Category Archive: BangShift XL, Car Features, CAR FEATURES, CHEVY, TRUCKS, Videos, XL Off Road Feature, XL Spotlight, XL Truck Feature
SEMA Project Debut: The Willomet Motor And Fab “Back to 1985” Off-Road Suburban Gets A Serious Facelift!
Nov 06, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on SEMA Project Debut: The Willomet Motor And Fab “Back to 1985” Off-Road Suburban Gets A Serious Facelift!
We’ve featured the Willmet Motor and Fab channel here on BANGshift.com several times over the past couple of years and can tell you that David is awesome and so is his insane 1985 Suburban....
John Jackson From Not Stock Photography Takes Us With Him For A PRD Designs Shop Tour and Bushwhacked Custom F100 Photoshoot
Oct 28, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on John Jackson From Not Stock Photography Takes Us With Him For A PRD Designs Shop Tour and Bushwhacked Custom F100 Photoshoot
John Jackson is back at it folks! This time with a really cool F100 Ford feature shoot and a shop tour at PRD as well. They did a really awesome job on this build and it features some great parts,...
Build Story Video: This RARE 1967 Toyota Stout is a One-of-a-Kind Build. Rare, Low, And Rad For Sure.
Oct 23, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Build Story Video: This RARE 1967 Toyota Stout is a One-of-a-Kind Build. Rare, Low, And Rad For Sure.
I’m an unapologetic minitrucker, and have been for decades. I have never hidden it, and still believe that many of the hottest builders in the last few decades have come from the minitruck and...
Not Your Average LS-Swapped Mini Truck! This 1986 Toyota Pickup Has Twin Turbos, Independent Rear Suspension, And All The Party is in the Back!
Oct 16, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Not Your Average LS-Swapped Mini Truck! This 1986 Toyota Pickup Has Twin Turbos, Independent Rear Suspension, And All The Party is in the Back!
I’ve been around Matt Frater’s 1986 Toyota pickup a fair amount, and I can tell you that this thing is not just for show. It is all go, and gets beaten on regularly. He is not nice to...
3rd Annual O’Reilly Grand National Truck Show, Redefining Truckin’
Oct 02, 2025Darr HawthorneComments Off on 3rd Annual O’Reilly Grand National Truck Show, Redefining Truckin’
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The 3rd Annual O’Reilly Grand National Truck Show, held at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA on September 26–27, drew over 400 trucks, vans, and SUVs. Presented by Classic...
Prerunner Feature Video: Take A Look Inside Eric Lee’s Morgan Clarke Design F150 Luxury Prerunner Build
Aug 21, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Prerunner Feature Video: Take A Look Inside Eric Lee’s Morgan Clarke Design F150 Luxury Prerunner Build
We’ve shared some of Morgan Clarke’s builds, and are following the new Willy’s War Wagon project right here at BANGshift as well. If you haven’t been watching that video...
UA2025: LOOK WHO MADE THE CUT for UNREAL ADVENTURE 2025! The People And Rigs That Will Tackle The Coolest Off-Road Roadtrip Of 2025.
Aug 20, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on UA2025: LOOK WHO MADE THE CUT for UNREAL ADVENTURE 2025! The People And Rigs That Will Tackle The Coolest Off-Road Roadtrip Of 2025.
Last month we shared the Dirty Dozen that had been selected as the finalists for the 2025 running of the Unreal Adventure, and let you guys make your own personal picks as to who in that Dirty Dozen...
Truck Feature Video: BBT Fabrication’s 1977 C10 Shop Truck Combines Classic Looks, Modern Muscle, And Just The Right Attitude
Aug 13, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Truck Feature Video: BBT Fabrication’s 1977 C10 Shop Truck Combines Classic Looks, Modern Muscle, And Just The Right Attitude
Plus it does donuts! Yeah, watch the video and you’ll see that this shop truck isn’t some show queen baby that isn’t being driven and used. And for the record, we totally approve. I...
Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen 2025 Announced! More Than A Hundred Applied, These 12 Are The Finalists!
Jul 01, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Unreal Adventure Dirty Dozen 2025 Announced! More Than A Hundred Applied, These 12 Are The Finalists!
Unreal Adventure is one of the coolest off-road events ever assembled, so there are plenty of folks who want the chance to go on this awesome off-road road trip. While a couple dozen folks attend...
Long Term Review: Better Than Diesel? Is The Ford F-350 with a 7.3L GAS Godzilla Engine Any Good? Here’s The Verdict!
Jun 24, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Long Term Review: Better Than Diesel? Is The Ford F-350 with a 7.3L GAS Godzilla Engine Any Good? Here’s The Verdict!
The gas vs diesel truck battle has been a long and contentious one, with nearly all non-commercial applications of the diesel being a waste of money. There, I said it. Diesel tow rigs are a waste of...
Quick Drive: The 2025 Nissan Frontier PRO-4X – Rugged, Sturdy, Simple, A Truck’s Truck
Jun 08, 2025Brian LohnesComments Off on Quick Drive: The 2025 Nissan Frontier PRO-4X – Rugged, Sturdy, Simple, A Truck’s Truck
For many years here at BangShift we have heard the cries of, “why can’t anyone just make a simple truck, anymore?” We get it. As it seems almost every pickup truck on the market...
The Fastest Kenworth in Australia – Video From Australia’s Speed Week 2025 At The Remote Outback’s Lake Gairdner
May 15, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Fastest Kenworth in Australia – Video From Australia’s Speed Week 2025 At The Remote Outback’s Lake Gairdner
If you are a land speed racer or land speed racing fan, you’ve probably heard of Lake Gairdner in Australia, a huge salt flats out in the middle of nowhere. If not, then here’s the deal....
TIJUANA TO TACOMA PART 3: Will It RUN and DRIVE 1,900+ Miles After 20 YEARS? Alcatraz, PCH, Redwoods and MORE! Part 3/3
May 06, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on TIJUANA TO TACOMA PART 3: Will It RUN and DRIVE 1,900+ Miles After 20 YEARS? Alcatraz, PCH, Redwoods and MORE! Part 3/3
Family road trips are what cars used to be about. In the days of our favorite cars and trucks, Americans did road trip family vacations. People don’t do that much anymore. But that’s exactly what...
Is This The Future Of City Dweller Trucks? Jay Leno Says It Has BIG TRUCK ENERGY During An Exclusive First Drive of the Telo MT1 Mini-Truck
May 01, 2025Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Is This The Future Of City Dweller Trucks? Jay Leno Says It Has BIG TRUCK ENERGY During An Exclusive First Drive of the Telo MT1 Mini-Truck
So few people use the trucks they own for truck things, that the number might as well be zero. For every one of you reading this pounding your fist on the table and yelling at the screen about how...






