Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Online Find

This 1977 Dodge B200 Maxi Van Is A Time Capsule That You Don’t Want To Check With A Blacklight

Long wheelbase, full shag interior, flipping awesome Bengal tiger on the side, slot mags, and a picture window on the side big enough to fog up. Yep, this thing will do just fine. Who am I kidding? I...

Watch This EcoBoost Powered F-150 Yank A Big Rig Out Of A Snowy Chicago Street

Here’s the funny thing about social media. If Ford were to have made this video and spread it around there’s an excellent chance that we wouldn’t have run it and you wouldn’t...

This 1986 Chevy Van Trailer Is The Greatest Thing We Have Ever Seen – Fore Sale!

This literally tops them all. I’m still trying to pull my jaw back up off the desk after opening the email I got from Jack Flagel introducing me to the best thing I have ever seen in the form...

Check Out The Buildup Of An Arctic Trucks AT44 6×6 Hilux – We Want One!

Ever heard of Arctic Trucks? Unless you spend a good portion of your job huddled with penguins at McMurdo Sound or you’re a fan of Top Gear, probably not. The Icelandic company started out as...

Conquest: Cameron Steele Talks About What It’s Like To Race The Baja 1000 In A Trophy Truck

Cameron Steele is a certifiable bad ass. He’s one of the greats of Baja, and a guy that we’ve never heard a bad word about. In off-road racing, that’s saying something. In a sport...

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The 2015 Nitto Tires King Of The Hammers Week Is LIVE RIGHT HERE!!!!

That’s right folks, we’ve got Nitto King of the Hammers Off-Road Racing action coming to you live tonight and throughout the week. BangShift will also be on site getting you photos this...

Our Norwegian Hero With The V12 Jag Ferguson Tractor Has Added A Snowblower And It Rules

As another foot of snow falls here at BS eastern world HQ today after the three feet we got last week, things are getting a little tight. I failed on a deal to grab a tractor before this winter and...

Copart Cadaver: What In The Name Of All Things Holy Happened To This CJ5?!

On Friday, I threw a photo of this Jeep on my personal Facebook page just for a lark. It went nuts and that convinced me that it would be good fodder for the front page here because someone has to...

This 1970s VW Boonie Bug Was Born From Plans On The Pages Of Popular Mechanics And Lives On Today

There has never been a platform for automotive creativity like the old school VW Bug and Bus. The reality is that there never will be anything like those cars again. While many of the ideas and...

Legends: Interview With Baja Royalty, Malcolm Smith, Winner Of The 1st Baja 1000

In 1967 Malcolm Smith heard about a race that would run all the way down the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, and was just crazy enough to think it was a great idea. If that was the only great thing he ever...

The Stuff Of Nightmares: Up Close And Personal With A BNSF Rotary Snowblower

After seeing the few feet of snow that Lohnes and everybody else in New England has had the misfortune of dealing recently, I couldn’t help but think of how else besides a Honda three-wheeler...

Ebay Find: A Cummins-Powered 1949 Dodge Rat-Rod That Would Make A Killer Shop Truck!

This one is bound to create some opinions. I’m not sure where to even go with this…I don’t want to call this 1949 Dodge a rat-rod because that implies that it’s near-useless...

Off-Road Playground: Watch This Jeep Get Twisted Up In Rocks And Logs!

First of all, where is there an obstacle course set up at a fair-like event? Rides for the kids, funnel cakes and off-roading? Yes, please. We don’t know exactly where this is located, though a...

The Wheels On The Bus…Yeah, The Wheels On The Bus Fell Off – Rough Ride For Arizona Kids

(Photo by Joe Botticelli/USA Today) – Some school kids in Arizona recently had the bumpiest ride ever on the way to school when their bus spit the rear axle out from under it at a traffic...