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BangShift Exlusive: George Poteet’s, Rad Rides Built, Talladega Inspired ’69 Torino Assembly Pics

Posted in FORD January 9, 2013  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

(Photos by Rob McGaffin) The famed 1969 Torino, owned by George Poteet, that is being built at Rad Rides By Troy, has been the talk of the hot rodding world for the past couple years. And thanks to photographer Rob McGaffin, we’ve got update photos of it’s final assembly just taken yesterday! To say that [...]

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Project Fat Lane Update: The Tin Is Going In and Go Fast Parts Arrive

Posted in FORD January 3, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Project Fat Lane, the 2,500hp Ford Fairlane drag car being built at Tube Chassis Designz in Hanson, Massachusetts is on the move yet again. Actually it is still on the chassis table, but the project is moving along with lots of the interior tin being installed, the driveshaft enclosure being fabricated, the trunk area getting [...]

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BangShift Submission Spotlight: John Tearle’s Aussie ’73 Falcon XB Coupe

Posted in FORD December 11, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Last week we ran a spotlight on a cool Olds that was sent in to us after the owner say a virtual twin in one of our photo galleries. This week it’s John Tearle’s turn because Darryl Daniels couldn’t find the pics of John’s car in his Uraidla Picnic Cruise coverage. As we all know, [...]

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Project Re-Introduction: Fat Lane – The 2,500hp Heavy Street 1964 Ford Fairlane – Construction Restarts

Posted in FORD December 10, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, Project Fat Lane has begun anew! For those of you that have been reading BangShift for some time, you’ll remember that back in early 2010 we begun following the ground of build of a bad ass drag machine at Tube Chassis Designz in Hanson, Massachusetts. [...]

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Project Car: The Ridetech ’33 Ford Coupe…IT’S ALIVE. SEE VIDEO HERE…More to Come

Posted in FORD May 1, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Ridetech’s ’33 Ford Coupe, which started life as a Factory Five kit, is almost ready for it’s debut and we’ve got video of it’s first sounds of life! You’ve been with us throughout the build which started with Ridetech asking you to design the paint scheme. Well, in typical Ridetech fashion, it’s going to look [...]

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Project Update: Ridetech’s Factory Five ’33 is Looking Bad Ass!

Posted in FORD April 27, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

We’ve been keeping tabs on Ridetech’s killer Factory Five ’33 build for some time now. The car is really coming along nicely and we think this one may be the ultimate example of what can be done with Factory Five’s bitchin’ foundation. If you are unfamiliar with the Factory Five ’33, it is a wolf [...]

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Project Update Video: Jason Lewis’s Viper V10 Maverick Project Moves Closer to Completion

Posted in FORD April 6, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Jason Lewis is a crazy talented video guy and he’s also a hard core hot rodder. A while back, we showed you a unique and very cool project car he was building, which is an old Ford Maverick with a Viper V10 in the front of it. There has been tons of metal fabrication and [...]

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Project Update: The Hard Guys Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car Gets Bathed in Epic Paint!

Posted in FORD February 16, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

In the last update we ran about The Hard Guys nostalgia Nitro Funny Car, we told you that the body was done being prepped and paint was the next step. We also told you that the paint was guaranteed to be 100% awesome because it was being laid on by our boys at the infamous [...]

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Project Car Spotlight: An Abandoned 1940 Ford Gets New Life in a BangShifter’s Home Shop

Posted in FORD February 7, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

When it comes to iconic body styles in the world of hot rodding, the 1940 Ford is one of the great examples. The cars can be made into killer gassers, street rods, Pro Street machines, moonshiner clones, and traditional rods. BangShift member Ed found one sitting in a western Kansas junkyard and it was love [...]

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Project Update: The East Coast’s Newest Nostalgia Nitro Flopper Nears Completion!

Posted in FORD January 17, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

It has been a while since we last checked in with our friends Dana Hard, Jon Wall, and the rest of the henchmen at Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Mass. The guys have been in the process of putting together a full tile, VRA legal 1969 Mustang nostalgia Funny Car and they are close enough [...]

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Project Car Spotlight: The Roots Blown Mod Motor 33 Gets Paint and More

Project Car Spotlight: The Roots Blown Mod Motor 33 Gets Paint and More

Posted in FORD October 11, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

We don’t know where he gets the time, but in the 6 months following our last update Arrowhead has been busy. The Factory Five Racing ’33 has been sanded, rubbed, tweaked, painted and buffed to perfection, and now looks like a complete car. Doing all the work himself makes this car that much more impressive, [...]

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Project Car Video Update: The 1983 Mustang GT Packing 545ci of Big Block Ford  Prepares for Drag Week!

Project Car Video Update: The 1983 Mustang GT Packing 545ci of Big Block Ford Prepares for Drag Week!

Posted in FORD August 11, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

   About a year ago, BangShift forum member BigBlockRanger decided to switch project gears and ditch the little truck that housed his large block Ford mill and find something that he could cruise with his sons. That something was a 1983 Mustang GT. Being from Texas, the car was relatively rust free but did have [...]

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Project Car Spotlight: The 1979 Mustang Pace Car Racecar

Project Car Spotlight: The 1979 Mustang Pace Car Racecar

Posted in FORD January 14, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Bangshift.com member Jeremy George’s 1979 Mustang Pace Car edition has gone from a neglected car sitting beside a barn to a feisty autocross runner that will see action on frozen lakes this winter and perhaps some full blown road course duty in the future. It currently sports a dutiful 2.3L four banger but SVO power [...]

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Project Car Update: Stage1Scott's Sublime '67 Fairlane Sedan Gets the Mighty FE Engine Installed

Project Car Update: Stage1Scott’s Sublime ’67 Fairlane Sedan Gets the Mighty FE Engine Installed

Posted in FORD January 3, 2011  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

BangShifter “stage1scott” has been building his killer Sublime 1967 Ford Fairlane Sedan for the past 22 months and is getting really close to big smokey burnouts. Scott started with someone elses project that already had a cage, ladder bar suspension, 9″ rear, fuel cell, relocated battery and more. He’s made lots of updates on the [...]

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Project Car Spotlight: Joe Grippo's 1970 Mustang

Project Car Spotlight: Joe Grippo’s 1970 Mustang

Posted in FORD August 26, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

After highlighting Scott Liggett’s cool 1970 Caprice project yesterday, we needed to swap coasts and show the hot rod of our other major photo contributor, Pennsylvanian Joe Grippo. Joe is one of those unique dudes who has managed to keep his first car and over time modify it into a real strip stomper.  In the [...]

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Project Car Spotlight: A Full-Tilt, Turbo-4, Road Racing 1989 Mustang

Project Car Spotlight: A Full-Tilt, Turbo-4, Road Racing 1989 Mustang

Posted in FORD July 14, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

We hold guys who race stuff in special esteem. Not professional level racers, but guys who race stuff period. Racing takes lots and often gives back little. The failures are public and the triumphs are often unheralded, so the people that do it and dedicate themselves to it, are special in our eyes. Such is [...]

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