Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos
Insane video: Watch The Closest Call In Monster Truck Racing History – How Was This Guy OK?!
It was a night like many others back in the early 1990s on the monster truck racing tour. John Piant in Bigfoot was lined up against Jack Willman Sr. in the venerable Taurus. Two experienced drivers...
Absolutely Brilliant: Watch Mr Hand Tool Rescue Restore A 1920s IBM Computing Cheese Cutter – This Thing Is Amazing
Of all the stuff this guy has worked on and saved over the years, who’d have thought that a damned cheese cutter would be top five or even top three cool! This is not just a pivoting blade,...
Ford Bronco Suspension Tech: How To Install ADS Control Arms For Your 2021-2024 Ford Bronco
We’ve shared the ADS Coilover systems for newer Broncos here on BANGshift before, and if you’ve even seen one of their systems installed on a rig you know they are pretty bad ass. Not only do...
Our Mud And Dirt Racing Photos Continue: The Lee County Darryl Jones Memorial Race Was Full Of Great Mud Slinging Action!
(Words and Photos by David Whealon) With the unfortunate passing from a courageous battle with cancer back in 2021 of famed and beloved mud racer Darryl Jones, pilot of the legendary “Scooby Doo”...
Thee Minutes Of Muck And Pain: Wild Video Of Dirt Bike Racers Wiping Out In The Same Mucky Pit Following A Jump – Hilarious and Painful Looking
I admire people that race dirt bikes because in my limited experience on them, I barely had the skills to ride one in a wide circle let along fling off of jumps, slog through mud, and bash off rocks...
Ride Along In The Rear Of A Ladder Truck As A Tillerman Handles His Business
On my kid list of “things I someday want to be” ladder truck tillerman was pretty high up there. It is a fascinating position to be in. Way out back at the end of the truck by yourself,...
Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Is Getting A Custom Built DIY Rear Swaybar
In this video from the Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig, you’ll see the rear suspension get some...
Crazy Historic Video: Crashing Planes On Purpose To Study Fire With The NACA Research Council
NACA is known to most hot rodders because of the “NACA duct” that was adopted and used by many race cars over the years for various purposes. NACA itself was the National Advisory Council...
Heavy History: This 1950s Clark-Michigan Wheel Dozer Video Is Awesome And Showed A New Breed Of Muscle Machine
I think my love of heavy equipment mirrors my love of drag racing because both genres of machines were developed with pretty well reasoned purposes. Of course on the drag strip it is getting to the...
Dirt Cheap Paint Job Video: Painting A Jeep Cherokee For $120! Can You Do Better For The Same Or Less? Check This Out!
Cheap paint job videos always suck me in because I want to paint one of my driver cars and need the inspiration. At this point I know what my options are and just need to get the shop done and a DIY...
The Largest Truck In The World Circa 1932 Wasn’t That Big But It Sure Was Slow
When we think of the largest truck in the world in modern terms some massive mining dump truck or other rig comes to mind, right? Well back in 1932 we’re not sure what the official measuring...
Will This Old Dodge Farm Truck RUN AND DRIVE HOME After Being Parked for YEARS? Derek Thinks So But We Shall See.
It’s time for another road trip in a rig that may or may not make it home. I mean who doesn’t like a road trip? Sights to see, food to eat, people to meet, and probably parking lot...
Epic Video: An Amazing Period Documentary About Apollo 13 Filled With NASA Footage – Incredible Stuff
Now this is something we did not expect to run into today. You are about to watch a truly riveting and incredible NASA documentary about the Apollo 13 mission. This was made in the time frame that...
Clevite Clinic Is An Awesome 1950s Film About Bearings and Engines – It’s Old But Awesomely Informative!
Internal combustion engines have evolved a lot since the 1950s but there are certain things that are still the same. The fact that every engine going down the road has main bearings, and rod bearings...