Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Project Trucks, XL Tech Stories
Bottom Dollar Blazer Project – Episode 2: Fixing Mechanical Stuff
Feb 21, 2014Craig Fitzgerald5
The first order of business with the ’79 Blazer I wrote about in last week’s episode was to start cleaning up everything, understanding what the issues were so I could get it running...
The Bottom Dollar Blazer Project: Resurrecting a Yankee K5 Blazer From The Creeping Death
Feb 14, 2014Craig Fitzgerald19
I have always loved the K5 Blazer, but I have two problems: (1) 99.9 percent of the K5s available have been treated to hockey puck lift kits and chrome directional wheels. (2) I’m cheap, and...
Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
Apr 21, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
It was all going to be so perfect. We were going to re-ring one cylinder in Goliath’s 292ci straight six and then it would be off to the shop to have the rotted cab floors repaired. That pipe...
Project Goliath Update: The One Cylinder Rebuild, Part One
Mar 22, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Goliath Update: The One Cylinder Rebuild, Part One
The great thing about having a couple of project vehicles beating around here at BangShift.com is that our pain and suffering gets to become your entertainment! This is the first of a two-part story...