Category Archive: CHEVY, FUNNY STUFF, TECH, TRUCKS, Videos
Work Truck Wednesday: Bringing A 1969 GMC Back To Life After Living Out In The Open For Years
The old farm truck at the edge of the property that hasn’t moved in years bit is almost cliché at this point. Whether it’s a 1940s Ford, a Power Wagon with the paint flaking off of the...
Rough Start: The Beast! This Dodge Tow Truck Is The Ugly Mother Of Your Dreams!
While I’m sure there is a part of Brian Lohnes that will fall head over heels in love with this 1972…1978…um, let’s just say 1970s Dodge wrecker, all I can say is...
Tropical Storm Warning: Special Vehicle Engineering Is Releasing A Reborn GMC Syclone!
The Buick Grand National might have been the first monochromatic badass in black from General Motors, but it was not the last by a long shot. In fact, the next monster in the shadow’s cloak was...
Rough Start: The Green Beast! A 1972 International That Requires Hair On Your Chest!
As a general rule, pickup trucks are often viewed with a masculine sway. The truck is a worker, a laborer, rugged and tough, ready for whatever. That’s the setup, right? Here’s a hint,...
The 2019 Easter Jeep Safari Concepts: Gladiators For Days And More For Moab!
Every year, Jeep rolls out some special concept vehicles specifically for the Easter Jeep Safari that happens out in Moab, Utah. Every year, it’s a mix of what can be done to a Jeep via the...
Proper Title: This 1980 Chevrolet Nomad Van Can Be Your Road Trip Roaming Home
In the overall scheme of things, I have to pass on vans for one reason only: they suck to drive. The good, classic van styles, the ones that would otherwise make for a killer build, a great road...
Rust In Peace: The One-Of-Twelve Lincoln Coloma By Caribou, As It Sits
Old, abandoned, decrepit cars are a kind of macabre fascination of mine. From my days as a kid playing around in one of the stranger sections of western Washington, poking around on overgrown dirt...
Travel Well: This 1978 Ford F-150 Is Prepared To Be The Perfect Summer Travel Rig!
God’s honest truth, I didn’t look at this 1978 Ford F-150 Ranger Lariat as a potential BangShift feature when I first started looking at it. I didn’t see it that way. I saw this...
World-Traveled: This 1987 Jeep J-10 Needs A Stable Home After Years Of Roaming!
What caught my eye when I found this 1987 Jeep J-10 is how clean it is. Not many Jeep trucks look this good no matter what year they are, and this one being right at the end of production, born right...
Big Boss: Chuckles Garage’s “Old Smokey” Ford Beds In Hoonigan’s New Burn Yard
So, Hoonigan got a new place where they can enjoy all of the automotive hijinks and delinquent acts they can tolerate without pissing off the neighbors. Irwindale Speedway gave them a plot to set up...
Then Vs. Now: Putting The Very First Cummins Ram Against The Latest
I’ll be the first in line to say that trucks of the last two decades are both leaps and bounds over their older forms, and yet somehow are worse in many, many regards. We certainly are not...
The “WTF?” Files: Is This 2005 Jeep Wrangler X The Best Jeep Ever?
Cale Smith gets the award for the farthest my eyebrows have raised in the “WTF” face motion to date from me. And they did it all with one 2005 Jeep Wrangler X. Not the Jeep...
Money No Object: 1978 International Scout II – As Good As They Get!
1978 wasn’t the greatest time to be a fan of performance cars. It was, however, perfect timing if you had a thing for off-roaders. Look back at the options: K5 Blazer and Jimmy, Ramcharger and...
