Category Archive: XL Truck Feature, XL Videos
This Old School Two Door Tahoe Is A Bad Ass Ride No Matter What You Call It.
When GM went from the Square Body series of trucks to what is now referred to as the OBS, or Old Body Style, trucks in 1988 they also started changing names. Instead of being called a Blazer, the two...
The Olds Elevator Is A Remarkable Modern Invention That Seems Like It Should Have Come From The 1800s
In these trying times we often see widgets and think, “why didn’t I think of that?” Maybe it is some little device to make cooking an egg easier or some way to install your socks...
Take Two Ibuprofen And Call In The Morning: Rockbouncer Crash Compilation!
In any discipline, the ones who put their all into it wind up failing. Not every time, mind you, but they fail enough to learn lessons on what to change and what not to do so that the next time they...
This 5-Liter V-Twin Engine Was Created From Two Radial Aircraft Engine Clyinders And Lots Of Skill – It Roars
Life is all about perspective, right? When we talk about a 300ci V8 engine we’re talking about a little small block but when you apply that size to something with only two cylinders you are...
Classic Chevy Truck Commercial: Watch A 1972 Chevy C20 Pull A 747!
Classic truck television commercials are some of our favorite things around here. From the wacky stunts that they had the trucks perform to the claims that were made in the ads, there’s...
This 1954 Willys Jeep Promotional Film Shows Every Awesome And Insane Jeep Attachment Made At That Point
This is awesome. This is totally awesome! What you are about to watch is a 1954 Willys Jeep promotional film which happens to show virtually all of the awesome attachments that were available for...
Bryce Menzies Is No Stranger To Awesome Desert Race Performances, But This Video From His BAJA 500 This Year Is Great
Anyone who reads my posts here on BANGshift knows that I’m a big fan of desert off-road racing and that I want to race at BAJA so bad I can taste it. I also can’t get enough of the bad...
Go Fer Broke: Blow-Ups And Bad Breaks In The World Of Tractor And Truck Pulls!
Out of all of the automotive sports I’ve born witness to, truck and tractor pulling is probably the most overall violent in actual brutality. When things go wrong, they go wrong in a hurry and...
Wild Video! Watch This Botched Hercules Landing In Antarctica – Wild!
See that thing flying above the Brazilian operated Hercules airplane in the photo above? That’s the landing gear, or at least half of it. What you are going to see is one of the most amazing...
Awesome Rare Footage Of The Orange Blossom Express Tank Monster Truck Racing Bigfoot Fast Trax
If you were a monster truck and pulling fan as a kid in the 1980s the name Allan Gaines triggers an immediate smile. Gaines became well known for his beautiful Orange Blossom Special 1937 Chevrolet...
DIRT – A 1979 Film That Covers Virtually Every Form Of Off Road Racing – Baja to Swamp Buggies!
How this movie has escaped me to this point in my life I’ll never know but it seems to have escaped lots of people because when we stumbled upon it while trolling YouTube it only had about...
Here’s What It Looks Like When An F-4 Phantom Is Crashed Into A Concrete Wall At 480mph
We’re not sure what the first reaction of the engineers who worked on this project was when they found out about it but we’re thinking smiles and fist pumps were part of the program. It...
This Look At The Buda Engine Company In WWII Is Spectacular – Horsepower History
The cycle of business and industry is a fascinating one. Companies can rise to the level of colossus in their particular segment and then slowly fade into the sand dunes of time. Such is the case...
