Category Archive: BangShift XL, eBay Find, FORD, TRUCKS, XL Online Find
The Cleaned-Up Blue Collar Worker: This 1986 Ford F-350 Wrecker Is Day One Fresh!
I cannot wait for Lohnes to see this gem of a find. I can’t. We all know how Brian loves his trucks: big, stripped down, work-ready and utilitarian. That’s why he owns Brutus the wrecker,...
Holy Crap!!! This Engine Explosion On The Dyno Leaves Only The Crankshaft Spinnin0
We’ve seen some pretty impressive engine failures over the years, but this one, taken from two angles, is one of the most amazing things we’ve ever seen in our life. And it happens so...
Watching This Crew Remove And Replace A 7.5 Ton Cruise Ship Engine Crankshaft Is Amazing
Every gear head likes seeing pictures of giant connecting rods, pistons, and crankshafts from trains and ships and all kinds of huge equipment. But one thing that always seems to come up when...
8-Door Dually Donuts Are More Impressive Than You Might Think!
Doing donuts in anything big is kinda weird and fun. Everything seems to happen in slow motion, until things go wrong and then they can’t seem to stop quick enough. Such is life when dealing...
Classic YouTube: Jeep CJ For 1983 – Bring In The Buffalo?!
By the time you are reading this in the morning, the Jeep Wrangler JL will debut at the LA Auto Show. We showed you the same teaser that FCA showed us at SEMA (which you can see HERE) but for the...
A 1939 Ford COE Truck And Matching Curtiss Aerocar Land Yacht Make A Bitchin Pair
The vintage RV’s we normally see around are 1960’s and 1970’s models, with the rare 1950’s sighting, but you almost never see 1940’s or 1930’s RVs except on those...
Tough Truck Violence: Destruction-Testing In The Pacific Northwest!
I know that Tough Truck racing was originally meant to prove that you had the beefiest rig around, but somewhere along the line there was a split. On one hand, you have those who still try to survive...
Big Block, Turbo 400, And 4 Wheels Out Back Makes This Square Body A Great Start
We’ve been in the market for a Square Body, 1973-1991, Crew Cab Dually for the past couple months and have looked at too many to count. We finally purchased one a couple weeks ago and are...
Crew Cabs Rule! This 1985 Dodge Ram W350 Crew Cab Is The Mopar Battlewagon The Air Force Loved!
Chad has been on a square-body Chevy kick ever since he got ahold of his 1987 Chevy dually. Can’t blame the guy, the truck is sweet, but when it comes to brand favoritism, I have to lean...
Rough Start: This 1990 Chevrolet Kodiak Is A Great Start For A Custom RV Or Hauler Build!
On one hand, I’m enjoying watching Chad dive back deep into the world of square-body GM trucks with his recently-acquired dually. He’s been dying to get an older crew-cab truck for a...
Parking Lot Heroes: Watch The Stock/Stock Modified Classes Run The Bogs In Texas!
Pro mud trucks are one thing. Nothing goes well like watching a thousand horsepower and tall, skinny tractor tires turn ye olde mud bog into short work. It’s something else entirely when your...
Dino’s Gitdown 2017 Is GM Truck Heaven. Thank The Grinder TV Guys For Killer Coverage
We’ve never gotten to go to Dino’s Gitdown, because we’re always doing something else that weekend, but man we wish we had this year. If you are into GM trucks, and like them all...
If We Were Shopping For A New Body Style Dually, And Had A $15,000 Budget, This Would Be Our Jam
Anybody that reads BANGshift.com on a regular basis knows that we love Crew Cab Duallies around here, and that we’re pretty excited about them regardless of what year. With that said, we do...
Smoked Turkey: A Cummins Diesel Blows All The Way Up! Cylinder Head and Most Of Block Launched Into The Air
BangShift reader TruckPuller sent us a tip on the wildest engine dyno failure video we have seen in quite some time. It features a straight six diesel engine on the dyno, which we think is a Cummins,...