Category Archive: BangShift XL, FORD, HISTORIC, TRUCKS, Videos, XL Videos
Classic YouTube: Testing Out BigFoot Fastrax In 1989…Make Way For The Tank!
Bob Chandler has had many variations of the BigFoot monster truck built over the years. From the first one to BigFoot 5 and it’s ten-foot-tall tires to the current fleet of race trucks that...
Classic YouTube: 2005 Ford GT and Mustang GT – Ford’s Blue-Collar Exotic And Pony Car Were Riding High
Has it really been over a decade since the Ford GT and the S197 Mustang platform debuted? Yes it has, and both have stood those years very well. The GT, Ford’s present to itself and to...
Money No Object: The 1966 Ford Fairlane R-Code – Everything You’ll Need, Nothing You’ll Miss
Remember all of the advertising stunts that FCA pulled for the introduction of the Challenger Demon? The super-teased dribble of information that honestly, got annoying? The car itself is wicked, but...
Pre-Mustang: This 1963 Mercury Comet S-22 Is A Fun Little Freak Of A Car!
When the Edsel brand was binned in 1959, a project for a smaller vehicle that was originally supposed to be an Edsel branded car got thrown into limbo. Called Comet, the model initially was an orphan...
Best of BS 2017: The Superformance Drift Cobra: A Supercharged Coyote Equals All Anger, All The Time!
Prior to BangShift, the loudest and most brash section of my life was the military. Every day started pretty much the same way: I drug my tired (and probably hung over) ass out of bed, I somehow...
That’s…Concerning: Rollover Testing A 1998 Ford Expedition With Nobody Buckled In!
As we make progress on turning the rolled-over Explorer we drug home into a pile of parts, we couldn’t help but wonder just what the rollover crash test footage looked like. Ford’s...
Best of BS 2017: John Ammer’s 1971 Mercury Cougar Is A Roaring Beast!
Early on Friday morning, I saw it pull in with a group of others like it, like a pack of animals: big tires, blowers, and enough threatening indications to keep all but the most cocky street racer at...
Well, It Is Turbocharged: This 1985 Buick Regal Looks Like A Grand National, And Runs Like A…Well…Pinto.
(One of the stranger online finds to cross our path this year, this Grand National stirred up a bit of a hornet’s nest when we first published it. If you’ve got this car and it’s...
Best Of BS 2017: Forget The Neighbors, This Alcohol-Gulping Ford Falcon Will Wake The Whole Damn City!
(Lead photo: Jerry Rissen) You think the neighbor with the unsilenced rooster is annoying? That “beep-beep-beep” of the alarm clock just not getting the job done? Oh, do we have a...
Santa’s Dragging Tail: This 1949 Mercury Is The Real Sled For The North Pole!
One sleigh and eight reindeer that can fly…or, if you listen to the song, nine, if you count the one that has a medical condition pertaining to the nose. Right…not buying that for a...
The Skid Factory: The Toyota-Swapped Ford Fairlane Is Up, Running, And Blowing The Tires Off (As Well As The Tailshaft…)
If you missed our initial introduction to the YouTube series called The Skid Factory, let us bring you up to speed: it’s a Mighty Car Mods spin-off that skips out on the Japanese cars and the...
Rough Start: This 1972 Ford Gran Torino Four-Door Is Cheap Fun Beater Material – Can You Rebuild A Carb For A $1,000 Car?
The cogs are turning on this one, readers. A 1972 Ford Gran Torino for $1,000. Yeah, it’s a crew cab…so what. It’s a one-year-only body that has the open grille, the thin bumpers,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Sentimental Do You Get When It’s Time To Let The Ride Go?
Without actually counting, I believe I’ve moved around 50 cars in and out of my life since I got my first car when I was twelve. To varying degrees, I miss just about all of them…minus...
