Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Truck Feature, XL Truck News
Crazy Fast: The Hennessey Velociraptor 700 Is The Supercharged 700hp F-250 You’ve Been Wanting
(By Tom Lohnes) – Does your Ford F-250 with the big-block 7.3-liter gas motor feel slow? Do you also have a giant stack of cash just sitting around? If the answer is yes to both, John...
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...
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....
Hammertown: The Sequoia Beast Is A True Story Of One Man, One Husband, One Father, One Truck Builder, Attempting The Every Man Challenge
King of the Hammers is a bad ass race. I’ve been several times, and every single time I leave thinking just how awesome it is. And just how much I’d love to be racing in it. I can’t...
High Tech, Big Buck Trucks: What Team Are You On? Tesla Cyber Truck Or The New Hummer Electric Truck?
(By Tom Lohnes) – The GMC Hummer EV has made a big splash in the recently birthed electric Pickup Truck market, so I thought that today I should make a list of the pros and cons of the Hummer...
Kibbetech Black Prerunner Update: Man This Sucker Is Going To Be A Bad Ass! Plus More Project Updates.
The Kibbetech Black Prerunner is one of my favorite projects happening right now. And it is just one of the great projects happening over at Kibbetech. I’d say that my second favorite is the...
Our First Gallery Of Photos From Lone Star Throwdown 2021 Is Here And Is Nothing But OBS 1988-1998 GM Trucks!
Lone Star Throwdown, or LST as it’s referred to, is one of the premier custom truck shows in the country. It also happens to be one of a few of those that happen in the state of Texas. This...
This LT Swapped CJ7 Renegade Is A bad Ass That Is Period Correct Everywhere But Under The Hood
If you look at an old Jeep like this LT Swap CJ7, next to a new Jeep, it’s amazing how small they are. New cars and trucks are just huge. I was at a show earlier in the year, standing next to a...
Goodbye Rust, Hello New Paint! The Unimog Expedition Rig Project Continues.
In the latest video you’ll watch the Mog get the final bit of rust removal before they pull out the paint gun and start throwing on some primer to keep stuff clean and fresh for decades. This...
Project Black Prerunner And More! This Is The Biggest And Baddest Build Kibbetech Has Ever Done
The list of cars and trucks I want to own is LOOONNNNGGGGG, and on it nearer to the top than the bottom is a bad ass off-road prerunner truck. I love them. They look cool, sound cool, haul ass, and...
Alex Taylor Shares The Latest On Dennis Taylor’s COE Project. This Bagged Big Block Beast Is One Cool Ride. Check Out The Cool Hydraulic Shifter!
You’ve heard me talk about cars that Dennis Taylor has built, and the fact that he’s one of the few builders left in the country that build a car from scratch while doing virtually...
This Rad Vintage GMC Prerunner Is An Epic Use Of Suspension, Wrapped In Attitude, And Powered By A Blown Small Block.
The 1941-1947 Chevrolet and “GMC” trucks were often referred to as the Art Deco trucks, and I doubt anyone who helped coin the phrase ever thought one would end up looking like this. I...