the guy loves his OBS GM trucks and he totally loves Suburbans. This one rig that Rocco Bastone found may force Chad...

It Is Cummins Powered, But With An F350 Foundation! This Ramcharger Is One Bad Mother.

This is one bad Ramcharger. I’ve always liked these things, even though I grew up as a Chevy guy, because they remind me of the Blazers. And with Broncos and Blazers always being the talk of...

This Rad 2-ton 1946 Ford Truck Makes One Hell Of A Regular Pickup That Will Scare The Neighbors

I love the fact that back in the day the differences between “big rigs”, heavy duty trucks, and regular trucks was sometimes not much when talking about the body, but was mostly about the...

Rollin’ Thunder: This 895ci Air-Cooled Former Tank Engine Is Just What Your Vintage Truck Project Needs

Now this right here is the cure for the common LS swap, right? We know that someone out there has a vintage truck project and that they’re wanting the thing to have about 500hp, sound good, and...

The Good Kind Of Ugly: This 1963 Studebaker Zip Van Is Rusty And Busted But It Is Cool!

For many BangShift readers, the Studebaker Zip Van may be a kind of automotive revelation. The kind of thing that makes you wonder what the heck you missed back in the day and it’s a little bit...