Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Truck Feature
Aqua-Grunt: This Tow Boat Uses 20,000 Cubic Inches Of Power To Move Barges – Here’s The Scoop
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – The ability to transport goods is what opened up the middle portion of the United States. Before railroads, we had the Illinois and Michigan Canal, where...
A Turbine Powered Fire Truck? You Bet, The Turbo Chief Was In Service For Nearly Two Years!
During late 1950s and into the early 1960s the world was turbine crazy and as propellors gave way to fans, the companies building the compact and powerful engines were looking for all sorts of...
This International Metro Ice Cream Truck Had The Whimsical Hot Rod Vibe Nailed At SEMA
Truth be told there are always about a dozen vehicles you see at SEMA that are totally awesome, brilliantly done, and about as useful as a slotted spoon in a soup eating contest. This International...
The Welderup International KB Ditch Digger Truck Was A Big Brown Hit At SEMA 2015
I have to admit that I am bad at television. I have not seen an episode of the Welderup rat rot building show on the tube but I have seen their work for years and I have liked most of it. I know many...
Love It Or Hate It? Fred Williams’ Crazed 1973 Mad-Maxxis Off-RoadRunner Looks Tough At SEMA
One of the most buzzed about vehicles at the SEMA show is the wild Mad-Maxis Off-RoadRunner built by Fred Williams on Dirt Every Day. Powered by a new Cummins V8 that would normally be found in a...
Unhinged: I Willingly Hopped Into Roger Norman’s Prerunner Ford During The Baja 1000 Qualifier At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
The best way to get me away from SEMA is to offer me the chance to see a bit of four-wheeled action, so when the folks at BFGoodrich offered up the chance to see the qualification for the Baja 1000,...
Sema Show 2015 Coverage: An Ariel Atom Meets Mad Max – The Most Off The Wall Thing Ever
No, we’re not sure why someone would spend what had to have been years of their lives welding, bending, and manipulating seemingly miles of steel tubing like this but we’re damned glad...
2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty: This Is The Latest Weapon In The Heavy Duty Truck Segment
(Photo by Ford Motor Company) – Here it is, the 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty. This is Ford’s latest entry in an ever escalating battle between it, the GM brands, and the Ram brand, to...
This 1931 Ford Is Powered By An Old Diamond Rio Truck Motor and Has A Frame Made Of Old Light Poles – We Dig (Video)
Mike Musto’s show “Big Muscle” on the YouTube Drive channel is a good watch. Every week he finds himself beating the stuffing out of a cool car in some part of the country. The cars...
This 1979 Ford F-100 Runs 12s On A Crazily Stock Turbocharged Ford 300 Inliner! Sleeper City
There’s not much better than a smartly built combo that blows people away and has “well thought out” written all over it. We have to thank BangShifter James Pringle for tipping us...
Roadside Find: This 1968 FWD Tractioneer Is Being Road Tripped By Its New Owner…Slowly
(Photos and words by Greg Rourke) – You never know what you might find around town. For example, this 1968 FWD Tractioneer plow truck. Never heard of FWD? If you live outside the snow belt, you...
Another 8×8 Extreme RV That Will Make You Want To Circle The Globe
When we found an 8×8 Motorhome last week on Craigslist and showed it to all of you the response was awesome. Well boys and girls, here is one at another level again! Action Mobil builds these...
Best of BS 2015: Making A 1993 Ford Bronco Into A Late Model Ford Raptor Seamlessly Makes This Guy A Hero
It is always cool when people integrate new stuff into older cars and trucks but sometimes that program doesn’t exactly work as planned. The newer bits can be awkward looking, just not fit...
With Only 60 Horsepower, Why Is This Flat Fender Willys CJ2A So Damn Cool?
With only 60 horsepower, this 1946 Willys CJ2A is probably one of the lowest with BangShift approval. And while we understand the allure of them from an American icon perspective, after all the MB...