Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos
This GMC V12 Powered Farmall Tractor Looks Killer, Sounds Mean
The 702ci GMC V12 was a torque making, fuel chugging monster that certainly had its place in history and the fact that there are still a bunch of them floating around today certain speaks to...
The Mother, Jugs, and Speed 2WD Pulling Van Was Kind Of Awesome – Flip Top Body and Wheelies
Many of you out there remember the 1976 cult classic film Mother, Jugs, and Speed. With names like Raquel Welch, Bill Cosby, Larry Hagman, and others, it was packed with some star power for sure....
High Steel: This 1970s Documentary About Mohawks Building Manhattan Sky Scrapers Is Incredible
The year was 1916 and the event was the construction of the Hell Gate Bridge. It was this occasion that brought a significant number of Native Americans from the Mohawk Tribe to New York and gave...
Jeepin’ Video: This Look Into The Jeep Culture In The 1950s and 1960s Is Absolutely Awesome
It is pretty safe to say that the Jeep brand has some of the most devoted followers in the automotive world. As it turns out, this is nothing new. The culture around the Jeep which was born in WWII...
Custom Feature Video: This 1960’s Style Custom Pickup Is Something Special. Plus How It Came Together.
I love unique rides that have some style and this one here has it in spades. It might not be for everyone, but it sure is a bitchin hot rod that looks like it was built right. Unlike most anything...
This Video Featuring The Rebuild Of An Ancient Cadillac 314ci V8 Is The Right Way To Celebrate 3/14
One of the great engines that no one aside from early Cadillac experts really remembers much about is the 314ci V8 the company offered in the ‘teens and twenties. It was the engine that set the...
Watch This Massive TerraGator Wearing A Classic International Pickup Body Attack A Pull!
The TerraGator is one of the cooler pieces of farm machinery out there. Developed in the 1960s and hitting the market in the early 1970s the massive three wheeled machines are known as some of the...
Apollo Video: Check Out This Neat 1960s Footage Of The Grumman Lunar Rover Prototype – Weinermobile In Space?
The last missions of the Apollo program over the course of 1971-1972 are largely forgotten by many people and that’s kind of crummy. Lots of neat stuff was done on those trips to the moon and...
This Caterpillar Promotional Film From The 1926 Is Spectacular
We have shown you plenty of videos of old Walter Snow Fighter trucks ramming into snow banks over the years and making inches of progress but this is the first time we have been able to dig up that...
Kissa Me Astro: This Retro-Review Of The Then New 1985 Chevy Astro Is A Fun Watch
One of the most incredible revelations from my career working at the gas station in high school was the day I was assisting the mechanic, Manny with a tune up on a 1980s era Astro Van. He told me to...
It’s Y-Block Day! Happy 3/12 To Ford Fans Everywhere – Let’s Look Back At The Ford 312 V8
When Ford needed a follow up to the venerable flathead V8 they knew it had to be good and it had to be tough. The replacement was the famed “Y-block” series of engines and they did a...
Super Duty Video: Butler Performance Rebuilt This 455 Super Duty Pontiac – How Much Power Did It Make? Find Out!
The Pontiac 455 Super Duty is one of the greatest engines that Detroit ever produced. It was a victim of the era in which it was born and had the thing come along a few years earlier there’s no...
Video Fun: Multiple Engine Miniature Pulling Tractors Hauling The Sled Put On A Great Show
Back before the world of video gaming, miniature racing was the real hardcore alternative to full-sized competition. High end remote control cars and boats are still raced by hardcore RC fans and...
Awesome Video: In 1989 Testing A Cutting Edge Bigfoot Monster Truck Meant Jumping It Over Parking Lot Curbs
Every motorsport on Earth evolves, that’s basically the hallmark of anything that is technology driven, right? Indy cars went from basically being horse carts with powerful engines to the...