Category Archive: BangShift Road Tests, MOPAR, TRUCKS
BangShift Test Drive: 2017 Ram 1500 Express Quad Cab 4×4 – Does A Cheap V8 Truck Substitute For A Hot Car?
Trucks are not what they used to be. Growing up, it was cemented in my head: a truck was a work tool and a car was for everything else, and if I must be honest, I haven’t gotten past that...
The After Hours Hobby: Check Out This Guy’s Garage Creations!
(Photos courtesy of Vince VanDyke) The notification we got in our inbox was simple enough. Gilbert Labonté had a friend he knew that built a couple of badass trucks that we needed to get our eyes...
230 MPH With The Aero Of A Brick Wall: Meet The Land Speed Cruiser!
Toyota’s Land Cruiser is in a strange place. Rumors are floating around that the 66-year-old nameplate could soon be sent to the bin since it costs as much as a Range Rover, weighs as much as...
Money No Object: A 1987 Mercedes-Benz Unimog Doka Short Wheelbase Just For The Boss!
Both Brian and Chad are head-over-heels for Unimogs, the bulletproof, brutally stout workhorses that Mercedes-Benz built. I can’t knock the trucks at all, they are one of the most legendary...
Question Of The Day: What Are Your Opinions On Hybrid Work Vehicles?
Meet the Workhorse W-15. Made by the same company that underpins box vans you probably see on a daily basis (the likes of which include fleet vehicles for FedEx, UPS and Frito-Lay, among others),...
The Winning Horse Takes The Roses, But The Winning Trainer Gets This Kentucky Derby Edition Ram 2500!
In a couple of days, one of Kentucky’s biggest contributions to society will take place at Churchill Downs in Louisville. On May 6, twenty horses will take to the one-and-a-quarter mile track...
Money No Object: A 1953 Willys Wagon Is A Restomod Dream!
There are tons of vehicles that are up for auction that owners view as done and ready to be taken on with no issue whatsoever. More often than not, you had best do your homework and have a backup...
Freak Show: This 1996 Mitsubishi Delica Van Has Been Ford-Swapped And Frame-Swapped!
I just heard a collective, “WTF is that thing, McTaggart?!” That, friends, is a Mitsubishi Delica van. While Mitsubishi did sell a van in the 1980s in the U.S. market, this generation...
Rough Start: Your Best Shot For A Nice Old Truck Is This 1985 Ford F-150!
The inspiration for today’s Rough Start find comes straight from the weather around BangShift Mid-West. Thanks to all of those April showers that will bring May’s flowers (read:...
This 1976 Chevrolet LUV Is A Small-Block Swap Candidate If We’ve Ever Seen One!
Is it fair to say that the Chevrolet LUV pickup truck is an endangered species? The Americanized Isuzu Faster has all but disappeared from the radar screen. Every time we see one of these little...
The Crown Hick Is Finished! Hot Rod Garage’s Frame-Swapped Ford F-100 Is A Riot!
The “Crown Hick” project that the fellas at Hot Rod Garage have been working on for a bit is finished up, and it’s a beauty. Using the frame of a Panther platform car to underpin a...
Rough Start: Would You Go All-In For A Dodge Flatbed With A Camper?
Old camper rigs are one of the stranger things we dig here at the offices, the more obscure the better. I wish I could better explain the “why” behind that…I get wanting one of...
A Full-Race Jeep Comanche? Engine Be Damned, Yes Please!
Who looks at a Jeep Comanche and sees a drag truck? Who does that? A rockcrawler, a mudder, a pre-runner, a Baja race clone…anything seems to be a better fit for Jeep’s midsize pickup,...
