Category Archive: BangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos

Gonna Need A Bigger Pit: Mike Ryan Smokes Out The Hoonigan’s New Digs

Looking at what is supposed to be a Freightliner Cascadia daycab, you get this strange sense of foreboding. Maybe it has something to do with the wing. Or the rollcage system. Or the gumball slicks...

This Could Have Gone Better: Watch A Ford Pulling Truck Self Destruct During A Hook

There are certain things that happen in motorsports that no one sees coming. This was one of them for the guys who built and campaigned this cool Ford pulling truck. As you will see, this is a scene...

New For 1972: Check Out This Dodge Film That Compares The ’72 Charger and Chevy Malibu

These old dealer comparison videos are awesome because they take us and place us directly into the world of selling cars in whatever era they come from. We have shown you stuff from the 1950s when it...

Would You Rather: Which One Of These Two Wheelstanding Sled Haulers Would You Take?

There is something to be said about a pickup truck that is so big that you simply can’t ignore it. A real pickup truck…steel body, interior, and all that, just standing a foot or more...

Scraping Nickels Together: Part Two Of Hoonigan’s Build & Battle Series!

Michael Cox and Blake Wilkey have had their hands full with their Build & Battle vehicles since the project to turn two thrashed SUV beaters began. With a total budget of $10,000, including the...

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Le Monstre: Get A Closer Look At A Renault R5 Turbo2 With Jay Leno!

It’s amazing how in-tune I was with cars as a very young child. By the age of four I could tell you that Ford Mavericks and Mercury Comets were very popular in Colorado Springs, and that half...

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Big Bud Restoration: It’s Finally Painted…Now, To Put The Tractor Back Together!

Just when I thought I had a point to argue about working on a heavy vehicle after owning that wretched sled that was the Cadillac limo, I had to go and look up the weight of a Big Bud 525/50 tractor:...

Need To Make Simple Custom Floor Pans For Your Project Like We Do? Watch This

As we prepare to finally get started on the custom chassis for Cole’s Pro Touring LUV Truck, we found that it was probably going to be easier to remove the floor pans than to notch and cut and...

The Mongrel Continues To Come Along. This Little Ford Project Is Going To Be A Bad Ass!

I don’t know what it is about the Mongrel project that i love so much, but there is something about this crazy little Ford that I love. And that is saying something for me, since I’m such...

E Is For Evil: This BMW M3 E90 GTR Roars Up A Hill Climb Making Sounds That Are Too Glorious To Describe

This is one of those awesome things that kid of sneaks up on you. Yes, we know that BMW M cars are awesome, yes we know that BMW M race cars are awesomer. Yes we know that BMW can build a bad ass V8...

Wind Machine: Watch This 14-Cylinder Hercules Radial Engine Fire Up And Sandblast Its Operator

This big fellah is really something. The Bristol Hercules engines were used to power a myriad of airplanes over the span of their life and these are not the typical radial engine as they are a slide...

Project Binky Is Getting A Hauler! Meet Project Escargo… It Ain’t Pretty And It Never Will Be. But It Should Do Some Hauling.

Unique car haulers are cool. We’ve all seen and admired them at one point or another, but many of them have not just been built on a whim, but rather out of necessity. That necessity could be...

Unhinged: Keep The Rivalries Alive And Good-Natured!

Automakers tend to be rather tame when it comes to advertising of the last twenty years or so. Instead of a hungry Pontiac Trans Am, we get a minivan that is trying to talk itself into your driveway....

Dumb Fun Part 2: The Freaky Farm-Built Dually Is Back…And Crushing Cars!

A few weeks back we showed you a farm built truck that was using huge tires off of a piece of agricultural equipment, four foot wide wheel adapters, and a whole bunch of laughs to survive. The thing...