Project Buford T Justice: Our Cop Car Cruises Home and Then We Beat on It!
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice March 26, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photos by Dave Nutting, Gene Stauffer, and Brian Lohnes) - Project Buford T Justice, BangShift’s 1987 9C1 Caprice cop car is back home in Massachusetts safe and sound and we have begun to put the old girl through her paces in anticipation of future upgrades to crank up the fun factor of the car by several [...]
Introducing Project Buford T Justice – Our 1987 9C1 Chevy Caprice – The Adventure Begins!
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice March 14, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Just like the title says, this is the official introduction for the first real deal project car we have done here at BangShift. I am calling this 1987 9C1 Caprice, “Buford T Justice” in honor of the man who relentlessly chased the Bandit through all three films of the Smokey and the Bandit triology. All [...]
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: The AMX/GTO Project is nearly complete!
Posted in AMC February 10, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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The wild AMX/GTO project is on the home stretch! As a quick refresher, this car is a 1969 AMX body that was placed on the chassis of a wrecked 2007 Pontiac GTO. The GTO was cut and narrowed, the AMX body was left virtually unaltered, and after a whole bunch of welding and work that [...]
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: 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 [...]
BANGSHIFT PROJECT CAR SPOTLIGHT: AN AMC GREMLIN WITH A ROAD RACING PAST GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
Posted in AMC December 15, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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There may be a law on the books in the great state of Wisconsin that every gearhead must own at least one AMC project during their life. BangShift member Mike is proving that he’s totally obsessed be starting on a second one! Mike alreadybrought back a 1969 Javelin from the depths of despair and he has [...]
Project Car Spotlight: The Roots Blown Mod Motor 33 Gets Paint and More
Posted in FORD October 11, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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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, [...]
UPDATE: First to 250 mph: Aeromotive Mustang Breaks NMCA Speed Record at Indy
Posted in DRAG RACES October 10, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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The 250 mph barrier has been broken in NMCA competition, and our boys at Aeromotive were the guys who pulled it off. Breaking the previous speed record by more than 16 mph, they didn’t just break the record, they crushed it. Driver, and Aeromotive President, Steve Matusek wheeled Aeromotive’s Roush Yates Pro Stock powered Mustang [...]
Update Detroit Speed Project Car: Gordon McGilton’s Too Hot Chevy II
Posted in CHEVY October 10, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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To see the latest update on the Too Hot Chevy II, click here. At the 2010 Goodguys Show in Charlotte, we were lucky enough to be able to spend some time at the Detroit Speed and Engineering open house where we first saw this bitchin little Chevy II. At the time we didn’t know who [...]
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Project Car Update: Progress on the AMX/GTO Project – It Runs!
Posted in AMC September 30, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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The AMX/GTO project that we introduced to the world last winter is the insane combo of a late model GTO and a 1969 AMC AMX. The work is being performed at the home shop of our buddy Scott who lives less than a mile from us. He has done an amazing amount of work thus [...]
Grunt Force Trauma: The Recovery of Project Brutus – Our 1968 Chevy C50 Wrecker!
Posted in Event Coverage September 20, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Well, I can check the bucket list box that reads, “buy an old heap sight unseen, show up and drive it home 500 miles,” now. The mission to go out and get Brutus, the newest addition to the BangShift fleet was not wrought with a ton of drama or unplanned excitement. Sure, there were iron [...]
BangShift Project Spotlight: The Unholy Union of a Caddy V6 and a Fiat Spyder
Posted in OTHER August 31, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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BangShift member Aaron had a problem. He was arguing with his wife about fuel efficiency and how a light car with a modern engine could perform at a high level (50 mpg) and that electric hybrids aren’t the only answer. She wasn’t buying what he was selling so he has decided to prove her wrong, [...]
Update: Epic Project Thread: Building a Twin Engine Dragster From Scratch
Posted in CHEVY August 30, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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We have lots of respect and interest for all the projects that BangShifters have going on currently, but one has really got our tongue hanging out. BangShift member Toymaker is building a twin engine dragster from scratch. The engines will be twin small block Chevy mills and instead of being inline they will be side [...]
BangShift Project Car Video Update: Awesome Video of an 8-Second 1968 Impala From England
Posted in CHEVY August 26, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Talk about large and in charge! BangShift member NeverAgain recently began sharing photos of his totally kick ass 1968 Chevy Impala drag car. This monster has a big block Chevy in it and goes 8.80s, all while hiking the front end a couple feet in the air. The car is absolutely massive, but with a [...]
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 [...]
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