Category Archive: BangShift APEX, BangShift Road Test, BangShift XL, XL Spotlight, XL Street Truck Feature, XL Truck Feature, XL Videos
2020 Ram Rebel EcoDiesel: The Ram Brand’s Pickup With Personality Is Even Better With A Diesel
Mar 20, 2020Brian Lohnes7
We have been a fan of the Ram Rebel truck since the model came out. Ram has slid us the keys to all of the different machines in the Rebel fold over the course of its existence so far. The V6 truck...
Watch Bryce Menzies Destroy The Desert During King Of The Hammers In His Bitchin Trophy Truck
Mar 08, 2020Chad Reynolds2
Ultra 4 rigs are some of the most insane things to watch bombing across the desert, because lots of what they are about just don’t seem to compute for the average off road racing fan. Watching...
Your Personal Clydesdale: The 2020 Ford F-250 Power Stroke Is One Heck Of A Worker, But Do You Need This Much Horse?
Mar 06, 2020Brian Lohnes5
The American pickup truck is a tool, an icon, a status symbol, a rolling office, a piece of rolling entertainment, a money maker, and about three hundred other things if you wanted to list them all....
Shreddy Life Is Building A Class 11 Volkswagen! This Is The Gnarliest Class At Baja Period
Jan 25, 2020Chad Reynolds1
Class 11 is the nearly stock VW beetle class that SCORE runs in Baja and it is without a doubt the most difficult class to finish in each and every year. Any racer in Mexico knows that these...
Luxury Beast: Meet The Bespoke 520hp, Himalaya Defender 110 LS3 Crew Cab – Big Money Romper
Jan 08, 2020Brian Lohnes1
It’s always cool when we learn of the existence of something new. In this case it was a couple of things. Firstly the fact that there is a company called Himalaya that builds custom Land Rovers...
BangShift-Approved Tour Bus: The Foremost Terra Bus…Nothing Will Stop This Monster!
Dec 05, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
When Brian sent me a link saying that he found “the most BS approved vehicle manufacturer on Planet Earth” I will admit I had a moment of skepticism. BangShift has easily the widest...
Formidable Ford: This 1962 F-700 Is A Custom Made, Four Wheel Drive, Slogging Monster Truck
Nov 14, 2019Brian Lohnes5
Few sights take my breath away quicker and harder than an old medium duty truck turned into a pickup for fun. I’ve lived that life, owned one, and loved it with all my heart. Trucks like this...
Overland Extrodinare: This Stewart and Stevenson LMTV Luxury RV Is Ready For Rocks, Rivers, Zombies, and Whatever Else!
Sep 26, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Overland Extrodinare: This Stewart and Stevenson LMTV Luxury RV Is Ready For Rocks, Rivers, Zombies, and Whatever Else!
When one combines a giant military truck with a small luxury condo, you get this. A Stewart and Stevenson LMTV based luxury SUV with only 31,000 miles on the clock is for sale on eBay. Yeah, the...
Random Car Review: The 2005 (sigh, do I have to say it?) Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck
Sep 24, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Considering that I didn’t spend the better part of 2004-2005 in the United States, when I returned the first thing I did was to scratch my head and wonder what the hell was going on. The big...
LS Fest X Quick Take: Polaris RZR
Sep 08, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
Last year I got the opportunity to blast a Polaris RZR around on desert trails in southern Nevada as part of a BFGoodrich promotion for the Mint 400. Of all the things that I could say about the...
The Rtech Fabrications Built Ponderosa 1966 Chevrolet Crew Cab 4×4 Dually Truck Is One Awesome Beast
Aug 26, 2019Chad Reynolds4
If you aren’t familiar with the crew over at Rtech Fabrications, you certainly need to be. They build trucks that never came from the factory and build them in a way that makes you question...
This Super C Motorhome Is A Military Grade Giant That Would Be An Epic Off-Road Adventurer
Jul 20, 2019Chad Reynolds2
I like RVs and I cannot lie! Of course my norm isn’t something this gnarly and huge, but I’ll take it! This is one of those things that pulls into the campground or out on the beach and...
Coolest Race Car Transporter Ever? The Restored Ecurie Ecosse Bus Hauler Is Absolutely Amazing
Jul 12, 2019Brian Lohnes4
There are race car haulers and then there are RACE CAR HAULERS. This historic piece of iron from Europe is one of the coolest ever made and the video below not only profiles the rig itself but the...
A Diesel Stroker That Isn’t A Cummins: Innovative Thinking And Machine Work Make This 383cid Power Stroker Fly
Jul 06, 2019Brian Lohnes1
Normally when we talk about stroked diesel engines around here, we’re talking about Cummins inline six power plants. There are multiple options out there on the market for stretching the...