Project Re-Introduction: Fat Lane – The 2,500hp Heavy Street 1964 Ford Fairlane – Construction Restarts
Posted in FORD December 10, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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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. [...]
BangShift Submission Spotlight: John Tearle’s Aussie ’73 Falcon XB Coupe
Posted in FORD December 11, 2012 by Chad Reynolds
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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, [...]
Project Update: The East Coast’s Newest Nostalgia Nitro Flopper Nears Completion!
Posted in FORD January 17, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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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 [...]
Project Update: The Hard Guys Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car Gets Bathed in Epic Paint!
Posted in FORD February 16, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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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 [...]
Project Update Video: Jason Lewis’s Viper V10 Maverick Project Moves Closer to Completion
Posted in FORD April 6, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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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 [...]
Project Car Spotlight: The 1979 Mustang Pace Car Racecar
Posted in FORD January 14, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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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 [...]
BangShift Exlusive: George Poteet’s, Rad Rides Built, Talladega Inspired ’69 Torino Assembly Pics
Posted in FORD January 9, 2013 by Chad Reynolds
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(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 [...]
Project Car: Fatlane, the Chevy-Powered, ProCharged 1964 Ford Fairlane. Update: Suspension Fabrication
Posted in FORD February 8, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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ABOUT PROJECT FATLANE This project car is a 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt look-a-like that is being constructed to compete in the Heavy Street drag class at races like the YellowBullet Nationals, Street Car Super Nationals and a host of others. The car will be powered by a 540ci Keith Black Olds based wedge engine that is topped [...]
Project Car Spotlight: A Full-Tilt, Turbo-4, Road Racing 1989 Mustang
Posted in FORD July 14, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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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 [...]
Project Car Update: Stage1Scott’s Sublime ’67 Fairlane Sedan Gets the Mighty FE Engine Installed
Posted in FORD January 3, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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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 [...]
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
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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 [...]
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
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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 [...]
Project Update: Ridetech’s Factory Five ’33 is Looking Bad Ass!
Posted in FORD April 27, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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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 [...]
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
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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 [...]
Project Fat Lane Update: The Tin Is Going In and Go Fast Parts Arrive
Posted in FORD January 3, 2013 by Brian Lohnes
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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 [...]
Project Car Spotlight: Joe Grippo’s 1970 Mustang
Posted in FORD August 26, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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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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