Category Archive: BangShift XL, HISTORIC, Videos, XL Videos
Classic YouTube: The SR.N4 “Mountbatten” Hovercraft – Air Ride For The Channel!
Ferry service was never as wild as it was between Britain and France in the second half of the 20th century. Given that the Channel Tunnel wasn’t completed until 1994, there were two real...
Gearhead Myth Busting: Gale Banks Tackles The Benefits or Downsides Of Performance Differential Covers – Fascinating
Gale Banks is one of the most brilliant minds that hot rodding has ever known. He’s succeeded virtually every single area imaginable. While we know him for this diesel work over the last 20...
The Bourbon Suburban Is One Bitchin Cruiser That You Can Own And We Can’t Stop Drooling Over
Our friends at Classic Car Liquidators showed us this ‘64 Suburban a week back and we’re in LOVE. This big, bad ride came to them halfway finished with the interior needing finished, body...
You Want To See Some Suspension Move? Watch This Trophy Truck Video On Some Insane Whoops!
We can guarantee that if this trophy truck was to stop right after hauling ass across these whoops, you couldn’t touch the shock bodies. We’re talking massive heat from massive rate of...
Morning Symphony: Putting The “Muscle” Back Into Muscle Car With This AMC Javelin Puller!
Muscle car. The name lends itself nicely to the ear and invokes images that many look back on in wistful nostalgia. Cars that were so hairy, so loaded with power that you had to have bravado by the...
Ouch! This Big Rig Misses The Mark BAD! Watch This Mistake End In A Huge Slide Down A Hill
Everyday, in every city, some driver will cut a corner too sharp and run over a curb, or will misjudge a tight situation and end up scraping up a corner of their vehicle. When the vehicle in question...
Get Them Out Of The Junkyard! This Dodge Stepside Drove Out Of The Spot It Sat In For Thirteen Years!
Something funny that I’ve noticed in the many groups, forums and other venues I tend to frequent: when it comes to the subject of junkyard rescues, it’s amazing just how little actually...
The Ultimate Power Move: Formula Offroad Water Skimming Is Brilliant!
A simple lesson: deep water plus a four-cycle engine equals bad time and lots of money lost. It’s called hydrolocking and it’s calling card is a bent connecting rod or other major...
Texas Early Day Tractor and Engine Association State Show Gallery: More Tractors And Cool Old Rigs!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with more photos from the 2018 Texas Early Day Tractor and Engine Association State Show in...
The “WTF?” Files: Who Built A Diesel Dodge Aspen Wagon Using A Chrysler-Nissan Mill?
Just when I think I’ve heard about every possible thing that could be done with a Chrysler F/M/J platform, something even weirder comes around and I have to file away another bit of trivia in...
Awesome Old Junk Gallery: The Trucks and Buses On Display Outside At The Seashore Trolley Museum In Maine
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – While the main reason for our recent visit to Maine was for the trolleys at the Seashore Trolley Museum, I was pleasantly surprised at the other collections...
Heave Ho: Side-Launching Ships Is Still A Spectacle To Watch!
One of the things I got to see while on vacation was the Bath Iron Works in Maine, from a boat on the Kennebec River. We got to see one of the new Zumwalt-class destroyers as it was being finished...
This 1979 Jeep CJ5 Is Not Exactly Our Taste – The Seller Is Hoping It Is Someone’s
There are certain things we find on the internet that make our souls hurt and this 1979 Jeep CJ5 is one of them. Looking past the purple chassis and suspension components below the blue body, looking...
