Category Archive: XL Online Find, XL Spotlight
This Dodge Adventurer D200 Is Old Truck Perfection
There is something about a truck. There have been songs written about them, a million analogies about them, and at least a million uses for one. But more importantly, there is something special about...
Busted Knuckle Put Out Their Year-In-Review For Rockbouncer Driver Wes Kean And His Supercharged Rig!
We often overlook the drivers of rockbouncers, mainly because we’re focused on the rigs themselves, the altitude they gain, the crashes, and the sheer violence of the whole spectacle....
Go Ahead, Call The Cops: This 1979 Buick Station Wagon Trar Is Ugly And Awesome!
It’s a rolling middle finger. That’s all this 1979 Buick Electra station wagon trar is, a rolling middle finger. It’s not like a nice wagon was turned into a trar…we’d...
This 1977 Oshkosh Is A 300hp Truck That Hauls Around A 450hp Snowblower
While we have not had a ton of snow around BangShift eastern world HQ in Massachusetts, there’s nothing better than being prepared, right? In this case we have found a truck that’s so...
Hip To Be Square: This 1970 Dodge 1000 is Very Rare, Very Cool, and Not Very Round
(By Greg Rourke) – I admit it, I get a stiffy for big trucks. No, not the seen-one-ya-seen-’em-all Volvos and Freightshakers one sees hauling who knows what down the super slab. I like...
Be Ready For Anything With This 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air Trar – Just Fix The Brakes First!
Trars…we are fascinated by them here. Some versions more than others, admittedly, but on the grand scheme of things, we tend to appreciate a car that has been repurposed into a four-wheel-drive...
The 2018 Holley LS Fest West Registration Is Open! Do You Want To Be Part Of The Fun In Las Vegas?
Enough moping about the cold weather, it’s time to start gearing up for the fun that is to be had in 2018, and one of the events that many should be looking forward to is Holley’s LS Fest...
Morning Symphony: This Bumpside Ford Going Mudding Sounds Like Happiness To Our Ears!
Ah, mud. More often than not it’s our enemy, but if you’re into getting dirty off-road, there’s nothing else like it. Stand on the throttle all you want…so long as...
RacingJunk Find: This 6×6 Western Star Pulling Truck Is The Greatest Vehicle For Sale On The Internet
It weighs 32,000lbs. It has an engine that measures out at 1,150ci, it has six wheel drive, it has an Allison transmission that could survive a direct nuclear hit, and it has a presence like few...
Big Rig, Meet Train: Watch As This Brandt-Peterbilt Power Unit Crates Around Railcars!
For years, my dad was a long-haul trucker. We picked him up from the truck, we drove him to the truck, and in-between, the eighteen-wheeler Kenworth that he piloted pretty much dictated every last...
These VW Camper Vans Were Resurrected From Their Graves In Wyoming After Being Forgotten
I love campers and camper vans, and I’m also a big fan of VW vans, so when I saw this story about VW Camper Vans that had apparently been all but forgotten in Wyoming I had to check it out....
Wanting Your Own Square-Body Crew Cab Dually Of Your Very Own? This 454-Powered 1986 Model Is For Sale For Reasonable Cash!
One of the bigger deals of last year was Chad’s hunt for a square-body GM crew cab dually pickup. The Bearded One had a very particular shopping list: must be two-wheel-drive, big block...
Peterbilt Produces Its 1,000,000th Truck – Huge Milestone For Legacy Trucking Brand
Peterbilt has been one of the premier names in the world of Class 8 trucking across North American since the company’s founding in 1939. Through the ups and the downs in the economy, through...
