Category Archive: BangShift XL, MISC, Videos, XL Project Trucks, XL Spotlight, XL Tech Stories

First Wash In 40 Years! Surprising The Owner As He Sees His Truck Cleaned For The First Time in 40 YEARS!

We love barn finds, and I know you guys do too, and part of the fun of a barn find is seeing what it looks like after the first wash. With decades of dust, dirt, and bird poop, this 1970 Chevrolet...

Dirt Daily: 4xFred Williams Is Fixing Stuff And Fitting 42’s on his Summer Camp Jeep. Is Bigger Really Better? Yeah, We Know.

42 inch tall tires are the norm in the rock crawling world nowadays, and if you aren’t running them you are considered to be on small tires. I remember when 44 inch tall tires were only found...

Can Peter Harrell’s HED 2Runner do a burnout?! Let’s find out! With special mystery narration.

When Pete decided he was going to build up his Toyota 2Runner, he said he wanted this thing to be as quiet as possible so that nobody would even realize it was modified. With a turbocharged LS that...

One Week Squarebody Rehab: How To Transform A Squarebody C10 Into A Shortbed ON THE CHEAP In Just One Week!

While long term projects can be fun and rewarding, there is also nothing like a short rehab on a project that makes big progress and has big rewards. Not everyone can afford the time, money, or space...

Check Out This FORGOTTEN Squarebody CREW CAB! Will It RUN AND DRIVE After Being Parked For Years?

Sometimes I wonder how someone can leave a car sitting for years before getting to it, and then I look at the collection of projects I’ve collected over the years. It turns out I’m as...

Custom Built ’66 C10 Is Powered By What?!? – The SEMA 2025 Debut Of The Legacy EV 1966 Chevrolet Pickup

Love it or hate it, electric vehicle technology is touching every aspect of the hot rodding, customs, trucks, and racing world. And with stuff like the Legacy EV 1966 C10, I say hell yes! This truck...

Transmission Tech Video: Here’s What Makes The 4L80e Such A Great Transmission, and How You Can Make It Fully Manual!

That’s right, you can take the incredibly strong 4L80e and use it without a computer or a bunch of electronics to shift it. You can in fact make it a full reverse pattern manual valve body just...

Check Out This Epic Survivor! This Amazing 1939 Ford Truck Is Barn Find Greatness! But Will It Run Again?

Barn finds rule, and Mortske has found his fair share of them over the years. But this one here is a pretty cool survivor that looks incredible considering that it is nearly 80 years old. This 1939...

Will This Big Block Powered 1973 Chevrolet Squarebody Truck Run And Drive? It’s An Oklahoma Survivor!

Puddin’s Fab Shop is back at it with another fun truck project. This time it’s a 1973 Chevrolet pickup that has a 454 in it and has been sitting for years. In the two videos below, Puddin...

FREIBURGER’S JEEP HATES HIM. Can YOU Figure Out What Went Wrong? Has He Freiburgered It Good, Or What?

Freiburger has a few vehicles that seem to hate him lately, but this Jeep seems to be at a different level. On  the surface, this survivor Jeep Cherokee looks like a project that should really...

Will This Failed Restoration Project Live Again? Mortske Leads The Charge With This 1968 GMC Revival!

When people ask me about potential projects and how to get a good deal, I often tell them to look and see if they can find someone’s abandoned project. Many times those are the kinds of...

Did Westen Champlin Actually Build The World’s Fastest School Bus? It Is Pretty Awesome!

Before you go freaking out and yelling about how Larry Jeffers has a Pro Mod school bus that runs 3’s in the 1/8th mile which is awesome fast and super fun to watch. It’s an S10 with a...

The Grind Hard Giant Trike Project: Part 10 and 11 – The Trike Fab Is Getting So Close To Done! 3 Wheel Steering And More!

We’ve shared the first nine parts of this build and can’t get over everything that is going on here! This is a full on project that is not for the weak of heart. This is going to be something...

Newbern Engine Swaps The Mail Jeep And Then Races It At Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsports Park

When I was a teenager, I worked for my buddy’s dad at their auto glass shop during the summer and one of our mobile glass repair vehicles was a mail Jeep. Now I have a soft spot for them. So...