Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos
Weirdest Chevrolet Newsreel Ever: Man Goes Fishing With His 1936 Chevrolet Sedan – Uses Car As “Net”
Oct 23, 2016Brian Lohnes1
Typically newsreel ads of the 1930s, especially those that showed cars highlighted stuff like their toughness, their robust construction, or their fuel economy. Chevrolet decided to go another way...
Insane Video: Watch This (Presumably) Road Raging Truck Driver Bulldoze A Car Down A City Street At Speed
Oct 22, 2016Brian Lohnes3
When you start to think about the physics and hard math involved in moving a big rig down the road and the energy it has when moving as speed, you’ll either be terrified or respectful when you...
This Eight Tire Equipped Jeep Looks Cool But Has One Massive Flaw – Can You See It?
Oct 19, 2016Brian Lohnes7
The first time I ever saw a monster truck pulling off the eight tire look it was the “American Eagle” truck which was attempting to drive across a lake or something in Florida and the...
Formula Off-Road In The States! Iceland’s Greatest Show Off Their Hydroplaning Skills In Tennessee!
Oct 16, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Formula Off-Road In The States! Iceland’s Greatest Show Off Their Hydroplaning Skills In Tennessee!
Formula Offroad is comprised of four-wheel drive vehicles that can, with the appropriate amount of throttle applied, completely and utterly defy physics. Mountain of gravel and ash? Oh, we’ll...
This Classic Bombardier Snowmobile Sounds Awesome With An Open Piped Chevy 350 Providing The Motorvation
Oct 16, 2016Brian Lohnes2
Shot just about two weeks ago in the mountains of Norway, this video shows a classic Bombardier snow vehicle driving around by a small village and the BangShifty angle of it is that the vehicle is...
Watching This Mechanic Climb OUT Of A Massive Caterpillar Diesel On An Ice Breaker Is Hilarious And Amazing
Oct 15, 2016Brian Lohnes2
There’s “getting into your work” and then there is GETTING INTO YOUR WORK. This guy falls into the second category as a mechanic on a Coast Guard ice breaker ship because in this...
Video: Watch A Massive Armored Army Truck Lose The Entire Rear End During A Braking Test
Oct 15, 2016Brian Lohnes1
Earlier today when I was looking at the school bus that had lost the rear axle, it got me to thinking about how it could have happened. I went trolling YouTube and managed to find this video of the...
This Rat Freak Bike Has A Mercedes Diesel Drivetrain And Was Built On A Bet In 90 Days – Love It? Hate It?
Oct 14, 2016Brian Lohnes8
This is one that will polarize people right down to the core today and we’re OK with that. All we ask is that in the comments you keep your statements from being profanity filled rants aimed at...
Racepak Just Released One Of The Coolest Tractor Pull Videos We Have Seen In A While – The Grant County Tractor Pull
Oct 12, 2016Brian Lohnes3
We spend more time than most mainstream automotive media websites talking about, championing, and highlighting the sport of tractor pulling around here. Why? Well firstly is because we dig it,...
Epic Video: Utah’s Widowmaker Dirt Bike Hill Climb As Featured In The Great Documentary On Any Sunday
Oct 10, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Epic Video: Utah’s Widowmaker Dirt Bike Hill Climb As Featured In The Great Documentary On Any Sunday
1971’s On Any Sunday is largely considered the greatest motorcycling film ever made. Steve McQueen is effectively the star of the picture but for our money the real magic is watching Malcolm...
The Driver Walked Away (After He Woke Up) From This Terrible Formula Off-Road Crash – Worst We Have Seen
Oct 09, 2016Brian Lohnes2
We have seen some stuff when it comes to the Formula Off-Road over the years here at BangShift. From incredible highlights to wreckage that makes the hair on the back of your next stand up. In the...
This 1935 Maytag Engine Represents A Time In America When Even Your Appliances Were Gasoline Powered
Oct 09, 2016Brian Lohnes4
There was a time when gasoline was so plentiful and cheap, it was almost a nuisance. This 1935 Maytag hit and miss engine is proof of that fact because yes, it formerly powered a clothes washing...
Roadkill! The Boys Bring In Help to Swap A Cummins In A Caddy, Run An Abandoned Strip, Jump It!
Oct 09, 2016Brian Lohnes2
The latest episode of Roadkill is hot and this is an interesting mashup of weird engine swap, craziness, and thrashing. Joining Freiburger and Finnegan on this episode are Tony and Lucky from Hot Rod...
Cheap Truck Challenge 2016: A Sad Liberty Versus A Tired (But Nitrous Injected) Blazer
Oct 06, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Cheap Truck Challenge 2016: A Sad Liberty Versus A Tired (But Nitrous Injected) Blazer
One of the fun videos that has become a yearly tradition for the Dirt Every Day series is the Cheap Truck Challenge. This is where Fred Williams and some buddies get together to take a couple of...