Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos
Return Of The Monster Trucks – This 1986 Movie Shaped Many Gearhead Lives!
Well here’s a blast from my childhood! Return of the Monster Trucks was one of the most important videos I ever watched because it has a lasting impression on the rest of my life. Seriously. If...
Incredible Video: The Day A Wrongly Drilled Oil Well Drained A 2.5 Billion Gallon Lake – The Story of Lake Peigneur!
(By Greg Rourke) – So the other day I was drilling a broken bolt to extract it. I didn’t center punch it correctly, so when I drilled it I drilled partially into the part I was trying to...
Sitting Inside The Sun: Video From The Day The X-15 Rocket Plane Exploded On The Ground And Hurt No One
The X-series of rocket planes were some of the most important research craft ever built for scientific and military testing. As mentioned, there were several of them with the mightiest and most...
Flying Sparks Power Tour Adventures: Day 3!
Here are Day Three of the Flying Sparks Garage adventures on Power Tour 2022, aka the hottest tour in the East! We’ve shared their adventures in getting the Bronco ready for Hot Rod Power Tour, but...
KABOOM! Watch This Demolition Derby Driver Bail Quick When His Has A Flaming Transmission Explosion
In many parts of the country demolition derby competition goes far beyond just something that happens at a county fair. There are huge money derbies out there and as such there is an industry that...
Video Bonanza: 1970s Dodge Truck Commercials Featuring 1970s Celebrities!
Ahhhh yes, the 1970s. As we have said before, while Detroit royally screwed up their car lineups in the 70s they did not mess up trucks too badly. Sure they were down on power, but the pickups of the...
Rough Video: Watch This Oliver Tractor Break In Half During A Pull!
Well this was a bad day at the pulling office! Check out what happens to this Oliver Tractor when the driver hooks to the sled and bounces his way down the course. The thing literally breaks in half....
International Redneck Action: Watch Two Mack Trucks Pull A Car In Half…In Ireland
There are certain things that transcend geography and culture and apparently one of those things is watching two huge trucks rip a car in half. Long a staple of monster truck exhibitions and other...
Watch This B-17 Skim The Surface Of The Earth Multiple Times – Decades Before CGI, This Is Flying Skill
What you are going to watch is a few clipped together pieces of footage from the early 1960s movie “The War Lover”. Steve McQueen was in it along with several other big names of the day...
On Top Of The World: Here’s The Full 1957 Chevy Promotional Film Featuring Trucks On The Alcan Highway
This is a fantastic film from the late 1950s that we think you’ll dig, especially if you enjoy the history of American trucks. Today, manufacturers put their rigs through a load of sometimes...
Legend At Work: Watch Bigfoot One Hammer Through A Mud Pit Back In 1988 – The Roar Of The Engine Rules
There’s a lot to love here. Firstly we have Bigfoot 1, the coolest truck ever built in the history of mankind. Then there is a long and gumbo filled mud-pit which looks like it has swallowed up...
The Squarebody Crew Cab Tank, AKA The Shermanator, Gets Custom Graphics And An Engine Swap!
In the latest video of the Shermanator getting built, a twin engine Sherman tank outfitted Squarebody Chevy Crew Cab, it’s getting a bunch more stuff including custom graphics that don’t...
Flying Sparks Power Tour Prep Day 4: The Bronco Is Almost Ready To Hit The Road!
Emily and Aaron are continuing to work on the Bronco to get it ready for Power Tour and that means a new video every day for all of us to enjoy. Here is Part 4. The good news is that they drive the...
