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Big Truck Frame Repair: This Scania Truck Is Totaled. Can This Frame Be Straightened Out And The Truck Repaired?

Big truck frame repair is kind of mezmorizing sometimes. Whether it’s the guys in eastern Europe that take a completely pretzeled chassis and straighten it out so they can weld it all back...

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Solar Battery Chargers: Are They Worth Having? Can They Do Real Charging, Or Are They Just A Battery Tender?

When I got my gooseneck trailer, I installed a 17,000 lb Anvil winch and a couple of batteries and thought about getting one of those solar powered battery chargers to keep the batteries charged up...

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Desert Racing Tech: The SCIENCE Behind BAJA 1000 Support Vehicles! Check Out The Optima Batteries, Ford, Steel-It, Polvoorde Racing Support Rig.

Having just finished watching all the racing action from the Dakar Rally, and their famed trucks, it’s cool to see what a BAJA 1000 support rig looks like. They aren’t the same, as the...

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How to Chop An All-Original 1932 Ford Tudor: Chopping a True Survivor – Fitting and Welding It Back Together Are The Most Crucial Steps!

Now that the top has been cut off, the real critical stuff has to happen. We’re talking about fitting and welding this original roof back in place, just a few inches lower. This isn’t...

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Unsafe At Any Speed! Is the Rotsun Too Rusty? The Answer Is Yes, Definitely Yes. Watch To See Just How Bad It Is!

The Rotsun is, well, rotten. Hence the name. But how much rust is too much? Is this thing structurally okay, is it a total loss, or does it just need a little love. I once drove from Dallas, TX to...

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Huge Money Auction Purchase! This One-of-One Ferrari 250 GTO Sells for $38.5 Million at the Mecum Kissimmee!

Auctions are amazing because you can get insane deals on some stuff, and other stuff goes for insane money. And sometimes the things that go for big money aren’t worth it. On numerous occasions...

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Video: We Test Snow Tires At Miller Motorsports Park With NITTO! Pants Mandatory.

Last week when I left town for Salt Lake City to attend the Nitto Winter Ride N Drive media event, I was wearing my typical Dickies shorts, flip flops and a BangShift.com shirt. I had an extra change...

Project Car Update: The $200 Hauler Gets All New LED Lighting From ANZO USA

During the refresh of our $200 Hauler Suburban Project you have seen us give it a wrap thanks to the folks at The Shirt Shak, along with a new grille, billet bowtie, rear bumper, trim, and more from...

Ridetech ’33 Ford Wins So Cal Challenge Series Season Opener With James Crosby Behind The Wheel

Team Ridetech was in full effect at the season opener for the So Cal Challenge Pro Touring Series. With the three fastest vehicles on site all Ridetech equipped, there was bound to be a dramatic...

Bitchin’ Nitro Video: Last Weekend’s Famoso Nitro Test – Warm Up For This Week’s March Meet! Killer Footage!

Our pal Les Mayhew makes some of the coolest nostalgia drag racing videos you’ll find anywhere, bar none. He’s tossed up another winner using footage he took last week at a pre- March...

Roadside Find: A 2003 Unimog That Is Set Up As The Ultimate Blizzard Fighter!

While cruising home from a feature car shoot with Dave Nutting yesterday morning, my dad called to let me know that he stumbled upon an auction site that listed a 2003 Unimog U500 for sale. I thought...

Gallery: Vintage Trucks And Tractors At The Central NY Living History Museum

(Photos by Jeremy George) – There are bitchin’ museums spread all over this country. Literally every state has a fistful of them filled with cool old machinery, cars, trucks, and...

Caption These Photos: Bringing A New Meaning To Road Ranger

(Photos by Jon Wall) – My pal and funny car driving hot shoe Jon Wall went on a mission on Saturday to NJ with another dude to inspect a funny car that was for sale. On the way down they passed...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Mustang Sally Bought A GTO – John Lee Hooker (Release Date Unknown)

John Lee Hooker is an American blues legend. His collection of songs is so long that we’d need to fire up another server to list them all. This is one of our favorites and it is a bit of an...

Gallery: Killer Top End Action Shots From The 2012 March Meet

(Photos from the BangShift archive) – In three days, Chad and I will be hauling ass towards Bakersfield to get our gear set up for the LIVE STREAMING BROADCAST OF THE 2013 MARCH MEET RIGHT HERE...

BangShift Sunday Movie Day: A Pair Of Massive Trucks Engage In A Tug Of War Battle – Ford Versus Dodge!

At the Vermonster event last weekend, Dave Nutting and I got a kick out of seeing some of the big “mega-truck” class competitors hook up in a tug of war. At the Vermster Snow Bog, there...

BangShift Sunday Movie Day: A 1989 9C1 Caprice Gets It Done On The Autocross Course

This is a cool piece of video showing a 1989 Caprice that I would argue is actually uglier than Buford T Justice getting after it on an autocross course with a driver who seems to have some skills....

BangShift Sunday Movie Day: Watch A Big Block, 4-Speed Camaro Tear Around A Swedish Dirt Track

We’ve featured a lot of videos from Jobergg’s YouTube channel over the years here on BangShift and he rules the scene in Sweden when it comes to cool hot rodding content. In this video,...

BangShift Sunday Tune Up: Fuel – Metallica (1998)

Super early this morning, Dave Nutting and I will be headed off on another adventure, this time to the smallest state in the union, Rhode Island. We’re heading down to shoot a feature on a car...

Awesome Ebay Find: If You Want To Have The Rarest Jeep On The Block, This One Is It.

As soon as BangShift web geek Michael Julian from Route2Media sent me this one, I laughed my ass off. Not only because he was being funny, but also because I knew that Brian would want this little...

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