Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Spotlight, XL Street Truck Feature, XL Truck Feature
The 2015 Ford F150: All New, All Aluminum, A Refined Version Of Your Granddad’s Hammer – We Drive It
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – I was pretty excited to get my mitts on a 2015 Ford F150 for obvious reasons. The thing is one of the world’s best selling vehicles and a keystone part of...
Truck Feature: This Hot Rodded Cummins Powered Lil’ Red Express Rips Low 10-Second Quarter Mile Times With 100psi Of Boost!
(Words and photos be Jacob Marshall) – When I first saw Max Kirtley’s Little Red Express truck it was buried in the staging lanes of Royal Purple Raceway surrounded by numerous Nissan...
Ford Unveils Newest Generation F-750 With Mighty Ford F-750 Tonka Themed Dump Truck
Ford has rolled out an all new F-650 and F-750 into their medium duty truck lineup and since they’ll be at all the big truck and equipment shows with it this year they needed to do something...
We’re Pretty Sure The Indy Haulers Are The Coolest Pace Trucks Ever – Here’s Their History
(Words by Tony Sestito) – Over the years, there have been all sorts of official pace cars for all sorts of big races. Some of those cars were actually trucks. And in my humble opinion, one of...
3,000 Miles and (Nearly) 30mpg – The 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit EcoDiesel Hauls More Than Just The Family
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – When the time was coming and the plans were being formed up for a 3,000 mile family road trip up and down the East Coast by way of mostly two lane roads, there was...
Ford Unveils 2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility – Turbo V6 Tank On Wheels
The 2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility has been unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show and while the drivetrain is largely unchanged from previous models there are a host of other technological...
This Kelderman Built 2015 Ford F-350 King Ranch Tops The Charts In Size, Capability, And Comfort
(Words by Kasey Sutherland – Photos by DWS Photography) – When you see a truck that catches your eye, sometimes you just have to have it. When Todd Peverill came across a Super Duty on...
“Uh-Oh” Video: Randal Key Launches His Rockcrawler, Camera Operator Requires New Pants
“Location, location, location.” If you are recording anything to do with a vehicle, knowing where to stand makes the difference between you being a hero and a grease spot that once was a...
Guy Drives $75 Dollar Truck To Work For 38 Years, Right Up To The Day He Retires – BangShifty Hero!
As a 20 something year old kid, Minnesota resident Bob Sportel needed a truck to get to work but he had a pretty tight budget. After seeing an old farmer come to his place of employment in a rusty...
Off-Roading Fun: This Early-1950’s Chevy Goes For A Romp In An Off-Roader’s Playground
It has an alcohol-swilling 540ci Chevy with a 12-71 blower under the hood that’s good for 1,300 horsepower. It has 2.5 ton axles front and rear hooked to a tube frame. It has beautiful black...
The Divnick UltruVan was the Prototype for Van-Based Camper Haulers And Insanely Bitchin’
Fifth wheel travel trailers are great, but hauling them with a 1970s-era pickup could be a grind. Modern trucks are filled with luxury amenities, but 1970s pickups were workhorses, not known for...
Red Bull Frozen Rush 2014: We Go Rollin’ With Ricky Johnson In A Pro 2 Truck Through The Snow! Big Fun With The Legend Himself
BangShift has afforded me a bunch of opportunities to do neat things with interesting people but I am not sure anything compared to ripping around in the snow with Ricky Johnson last week as a bit of...
Raminator Breaks Monster Truck Speed Record At Circuit Of The Americas
Monster trucks aren’t just for dirt arenas and this story will prove how much power and grace it takes to move 11,000 pounds with a 565 cubic inch HEMI during an attempt to set the “Fastest...
