Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Event Coverage
King Of The Hammers FRIDAY Live Stream Is Up And Running! Click Here To Watch!
Feb 06, 2014Brian Lohnes5
Every Man Challenge day today! This is when the “real” guys get out there and literally beat their junk to pieces. These are homebuilt rigs that aren’t to the level of the full tilt...
Watch Ryan Anderson Make The Greatest “Save” In Monster Truck History – Truck Goes From On Roof To On Wheels!
Feb 06, 2014Brian Lohnes2
We love people who simply cannot admit defeat. Ryan Anderson, one of Dennis Anderson’s sons is that type of guy. Having grown up as the spawn of the man who is now the world’s most famous...
The Tale Of Two Mid-$8,000 Craigslist Finds: Part One – The Cool Ramp Truck
Feb 05, 2014Brian Lohnes13
It isn’t often that we come across two “share” worthy Craigslist finds in a single day that are priced within just a couple of hundred dollars of one another. Channing Ivey has the...
Bitchin’ Gallery: 1980s USHRA Photos! Big Foot 1, Art Arfons, The Orange Blossom Special, More!
Feb 04, 2014Brian Lohnes5
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Growing up as dragstrip rats there was only three things my brother and I liked about the winter…going sledding at the golf course, the ISCA Custom Car...
This Six Wheel Dodge Pleasure Palace Could Be All Yours For Just $3,000!
Jan 31, 2014Brian Lohnes27
Ever looked at a 1980 Dodge conversion van and thought, “This bitch needs another axle.” You probably haven’t because you’re not on the level that the person who built this...
The 2014 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk: Functional, Fun But….WTF (Why The Face?)
Jan 31, 2014Brian Lohnes28
From 1984-2001 the Jeep Cherokee was a tough, indestructible, and basic SUV. In a stroke of what we will smart-assedly call “genius”, Chrysler killed off the Cherokee after 2001 and...
This Massive Suburban Is For Sale In Florida (We Know) And It Could Be Yours!
Jan 30, 2014Brian Lohnes16
For $19,000 or any reasonable offer you could own this huge “Suburban” for yourself. What are the advantages to the huge Suburban that appears to be mounted on a Top Kick chassis and...
Liquidation Find: A 1967 Kaiser Jeep M715 Fire Truck That Would Completely Hose My Marriage
Jan 28, 2014Brian Lohnes5
In the annals of cool army trucks, the Kaiser Jeep M715 rides atop my personal favorites. A military grade version of the very cool Gladiator pickup trucks of the era, these were mule like beasts...
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Unveils Reaper Truck – A Chevy To Run With (Over?) The Raptors!
Jan 27, 2014Brian Lohnes6
A couple days ago at the National Automobile Dealers Association national convention, Lingenfelter Performance Engineering unveiled their new truck called The Reaper. This truck is a kind of joint...
eBay Find: In 1987 This Very Trick And Largely Stock 1973 Blazer Won Its Class At The Baja 1000
Jan 20, 2014Brian Lohnes7
Some of you will immediately jump ugly at the prospect of calling a 1973 Blazer with a 500ci Cadillac engine and other modifications “largely stock” but let’s really be honest here....
eBay Find: 1936 Divco Milk Truck – One Of 9 Ever Built – Amazing Complete Unit!
Jan 11, 2014Brian Lohnes10
Now THIS is a totally freaking awesome eBay find! One of nine such DIVCO trucks built in 1936, it is a rare glimpse at what the delivery guys of the day were banging around in. The truck is very...
Epic Finds! Nearly 20 Fantastic Dodge C/D Series Trucks That You Can Buy Today – Haulers, Rigs, Pickups!
Jan 11, 2014Brian Lohnes2
All the credit for this blog item goes to BangShift forum member Tardis454 who, for some unknown reason, went scouring the web to find all of the neat Dodge C and D series trucks he could find. After...
Best of BangShift 2013: A 1972 Chevy Ramp Truck That Hauls A Chevelle and Hauls Tail Too!
Dec 29, 2013Brian Lohnes13
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Okay, so if you haven’t noticed, we really dig trucks. We like bigger-than-normal trucks and the weird ones too, but sometimes it takes a simple classic...
BangShift Road Test: The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 – On Road And Off!
Nov 14, 2013Brian Lohnes4
When we got the call that a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71 was going to arrive in the driveway for a few days we were excited. After all this is one of the first vehicles to hit the street with...