Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Online Find
Doing It Right Or Doing It Very Wrong? This 1964 Mercury Park Lane Camper Is For Sale
I was out of town with my family for the last few days and we got home really late last night. I was pretty sure that my exhausted state was causing my eyes to malfunction, sending images of a 1964...
This 1964 International Harvester Travelall Ambulance Is A Classic Meat Wagon That You Can Own
Consider this a new one on us. We’ve seen ambulances made out of Buicks, Cadillacs, Fords, and other large vehicles but we had never seen one made from an International Travelall before today....
You Could Have A Unimog, But Wouldn’t You Really Rather Have A 6×6 Power Wagon?
Anyone who has read BangShift knows that Lohnes does a transformation whenever he sees a big truck that has all of the speed of a farm tractor: His eyes go as wide as a Disney princess’s, he...
Would You Rather Unimog Edition: Is It The One With The Loader Bucket And Backhoe Or The VW Eating Snowblower On The Front Of It?
So there I was, aimlessly searching the internet for Unimogs because that’s what I do. Lo and behold, I stumble upon not one, but TWO of the fantastic German built machines and each one is...
Ebay Find: A 1970 Chevrolet C50 Ex-NASCAR Ramp Truck
What use could you find for this 1970 Chevrolet ramp truck? Sure, it’s a bit rough around the edges, but that’s character. Everything that you need is there: a running 366 V8, a...
eBay Find: This $200,000 Dodge Power Wagon May Actually Be Worth It – One Of The Rarest Ever
So Tom Nolen basically discovered a unicorn on eBay in the form of a 1949 Dodge Power Wagon fire truck that also happens to be a woody. We’re a little confused on the originality of the woody...
Would You Rather: A 1937 Chevy Wrecker That’s In Tough Shape Or A 1950 Dodge Power Wagon That May Be Worse
I’ve been jealous because both McTaggart and Chad have done a Would You Rather blog item so far and until this moment, I still had a goose egg in that category. Well that egg is present NO...
What Would You Do With This 1961 Mack Cabover Truck? We’ve Got Some Ideas
Our friend Jay sent us this Craigslist Ad yesterday, and both Brian and I were super excited to see a cabover truck that neither of us had seen before. This 1961 Mack is one weird freak. With the...
eBay Find: The Deuce And A Half Of My Dreams – Not Only A Fire Truck, A Forest Fire Truck!
One of my first clear vehicular memories was visiting the fire station in town as a little kid. Being that I grew up and currently live in the same small town, may of the faces have changed but the...
This 1989 Pontiac Firebird Zombie Response Team Trar Is A Big Block Powered Winner
I know you people out there in readerland (is there anything worse than “you people”?) must think that I sit around and seek trars in all of their glorious forms all over the internet....
Meet the Terra Wind Recreational Vehicle. We Need This Now!
Say you’ve got about $1.5 million burning a hole in your pocket. What do you do? You could buy a house, but you probably already have several. You could buy land, but then you’ll be out...
This Combine Is 100% BangShift Approved: Clean Enough For Euro Standards, And Can Mow Through Wheat Better Than Anyone Else
It’s clean enough to meet European Tier 4b diesel emissions regulations. It’ll cut a swath of wheat up to 45′ wide, or maw through eighteen rows of corn stalks at a time, all while...
This 1970s Cadillac Eldorado Car Hauler Could Be Yours – This Thing Is Really Cool
Charles Wickam gets the gold star on this one for tipping us off to this awesome example of a 1970s Cadillac Eldorado converted into a race car hauler. There’s lots of photos on the internet of...
Tired Looking, Haggard, But Totally Savable Denimachine Van Surfaces For Sale In Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
As much as many people want to forget it, vans were a huge part of the scene in the 1970s and they’re coming back with a vengeance now as people who were kids in that era want to recapture...