Category Archive: BangShift Projects, BangShift XL, ENGINES, FORD, MISC, Videos, XL Project Trucks, XL Truck News, XL Videos
Henry’s Hot Rod: We Investigate, Remediate, and Get Our Little Mongrel Ford Tractor Up And Working!
Well, we have a running tractor now! After the first installment of our Henry’s Hot Rod project it was time for the fun stuff, actually wrenching on our tractor that is parts 2N, parts 9N, and...
Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: We Road-Trip Our Four-Eye Fox Over 450 Miles To Alabama And Back!
For the past few years, I’ve promised Austin Griggs, the man behind Ratty Muscle Cars, that I would bring a car to his race that met the qualifications to run. For the past few years,...
The Dirty Cougar: Unexpected Rhinoplasty And A Warning For Winter Weather
The moment the clock struck 5 p.m. yesterday, was the moment that I fully intended to shut my phone off so that my wife and I could enjoy a night out for our anniversary together without any sort of...
Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: Back On All Four Feet!
In case you missed our veiled update on Project Great Pumpkin, the 1980 Ford Mustang Ghia that has been in my wife’s family since new, here’s a rough synopsis: I had finally gotten off of...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Head Against The Wall” by Anew Revolution (2010)
Oh, readers…let me tell you about the fun that the last few days at BangShift Mid-West have been. You see, after weeks of heat and humidity, and a few days of outright hellish rain storms that...
Rough Start Fox Body: Tearing The Transmission Down To The Bone
In the last update of our $600 1989 Ford Mustang LX project beater, we had dropped in the engine and the radiator assembly. It’s been a couple of weeks…you would think that you...
Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: The PITA Front Suspension Drama
It’s been three months since I’ve put wrenches to the 1980 Mustang Ghia that we call the Great Pumpkin, and it’s simply because I’ve been pissed-off at the car. Other than...
Rough Start Fox Mustang: Radiator, Fan, And Some Electrical Tidbits
Oooh, would you look at that…there’s an engine sitting in the bay of the Rough Start Fox! It is a hollow victory as there is no transmission, no way to fire the engine off at the moment,...
BangShift Power Laggin’ Project Truck Update: Fixing Even More Hackery And Installing Some Accessories!
Cover photo by Rob Hentschel Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a...
Project Phantom, Part 2: One Step Forward, Three Steps Back
Note: if you haven’t read the first installment of Joe Grippo’s Project Phantom, check it out by CLICKING HERE. (Words and photos by Joe Grippo) The last installment of Project Phantom...
Rough Start Fox Body: So Much For The Budget! We’ve Got Plenty Of Parts For Our Forlorn Fox!
I don’t care how good you are at scrapping things together, sooner or later you’re going to have to invest some money into a cheap car project. And that time for investment has come for...
Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: Getting The Wheel And Rack To Talk With Borgeson Parts!
On the positive side, I’m finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the SN-95 five-lug conversion of the Great Pumpkin, our 1980 Ford Mustang Ghia. The rear axle is...
Rough Start Fox Mustang: Engine Progress, Detail Work And Bonus Pumpkin Work Too!
We’ve been saying it ever since the whole stay home, stay safe mindset came into being: if you’re gonna be stuck at home, there’s a garage and probably a project car that needs...
