Category Archive: BangShift XL, FUNNY STUFF, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Funky Turkey: Watch This 1949 Euclid Dump Truck Run A Tough Truck Course – Run Maybe Overstating It
There’s an old question out there that we love asking. “Why be normal?” That is exactly what pertains to this video that was taken a while back at a state fair where a tough truck...
Early Turkey: This 1980 Olds Diesel Promotional Film Is Even Better In Retrospect
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we find this! The audio is not the greatest here so if you are wearing headphones, keep the volume down. That being said, you can hear all the words...
Cool Vans, Weird Tagline: This 1979 Dodge Van Commercial Gives The Model Line Up And A Weird Pitch
While the world wrestles with the COVID-19 pandemic, we look back to another scourge that came over the landscape, this one little more than 40 years ago and it was known as vanning. All of a sudden...
Draggin’ Ass: The 1991 Isuzu Rodeo Was As Slow As You Remember It – Talk About A Barge!
Tall tires, tall gears, and a 3.1L throttle body injected V6 from GM all added up to one of the slowest vehicles I remember riding in as a high school kid. In fact, it was so slow in my mind that I...
No Fear Whatsoever: The Trash Can Bronco Takes On The Cheap Truck Challenge
Nobody is going to confuse Kevin’s Bronco with any kind of showpiece. Not one person. It’s living one last time before the body completely and utterly bails the program, the engine gets...
“I’m An Engineer”: Transforming The Trash Can Bronco Into A Competent Off-Roader
So Kevin got this rusted hulk of a 1979 Ford Bronco running. Nice, good for him. He’s had enough practice waking up iron oxide piles that bear resemblance to 1970s-era Ford trucks over the...
It Sounded Good on TV: Ads For The Turbocharged Cars Of The 1960s, Late 1970s, and Early 1980s
Getting to drive as many new cars as I do, the turbocharger is as common on new stuff as pistons are inside the engine. It’s the way of the world. In so many ways the turbo has likely extended...
Git Along, Ol’ Paint: Part Two Of The Crusty Bronco’s Revival Program!
I might have been a bit harsh in calling the 1979 Ford Bronco that Kevin decided to breathe life back into for a cheap truck challenge a “trash can”. It was merely used as one. The second...
Finnegan Shows Up With A New Ride On His Anniversary And The Wifey Is Actually Happy!
Finnegan shows up with all kinds of crap at any given time, and most of the time those cars and trucks are nothing that his lovely wife much cares about or cares for. On occasion though he gets...
Breaking News: Your Briggs and Stratton Will Not Run So Great On Gunpowder
The Warped Perception YouTube channel is pretty neat. This guy does some of the most weird, fun, and off the wall mechanical experiments that you can possibly dream up and some, like this one, we had...
Scary, Spooky Skeletons: McTaggart And Conn Go On A Halloween Junkyard Crawl
(Words and Video by McTaggart) After the Dirty Cougar’s unfortunate impact with the southbound end of a northbound Chevy recently, the question has been simple. What the hell do we do with the...
Caption This: One Way Or Another, You’re Taking A Bath!
The satisfaction that comes with seeing tons of metal hit the water for the first time and stay above it is universal. It floats…that means job well done, another vessel has hit the water,...
2020 World Power Wheelstanding Championships Coverage: The Flying Circus At Byron Dragway
Ron Leek was my pal and he was one hell of a guy. The man who owned and ran Byron Dragway for so many years was always thinking, was always dreaming, and was always at work on the “next big...
