Category Archive: BangShift XL, CRASH & BURN, FORD, TRUCKS, Videos, XL Videos
Stop! It’s Already Dead: This Ford Ranger Takes A Brutal Beating At A Tough Truck Course!
Nothing lasts forever. Nothing. It doesn’t matter how well you try to preserve something, eventually time and age will have their way with the materials and soon it will return to the Earth...
Would Hoon, 10/10: This Blown 1970 Ford Maverick Is Begging To Be Romped On!
One of my ideal build templates is the “primer black whipping boy” build. The premise has been simple from the start: either a Ford Maverick/Mercury Comet or a Ford Mustang II, in primer...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Is There Room For A Four-Door Ford Mustang Now?
(Lead Photo: X-Tomi Design) It seems like the concept of a four-door pony car won’t ever go away. Look to the past, look to the future, and you’ll see attempts to graft on two extra doors...
2018 SEMA Show Cool Car: This 1934 Ford Truck By Jason Graham Hot Rods Knocked Us Dead
There’s plenty of beauty and downright majestic hot rod building on display every year at the SEMA show and the 2018 version of the event was no let down in that regard. Humans have this weird...
Genesis: Get The Story On The Ford Deuce Coupe The Way Donut Tells It!
You have to start somewhere. Whether you look at flight, nautical travel or whatever, there is a Genesis moment, the jumping-off point that begins the trend that will inevitably expand and grow. For...
Hoonitruck: Meet Ken Block’s 914-Horsepower, All-Wheel-Drive, Twin-Turbo V6 1977 Ford F-150 Gymkhana Build!
Meet Ken Block’s latest all-wheel-drive cure and cause for insanity. It’s a 1977 Ford F-150 dubbed “Hoonitruck”, it’s just as mental as the other all-wheel-drive Fords...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Have Considered The Ford Ranger Raptor?
We approved of Ford’s decision to bring back the Ranger nameplate on a truck smaller than the current F-series pickup truck. We like it’s looks, we like it’s size, we like what we...
Rough Start: If You Can Find A Reason Why You Shouldn’t Buy This 460-Powered Mustang, Share It.
It’s getting around to the one surefire point of proof that it’s Autumn in North America. No, not changing leaves…none have fallen at my house and barely any were turned on my...
This Ranger Gets Down The Strip With A Duratec 2.3L Four Making The Power!
The old 2.3L “Lima” four-cylinder engine, when turbocharged properly, are eye-opening little monsters that can take stunning amounts of boost and stay together under pressure....
There’s Hope For Any Car When A Ford Taurus Needs A Parachute At A Drag Strip
Years ago, Brian Lohnes gave me a title in the Forums: “the Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes”. You can’t blame him…ask anyone here if you don’t know about my thing...
Morning Symphony: Light A Fire Under Your Butt And Get Going!
I am the world’s worst about getting out of bed when it’s time to wake up. Doesn’t matter what time the alarm is set, doesn’t matter what I’ve got planned to get done...
Saying Goodbye To The Ford Falcon At Bathurst The Right Way…Racing It With A Mustang And A GT!
Put the final nail in the coffin, the Ford Falcon is utterly dead as a new car goes in Australia. When the folks at Bathurst are saying their final farewells to a car that has deeper roots than it...
Project Candidate: How Would You Finish Up This Straight-Axle 1971 Ford Maverick?
Just my personal opinion: not many cars built after 1965 can, or should, be made into gassers. For the most part, it just doesn’t look right. You hear “gasser”, and you see Willys...
The Ford P.O.S. Is For Sale! The 1987 LTD Crown Victoria From “Men In Black” Could Be Yours!
One of the strangest vehicle obsessions that I see involves the Ford LTD from the original Men In Black. A cheeze-ball movie about aliens and every gearhead in the world zeroed in on the 1987 Ford...