Category Archive: BangShift XL, ENGINES, Videos, XL Videos
To The Rescue: A Traveling Vintage Bus Mechanic’s Rebuild Of A Dead Coach
Something that doesn’t get a lot of thought but should: all of those semi-tractors and buses that ply the roads for years, delivering faithful service…ever give a second thought to what...
Face Towards The Floor: A Driver’s Eye View In A Monster Truck Freestyle!
I have been to exactly one monster truck show, ever: Monster Jam in the Tacoma Dome, back around 1996-ish. As I walked around with the adults who brought me to the venue, I learned a lot about...
Awesome Video: How To Make A Blacksmith’s Anvil Out Of Railroad Track!
(By Greg Rourke) – When it comes to metalworking, you can buy all sorts of high zoot equipment. English wheels, planishing hammers, and all sorts of welding machines. When it comes down to it,...
In-Buggy Video: Ride Along In The Pressure’s On Swamp Buggy As It Roars Around The Mile O’ Mud!
As the season of racing across American limbers up and gets great to start going great guns, we have been seeking out more and more cool in-car videos. In this case we got our hands on an in-buggy...
Unhinged: Motorpool Daydreams Part Two – Putting The Big Trucks To Work
The last time I flashed back to what was in my head while roaming around the motorpool, we had a HMMWV absolutely killing the tires like I could only hope for. Every time I would hop into a HMMWV, I...
Swim For It: How Wrong Can Driving A Geo Tracker Underwater Go?
Ah, the Tracker. Sold as both the Chevrolet and the Geo Tracker, the Suzuki-built mini-SUV might have suffered an identity crisis when they were new…and most of them were that one color of teal...
Gearhead Zen Video: Getting This 1960s Vintage Homelite Gas powered Circular Saw Running Is Awesome
My kids were mystified. A GASOLINE POWERED CIRCULAR SAW?! What kind of freakish, medieval, bizarre implement of doom is this?! Obviously humans did not live in the realm of 18 and 20 volt battery...
Dumb Fun: Watch This Kid Put 4-Foot Wheel Spacers On A Pickup With Predictable (And Funny) Results
For starters, you need to check your attitude at the door here. If you do not approach this video with the idea that you are looking at a guy knowingly doing something goofy, you’re gonna get...
Horsepower, Flight And Mud: Mega Truck Mud Racing From Florida!
Ever since I learned what a “mega truck” was, I’ve seen them in two versions: the super-tall creations that seem happy to just kind of romp in the swampy mud water and look...
Video: Fear The Fergie – This 1959 Massey Ferguson 35 Tractor Has A Blown Big Block And Amazing Details
European whiskey makers Ardberg wanted a unique and cool promotion vehicle to promote their brand and their company so when the idea of building some sort of hot rodded tractor came to life, they...
This Vintage 1981 Footage of Bob Motz and His Jet Kenworth Highlights The Worst Job In NHRA History
There are some things that have no comparison and have no reference point. Bob Motz’s truck is one of them. The beastly machine has been hitting drag strips since the late 1970s with...
Axle Necropsy: How Badly Did Finnegan Kill The Ramp Truck’s Dana 70?
Finnegan’s original car hauler, the Roadkill Ramp Truck, has been enjoying a pretty solid build. It’s gotten a full Cummins swap that’s nicely wicked up via a compound turbocharging...
The White Elephant: The 1949 Bristol Brabazon –
Look at a Boeing 747 or an Airbus A380. Two aircraft that are very similar and very different at the same time. The Boeing is the elder frame, being a product of the late 1960s, yet proving to have...
Big Bud Restoration: What Kind Of Work Goes Into Prepping A Tractor For A Repaint?
If there is one thing that most tractors I have come into contact with have in common, it’s that the paint is usually shot to hell. They’re work vehicles, not show rigs…getting down...