Category Archive: XL Spotlight, XL Street Truck Feature
Ken Kelley’s 1956 Ford F-100 Is Fat In All The Right Places, Just Like An Effie Should Be And Now It Is For Sale
(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Here at BangShift, we like a little bit of everything. Some oddities that normally would be frowned upon, we love. We also like some of the iconic cars and trucks...
This 1950 Willys Jeepster Is Literally On Death’s Door – Junkyard Spotted And Crusher Ready
Having been away from the house for the previous week, I was looking to have some fun with the boys as they had the day off from school yesterday. Tom wanted to eat at his favorite diner so we hopped...
SEMA 2014: This Chuck Mallet Built Silverado Is Retro Done Right – Sometimes Just Enough Really Is Just Enough (There’s Lots Of Horsepower, Though)
I guess I was in a truckin’ mood yesterday because after seeing the tracked FC170 Jeep at Daystar, the next thing that froze me was this awesome Silverado which is living in the Kooks Headers...
SEMA 2014: Daystar Products’ Jeep FC 170 Truck With Hemi Power And Tracks Is 100% BangShift Approved
There’s love a first site and then there are the emotions that I felt when I rounded a corner at the 2014 SEMA show and saw the amazing creation that lies before you on these electronic pages....
SEMA 2013: Mini-Feature – Quik Silver The Custom 1957 Chevy Truck To Rule Them All
While the nooks and crannies of SEMA 2013 are filled with the cars and trucks that bear checking out, some of them stand above the rest. This 1957 Chevy truck called Quik Silver is one of those...
The 2014 Audi Q7 – Cruising The Beautiful Diesel Beast To And Around One Of America’s Great Tracks
(Words and photos by David Hakim) – With the low-speed grunt of a big-block muscle car and the fuel-sipping consumption of an eco-friendly four-cylinder ride, the 2014 Audi Q7 quattro...
BangShift Test Drive: The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Eco-Diesel – A Throwback To The Future
This was my second go around with a Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Eco-Diesel in 2014. Earlier in the year Criag Fitzgerald, Dave Nutting, and I had taken one on a 2,000 mile weekend road trip that saw...
Drag Week 2014 Roadside Find: This 1957 Chevy 1-Ton Wearing An Old Camper Is Perfection
Here’s a sweet roadside find from the road on Drag Week 2014 that we ran into yesterday at a route checkpoint. The truck was kind of hidden in the back but once my wandering eye caught it, I...
On The Rocks: A Threesome Of Custom Jeeps We’d Love To Thrash
(Photos by Trevor Howard, Words by Trevor Howard and Chad Reynolds) Jeeps are cool. Yep, we said it, and you know it’s true, and this threesome is one your wife might actually approve of....
Square Peg: This Bitchin Square Body Blazer Doesn’t Fit The Round Hole. NOW FOR SALE!
When the economy took a dump a few years ago, the truck market seemed to take one of the biggest his in the aftermarket, but that is a changin’! We dig trucks around here, whether laid out on...
BangShift Road Test: The 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4WD LTZ Crew Cab – Duramax Diesel Power Under The Hood
One of the things I always pay attention to when cruising a road test car or truck is how much impact it is having on its immediate surroundings. Is anyone paying attention to it? Anyone gawking or...
Check Out This Sick Twin Turbo LS Powered 1964 GMC Pickup That Has The Sauce To Backup The Looks
When our buddy Kaleb Kelley, the man behind the hugely successful ClassicsDaily Instagram page, told us about Trevor Howard at FilteredImagePhotography, and mentioned a shoot he had done on a 1964...
Great Race Adventure 2014 Part Three: The Workhorse 2015 Chevy Suburban
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – So, by now, you’re probably wondering about our brand new 2015 Suburban production vehicle. It’s an LT model with four-wheel drive, and it’s priced...
98-MPH Breadbox – This Vixen RV Is Super Rare, A Little Odd, And The Fastest Motorhome In ECTA History…By A Bunch
No idea…that’s what I had when I first laid eyes on Dale Janssen’s Vixen RV. You can’t blame me and I can’t blame you if you are staring at the boxy, compact, European...